The team to beat this weekend at Skate Canada, the second competition of the 2011 Grand Prix Series, is undoubtedly 2010 Olympic Champions Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir. Having previously won Skate Canada in 2007 and 2009, Virtue & Moir…
by Jacquelyn Thayer After its beginning in Riga, Latvia and subsequent stops at Brisbane, Australia; Gdansk, Poland; Brasov, Romania; Innsbruck, Austria; and Milan, Italy, the 2011-12 Junior Grand Prix came to a close last week at Tallinn, Estonia with the…
This weekend marks the 16th International Cup of Nice (Coupe Internationale de Nice, for the francophones). Nice, France, is the site of this season’s World Championships, and 20 teams representing 15 countries will compete in this lovely city. France’s Pernelle…
Isabella Cannuscio is competing at 2011 Skate America with partner Ian Lorello. She’ll be sharing her thoughts and photos with us during the event. Monday, October 24, 2011 – FroYo Flash-dancer Hello! In the past three nights I have…
After a night of short dances that brought back memories of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games’ original dance fiasco, the free dances this afternoon at Skate America made for one of the best-skated competitions in recent history. Out of the…
2011 GRAND PRIX SKATE AMERICA – ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA October 20-23, 2011 Protocols: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE USA 178.07 1 1 2 Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT FRA 156.29 2 2…
The short dance wrapped up the first night of competition at the 2011 Skate America. Reigning world champions Meryl Davis & Charlie White of the U.S. earned the first +3 GOE of the Grand Prix series ice dance competition, snagging…
2011 RUSSIA CUP 3 – YOSHKAR-OLA, RUSSIA October 18-22, 2011 Official Results & Protocols (large PDF file) SENIOR: PL NAME SD FD TOTAL 1 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 71.94 102.39 174.33 2 Anna Polikarpova / Maxim Kirillov 49.90…
When I left Chicago last Friday, the skies were bright blue with cartoon-puffy clouds, and I practically skipped home from work every day without a jacket, enjoying the sunshine on my face when I crossed the river. When my plane…
Cambridge, MA – October 15 & 16, 2011 Recap Blog Photographs