This is a post I never predicted I would write, but I am compelled to write it before I can write about anything else. I’d like to take the time to remember the 67 victims of the deadly mid-air collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the waters ofContinue reading “Flight 5342: In Memoriam”
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Review of Road to Gold Destination Vail 2023 Adult Figure Skating Camp, Part 2: What I Learned
This post is the second in a two-part review of the Road to Gold Destination Vail 2023 adult figure skating camp. Held in Vail, Colorado, USA each summer, the camp features two-time US National Ladies Figure Skating Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist Gracie Gold. See Part 1 of my review for an overview of theContinue reading “Review of Road to Gold Destination Vail 2023 Adult Figure Skating Camp, Part 2: What I Learned”
Review of Road to Gold Destination Vail 2023 Adult Figure Skating Camp, Part 1: Overview
This past summer, I was fortunate to attend two-time US Ladies National Figure Skating Champion and Olympic Bronze Medalist Gracie Gold’s Road to Gold Destination Vail training camp. Presented by the Vail Skating Festival in conjunction with Shipstad Entertainment, Road to Gold Destination Vail is perhaps the most storied of all the Road to Gold trainingContinue reading “Review of Road to Gold Destination Vail 2023 Adult Figure Skating Camp, Part 1: Overview”
Review of Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt Fitness Class (Part 2)
This post is the second in a two-part review of three-time US National Ladies Figure Skating Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt, an adults-only on-ice figure skating fitness class. In Part 2, I share a handful of key takeaways from the Skate & Sculpt class I took. I write about theContinue reading “Review of Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt Fitness Class (Part 2)”
Review of Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt Fitness Class (Part 1)
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending three-time US National Ladies Figure Skating Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt, an adults-only on-ice figure skating fitness class. Ashley Wagner tours around the USA leading Skate & Sculpt for skaters aged 18 and up. Image featured above: My friends and I with AshleyContinue reading “Review of Ashley Wagner’s Skate & Sculpt Fitness Class (Part 1)”
MCL Tear Recovery: Off-Ice Exercises for Figure Skaters (and all athletes!)
I sustained a high-grade tear to the MCL on my left knee this past summer. While initially it was devastating – requiring me to take a three-month break from figure skating – I worked hard to find a silver lining. I discovered two off-ice exercises on my road to recovery that not only helped maintainContinue reading “MCL Tear Recovery: Off-Ice Exercises for Figure Skaters (and all athletes!)”
Breaking Down the Champion’s Lap
I first learned the figure skating warmup pattern referred to as the Champion’s Lap when I attended the Janet Champion Spin Clinic in the fall of 2022. See my blog post dated May 14, 2023 for a review of the clinic. After the clinic some of the attendees, including many of my fellow adult skaterContinue reading “Breaking Down the Champion’s Lap”
The Janet Champion Spin Clinic: In a Word, Energizing!
Up until this point, my figure skating blog posts have focused on the beginning of my skating journey, that is, when I began skating decades ago. After careful thought, I decided I would take a break from writing about the past and jump ahead to the present. Some memorable events and moments have occurred recentlyContinue reading “The Janet Champion Spin Clinic: In a Word, Energizing!”
A Dream Takes Flight: Aspen Bound!
Soon graduation was upon me and I earned my Bachelor of Arts degree. Having decided that this new, post-graduation chapter of my life would be focused on formal training in figure skating, I commenced a search for a new figure skating coach. Once I found the right coach, I planned to pack up and moveContinue reading “A Dream Takes Flight: Aspen Bound!”
A Dream Takes Off
After ten months of successful treatment for my illness, I was able to return to my university for my final semester of college. Ironically, even more exciting to me than being healthy enough to resume my life as a student was the fact that I was returning to school with a pair of figure skatesContinue reading “A Dream Takes Off”
A Dream Reawakens
Several years after the visit to the Broadmoor Skating Club,* I sat in a hospital as my parents filled out paperwork to admit me for inpatient treatment. I had just withdrawn from college to seek treatment for an illness. Life was no longer recognizable to me, devoid of all structure, definition, and predictability. A fewContinue reading “A Dream Reawakens”
A Dream Awakens (and then goes dormant)
It was the winter of 1984 and I was transfixed by the Sarajevo Olympics. The figure skating events enthralled me more than any of the others, in particular Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean’s ice dance performance to Maurice Ravel’s Bolero. I watched in awe as Torvill and Dean began their program in a kneeling positionContinue reading “A Dream Awakens (and then goes dormant)”
Finding Balance on the Edge: Figure Skating & Travel Journeys by Carolyn Tir 