It was a busy weekend. Brampton’s Cassie Campbell arena was buzzing with activity as over 700 skaters took the ice for the Skate Ontario provincial Championships. The road to Provincials for these athletes from all of figure skating’s disciplines included...
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Ice Dance. Likely the most watched yet least understood discipline in figure skating. These two aspects are both the beauty and the pain as far as I am concerned, and I actually know what I am looking at! I asked...
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By anyone’s standards, if you have an Olympic Gold medal and 2 silvers as well as three World titles and 10 Canadian national titles, you are in a league of your own. Skate Ontario legend Patrick Chan is that guy...
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After four long years, Montreal will finally get the chance to host the ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Within days of starting the competition in March 2020, the event was cancelled out of an abundance of caution rising from the...
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By: Pj Kwong @skatingpj Walking into the bright and airy Elite Jump Performance (EJP) facility in Markham, Ontario just north of Toronto, I was struck by a couple of things: the claw machine in the corner of the open lobby...
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It seems as if skating and skaters never sleep! No sooner has one event concluded than another one gets under way. In the case of this past week, Skate Ontario skaters have been doing their thing at the ISU Junior...
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Waterloo, Ontario played host over the weekend to the Skate Canada Novice Nationals and Skate Canada Cup where skaters from across the country in all five disciplines competed for top honours. The skaters from Team Ontario did not disappoint. “Watching...
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Waterloo, Ontario, in the heart of Skate Ontario country, is hosting the upcoming Skate Canada Novice Nationals and the second Skate Canada Cup that will feature over 100 competitors over 4 days of competition. Why does this matter? It is...
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Ontario figure skaters have been leaving their mark for as long as there have been competitions to record them. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all of them. Going back in time to 50 years ago or so, a young Toller Cranston...
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“The high note is not the only thing,” said Placido Domingo who ought to know. I only mention this because the final performance of the final event at the ISU Four Continents Championships was a thrill. I am talking about...
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By: Pj Kwong Watching the pairs was a treat. Skate Ontario’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud were solid and continue on their upward and very successful progression. At the end of the day, their 5th place finish in the free...
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By: Pj Kwong We all know that childhood game where you move a piece around the board when it’s your turn, and sometimes you go up towards the finish line and sometimes you slide back down and lose ground. I...
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By: Pj Kwong What I liked about watching the events unfold yesterday in the short programs for the men’s, women’s and pairs’ disciplines was the degree to which skaters had prepared to compete. Starting off with the women’s event. On...
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By: Pj Kwong It sure is fun to watch skating and I honestly don’t care at what level as each has its own charm from little Tiffany totally enamored with her first sparkly dress (yup – I was that kid)...
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By Pj Kwong Shanghai, China will be my home for the next week or so as the ISU Four Continents Championships unfold. There are a few reasons why this event is important, not the least of which is that it...
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What a great second day of competition at the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships in Calgary, AB! There were four Junior National titles up for grabs, and Skate Ontario athletes won gold in all of the events - men, women,...
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By: Pj Kwong It’s that time of year again when the world comes knocking at Skate Canada International and Skate Ontario athletes will be there front and centre. The stage has already been set at the first ISU Grand Prix...
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Congratulations to all of the Ontario athletes who represented Canada on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit this season! For some, this was their first time competing internationally on the JGP circuit. We are #SkateOntarioProud of all skaters and coaches!...
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Congrats to all on a great season. Now that season 2022/23 is complete we have all started getting ready for the new season, most of us have taken some time off, gone on vacation or simply stayed home and relaxed...
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I want to start by wishing everyone competing at the World Championships in Japan and the Provincial Championships in Stratford good luck this week! My 2022-2023 season did not begin as planned. I entered two summer competitions in Waterloo and...
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It feels as if only yesterday Peter and I met for the first time; shortly after, it became the beginning of our story. This season’s journey is past its halfway point, and it feels surreal to be where we are....
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"Donald Jackson wrote his name into the history books at the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague when he became the first person to land a triple lutz in competition. The jump would not be performed by another man for 12 years. Jackson had been in second place after the compulsory figures, but the landing of the lutz was just the start of stunning five-minute free skate. He received a record seven perfect scores and was crowned world champion. He ended 1962 winning the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s Athlete of the Year." - Canadian Olympic Committee
