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
Tag: Max Aaron
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
The 16 Most Epic Skating Disasters of 2016-17
Skating fans like to pretend we’re in it for the successes: the biggest and cleanest jumps, the most engaging and original performances, the mascara-ruining happy tears in the kiss and cry. But there’s something cathartic about an enormous failure. Often, the most memorable programs at a competition are not the technically cleanest ones, but the… Continue reading The 16 Most Epic Skating Disasters of 2016-17
2017 US Nationals Field Guide: Championship Men Part 1
I want them all to skate brilliantly, and I know most of them are going to screw up.