Vincent Zhou and Karen Chen Skate Into College
Although common in other countries, many Americans hadn't heard of a "gap year" until Malia Obama made it famous when she opted to take a one-year hiatus between high school…
How to Register Your Figure Skater for Their First Official Test
Testing A Skater's First Test Session Your child has gone through all the Basic Skills courses, they've been taking lessons with a private coach, and now comes an important milestone:…
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…
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…
Gracie Gold’s Battle for Olympic Glory Ended in a Fight to Save Herself
Gold was depressed, and her deteriorating relationship with food now involved binge-purge cycles. Her private struggles became immediately clear to Wagner, her rival, who said recently, “There was just no…
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…
Nam Nguyen Has a New Perspective Thanks to This
"Before when I had bad stuff going on, I would treat it like it was the biggest thing in the world, and make it a disaster, but now I treat…
Skater Mirai Nagasu on Career and Anxiety
When Nagasu landed her triple axel she had suffered a painful labral tear that chipped away at her hip bone for two years. The triple axel is a legendary figure…
Famous Figure Skater Had Everything. She Also Had Depression
She had wonderful coaches and mentors. She felt the most at ease when she was ice skating, which gave her an Olympic gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in…
