Recent content by barbk

A SEKRET baby, for real. She just showed up with a baby in an instagram pic out of the blue one day.

Other than the one-armed costume, I really like A Day in the Life at Skate America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BahdzcmS6S0. The spiral sequence was great, spins were lovely, and the footwork was also good.

Brian Kohlberger in a plea deal to the Idaho murders - will plead guilty to the murders and burglary in return for lifetime prison with no parole. What a creep.

I don't usually love the covers...but this one is awesome!

Sophie's dress is gorgeous. I'm fully expecting the POW to need bunion surgery by the time she's 50.

Might be good to put this in a new thread. I was mighty confused as to why skaters were already at Champs Camp now until I noticed that it referred to 2024.

OK - does the new decision on athletes getting paid mean that gymnasts can take prize money and still compete NCAA? I just read that this is going to let a bunch of Canadian junior hockey folks have more flex with joining NCAA...

We were out at the Santa Monica beach with my then 3 or 4 year-old daughter (so, 1994? 95?) -- pretty much nobody on the beach, morning, but not summer. Kept hearing Beachboys music. Sounded live, coming from the pier. Wandered over there-- it was the Beachboys, apparently getting ready to be...

Not sure where this ought to go -- https://www.9news.com/article/sports/olympics/figure-skaters-olympic-museum-2026-winter-games/73-a2a87776-cb72-45d4-97e1-1b7703db2bba US figure skating stars reflect at Colorado museum takeover

Today's Wordle is HARD.

I'm thinking of going. Where best to fly into from out of the US, please?

Laughing at how "Chinese Nebelhorn" has made it to Reddit.

Grifters gonna grift.

https://www.wdtv.com/2025/05/26/mary-lou-retton-arrested-dui-marion-county/ is even worse: According to court documents, police were notified of a Porsche with a Texas license plate driving “all over the roadway” on the Gateway Connector headed towards downtown Fairmont on May 17. Officers say...

The SOI Brothers in Arms routine has a cool section beginning around 1:45 where Ilia and Jason are skating the same choreography. They're both great skaters, but you can see a real difference between them movement-wise. Ilia is stronger at the (one) jump, but Jason has nuance and power in...