I analyze the Championship Men's Event at U.S. Nationals this past week in San Jose: Ilia Malinin Jason Brown Andrew Torgashev Maxim Naumov Jimmy Ma Liam Kapeikis Camden Pulkinen Samuel Mindra Tomoki Hiwatashi
I recap the Championships Women's Event at 2023 Nationals this past week: Isabeau Levito Bradie Tennell Amber Glenn Starr Andrews Josephine Lee Lindsay Thorngren Ava Zeigler Gracie Gold Clare Seo Ting Cui Audrey Shin Alexa Gasparotto
I sit down with 2022 Olympic Bronze Medalist Madison Hubbell to chat about her career: when she started skating, ice dancing with her brother, meeting and skating with Zach Donohue, their relationship throughout the years, the timeline of their ice dance journey, picking program styles, what it was like to compete neck in neck against Madi [Chock] and Evan [Bates] throughout the last several years, what it’s really like in Montreal where they trained with numerous competitors, what she’s doing n...
I give you all the info on the upcoming 2023 Toyota US Championships next week: - Location and Venue - Restaurants to visit in San Jose - High Performance National Development Camp - Schedule of all Events - Brian Boitano's Lounge - Friends of Figure Skating Breakfast - USFS Hall of Fame Reception - Who to Watch in the Championship Events
I sit down with Olympic Champion Scott Hamilton to discuss his skating career and life: how he got into skating after struggling with health issues, the inspiring story and trajectory of his skating career leading up to the 1984 Olympics, his mindset at the Olympics, making his own way with limited work opportunities after winning the gold, co-creating Stars On Ice and it's success, how he thinks leadership is a crucial component to get skating back it's popularity, sportscasting and what he thi...
I chat with 2018 Junior Champion Camden Pulkinen about his skating career so far: How and when he started, winning the Junior Championship in 2018, imposter syndrome and developing his confidence over the next few years as a senior competitor, tips and tricks he uses to ground himself competing now, balancing school and skating while at Columbia University in New York, and who his favorite skaters are.
I breakdown the women's event at the 2022 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino: Hana Yoshida (JPN) Minsol Kwon (KOR) Ami Nakai (JPN) Chaeyeon Kim (KOR) Jia Shin (KOR) Mao Shimada (JPN)
I analyze the women's event at the 2022 Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy, as well as the the top 3 men and highlights of our USA Pairs and Dance teams: Mai Mihara (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Yelim Kim (KOR) + Ilia Malinin (USA) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) Shoma Uno (JPN)
I analyze the Top 6 women and highlights from the Men and Dance events at the 2022 Grand Prix in Finland: Mai Mihara (JPN) Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Mana Kawabe (JPN) Rika Kihira (JPN) Madeline Schizas (CAN) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) + Ilia Malinin (USA) Camden Pulkenin (USA) + Jean Luc Baker & Kaitlyn Hawayek (USA) Anthony Ponomarenko & Christina Carriera (USA) Oona & Gage Brown (USA)
I analyze the Top 6 women and highlights from Men, Ice Dance, and Pairs at the 2022 NHK Trophy in Japan: Yelim Kim (KOR) Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Audrey Shin (USA) Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Seoyeon Ji (KOR) Niina Petrokina (EST) Starr Andrews (USA) Amber Glenn (USA) + Shoma Uno (JPN) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) Junwhan Cha (JOR) Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) + Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA) Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen (USA) + Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe (...
I analyze the Top 6 women and highlights from Men, Pairs, and Dance at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield Grand Prix: Mai Mihara (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Anastasiia Gubanova (GEO) Young You (KOR) Ekaterina Kurakova (POL) Nichole Schott (GER) Gabriella Izzo (USA) Bradie Tennell (USA) Alexia Pagianini (SUI) + Daniel Grassl (ITA) Deniss Vasiljevs (LAT) Shun Sato (JPN) Jimmy Ma (USA) Tomoki Hiwatashi (USA) + Alexa Knierim/Brandon Frazier (USA) Nathan Bartholomay/Katie McBeath (USA) + Chri...
