Ashley Wagner Cheer Thread #3: The Subject of Tonight's Lecture...

[aml78]

I noticed that Ashley is no longer listed as a coach at Skating Club of Boston. Does anyone know if she’s giving up coaching? I know she is going to school in the Fall (I think that’s her start date) so maybe she’s just going in a different direction?

 

[Sylvia]

I noticed that Ashley is no longer listed as a coach at Skating Club of Boston. Does anyone know if she’s giving up coaching?

Scroll down to Ashley's update here:

2015 U.S. Champions Reflect on Their Return to Greensboro - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be taking place in a familiar location, Greensboro, North Carolina. The city previously hosted the championships

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"Can't complain," said Wagner, who spent December on tour in Spain with Javier Fernández. "I went to the Grand Prix Final twice in Barcelona. Now I'm finally getting to see the rest of Spain."

As she was living it, Wagner rarely gave herself credit for what she accomplished competitively. With perspective, she now appreciates everything. She does a bit of coaching, helping out Bobby Martin and giving seminars. She's also starting studies in psychology with the hopes of becoming a psychologist focused on trauma.

"I'm in a totally new chapter, almost a new book, of my life," she said. "It's a bit of a vagabond lifestyle, but I love it."

Bobby Martin and his Skate Pairs program is based now in Wellesley, Mass.:

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[B.Cooper]

Scroll down to Ashley's update here:

2015 U.S. Champions Reflect on Their Return to Greensboro - U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone

The 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be taking place in a familiar location, Greensboro, North Carolina. The city previously hosted the championships

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Bobby Martin and his Skate Pairs program is based now in Wellesley, Mass.:

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Did Wagner complete the semester long class at Harvard..."Crossover into Business"... that she was enrolled in?

Crossover Into Business - Harvard Business School

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Wasn't clear from all her travels that she completed the class.

 

[Sylvia]

Link to watch Jordan Cowan's live chat with Ashley on June 12, 2020, with footage he filmed at the Skating Club of Boston & Javier Fernandez's Revolution On Ice tour stop in Madrid last year:

Ashley Wagner (Episode 14)

Join us for a live chat with American figure skater Ashley Wagner, three-time U.S. National champion, 2016 World silver medalist, Olympic bronze medalist and...

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[Sylvia]

Scott Hamilton chatted with Ashley for close to an hour on Friday, May 29, 2020 (uploaded on June 5):

Scott Hamilton Talks with Ashley Wagner

In week 10 of the Let's Talk series, Scott speaks with US Champion, Olympic Team Bronze Medalist and World Silver Medalist Ashley Wagner! Ashley was the firs...

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[Sylvia]

Today's big news: https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6Hp0NJ7qa/

Looking back on my skating career, I realized I needed to set myself up for more options. I tried online school and found it wasn’t for me. I decided to apply to a school here in Boston and I am proud to announce I GOT ACCEPTED INTO NORTHEASTERN! Working towards my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology this fall, LET’S GO!

 

[Sylvia]

You can book an Airbnb online experience "Glide and groove with Ashley Wagner":

Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences

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[Sylvia]

Ashley's "Confidence Call" podcast ( https://www.instagram.com/confidencecall/ ) debut is tomorrow (Thursday) at 6 pm Eastern time. Lauren Gibbs will be her first guest. Gibbs won a silver medal with Elana Meyers Taylor in the two-woman bobsled event at the 2018 Olympics.

 

[Sylvia]

Confidence Call #1 with Lauren Gibbs: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDSK9BlpXek/

 

[Sylvia]

More recent Confidence Calls are archived on Ashley's IGTV page (Nastia Liukin, Lindsay Arnold, etc.): https://www.instagram.com/ashwagner2010/channel/
Ashley mentioned she is planning to have her own YouTube channel at some point.

She will chat live with Adam at 9 pm Eastern time tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/CErfRw6pDm5/
ETA the link to watch: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEsnLO9plzb/

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley will be 30 on May 16 and here she is reminiscing today with some photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/COx_BJUpnXP/

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Ashley will be 30 on May 16 and here she is reminiscing today with some photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/COx_BJUpnXP/

I wonder who Adam and her saw at the Hollywood Bowl. I drive past it now for 25 years.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

LOL Well Ashley responded to me on the socials. They saw Robyn. #Jealous

 

[B.Cooper]

Has Wagner posted about her classes at Northeastern this semester? Wondering how she likes her courses...assuming they have all been virtual this year.

 

[skylark]

More recent Confidence Calls are archived on Ashley's IGTV page (Nastia Liukin, Lindsay Arnold, etc.): https://www.instagram.com/ashwagner2010/channel/
Ashley mentioned she is planning to have her own YouTube channel at some point.

