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A Note on the Future
To Readers: Two for the Ice has taken something of an editorial hiatus since the beginning of the year. The lack of new written content has not been accidental. For five years, I have produced serious, in-depth coverage of figure…
Preview: 2014 Grand Prix by the Numbers
Skate America Dance Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani (USA) — Ondrej Nepela Trophy (first; 162.98). Grand Prix average = 150.01 | Grand Prix high = 160.55 (2011 Grand Prix Final) | Grand Prix low = 136.93 (2010 NHK Trophy) Madison…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): Canadian Stars On Ice, Vintage
While Stars on Ice has had a presence in Canada since 1990, with the full tour beginning a year later, individual program footage prior to the twenty-first century is tricky to come by. A few gems from some of the…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): U.S. Stars On Ice Past
With the post-Sochi American leg of the Stars on Ice tour in full swing, it’s time enough for a few looks back at what’s come before: Following their retirement from competition in 1998, Jenni Meno & Todd Sand were cast…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): 1998 Winter Olympics
The dance event in Nagano, Japan, at the 1998 Winter Olympics is remembered probably in significant part for an off-the-podium finish for reigning Canadian champions and World bronze medalists Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz — a result not wholly unjustified…
Flashback Friday (Weekend Edition): 1994 Winter Olympics
The 1994 Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, proved a great year for North American pairs, with Canada’s Isabelle Brasseur & Lloyd Eisler, 1993 World champions, capturing their second Olympic bronze and Jenni Meno & Todd Sand of the U.S.…
Flashback Friday: 1988 Winter Olympics
In these last weeks before Sochi, we’ll be revisiting a few notable Olympics past, and the 1988 Calgary Olympics seem as fair a jumping-off point as any — delivering dance and pairs bronze for Canada and the U.S. alike in…