Colorado Springs, Colorado to host the 2010 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships. [icenetwork] Canadian ice dancers Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirier stick by each other through thick and thin. [ice-dance.com] Not so for U.S. junior pairs champions Jessica Rose Paetsch and Jon Nuss. [Official site] Correctional Felicity, Sky Rockit, Sleazy Rider, Bette No...

Laura over at Required Elements (the blog with the daily figure skating news you need) directed us to Hip Candy, to determine who wore it best. Apparently, a Dolce & Gabbana dress has been very popular amongst the twentysomething jetsetters. They include reality TV stars Khloe Kardashian, Lauren Conrad, as well as nine-time National champion, five-time World champion and Olympic medalist...

The June/July 2008 issue of SKATING magazine (see right) had a great article (not available online) about figure skating boards and what their roles and responsibilities are. The piece was written by Susi Wehrli, the Senior Director of Membership at U.S. Figure Skating. Ms. Wehrli advised that the information is distributed at U.S. Figure Skating Club Education Seminars to assist new and existing b...

Is FOX going to bring back Skating with Celebrities? Because I LOVED that show, Lloyd Eisler and all. Maybe figure skating is only popular to the masses in the U.S. every four years. Thank goodness for YouTube, where I can catch episodes of Dancing on Ice, the hit show from Great Britain, which manages to garner top ratings and sustain the television audience's interest and enthusiasm for thr...

In her blog Relish, Myra Klarman, of Myra Klarman Photography in Ann Arbor, Michigan, writes about her experience working with Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the 2008 Canadian national champions and World silver medalists in ice dancing. Myra recounts how she was initially reluctant to photograph them because her specialty is individuals, mostly headshot and publicity photos. (My guess is...