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Javier Fernandez: A Promise

May 9, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Javier Fernandez

Love hurts. During the Stars On Ice tour that wends across Canada to the end of this month, Javier Fernandez will show you just how much. This is Javi Fernandez like you’ve never seen him (but knew him to be): the leading man, the gentle, sensitive soul, the man finally at home in his own […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: David Wilson, Javier Fernandez, Pablo Alboran, Sandra Bezic

Daleman, pressing onwards to the free

February 22, 2018 By Beverley Leave a Comment

Today, Gabby Daleman will find her rhythm. It’s what she does in times of peril. The national championship proved to be one of those times, when she endured strep throat, that was replaced by pneumonia by the time she whizzed through her free skate to the rapturous “Rhapsody in Blue.” Even so, she took her […]

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Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Brian Orser, Gabby Daleman, Javier Fernandez, Lee Barkell, Pyeongchang

Javi Fernandez: the charming world champion

September 23, 2017 By 1 Comment

MONTREAL Even while his world is changing all around him, swallowing him, passing him by perhaps, Javier Fernandez is stepping out this year with an I-am-who-I-am elegance. And it’s refreshing. He’s not the same skater he was when he showed up on Brian Orser’s doorstep six years ago as a laid-back Spaniard with loads of […]

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If lightning strikes, it's probably Yuzuru Hanyu

December 13, 2015 By 1 Comment

At the end of a busy December Saturday, Shae-Lynn Bourne finally had a chance to watch history unfold at the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona. On her Smartphone, Bourne could see just enough from the tiny little figures to know that Yuzuru Hanyu, for whom she had created the free skate, could make no errors. […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Boyang Jin, Javier Fernandez, Patrick Chan, Shoma Uno, Yuzuru Hanyu

If lightning strikes, it's probably Yuzuru Hanyu

December 13, 2015 By 2 Comments

At the end of a busy December Saturday, Shae-Lynn Bourne finally had a chance to watch history unfold at the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona. On her smartphone, Bourne could see just enough from the tiny little figures to know that Yuzuru Hanyu, for whom she had created the free skate, could make no errors. […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Boyang Jin, Javier Fernandez, Patrick Chan, Shoma Uno, Yuzuru Hanyu

Patrick Chan strides boldly back to competition wars

May 5, 2015 By 11 Comments

Apparently, Patrick Chan lives on the edge. He wants his skating to do the same. We apparently have seen nothing yet. And that, boys and girls, is why he is returning to the competitive skating wars next season, but not before he takes in a few more high-risk, death-defying activities. Today he, Kaitlyn Weaver, Andrew […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Javier Fernandez, Patrick Chan, Yuzuru Hanyu

Tracy Wilson: the wind beneath wings

April 27, 2015 By 2 Comments

This is a story I wrote that appeared on the Skate Canada website:   By Beverley Smith Tracy Wilson figures she learns as much as she teaches. Yes, we all know she’s a crack skating analyst for various television networks, having won Gemini Awards for her work. But the former Olympic ice dancing medalist has […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Brian Orser, Javier Fernandez, Nam Nguyen, Tracy Wilson, Yuzuru Hanyu

What Javier Fernandez has become

March 23, 2015 By Leave a Comment

There was a time when Javier Fernandez was all about the high-flying, sharply rotated, stunning jump. Quads in particular. Well, maybe he had a bit of charisma, too, in those brown Spanish eyes. But since he took up residence in Toronto, to train with Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson, he’s gradually learned that skating is […]

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Javier Fernandez has been there, done that, bought the t-shirt

October 29, 2014 By 6 Comments

Javier Fernandez has good memories of Skate Canada. His first one, in Mississauga, Ont., during the 2011-2012 season, was also his first with coach Brian Orser. He left a lasting impression, throwing the technical book at his opponents, turning from afterthought into world beater. What, a skater from Spain, defeating world record holder Patrick Chan […]

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Black Betty, Javier Fernandez, Skate Canada

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