It is officially the Beijing 2022 Olympics! It has already been incredibly eventful, but we are going to start with the Team Event short programs and rhythm dance events.  This episode was full of math as we tried to add everyone’s points together, and we talked about the fight for the podium spots between ROC, USA, and Japan, as well as the fight for that 5th FS qualifying spot between China and Georgia. The Men warmed us up with notable skaters like Shoma Uno, Nathan Chen, and a special shoutout to Boyang Jin who took his first step onto home Olympic ice. Then in Ice Dance, we saw Hub ..read more

Four Continents already?! This year, it was more like Definitely Less Than Four Continents, as we had many withdrawals, but still an event with many podium finishes we loved. In the Pairs event, everyone stayed home, but we had a triumphant comeback from Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud with their bronze medal and wonderfully skated SP, and a gold medal for our dark horse team in US pairs, Audrey Lu and Misha Mitrofanov. In the Men’s event, it was a mixed bag (as always), but Jun-hwan Cha was our clear winner with a fantastic SP and a solid FS. Unfortunately for the American men, they did not ..read more

In our second 2022 Euros recap episode, there was no shortage of laughter or tears, as we nervously chuckled about Larry Loupolover’s choreography, but are so incredibly sad that Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius will not be going to the Olympics despite an incredibly hard struggle to obtain Allison’s Lithuanian citizenship. In the Men’s event, we continued to wish for Kevin Aymoz to rest (but it’s a little late now that we are right up against Olympics Eve), played some air guitar with Michal Brezina and his love for dad rock, and were SO happy for Jesus Christ Superstar, I mean, Mark K ..read more

Welcome to our two recap episodes of 2022 Euros! Our Women and Pairs episode was full of Mambo Italiano, and celebration that Josefin Taljegård will be going to the Olympics! Really, all you need. In the Pairs event, it was the battle of the top three Russian teams, where we were confused by our overwhelming enthusiasm for Boikova and Kozlovskii’s Malagueña, and the general nature of Mishina and Galliamov’s Snowstorm program. In the Women’s event, we continued to bop our heads along with Ekaterina Ryabova to the second rendition of Mambo Italiano, and prayed that our parents would never comp ..read more

It’s our second U.S. Nationals recap episode, this time with the Women and Pairs’ events, and there was no shortage of positive COVID tests.  After the sad withdrawals of Alysa Liu, and the heartbreak of Amber Glenn, we were able to watch on the edge of our seats as Mariah Bell won her first nationals title, Karen Chen made her way to her second Olympics, and Isabeau Levito made a splash at her first senior nationals. The pairs’ event was a short one after many withdrawals due to injury and COVID, but we celebrated with Timothy LeDuc as they became the first non-binary American gold med ..read more

US Nationals was a heck of a superspreader, er, figure skating competition! The top 7 men laid it down in the short program, and went on to lay down some chaos in the free skate. Ice Dance saw some nail biters and some boy bands as the top teams battled for the gold medal, and that coveted third Olympic spot. In the Men’s event, we saw either Guy Fieri, Hot Cheetos, or the Eye of Sauron on Nathan Chen’s new fiery costume, a triumphant Camden Pulkinen, and a sad boot incident for our disco dancing king, Yaroslav Paniot. In Ice Dance, we ah ah ah’ed our way through our recap, wondering how man ..read more

It was a big weekend for the Russian women, with so many phenomenal contenders (and of course, the questionable officials and adults in power) but so few qualifying spots for the Olympics and the remainder of the season. It was also a big weekend for the Russian pairs, with some surprising outings, but solid standings and tight competition. In the women’s event, we cried for Liza Tuktymysheva, were Sofia Samodurova’s hype women, and marveled at Kamila Valieva’s performance. In the Pairs event, we debated over Mishina and Galliamov’s “The Snowstorm” program (and Chock and Bates’ alien program ..read more

Welcome to our Russian Nationals recap episodes! This week, Men and Ice Dance brought the big drama, as we have a (wonderful!) somewhat-surprise Men’s gold medalist in Mark Kondratiuk, and a celebration that the Backstreet Boys, Justin Bieber, and Shawn Mendez (and Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin) will likely be going to the Olympics together. We again wondered where J-Lo was in Mikhail Kolyada’s SP, but were very happy to see the return of Nureyev in his FS. The mystery intensified about Dmitri Aliev’s vague statements, but we wish him well as we move into the second half of the season.&nb ..read more

Japanese Nationals brought a week of exactly what we love to see - everyone skating their hardest, tight competition, and tears of joy. In Ice Dance, we had Team Koko just edging out Team KanaDai for that coveted Olympic spot, but both had some shaky performances during Nationals. In the Men’s event, Yuzuru Hanyu debuted his 4A (!!!), Joce continues to hold a grudge against Shoma Uno for still refusing to take her to an Armin van Buuren show, and we show great enthusiasm for the generation of up and coming skaters. And of course in the Women’s event, we cried and screamed with happiness with K ..read more

It was a week of close calls in Ice Dance and blue body paint in the Men’s event in Sochi! In the Men’s event, we ate our words as last week, we let down our defences with less chaos in France, but this week the chaos multiplied tenfold and also became much more blue. Morisi Kvitelashvili granted his own three wishes for a Grand Prix gold medal, Roman Sadovsky put himself very much in contention for that second Canadian Men’s Olympic spot, and Keiji Tanaka and Kazuki Tomono star in our (completely imaginary, wishful thinking) Youtube Thrift With Me series. In Ice Dance, we had some nailbitin ..read more