... became an appealing> and fun to watch > team. I hope they stay together. Depending on> retirements, they could > be sniffing the edge of the podium next...
... Aleksei Sokolov, young guy with early receding hairline, was of late apparently skating in "Hot Ice" in England. I would have preferred to see Obertas ...
... Knowing the RFSF reputation for trading off "team #2" in favour of "team #1" I doubt that keeping the champions for another season or two would help the...
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060601/20060601005593.html?.v=1 New KRAFT your summer Commercials to Feature Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan and Dancer Savion...
... Or he could come coach in the US and help eager US pairs improve their stroking and pairness. If the RFSF isn't giving him any love, perhaps we American...
... I've always been impressed with MK's management. They keep her in the public eye without oversaturation, and except for the tire thing (what's that about?)...
FYI, I've moved my skating site from Tripod to Blogspot. The new URL is http://sk8around.blogspot.com. Please visit and let me know what you think of the new...
I had read a while back, a rumor, that she had signed with an agency. Don't rememeber which one and can't find the rumor thread now. There was no clear...
... with the new ad! I think the tire company (Maxxis) is based in Asia which might explain the connections. Before I saw this poster I was checking out...
... I've wondered this, too, so I did a little online research. Of the 36 names of active coaches I found, I could verify that 6 competed for West Germany and...
... Gosh, could I send my kids there? It costs twice that to send a kid here to a cheap daycare. Hummm. have to send them to Germany... that might not be a...
... 36 > names of active coaches I found, I could verify that 6 competed for West > Germany and 15 competed for East Germany, Russia, Czechoslovakia, Martin...
Bret Hedican's Carolina Hurricanes have reached the Stanley Cup finals so, odds are, we may see a shot or two of Kristi in the stands. I saw an article not too...
... However, if he's currently pursuing a pro skating career, he might be better off staying in Russia. Interest in pro skating is on the decline in the US...
Candace Miller
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Jun 2, 2006 3:09 pm
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According to Kwan herself, Goldberg is still her agent and she has no plans to change that. ... agency. ... There ... of ... impact. ... in the ... (what's...
Here's the link to a local California article on 13-year-old Melanie (Laney) Diggs, 9th in Novice Ladies at 2006 U.S. Nationals (not 2005 - article typo), who...
... Yes, I counted Martin Scotnicky as east because he "came up" through the Czech system. The original question had to do with coaches coming up through the...
... community colleges and state schools....nothing wrong with that as college choices, but probably also reflects the expense question Candace brought up. ......
... Of the skaters I knew when I was skating, the people who were the BEST at it were the "dumb jocks." Sorry to say, but they were. Athletic ability is...
Coming out of lurkdom to say Hedican's Hurricanes will play the Edmonton Oilers for the Cup, Edmonton being where Yamaguchi trained for years as an amateur....
Karyn
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Jun 2, 2006 9:59 pm
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New ISU Communications: http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-176078-193296-107618-0-file,00.pdf ISU Communication 1386 - Congress Agenda ...
VIKRAM SETHI
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Jun 2, 2006 11:37 pm
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Interesting in this context maybe the information that Reinhard Mirmsecker, the current president of the DEU, also "came up through the East German System". He...
... Thanks. Senior level compulsory dances for next year are three of my favorites: Rhumba (which the ISU spells with the h but my spell checker thinks is ...
Susan
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Jun 3, 2006 1:30 am
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... If they used the Patsy Cline version, it sure would. Or any of the multitude of country versions of said song. I'd love to see some of the good country...
... But does this specfication of country/folk music mark a change away from including two or three different music styles in one poor OD? That would be a...
Remember during the Olympics when Alexei Mishin supposedly told a reporter that "Russian women are not very good for figure skating. They are good for...
Sarah Ramer
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... The change is actually this year, with the tango. The entire dance can be one tango, or they can use more than one. Susan McC [Non-text portions of this...