She will chat live with Adam at 9 pm Eastern time tonight: https://www.instagram.com/p/CErfRw6pDm5/
ETA the link to watch: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEsnLO9plzb/

So far I've only watched Ashley's Confidence Call with Lindsay Arnold -- and it was fantastic. Ashley drew Lindsay out on the topic of how Lindsay instilled confidence in her DWTS partners, who often haven't had any dance background. Despite their beginner status and the frequent mistakes that go along with trying and improving. Ashley seemed to be drawing comparisons with her experience as a skater.

 

[Marco]

Ashley will be 30 on May 16 and here she is reminiscing today with some photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/COx_BJUpnXP/

Time flies!

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley Wagner's name came up today in the SOI thread in GSD - here's an article by Phil Hersh (Oct. 12, 2021):

After a highly decorated career, Ashley Wagner is proudest of current chapter in her story

The figure skater lives in the Boston area and studies psychology with the goal of having a therapy practice focusing on trauma and the LGBTQ+ community.

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Excerpts:

She is 30, a junior at Northeastern University, studying psychology with the goal of having a therapy practice focusing on trauma-related issues and working with the LGBTQ+ community. She uses Instagram to be an advocate for body positivity.

She has skated in shows (before the pandemic hit) and done some commentary for NBC. She has created a frequently sold-out weekly power skating class, Skate and Sculpt, for “retired” skaters with basic skills at the Dorchester rink, and Wagner plans to take it to other cities this winter. She helps coach young, non-elite skaters at a rink in suburban Wellesley, preferring a secondary, backup role.
“I go in, support some skaters, sprinkle some chaos and then don’t have to deal with it,” Wagner said, laughing. “I feel like I am a part-time therapist, part-time technical coach. It’s a nice sweet spot to stay involved in the sport but not too involved. And as a psychology student, coaching has taught me how to navigate how different people learn in different ways.”

Over an hour-long FaceTime interview with a person whom I covered as a competitor for 11 years beginning in 2007, it was easy to see just how much Wagner’s new and different life has positively impacted her wellbeing.
“I genuinely am happy,” she said. “A lot of people who have known me throughout my career have never experienced me happy.
“It’s not skating’s fault that I was never really happy. But it’s nice to be at this point where I have as much access to skating as I choose. Now I get to skate because I want to, not because I have to. I’m working towards a future that probably has nothing to do with skating, and that is exciting for me.”

She'll be performing at the SC of Boston's big show tomorrow night, Dec. 4: https://scboston.org/grandopening/

Olympic Figure Skater Ashley Wagner Dishes On ‘A Night Of Stars’

The Olympian dishes on this weekend's haute event - the largest gathering of figure skating Olympians and U.S. champions outside the Olympics itself.

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“A Night of Stars will feature the opening of the new skating facility in Norwood and it will also be The Skating Club of Boston’s first full capacity event,” she said. “I am excited for everyone to see how incredible it is. Scott Hamilton, who is skating royalty, will be hosting the event. It’s going to be a very accomplished group of athletes and Olympians, all under one roof. These are all people I look up to. It’s going to be a very exciting event with proceeds benefiting the CARES Foundation, Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.”

NBC Boston's 10 Questions segment (Dec. 1):

Olympian Ashley Wagner Reveals She Had Her First ‘Fat Talk' at 8 Years Old

Ashley Wagner gets candid about body positivity in a new interview with The Hub Today’s Kwani Lunis.

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She was invited to perform at Detroit's Tree Lighting on November 19, 2021 (photo of her skating is included in this article):

Crowds return for Detroit tree lighting in Campus Martius Park

The event marked a return to a live ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the lighting to be televised last year.

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Website for her latest passion project:

Skate & Sculpt

Figure skating doesn’t have to end with retirement—and you don’t have to compete with tweens doing run-throughs in full panic mode for space on the ice. It’s time to start skating again, on your terms, and on your time, without worrying about whether or not you belong.

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ETA that Ashley will perform in the 5 winter holiday shows of Stars on Ice between Dec. 12-19 - more info here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...orth-american-tour.108313/page-3#post-6077567

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley announced her engagement today while on vacation in Washington state: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfedDlvLTWs/


ETA that she will be conducting her "Skate & Sculpt" class at the Skating Club of Boston every Tuesday at 7:10 PM from July 12 to August 23, 2022: https://skateandsculpt.com/events

 

[Firedancer]

Ashley announced her engagement today while on vacation in Washington state: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfedDlvLTWs/


ETA that she will be conducting her "Skate & Sculpt" class at the Skating Club of Boston every Tuesday at 7:10 PM from July 12 to August 23, 2022: https://skateandsculpt.com/events

Congratulations to Ashley and her boyfriend!!

