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I have decided that the adventures of a figure skating family are so very entertaining. The entire world needs to know the ups and downs, and the joys related to them.
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2w ago
I meant to put this post on my regular blog, but I’ll just leave it on my skating blog. It was really fun to participate in a fun telemark skiing event….different than figure skating competitions….the whole day was nothing but festive!
Joel and I had the best time at the Hawaiian Nationals, a Telemark Skiing Event, in Sun Valley on March 30, 2024!
Joel raced in the race!
Joel participated in the race and both Joel and I participated in the human slalom!
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3w ago
Click on the link below to hear Rebekah’s radio interview in Colorado Springs:
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4ykHvVqDho/?igsh=MnV0cWw4NTc1a2xk ..read more
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3w ago
We had a delightful time seeing my daughter Rebekah host Disney On Ice in Colorado Springs. She auditioned for the show in 2014 and 2018 at the Broadmoor World Arena, and 10 and six years later she finally got to perform there. When she was a little girl we’d take her and her siblings to see the show there and so it was very emotional to finally see her perform there in Disney On Ice today ..read more
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1M ago
We had a nice time visiting Rebekah in Idaho Falls when she where she performed on her Disney On Ice Mickey’s Search Party tour ..read more
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2M ago
It took me less than a week to read Gracie Gold’s book. She wrote in a candid, as if she was talking directly to me style, and told me the story of her life.
I have also written and published a book called MY SKATING LIFE which tells the story of my life, and there was so many similar stories although I am almost 40 years older than Gracie. My book was published in 2014 which was at about the same time Gold won the US Ladies Figure Skating title for the first time and earned a spot on the Olympic team and earned a bronze medal in the Olympic team event, but so much happened to her ..read more
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2M ago
My autobiography on my skating life is not a best seller like Olympic figure skater Gracie Gold’s recent book, but gives a picture of the inside of skating in a very positive way. (I was determined, when I wrote the book, to not say negative things about our wonderful sport. I am so sad that so much not so positive happened to Gracie though.).
Link to My Skating Life (on Kindle for 99 cents!)
Skating did help make me who I am today and I hope that Gracie when she is my age will look back on the positive things that skating gave her.
If you want to read some wonderful thin ..read more
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2M ago
My son’s updated Professional Ski Instructors of America membership card that shows all his credentials…I am so proud of him ..read more
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2M ago
Another BIG accomplishment for my son Joel on Friday, February 2, 2024! He passed the Alpine Freestyle One exam. It was part of the PSIA National Freestyle Academy which took place at Woodward Park City, Utah.
Last year, he took the same exam in Sun Valley, but did not pass.
Just like in skating when a test is not passed, Joel did not want to give up. I am so proud of his perseverance. I believe he learned that from skating.
Joel now holds the following snowsports certifications: Alpine Level One
Children’s Specialist One
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2M ago
Forest Lawn finally got the plaque corrected….summary of what happened: there was a lot of discussion about what should be on my father’s plaque and it was finally decided it would just mirror my mother’s. It took so long that I asked for an addition, but Forest Lawn messed up and it was wrong. I asked if they could correct it and finally they did ..read more
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3M ago
I just stumbled on a review of my book written by a deaf-blind figure skater! I didn’t know it was there….but, wow, did I enjoy reading what she had to say about my book! Hope others have time to read this wonderful review.
“My Skating Life: Fifty Plus Years of Skating” by JoAnn Schneider Farris - May 16 2018 ..read more