Previews

2009 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (SENIOR) The last time that the Canadian Figure Skating Championships were in Saskatoon, it was 2003, and the dance competition was completely predictable. For the third…

Goyang City, South Korea For the first time, the Senior Grand Prix Final and the Junior Grand Prix Final will be held simultaneously. Goyang City, South Korea, which hosted last…

Tokyo, Japan With four spots to the Grand Prix Final likely decided, NHK Trophy is the setting for the battle for the final two spots. Isabelle Delobel & Olivier Schoenfelder,…

Moscow, Russia It all comes down to the numbers.  The penultimate stop on the ISU Grand Prix Series brings us to Moscow this week for the Cup of Russia. Isabelle…

Paris, France On November 13, Trophee Eric Bompard gets underway in Paris, France. The fourth event in the Senior Grand Prix Series, TEB will be another chance for this year’s…

Zagreb, Croatia November 13-16 marks Croatia’s annual senior international competition, Golden Spin of Zagreb. The event has a great tradition –- 2008 will be the 41st staging of the competition.…

Beijing, China Beijing, China, plays host to the third event of the Grand Prix series, Cup of China. Judging by the placements last week at HomeSense Skate Canada, the projected…

Ottawa, Ontario The ISU’s Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series visits Ottawa, Ontario as teams from Russia, Canada, France and the United States make up the eight-team Skate Canada roster.…

Everett, WA After two months and eight stops on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, the senior skaters get their turn as Skate America kicks off the Grand Prix of Figure…

Sheffield, Great Britain With seven events down, there is just one to go. The final competition of the 2008 Junior Grand Prix Series, the John Curry Memorial, begins on October…

Vienna, Austria After a one-year hiatus, the ice dancing event will be contested by 14 teams at the Karl Schäfer Memorial in Vienna, Austria from October 14-17. The event is…

Vantaa, Finland This week, ice dancing returns to Finlandia Trophy for the first time since 2003. Nine teams, many making their senior international or competitive debuts, will take the ice…

Cape Town, South Africa With only nine teams participating at the penultimate JGP event, Skate Safari, this may be one of the smallest of the Junior Grand Prix series, but…

Gomel, Belarus Gomel, Belarus hosts the sixth Junior Grand Prix event of 2008.  13 teams representing eight countries will take the ice at the ISU JGP Golden Lynx in search…

NEBELHORN TROPHY Nebelhorn Trophy in Obertsdorf, Germany, is the perennial event to start the senior competitive season. From September 25-28, 15 ice dance teams will take the ice looking for…