Since I attended Skate America in person, I thought I'd share some of my personal highlights/impressions from ladies, men, and ice dance. No scoring analysis here; just some opinions, based on seeing the competition live! Ladies The ladies event was particularly interesting because it featured three of my favorite skaters: Mao Asada, Gracie Gold, and …
Continue reading Skate America 2016: Highlights from Ice Dance, Mens, and Ladies
The Grand Prix season started this week at Skate America in Chicago, and luckily, I got to see the event live! This was my second year attending Skate America, and it was a lot of fun! The level of competition in the pairs event wasn't the highest. But there was drama and some emotional highlights, …
Figure skating fans love to talk about judging--everyone has an opinion on it! But, talking about the judges' work is quite different from actually getting in there and doing it yourself--as I recently found out. This spring, the Naked Ice web site launched a judging project (“We'll Be the Judge of That!”) in which fans …
Continue reading Walking in the Judges’ Shoes: The Sochi Judging Project
This summer, I was honored to have my web site featured in Artistika, an online magazine devoted to the arts and the artistic sports. Artistika republished my interview with Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran, and also included a little interview with me about pairs skating in general. Many readers have probably already seen this interview, but I wanted to …
