Creating a 'distinctive style'
Figure Skaters Online
October 6, 2009
Making an Olympic team is not something Rachael Flatt just hopes for. Her team has a plan to help her succeed.
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Figure Skaters Online
October 6, 2009
Creating a ‘distinctive style’
Figure Skaters Online
October 6, 2009
Making an Olympic team is not something Rachael Flatt just hopes for. Her team has a plan to help her succeed.
Goo Goo Dolls, Lysacek join for ‘Improv-Ice’
Figure Skaters Online
August 8, 2009
"Improv-Ice" put skater's creativity and athletic prowess to the ultimate test of performance under pressure, in an off-the-cuff show, backed by the live music of one of the biggest popular rock bands of the past two decades, the Goo Goo Dolls. Evan…
Brittney Rizo opts out of Olympic season
Figure Skaters Online
June 22, 2009
Brittney Rizo was shocked when the ladies short program competition ended at the 2009 U.S. Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. A relative unknown making her senior debut, she placed fourth in the short, ahead of both national champions and World Championship team members.…
‘Skate for Life’ planned for June 27
Figure Skaters Online
June 8, 2009
Parker Pennington has a colorful resume that includes three national championships. But the accomplishment that he is most proud of is organizing the Skate for Life show, which raised $21,000 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association last year. He hosts the show again…
Jordin Sparks headlines ‘Skate for the Heart’
Figure Skaters Online
May 14, 2009
Reigning World Champion Evan Lysacek joins an all-star cast that includes Jeremy Abbott, Alissa Czisny, Mirai Nagasu and Johnny Weir for Disson Skating's "Skate for the Heart," Sept. 19 in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The show also features live performances from music stars…
Jordin Sparks headlines 'Skate for the Heart'
Figure Skaters Online
May 14, 2009
Reigning World Champion Evan Lysacek joins an all-star cast that includes Jeremy Abbott, Alissa Czisny, Mirai Nagasu and Johnny Weir for Disson Skating's "Skate for the Heart," Sept. 19 in Hoffman Estates, Ill. The show also features live performances from music stars…
Phil Hersh: ‘Come back, Michelle and Sasha’
Figure Skaters Online
March 20, 2009
An Olympic beat columnist and reporter who also contributes to the Los Angeles Times, Phil Hersh has extensively covered the sport of figure skating since the 1980s, and is one of the only journalists still covering the major athletes and events outside…
Phil Hersh: 'Come back, Michelle and Sasha'
Figure Skaters Online
March 20, 2009
An Olympic beat columnist and reporter who also contributes to the Los Angeles Times, Phil Hersh has extensively covered the sport of figure skating since the 1980s, and is one of the only journalists still covering the major athletes and events outside…
‘Really big learning year’ takes Rippon to Bulgaria
Figure Skaters Online
February 23, 2009
Adam Rippon made one of the biggest decisions of his career earlier this season. Only weeks before he was to make his senior national debut at the 2009 U.S. Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, he decided to leave coach Nikolai Morozov in Hackensack,…