JGP Courchevel: Samba! Samba! Samba!
Samba! Samba! Samba! Today was our second practice and we decided to do our samba short dance. Today felt good. I felt confident on the ice and I finally got my feet under me. Everything came a lot easier and…
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JGP Courchevel: First Practice Day!
What’s harder to find than Waldo? Wifi in France. Upon arrival in France, we soon discovered that our hotel had wifi, but only if you were standing in the lobby. Every now and then you see a couple of skaters…
Event Coverage – 2014 JGP Courchevel
Courchevel, France – August 20-23, 2014 Competitor’s Blog by Kevin Leahy
JGP Courchevel: Bonjour from France!
We are excited to have Team USA ice dancer Kevin Leahy blogging from the Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel. This is the JGP debut for Leahy and his partner, Emily Day. Bonjour from France! I am so excited to…
JGP Series Kicks Off in Courchevel
by Laura Flagg | Photos by Daphne Backman and Robin Ritoss This season’s Junior Grand Prix series will begin this week in Courchevel, France. A roster of 13 teams will kick off this first of seven events en route to…
Breaking It Down: Silver Samba & Paso Doble
At their 2010 congress, the International Skating Union approved the elimination of two competitions phases (compulsory dance and original dance) in favor of creating a new ‘short dance’, thus reducing the number of competition segments from three to two and…
Weaver and Poje Aim to Dominate
by Jacquelyn Thayer | Photos by Melanie Hoyt, Liz Chastney & Robin Ritoss Realization of an Olympic dream presented a mixed blessing for Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje. “We’ve trained and dreamed all our lives to go to the…
Event Coverage – 2014 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
Siblings in Skating #5: Alina & Kseniya Ponomaryova
For our fifth installment of Siblings in Skating, sisters Alina and Kseniya Ponomaryova share their unique coach-student relationship. While many siblings either skate together or train in the same location with different partners, few have the coach-student relationship of…
Results – 2014 Chesapeake Open
Laurel, MDJune 18-21, 2014 SENIOR FREE DANCE: Pl. Name TSS= TES+ PCS+ SS TR PE CC IT Deduction– StN. 1 Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg AltukhovSkokie Valley SC / Escondido FSC 55.95 27.22 29.73 5.10 4.80 4.85 5.10 5.00 1.00…