About Emily Carlson the figure skater

It has been such a sad week in figure skating. I wanted this pic of the week to be happy and uplifting. I decided to feature the happiest moment in figure skating. But what is the happiest moment in figure skating? This question alone could be quite a topic of discussion on this blog! It's a matter of opinion I suppose so I decided to settle it the only way I know how...Google! I went to Google, typed in "happiest moment in figure skating" and Google returned with a quite appropriate answer... Read Full Story

I know this is early, but I just made some initial predictions based on the current assignments...more or less I want to come back to this page later and see how good I did (I realize this is a long post!). I found some of these very tough to predict! Pairs Skate America 1. Savchenko & Szolkowy 2. McLaughlin & Brubaker 3. Mukhortova & Trankov Skate Canada 1. Dube & Davison 2. Kawaguchi & Smirnov 3. McLaughlin & Brubaker Cup of China 1. Zhang & Zhang 2. Pang & Tong 3. Volosozhar... Read Full Story

So the ISU has published Grand Prix Assignments for the upcoming season. US Figure Skating has a story about it here while you can see the full listings for all events and disciplines here. Oh, big news, Johnny Weir will be doing for the first time Skate America! Usually Johnny skips this event to do later ones but not this time. Oddly, Johnny is skipping Cup of Russia, an event where he tends to have huge crowd support. Also, going right up against Evan Lysacek at Skate America will be... Read Full Story

A lot of skating may build and tone your muscles, however it will be a slow and difficult process if you don't do off ice training. Ballet, Pilates, Yoga and strength training are crucial when it comes to off ice training, this is what truly makes a difference in figure skating. Just like figure skating, you’d be amazed to find out how much muscle is involved when it comes to Ballet, Pilates and Yoga. This is a standard workout if you are new to figure skating and would like to improve... Read Full Story

Emily Is True Class Act I have just taken a look at the team envelope for the 2008/2009 season. While I was elated with the Kimmie’s team A assignment; even though she did not do well by “our” standard this season, however she did well enough to achieve Team A status. What really threw me on a tail spin was Emily’s assignment. Instead of her, Bebe Liang made the Team (A). While I understand the mechanics of the assignments, I feel some reparation could have bee made in this case... Read Full Story