Recent content by The Accordion

I skate by myself - but have tested with a partner - a coach I pay.

Yes!

I haven’t tested since before COVID - but the last test I passed was my Viennese Waltz! I am now working on the Quickstep - and thinking about getting an Artistic program.

Oooo! I like that a lot better than I thought I would based on the reviews. Even this early she seems to be owning it well!

Bryan Adams - Reckless Tour. My Mom took me and a friend and we were in pretty nosebleed seats - but I had some musical theatre connections who got me into a way better seat and almost backstage! But in the end Bryan Adams’ manager said “just your kids” and stopped me and my friend halfway there...

Yes- I’m watching! Just surprised there is no chit chat!

Is there another thread for the Quebec competition? Is anyone watching?

I want to see this so badly! But it closes before I get to NYC in July! :{

And it would be much more logical and easy to understand and explain, obviously.

Yes this.

Not to jinx her - but so far she seems to have nerves of steel!

I am not being funny - but isn’t there a good chance that skaters of Jamie Sale’s generation had many undiagnosed concussions? I actually wonder if many more of them than we know have some undetected brain damage.

Look, despite my previous post RE compassion for skaters who don’t seem to possess competitive nerves, I am, nonetheless still astounded by how poorly Roman Sadovsky skated on Olympic ice. It’s because of my own disgust / reaction to his skate yesterday that I have come back to this idea that...

Every skater has strengths and challenges. For some - jumps come more easily, for some - musicality or performance, for some they are more physically suited, and so on. Skaters can work hard to improve in all these areas but generally they have a threshold of what they can achieve. It is the...

Soooooo incredible!!!!