Melanie’s #21USCHAMPS Blog – Final Blog
January 20, 2021 I love traveling. I love exploring new places and finding the best hidden-gem-type places to eat and getting lost in different cities. I rarely want to come…
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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…
Melanie’s #21USCHAMPS Blog – This One’s for the Parents
January 23, 2021 One day during the first week, I was video chatting with my toddler, and she held up a little Duplo figurine and said, “cowboy.” Cowboy?? I’d only…
Recap: U.S. Ice Dance Crowns New National Champions
by Anne Calder | Photo by Jay Adeff (U.S. Figure Skating) The 2021 U.S. National Championships for the senior level was held January 9 -17 at the Orleans Arena in…
Melanie’s #21USCHAMPS Blog – Senior Wrap-Up
January 18, 2021 Well, despite the reduced capacity at the event, the senior competition weekend still managed to feel like a whirlwind. I am grateful that U.S. Figure Skating was…
Melanie’s #21USCHAMPS Blog – Day 2
January 13, 2021 Wednesday was a practice day at the U.S Championships for dance, ladies, and pairs. The men, who were all supposed to arrive on Tuesday, don’t take the…
Melanie’s #21USChamps Blog – Day 1
January 12, 2021 Hello from the Nationals bubble! It’s been a long and strange year since I last photographed an event, and I am feeling fortunate, but still a little…
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…
Preview: 2020 World Junior Championships
by Abril Ventura | Photo by Julia Komarova The World Junior Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from March 2-8. The reigning Junior Grand Prix Final champions, Maria Kazakova…
A look back at Bavarian Open & Egna Dance Trophy
by Anne Calder The Bavarian Open (Oberstdorf, GER) and Egna Dance Trophy (Egna/Neumarkt, ITA) were competed the first week of February approximately 400 miles apart in Western Europe. THE BAVARIAN…
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…