Event Recaps

Recap: 2023 U.S. Championships (Senior)

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman RHYTHM DANCE The U.S. National Championship Senior Rhythm Dance was performed for the first time without a pattern. It was replaced by…

Recap: 2023 European Championships

by Matteo Morelli The 2023 European Championships was held at Espoo Metro Arena in Helsinki, Finland, with 23 teams from 19 countries competing to earn the top continental spots.  Italy’s…

Recap: 2023 U.S. Championships (Junior)

by Anne Calder | Photos by Daphne Backman San Jose, host of the 2023 US National Championships, is located in the heart of California’s high-tech Silicon Valley. The event was…

Recap: National Championships Round Up

By Matteo Morelli  With the current season fully into its second half, most National Championships are now completed and teams going to the European, Four Continents and World Championships are…

Recap: 2022 Grand Prix Final

by Matteo Morelli Torino’s Palavela welcomed back a Grand Prix Final after hosting the last one in 2019, as the 2020 and 2021 events got cancelled due to the Covid-19…

Recap: 2022 Grand Prix Espoo

by Matteo Morelli Finland welcomed back a Grand Prix event after last hosting one in 2018. Grand Prix of Espoo, that replaced Rostelecom Cup, was the last event of the…

Recap: 2022 NHK Trophy

by Anne Calder Sapporo, Japan hosted the fifth ISU Grand Prix event, where North Americans Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen (CAN), Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA) and Caroline…

Stories from the 2023 Ice Dance Final

by Anne Calder The 2022-2023 Ice Dance Final was held at the Skating Club of Boston from November 8-11 in conjunction with the Eastern Singles Sectional Competition. At the event,…

Recap: 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

By Matteo Morelli  Sheffield welcomed the fourth ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, the MK John Wilson Trophy. This was the first Grand Prix event to take place in Great…

Recap: 2022 Grand Prix de France

by Anne Calder The third event in the 2022 Grand Prix Series was held in Angers, France from November 4-6. Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron, six-time winners of the French…

Recap: 2022 Skate Canada

by Matteo Morelli The ice dance competition at Skate Canada International this year saw two medals awarded to the local teams: Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier showed their programmes for…

Recap: 2022 Skate America

Team USA’s Madison Chock & Evan Bates won their third Skate America title, while Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker of the U.S. took silver.  Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac…