About Emily Carlson the figure skater

Biography forMichelle Kwan More at IMDbPro »Date of Birth7 July 1980, Torrance, California, USA Birth NameMichelle Wing-Shan Kwan NicknameShelley, Shelle Height5' 2" (1.57 m) Mini BiographyMichelle Kwan was born in Torrance, California on July 7, 1980. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents are Danny and Estella, who moved to the U.S. from China in the 1970's. Her brother's name is Ron, and her sister's name is Karen. Michelle started skating when she was five after watching her...Read Full Story

Biography forMichelle Kwan More at IMDbPro »Date of Birth7 July 1980, Torrance, California, USA Birth NameMichelle Wing-Shan Kwan NicknameShelley, Shelle Height5' 2" (1.57 m) Mini BiographyMichelle Kwan was born in Torrance, California on July 7, 1980. She is the youngest of three children. Her parents are Danny and Estella, who moved to the U.S. from China in the 1970's. Her brother's name is Ron, and her sister's name is Karen. Michelle started skating when she was five after watching her...Read Full Story

Lubov Iliushechkina of Russia falls during the pairs free program with her partner Nodari Maisuradze (not pictured) at the European Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki .Slovenia's Alex Glebov crashes in the men's Super-G event at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Val Gardena, northern Italy . Erben Wennemars of the Netherlands falls during the men's 500m event at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Moscow, Marc Iselin of Switzerland falls during the men's snowboard parallel...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!PairsSkate America1. Savchenko & Szolkowy2. McLaughlin & Brubaker3. Mukhortova & TrankovSkate Canada1. Dube & Davison2. Kawaguchi & Smirnov3. McLaughlin & BrubakerCup of China1. Zhang & Zhang2. Pang & Tong3. Volosozhar & MorozovTrophée Eric...Read Full Story

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

Roller derby is finally figuring into the product lineups of quad skate and wheel manufacturers in a big way. Companies like Riedell are coming to see that roller derby is not just a fad and they've been updating their skate offerings accordingly. This fall, Riedell is bringing us a brand new batch of derby specific skates.Watch for these skates turning up on a track near you. I have a feeling Riedell has just shifted the standard for derby skates the same way they did when they introduced...Read Full Story

The Turin Games were well under way by the time Emily Hughes became an Olympian. The opening ceremony was over, the flame was in full blaze, a couple of gold medals had even been handed out.At the time, Hughes didn't mind. She had dreamed of skating in the Olympics her whole life and there she finally was. It hardly mattered whether she was the No. 1 pick for the team or a last-minute substitute, whether she was the first to arrive at the Olympic village or sauntered in as they were shutting...Read Full Story

You are a beginner but a very fast learner. You are not sure if you should buy figure skates at this time. However you feel you are progressing fairly quickly. You have made it to freestyle levels. Now the big question is should you stop renting and buy your own pair of figure skates.If you enjoy figure skating, then you should own your skates no matter what level you are. This is because you progress much faster with your own boots and you'll probably enjoy skating even more. Rinks usually...Read Full Story

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett continued their meteoric rise Saturday, capturing the pairs competition at the US Figure Skating Championships Saturday to qualify for the upcoming Olympics.Denney and Barrett were easy winners in the free skate programme over the second-place pairing of Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig."Our free skate today was one of the best programmes we have ever done," Denney said. "It was just so much fun and I will remember that forever."The winners also placed first in...Read Full Story

Emily Is True Class ActI 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. Let me...Read Full Story