Everything is new, at least for Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro, pairs skaters who describe themselves as “definitely mom and dad now.” “We’re old for sure,” said Moore-Towers, who like her partner is 27. “We enjoy our leadership role.” Now Canada’s top pair team, they are surrounded by newness. And it’s working for them. […]
Kaitlyn Weaver
Magic in a Dog Sled
The way Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje planned it, they would have been happy to remain low-key, and chill out in their hotel in the off-hours during a spring visit to the very northerly Happy Valley-Goose Bay town in Labrador. They had come to Labrador’s largest community in the spring to do three shows and […]
Weaver and Poje Masterpieces
With an Olympics in their rear view mirror, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje have apparently created little masterpieces of programs this season. Their secret is the joy out of which they made them. Their short dance is understated, elegant and beautiful. Their free dance, emotional and important. Once perfected, both will linger in the […]
Weaver and Poje: Dancing With their Hearts
For now, we will only get Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje for a whisp of a moment in the competitive world when they set foot at Autumn Classic in Oakville, Ont.. this week. And remember how they always had the power to make you weep with their emotional performances? No different this season. In […]
Weaver and Poje: Je Suis Malade
REGINA “Je Suis Malade” isn’t just music. It’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje’s music. When anybody else skates to it, Weaver and Poje automatically come to mind. You see Weaver and Poje. Not somebody else. When they created it during the 2011-2012 season, they breathed it. They lived it. It was magic. It made them. […]
Weaver and Poje watch flood from afar
Skate Canada photo Ask Kaitlyn Weaver what her hometown is and she replies: “My HOME hometown?” Yes. Although Weaver became a Canadian citizen in 2009, her HOME hometown is Houston, Texas. And who needs to say anything else right now? Of course, since last Friday, Houston has been lashed by a Category 4 hurricane, […]
Weaver and Poje: home at last
Yes, they had won medals at two world championships, chalked up undefeated strings on Grand Prix circuits, ruled Canada’s ice dancers for two years, and earned sheets of standing ovations for their heartfelt routines. But still, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje felt something was missing. A flutter, a little heat, perhaps. A new energy. After […]
Canada's duos strangely in step
(My story, as seen on the Skate Canada website: Fate and destiny have bought Canada’s top two upwardly mobile duos to much the same place, on the same path, so much so, it’s almost chilling to behold. Never have Canadian doublets been in such step as pair skaters Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford and […]