Skating Fridays

New Skating Invention? I was skating around during public last week when this guy showed up wearing these weird contraptions on his feet. They weren’t…

Skating Fridays

We’ve Come A Long Way Last week, we began the choreography for my new freestyle program. My choreographer had asked me to execute a few…

Skating Fridays

Tonya and Nancy [Video] This week was our rink’s annual holiday show. I have never been able to participate because I have always been out…

Skating Fridays

Tonya and Nancy Have you all heard about the new biopic that is being released in theaters called I, Tonya? If not, it’s a movie…

Skating Fridays

Sour Cows One element in skating is called the salchow (pronounced “sal-cow”), which is named after Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), who was a Swedish skater. The…

Skating Fridays

Throwing Chickens One week during our regularly scheduled adult Learn to Skate group class, our coach was teaching us about edges. At one point in…

Skating Fridays

Funny Things My Coach Says One thing that I appreciate about Coach B is her directness. She doesn’t beat around the bush and give me…