I analyze the top 6 women at the 2022 Grand Prix de France as well as highlights on the Men, Pairs, and Dance: Mana Kawabe (JPN) Audrey Shin (JPN) Haein Lee (KOR) Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN) Yelim Kim (KOR) Loena Hendrickx (BEL Mae Berenice Meite (FRA) Olga Mikutina (AUT) + Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA) Sota Yamamoto (JPN) Kazuki Tomono (JPN) + Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen (USA) Eva Pate/ Logan Bye (USA) Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis (FIN) + Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (CAN) Maria M...
I analyze the Top 6 women at the 2022 Skate Canada Grand Prix, as well as highlights in the women, men, pairs, and dance! Rinka Watanabe (JPN) Starr Andrews (USA) Young You (KOR) Ava Marie Ziegler (USA) Rika Kihira (JPN) Niina Petrokina (EST) Lindsay Thorngren (USA) Gabrielle Daleman (CAN) Madeline Schizas (CAN) Yuhana Yokoi (JPN) + Shoma Uno (JPN) Kao Miura (JPN) Matteo Rizzo (ITA) Camden Pulkinen (USA) Jimmy Ma (USA) + Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe (USA) + Piper Gilles / Paul Pourier (CAN) M...
I analyze the Top 6 women at Skate America, and my thoughts on Men, Pairs, and Ice Dance: Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) Isabeau Levito (USA) Amber Glenn (USA) Haein Lee (KOR) Ekaterina Kurakova (POL) Gracie Gold (USA) + Liam Kapeikis (USA) Dinh Tran (USA) Donovan Carrillo (MEX) Roman Sadovsky (CAN) Daniel Grassl (ITA) Junhwan Cha (KOR) Kao Miura (JPN) Ilia Malinin (USA) + Deanna Stellato-Dudek / Maxime Deschamps (CAN Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier (USA) + Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridnov (USA) Kaitly...
I analyze the Top 6 women, highlights, and all Team USA skater at JGP Egna: Hana Yoshida (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Inga GURGENIDZE (GEO) Mone Chiba (JPN) Phattaratida Kaneshige (THA) Sherry Zhang (USA) Soho Lee (USA) Polina Dzsumanyiyjazova (HUN) Iida Karhunen (FIN) Rose Theroux (CAN) Hannah Frank (AUT) + Lucas Broussard (USA) Daniel Martynov (USA) Leah Neset + Artem Markelov (USA) Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr (USA)
I analyze the Top 6 women, highlights, and all USA Skatersat the 2nd JGP Gdansk this season: Ami Nakai (JPN) Jia Shin (KOR) Minsol Kwon (KOR) Mia Kalin (USA) Ayumi Shibayama (JPN) Nikola Femchenkova (LAT) + Josephine Lee (USA) Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA) Maria Eliise Kaljuvere (EST Hetty Shi (CAN) Robert Yampolsky (USA) Beck Strommer (USA) William Annis (USA) Sophia Baram + Daniel Tioumentsev (USA) Ellian Peal + Ethan Peal (USA) Helen Carhart + Volodmyr Horovyi (USA)
I analyze the Top 6 women at JGP Gdansk as well as other highlights in the field and our own Team USA women and men: Mao Shimada (JPN) Mone Chiba (JPN) Chayeon Kim (KOR) Kimmy Repond (SUI) Xiangyi An (CHN) Lorine Schild (FRA) + Clare Seo (USA) Josephine Lee (USA) Logan Higase-Chen (USA) Nataly LangerBauer (EST) Polina Dzumanyijazova (HUN) Lida Karhunen (FIN) Joseph Klein (USA) Michael Xie (USA) Lucas Broussard (USA)
I sit down with Canadian Pairs National champion and Olympian Dylan Moscovitch to chat about his story: How he got into pair skating and who his first partners were, pairing with Kirsten Moore Towers and become National Champions in their second season, his experience at the Olympic Games in Sochi, switching partners and skating with Liubov Ilyushechkina, his decision to retire in 2018 and the details behind it, importance of fueling well for both partners in pair sports, pursuing acting and wor...
I sit down with 2017 US Junior Champion turned Instagram skating star Kaitlyn Nguyen about her promising skating career and the injuries that cut it short: when she started skating, the timeline of getting all her jumps, being on the Juvenile National podium to winning the Junior Championship, fracturing her back at age 14 followed by a multitude of other injuries, over-training and her comeback processes, her decision to step away from competitive skating, the flurry of guilt and other emotions...
