Is age restriction for young figure skaters a good thing?
Told they're too young, several key skaters will be absent at this week's figure skating world three women on the Russian national podium, American women's champion Alyssa Liu and Canadian…
How Gracie Gold Healed from Secret Depression & Eating Disorder
Gold, an Olympic figure skating medalist, is opening up about healing from the deepest part of her clinical depression, when she felt nothing at all Darkness closed in on Gracie Gold for…
What Are the Costs of Figure Skating
I remember when I was 14 years old standing around at the rink, looking at the results of a skating test I had just completed, which I passed. I was…
3 Strength-Training Moves From Olympic Figure Skater Maia Shibutani
Thanks to an Instagram video that Kirk Myers, CEO and owner of NYC-based gym Dogpound, posted over the weekend, we have a glimpse of how Maia in particular is spending her time of…
72yo Ice Skater says, ‘I was jumping up until 62’
Kyla Hastie developed her figure skating prowess in the United Arab Emirates about 30 years ago. Her father worked in the oil industry and, for half a year when she…
Physical and athletic demands of figure skating and the vital role physiotherapists play
The World Grand Prix of Figure Skating was held in Vancouver just last month. It’s the highest competitive level for Figure Skating outside of the Olympics and World Championships. BJSM…
The Problem with Body Image in Figure Skating
When Gracie Gold, the leading lady of US Figure skating, candidly made that statement in front of scads of reporters after a disappointing Skate America competition, many of the reporters…
A Short History of Ice Skating
In France, where Louis XVI had introduced skating to Paris, displays of petticoats were confined to dance halls. On the flooded fields of La Glacière, gentlemen pulled ladies across the…
U.S. Figure Skating Hall Of Fame to See New Inductees
Goebel became known as the “Quad King” for his rise to prominence landing quads in the late 1990s. He won the bronze medal on home ice at the Olympic Winter…
How Old is Too Late to Ice Skate?
copyright Ice Skating World LLC "When I was about 5-years-old, I was going to be a doctor, a ballerina, and an ice-skater. Always a multi-tasker, this triple-career plan seemed totally…
