Yes, this is the start of the next quadrennial. And it has turned Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro into the senior members of the national pair team heading out to Grand Prix events this season. They had a quick lesson in leading the pair show at the world championships last March in Milan when […]
Skate Canada
Ilyushechkina and Moscovitch: skating for the Maple Leaf
Lubov Ilyushechkina is glowing. Positively glowing. She and her pair partner Dylan Moscovitch will go to Skate Canada next week as a completely Canadian duo. On Sept. 21, she became a Canadian citizen. “It was definitely a big day for me,” Ilyushechkina said. “Being Canadian means being warm and friendly. And I also associate Canadians […]
Javier Fernandez has been there, done that, bought the t-shirt
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 […]
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:
An 11-year-old rises to challenge
Read my post about another young skater, Alison Schumacher, with talent on the Skate Canada website: http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni[2797]/3499/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Budding Canadian stars from British Columbia
Read my story about Sarah Tamura and Megan Yim on the Skate Canada website: http://www.skatecanada.ca/AboutUs/NewsDetails/tabid/2157/sni[2797]/3510/language/en-US/Default.aspx