 

[genevieve]

And FYI, the place she was posting from is pronounced “Skwim”

 

[TAHbKA]

Congrats!

 

[paskatefan]

Lovely news! Congrats to Ashley & her fiance!

 

[Bouffantrex]

Congratulations! What an attractive couple.

 

[Sylvia]

Absolute Skating interview (July 19) - Anna Kellar spoke with Ashley in May, as she ws preparing to launch her "Skate & Sculpt" nationwide summer tour: http://absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2022ashleywagner

On ice selfie by a "Skate & Sculpt" participant last month in Lakewood, CA: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfYCDjjrLgj/

 

[Sylvia]

Ashley's 2022 video highlights montage: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cmug8wuBYir/

2022- Thank you. This is the first year I’ve truly felt awake in my life. Every step I took this year brought me to where I am now, and I’m so thankful for the lessons learned, the laughs shared, and the love experienced. I’m graduating college, I’ve got a fitness app on the way and a clothing line about to be dropped. I think 2023 will be the best one yet

 

[Sylvia]

IFS article (Jan. 8, 2023) on Ashley and her fiancé, Alex, including details of his proposal to her last summer: https://ifsmagazine.com/ashley-wagner-a-lavender-proposal/

Though they are in the early stages of planning a wedding at this time, Wagner said they will likely marry at Scenic Beach State Park, the place where she thought Clarke was going to propose, and where she has always wanted to get married. However, they are in no hurry and will likely not wed until sometime in 2024.
Both sets of parents are excited about the upcoming nuptials. Wagner said her fiancé is “really great with my family and he is a really nice fit into our dynamic. I am very, very close to my younger brother and it was he who Alex asked if he could marry me, which I thought was a really sweet sentiment.”
Though it took a little time after her initial move in the fall of 2018, Wagner has settled into life in Boston. She is currently a full-time student at Northeastern University and is set to graduate this summer with a degree in psychology.

 

[bardtoob]

She's 31

Congratulation on the upcoming nuptials!

I am really happy that she is completing college

. . . I'm old.

 

[alizadavida]

IFS article (Jan. 8, 2023) on Ashley and her fiancé, Alex, including details of his proposal to her last summer: https://ifsmagazine.com/ashley-wagner-a-lavender-proposal/

It was so cute to hear about the details!!

 

[Marco]

In hindsight I am enjoying Ashley's work with Philip Mills. He brought out some refinement in her.

 

[Sylvia]

Reviving this thread almost 2 years later to post the link to this Nantucket (Mass.) article I just happened to come across that was updated on Oct. 7, 2024 - Ashley has moved to Nantucket (island off Cape Cod) with her family and is coaching at the Nantucket Skating Academy:

From Olympic Ice to Nantucket Ice: Skater joins island rink

(Oct. 3, 2024) Olympic figure skating bronze medalist Ashley Wagner has competed in some of the biggest arenas in the sport, but she still remembers the tiny little rink in

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Excerpts:

“... I am a firm believer that not every skater, whether it be figure skating or hockey, has to be on that Olympic track, but at the same time, it can still really bring a lot of incredible things to your life,” Wagner said.
“I learned so many valuable life skills on the ice, from time management to grit and dedication. So, to be able to bring that to a new generation of athletes just feels like my responsibility, and I want to keep that momentum going. Bringing it to the rink here at Nantucket Ice, it just felt like the natural next step for me on-island.”
Wagner’s husband Alex Clark, a first-year teacher at Cyrus Peirce Middle School, was raised on-island and still has family here. Wagner said that helped influence their decision to move to Nantucket to raise their daughter.

Wagner also specializes in teaching adults how to skate, with those programs also available at Nantucket Ice.
“It’s an awesome workout. I know a lot of adults get really intimidated kind of starting up this sport from scratch, but it’s one of the easiest ways to meet cool people and get a workout in,” she said.
“When I’m working with adults, I really try to break down the mechanics of it so that it feels approachable and manageable, and it isn’t scary. Kids get over the fear factor really quickly. Adults, you really have to kind of ease them onto the ice.”

Baby Rosie was born in December 2023:

Ashley Wagner had her baby - Rosalie Starbird Clark:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C02lQDQvNQO/

Ashley Wagner is also having a wedding celebration this summer (after being legally wed last summer).

Their wedding took place in Washington state on August 19, 2024:

Ashley Wagner on Instagram: "08.19 🫶🏻"

9,268 likes, 172 comments - ashwagner2010 on August 20, 2024: "08.19 🫶🏻".

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