Team IDC

Team IDC

2016 Lombardia Trophy Preview

Julia Biechler Damian Dodge

by Daphne Backman Seven teams from six countries will travel to Bergamo, Italy, for Lombardia Trophy, which serves as the starting point to the 2016-17 ISU Challenger Series. Created by the ISU in 2014-15, the Challenger Series consists of ten…

2016 Junior Grand Prix Yokohama Preview

Marjorie Lagha & Zachary Lagha

by Laura Flagg | Photo by Daphne Backman The third of seven Junior Grand Prix events takes place this week in Yokohama, the largest city (by population) in Japan. Only 11 teams from eight countries will compete, the smallest ice…

Q & A with Russia’s Loboda & Drozd

Alla Loboda Pavel Drozd 2016

Photos by Robin Ritoss Russia’s Alla Loboda & Pavel Drozd have been skating together since March of 2012. They are the 2016 Russian junior champions, two-time Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists and the reigning World Junior Championships bronze medalists.…

2016 JGP Czech Skate Blog #5

Chloe Lewis Logan Bye 2016 JGP Series

Editor’s Note: The featured photo for this blog is one from Chloe & Logan’s off ice photo shoot in Lake Placid in July 2016.  Photo by Melanie Hoyt. Hi! Sorry this is late!  I lost my phone, which is what…

2016 JGP Czech Skate Blog #4

Chloe Lewis Logan Bye Alexei Krasnozhon JGP Czech Skate

Hi, it’s me, Chloe! I woke up this morning and started getting ready for the free dance day. I realized when I got to my hair that I can’t curl my own hair so my roommate Lindsay played a movie…

2016 JGP Czech Skate Blog #3

Good morning! It’s short dance day. We were feeling very ready and prepared, and it was a beautiful day. We had practice at 7:45 so we grabbed a quick breakfast and headed over. Practice went really well and we are…

2016 JGP Czech Skate Blog #2

Good morning from Ostrava! My day began earlier than I planned for because we had forgotten to close the blinds. The sun was legitimately brighter than I have ever seen it…yes. Lindsay went to practice while I just chilled in…