loopaxles.blogspot.com - 11/4/2009
—
100 Days to go until the Olympics Begin ...can you believe it? The Grand Prix this season has proven that the figure skating competition in Vancouver will be fierce, unpredictable in some cases, and very entertaining. I'm so excited! I know Vancouver will be an awesome host city; as far as ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 27 days ago — I just keep thinking, "Sasha's blowing all of NBC's promo spots!" NBC is using Sasha all over their t.v. spots for their coverage this season but she keeps not showing up. Of course, Monday we got the news that Sasha Cohen was withdrawing from Cancer.net Skate America . I can't say I'm ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/7/2009 — The men's competition this season will no doubt be one of the best ever. I was skeptical about Daisuke Takahashi’s conditioning. Coming back from a knee injury isn’t easy and I worried that he wouldn’t be competition ready by the start of this season. But he did everything right. He didn’t ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — Sergei Voronov is another one of those skaters I would consider a 'Dark Horse' in any competition. While he's yet to win a major international title, he's shown flashes of brilliance in his career. While he finished second at last week's Finlandia Trophy, he won the free skate in that ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/21/2009 — Mao Asada finds herself between two key events this season, Trophy Eric Bompard where she was dealt a huge blow to her confidence by Kim Yu-Na who annihilated the field in Paris, and Rostelecom Cup in Moscow where she must face her biggest Japanese rival Miki Ando...the skater that put her off ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 13 days ago — I was really hoping he wouldn't be like a one or two hit wonder, but after NHK Trophy I had my doubts about Jeremy Abbott. Admittedly, I thought his free skate was amazing but over ambitious and I never thought he would have much success with it this season. I was pleased as punch that Jeremy ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 9/2/2009 — This weekend give us another opportunity to check out the up and coming talent that exists in U.S. Figure Skating. I got an e-mail from a blog reader asking if Collin Brubaker was related to...and I quote..."that super hot pairs skater Rockne Brubaker." The readers e-mail was of course ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 20 days ago — It's been an odd season to this point with lots of twists and unexpected turns. We were absolutely robbed of a great match-up in Moscow when Patrick Chan was forced to withdraw from Rostelecom Cup with injury. I threw a private little hissy when it became evident that Plushenko wouldn't really ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 10/28/2009 — It's go time. The SAMSUNG Anycall Cup of China will be the season debut for the reigning World Champion, Evan Lysacek. Besides having the pressure of being the one everyone is after, he also has to prove that he can keep pace with the top men we've already seen this season. Oda was fantastic ...
Pic of the Week
loopaxles.blogspot.com 6 days ago — With most of the attention going to the Senior skaters at the Grand Prix Final, it's easy to forget that there is a very talented group of Juniors competing this week in Tokyo as well. Ross Miner is certainly in the mix to medal, if not win, this weeks' men's event at the Grand Prix Final. ...