The next quadrennial of figure skating begins with a young pair team pushing limits. Yes, a raft of top Canadian pair teams has left the scene, but Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud will be carried forward by what the others have left behind. It’s all very highly motivating. Walsh and Michaud will compete at their […]
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Alaine Chartrand on the rise
This is a story I did for the Skate Canada website, which appeared today: http://www.skatecanada.ca/2015/01/kingston-to-feel-like-home-territory-for-alaine-chartrand/
Skating in the family for Eric Liu
Read here a story I’ve done for the Skate Canada website about a promising young Canadian skater:
Kevin Reynolds: finding his feet
It seems as if Kevin Reynolds has finally found his magic slippers. Here’s hoping. He’s optimistic. New custom boots arrived recently from Italy and Reynolds says right now, he’s trying to relax. “I’m at the peak of the off-season,” he said. He’s spent the first part of it in search of new brogues, after the […]
Seguin, Bilodeau face tough life lessons
Please follow my story for Skate Canada at their website: http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni%5B2797%5D/3503/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Moore-Towers takes a bold risk
In the days following the world championships, Kirsten Moore-Towers began to think about her future. She dug deep for the answers. She and pair partner Dylan Moscovitch had spoken about committing to another four years, for one more Olympics. But Moore-Towers, still only 21, began to feel that she wanted to do two more, when […]
Moscovitch moves on
Canadian pair champion Dylan Moscovitch admits he was taken a bit by surprise when his partnership with Kirsten Moore-Towers dissolved last month, after the charismatic twosome finished fourth at the world championships, and third in the free skate. “I guess we were wanting different things,” he said by phone this week. “I guess we are […]
What's next for Patrick Chan
We may not have seen the last of Patrick Chan on the Olympic-eligible circuit. But for now, the three-time world champion and double Olympic silver medalist needs a break. During the Stars On Ice tour stop in Toronto, he said he plans to take the coming season off and then perhaps, if he’s healthy and […]
Johnny Weir: "One hoof out the door"
Honestly, the Kentucky Derby will never be the same, not after Johnny Weir and his sidekick Tara Lipinski are through with it. The skating twosome have been called in to comment on fashion at the 140th running of the iconic race in Louisville, Ky., shown on NBC from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. EST on […]
Moore-Towers, Moscovitch ready to rumble
There’s always something. No matter. Nothing seems to stop the drive of 2011 Canadian pair champions Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch, primed for anything at the world championships next week in Saitama, Japan. They finished fifth in Sochi, gritty, determined, she fighting off the fallout from twisting her back at a practice earlier, […]