I chat with 2014 Olympic Champion Meryl Davis about her start in ice dance, the supportive environment she grew up in, the differences in her experience/approach to the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games, what it's like skating against a consistent rival, the fun life experiences after winning a gold medal, the challenges of retirement, what she's doing now, and her favorite life lesson from skating!
I speak with 2x Olympic Medalist Nancy Kerrigan about her experiences in her skating: her start/coaching, dealing with media portrayal of elite athletes that isn't alway accurate, the short amount of time she had for leg rehabilitation before the '94 Games, her experiences at both Olympic Games and how they differed, pro-skating life with shows in the 90's, her thoughts on current competitive women's skating and ever-changing technique, and what her kids are up to!
Giving you all the details on the 2022 Olympic doping scandal, where 15 year old Kamila Valieva, predicted to win the gold medal in women's figure skating, failed a drug test for Trimetazidine.
I chat with Linda Leaver — coach of 88’ Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano — about Brian’s early beginnings, what she noticed in him as a young skater, consultant coaching and sending her students to different coaches, politics in the sport and how she as a coach navigated it, setting boundaries with media hype before the Olympics, advice for current young coaches, and her thoughts on current skating when it comes to edge technique, the tano arm, and where skating is going.
I chat with 4x National Champion and 2x Olympian Jeremy Abbott about his start in skating, what it was like to work with coaches Tom Zakrajsek and Yuka Sato, his mindset going into the Vancouver Olympics versus the Sochi Olympics, whether he likes coaching or choreography more, his coaching experience with 2x National Champion Alysa Liu, and what he's up to now as well as some bonus reflections from our career experiences!
I recap some of the Women at the 2022 4 Continents Championships: Mai Mihara, Haein Lee, Yelim Kim, Young You, Rino Matsuike, Audrey Shin, Gabriella Izzo, Starr Andrews, + highlights on the men, dance, and pairs!
I recap some of the Women at the 2022 European Championships: Kamila Valieva, Sasha Trusova, Anna Scherbakova, Loena Hendrickx, Ekaterina Kurakova, Nina Petrykina.
I give my honest breakdown of the 2022 US Championships in Nashville this past weekend as well as the Olympic Team Selections from the women, men, pairs, and ice dance! In order: Gracie Gold, Amber Glenn, Lindsay Thorngren, Gabby Izzo, Isabeau Levito, Alysa Liu, Karen Chen, Mariah Bell, Jason Brown, Vincent Zhou, Ilia Malinin, Nathan Chen, Alexa Knierim + Brandon Frazier, Jessica Calalang + Brian Johnson, Ashley Cain-Gribble + Timothy Deluc, Ian Somerville + Emily Bratti, Jeffrey Chen + Katarina...
I recap the Women at the Russian Nationals 2022: Kamila Valieva Sasha Trusova Anna Scherbakova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Maiia Kromykh + Adeliya Petrosian Sofia Samodelkina Sofia Muravieva Ksenia Sinitsyna
I chat with 2014 Olympian Nathan Bartholomay about pair skating and injuries! We discuss what a pair skater looks for in a potential partner, his injuries and surgery in his career, the mentality of going through and recovering from injuries, what motivates him to continue, and how he wants to stay involved with skating and pair development in the future.
I chat with 2015 Junior Champion Andrew Torgashev about his current recovery process with his latest injury. We talk lessons learned form injury, the importance of patience, injury prevention, mentality through multiple injuries, learning about yourself away from the ice, and load management.
I chat with Olympic Ice Dance Champion Charlie White about his lifelong career with partner Meryl Davis, his love story with fellow competitor and now wife Tanith White, how he handled the pressure of 2010-2014 seasons to win Olympic gold, life lessons he learned along the way, the importance of positive training leaders, the new skating school he and Tanith are opening and what their vision is for it, and finally his legacy as 2014 Olympic Team Captain.
Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Mariah Bell (USA) Maia Khromykh (RUS) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) Kamila Valieva (RUS Victoria Safanova (BLR) Olga Mikutina (AUT)
Mariah Bell (USA) Karen Chen (USA) Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS) Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Alena Kostornaia (RUS) Anna Scherbakova (RUS)
In this episode I analyze the performances of some of the women at NHK Trophy, as well as downsides on the current direction of women's skating: Amber Glenn (USA) Eunsoo Lim (KOR) Alysa Liu (USA) Young You (KOR) Mana Kawabe (JPN) Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) *Daria Usacheva (RUS) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
I analyze the Women at the Grand Premio D'Italia this past weekend: Anna Scherbakova (RUS) Maiia Kromykh (RUS) Loena Hendricks (BEL) Satoko Miyahara (JPN) Mai Mihara (JPN) Yelim Kim (KOR) Eunsoo Lim (KOR) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
I recap the Women's Event at Skate Canada this past weekend: Kamila Valieva (RUS) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) Alena Kostornaia (RUS) Mai Mihara (JPN) Alysa Liu (USA) Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Karen Chen (USA) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
I cover the Top 6 Women and more at the 2021 Skate America Grand Prix this past weekend: Alexandra Trusova (RUS), Daria Usacheva (RUS), You Young (RUS), Kaori Sakamoto, (JPN), Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS), Amber Glenn (USA), Satoko Miyahara (JPN), Yelim Kim (KOR), Audrey Shin (USA), and Starr Andrews (USA). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
In this episode I talk to American Ice Dancer and 2018 Four Continents Champion Jean Luc Baker! We discuss his start in skating being coached by his parents, their role in his career, changing coaching teams at 18 years old, his almost 10 year partnership with partner Kaitlyn Hawayek, the slow process of moving up in ice dance, moving to Montreal for training/what it's like there, his goals for the Olympic season, plans for the future, outside interests, and favorite career moments. See Privacy ...
In this episode I analyze the Top 6 ladies performances at the 2021 JGP Ljubljana: Sofia Muravieva (RUS) Isabeau Levito (USA) Anastasia Zinina (RUS) Nina Petrokina (EST) Varvara Kisel (BLR) Kate Wang (USA) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
In this episode I analyze the Top 6 ladies performances at the 2021 JGP Ljubljana! Sofya Akateva Jia Shin Clare Seo Elizaveta Kulikova Mia Kalin Heesue Han See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
This episode I analyze the Top 6 Ladies performances at JGP Ljubljana: Adeliia Petrosian (RUS) Sofia Samodelkina (RUS) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Minchae Kim (KOR) Nina Pinzarrone (BEL) Jia Shin (KOR) + Ava Marie Zeigler (USA) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
In this episode I analyze the Top 6 Ladies Performances from the 2021 JGP Russia: Sofia Akateva (RUS) Anastasia Zinina (RUS) Sofia Samodelkina (RUS) Elizaveta Kuliakova (RUS) Elizaveta Berestovskaia (RUS) Kate Wang (USA) + Maryn Pierce (USA) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
In this episode I chat with 2x US Champion Alissa Czisny about her skating career and beyond: we discuss her start in skating, her injury and recovery process with hip surgeries, how she mentally dealt with not making the Olympic team in 2010, not giving up and coming back to become the 2010 GPF Champion and 2011 National Champion, advice for skaters who are facing a rut, what retirement was like and finding her identity outside of competitive skating, what she's up to now with coaching, seminar...
This episode I analyze the top six ladies performances at the Junior Grand Prix Kosice this past weekend. I breakdown: Veronika Zhilina (RUS), Sofia Muravieva (RUS), Adeliia Petrosian (RUS), Mariia Zakharova (RUS), Chayeon Kim (KOR), Ava Marie Ziegler (USA), and Mia Kalin (USA). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
This episode I analyze the top six ladies performances at the second Junior Grand Prix Courchevel this past weekend. I breakdown: Isabeau Levito (USA), Chayeon Kim (KOR), Kaiya Ruiter (CAN), Seoyeon Ji (KOR), Ahsun Yun (KOR), Nina Pinzarrone (BEL), Nina Petrokina (EST), and Josephine Lee (USA). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
This episode I analyze the top 6 Ladies performances at Junior Grand Prix Courchevel this past weekend. In order, I breakdown Lola Ghozali, Ahsun Yun, Seoyeon Ji, Clare Seo, Kaiya Ruiter, and Lindsay Thorngren, as well as some other highlights! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
I chat with Olympian Adam Rippon about his skating career: making it to the Olympics after 9 years of skating Senior, the mentality it took to get him there, his selection for the 2018 team and all the criteria he worked hard (and smart) for, his experience at the 2018 games with media attention, Dancing with the Stars and all the fun opportunities post-Olympics, his future career goals of continuing working in entertainment, his experience at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics last month being a media per...
On this episode, I chat with 2x Collegiate Champion Kevin Shum about collegiate skating. We discuss his skating history before college, joining the collegiate figure skating team at MIT, the process of collegiate skating, and his favorite parts of it! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
I'm back! Giving the details on my July trip to Estonia giving skating seminars and consultant coaching in Tallinn, answering questions asked by fans and listeners on my Instagram, and a little chat about the Olympics: Simone Biles, the women's gymnastics team, and what needs to change in the media coverage. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
