The 15 Greatest Men’s Figure Skating Disasters of 2017-18

I don’t know if it was the pressure of the Olympic Games or a season-long worldwide outbreak of mushy ice, but the skating disasters were frequent and painful in 2017-18. As a result, I’m spreading them over three posts this summer, so we can all relive the falls and pops, the resigned shrugs and the… Continue reading The 15 Greatest Men’s Figure Skating Disasters of 2017-18

US National Championships Men’s SP: I Love Everyone in This Rink

It is a testament to the well-oiled scheduling machine of USFSA that this is my first opportunity to blog from San Jose. I’ve been at Nationals since Monday night, but my enthusiasm for junior-level free skates – and my desire to spend any remaining stretches of unstructured time with friends who live in the area… Continue reading US National Championships Men’s SP: I Love Everyone in This Rink

Statistics, Scoring Changes, and Last Weekend’s Men’s Highlights

The Challenger Series kicked off this week with two simultaneous events – the Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo, Italy, and the US International Classic in Salt Lake City – and we are officially in peak skating season. It feels weird to say that with a few days of summer left in the Northern Hemisphere, as the… Continue reading Statistics, Scoring Changes, and Last Weekend’s Men’s Highlights

Summer Updates! Shoma, Jason, Starr, Kaori, and More

This blog went on hiatus while I plowed through an enormous pile of work and moved to my dream home, but I have emerged from hibernation. While I was gone, Jason Brown dropped the most deliciously fanboyish program music announcement in figure skating history. That got me back onto the skating side of YouTube, and I… Continue reading Summer Updates! Shoma, Jason, Starr, Kaori, and More

Slightly Unhinged Notes from the World Team Trophy Men’s Short Program

It has been a long couple of weeks, during which I have discovered that I am ostensibly enough of an adult that people want to do things like grant me a home loan and hire me for paid work, despite the fact that my hair is three different colors on my driver’s license, my passport, and… Continue reading Slightly Unhinged Notes from the World Team Trophy Men’s Short Program

2017 World Championships Field Guide: Men Part 1

How is it time for Worlds already? It feels like just last week, I was booking a flight for Boston. Now, skaters are on their way to Helsinki to do it all over again. Although I won’t be there to witness the magic in person this year, I’ll still do my best to provide complete coverage… Continue reading 2017 World Championships Field Guide: Men Part 1

6 More Things I Learned from the 2017 US National Figure Skating Championships

What’s a blogger to do when she wants to say everything about Nationals? Someone with more restraint – or an editor – might just skip stuff, but skating fans hate it when you skip stuff. As it does almost every year, NBC blacked out the live performances of a number of ladies and ice dancers in the… Continue reading 6 More Things I Learned from the 2017 US National Figure Skating Championships