In this episode I analyze the Top 6 Women from JGP Riga as well as highlights of all the USA athletes who competed there: Jia Shin (KOR), Soho Lee (USA), Ami Nakai (JPN), Inga Gurgenidze (GEO), Nikola Fomchenkova (LAT), Jimmy Repond (SUI), and Hannah Herrera (USA) as well as Robert Yampolsky (USA), Kirk Haugeto (USA), Cayla Smith + Andy Deng (USA), and Vanessa Pham + Jonathan Rogers (USA).
I recap the Top 6 women of the 2022 JGP Courchevel women's event and more: Mao Shimada (JPN), Minsol Kwol (KOR), Ikura Kushida (JPN), Mia Kalin (USA), Heesue Han (KOR), Lorine Schild (FRA), Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA), Nataly Langerbauer (EST), as well as USA highlights of the Men - Maxim Zharkov and Kai Kovar, Pairs and Dance Events.
I recap the Top 6 of the 2022 JGP Courchevel women's event: Hana Yoshida (JPN), Ayumi Shibayama (JPN), Yujae Kim (KOR), Maria Eliise Kaljuvere (EST), Clare Seo (USA), Lia Pereira (CAN), Sarah Everhardt (USA), as well as USA highlights of the Men and Dance Events.
I sit down with 2016 National Pairs Champion Tarah Kayne to chat about everything pairs skating! We talk about going from singles to pairs, finding the right partner - what qualities to look for, her timeline of success in pairs, comfort level and fearful elements in pair skating, mental training/mentality when competing with a partner, advice she would give all pair girls, all things retirement and the struggles in the transitional period, and her skating inspirations/role models!
In this episode I sit down with Team USA skater Starr Andrews to chat about her life in skating: how she started, her coaching team, skating in LA, going viral at a young age (Whip My Hair), artistry and picking music, the jump from JGP's to Senior Grand Prix's, the mental game of skating and the challenges that come with it, her skating role models, her favorite skating moments and programs, her health regarding SVT and her recent heart surgery to heal it, her singing talents, and what she want...
I sit down with 2022 US Bronze Medalist and Junior World Champion Isabeau Levito to chat about her career thus far! We talk about her start in skating, her coaching team, her timeline of learning jumps, her artistry and the dance classes she takes, competing on the JGP circuit last season, her Senior Nationals experience winning the bronze, her Junior Worlds experience, what she's excited about next season, consistency and goals, and a little bit on who Isabeau is.
In this episode I chat with 2022 Junior World Champion and US Silver Medalist Ilia Malinin about his start in skating, coaching, the timeline of learning all his jumps, his latest season with starting with the JGP's, his Nationals experience as a first year senior in an Olympic year, how he felt about the Olympic team selection, his experience competing at the World Championships and Junior World Championships, how he feels about the hype surrounding his name, his Quad Axel, and some more on who...
I sit down with legendary coach Christy Ness, who coached Kristi Yamaguchi to Olympic Gold! We discuss her start in skating coaching, coaching young Kristi to the top, parents and their significance to the team, her advice to young coaches, dealing with politics in the sport, dealing with media in the sport, her thoughts on current skating with the potential age change, missing quality in today's skating, and what she's up to now!
I sit down with world famous coach Frank Carroll, who has coached many famous figure skating champions in his career. We chat about his start in skating, what he looks for in recognizing talent, parents' role in the coaching processes, training athletes with different personalities, consultant coaching, politics in skating, his thoughts on the Olympic doping scandal and the handling of it all, his thoughts on current women's skating and what needs to change in the judging system, and his favorit...
I recap the Women's Event at the 2022 World Championships: Kaori Sakamoto, Loena Hendrickx, Alysa Liu, Mariah Bell, Young You, Anastasia Gubanova, Wakaba Higuchi, Karen Chen, Nicole Schott, Ekaterina Kurakova, Ekaterina Ryabova, Olga Mikutina, Niina Petrykina, and overall thoughts.
I chat with 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski about her life: how she got into skating, her coaching teams, training away from home, what to was like to be the youngest champion and her strategies for excelling at such a young age against older competitors, what it was like having a skating rivalry with Michelle Kwan, the 1998 season and how she felt going into the Olympics, media during that time, her Olympic experience, why she decided to retire competitively and turn pro at 15, retirement a...
