Previews

The top skaters in the country will head to three Sectional Championships to determine who will compete at the 2012 U.S. Junior Championships and 2012 U.S. National Championships.  At the…

by Jacquelyn Thayer The Grand Prix nears its conclusion with Trophée Eric Bompard, where multiple reigning medalists will mingle with teams making their season débuts. More significantly, the competition will…

by Melanie Hoyt This week, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating climbs past its mid-series hump, arriving in Sapporo, Japan, for NHK Trophy. Since NHK Trophy is the fourth event…

by Jacquelyn Thayer   Cup of China marks the third event on this season’s ISU Grand Prix calendar, taking place for the very first time in Shanghai. The eight teams…

The 2011 Ice Challenge will be held Nov. 1-6 in Graz, Austria. Ice Challenge is an annual competition hosted by the Austrian Figure Skating Association and sanctioned by the International…

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…

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…

Skate America returns to the honor of starting off the 2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. For the past two seasons, the International Skating Union has adjusted the…

by Jacquelyn Thayer   The Junior Grand Prix will make its seventh and final stop at the JGP Tallinn Cup in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that last hosted a JGP…

This week, the sixth and penultimate stop on the Junior Grand Prix is in Milan, Italy, at the Trofeo W. Lombardi. The fashionable city of Milan will host 16 teams…

By Laura S. Marshall The 16th Finlandia Trophy is gearing up to be one of the most exciting ice dance competitions of the early season, with a deep field of…

The 19th Ondrej Nepela Memorial will take place from September 29 to October 1 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Named for the 1972 Olympic gold medalist and held annually since 1993, the…

by Laura S. Marshall   This week, the Junior Grand Prix heads to Brasov, Romania, for the fourth event in the series. The Brasov Cup roster contains 15 teams from…

by Melanie Hoyt The Junior Grand Prix is already in its fourth week, and skaters around the world have been competing in domestic events and proving themselves during test skates…