VANCOUVER You have your Patrick Chans, your Kevin Reynolds, your Keegan Messings. All good. But Elladj Balde stole the show in the men’s short program at the National Skating Championships Friday night. He expected nothing. Perhaps no more than a fond farewell. This is his final season as a competitor. He so wanted this season […]
Elladj Balde
Liam Firus: spinning straw into gold
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. You gotta love him. Trips and stumbles, disappointments and dark valleys, nothing, in the end, stops Liam Firus. He’s here. At Skate America. And he found out about this grand assignment two days ago. After a trip to the Warsaw Cup in Poland, he got the nod, jumped in his one-horse sleigh […]
Elladj Balde finds his roots in Africa
A story I wrote – that means a lot to me – about Elladj Balde and his trip to Africa – for the Skate Canada website. One of my favourite stories I’ve done this year. http://skatecanada.ca/2015/07/balde-finds-his-roots-in-west-african-guniea/