Event Recaps

Anne’s Take: 2021 Skate Canada

by Anne Calder | Photos by Danielle Earl (Skate Canada) 2021 Skate Canada International, the second event in the ISU Grand Prix Series, was held in Vancouver, British Columbia from…

Anne’s Take: 2021 Skate America

by Anne Calder | Photos by Robin Ritoss I’m back home in Arizona after three days of amazing figure skating at the 2021 Skate America in Las Vegas, Nevada.  It…

Recap: 2021 Finlandia Trophy

by Matteo Morelli | Photos by Robin Ritoss Day 1: Rhythm Dance The ice dance rhythm dance had its debut at Finlandia Trophy, one of the ISU Challenger Series hosted…

Recap: 2021 World Championships

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss The Montreal 2020 World Championships were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which made the 2019 World gold medalists reigning champions until…

Recap: U.S. crowns 2021 junior champions

by Anne Calder | Photos by Melanie Heaney COVID-19 raised havoc with the 2019-2020 figure skating season. Rinks were closed, domestic and international competitions were canceled, and programs were choreographed…

Recap: 2020 NHK Trophy

by Anne Calder Osaka, Japan hosted the final competition in the shortened 2020 ISU Grand Prix Series November 27-29. It had the smallest number of participants (28), but the largest…

Recap: 2020 Rostelecom Cup

by Anne Calder The Rostelecom Cup held in Moscow, Russia from November 20-22 was the third event in the 2020 Grand Prix Series. Six of the ten competing couples represented…

Recap: 2020 Cup of China

by Anne Calder The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating’s Cup of China returned to Chongqing for the second straight year on November 6-8. Unfortunately due to Covid-19, many format…

Recap: 2020 Skate America

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Skate America officially kicked off the 2020 Grand Prix Series of Figure Skating October 22-24 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas,…

Recap: 2020 World Junior Championships

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Tallinn, Estonia hosted its second World Junior Championships March 2-8. Twenty-nine ice dance couples representing 22 ISU nations competed; 20 couples from…

Recap: 2020 Four Continents Championships

by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss In 1999 the ISU established the Four Continents Championships(4CC) to allow figure skaters from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceana to compete…