Jo Ann's Figure Skating Blog May 2007 Archive

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video The salchow jump was invented in 1909 by a Swedish ice skater and World Figure Skating Champion named Ulrich Salchow. ... Read More

Before the 2006 Olympics, The Learning Channel featured a television series called "Ice Diaries" that featured four top female U.S. figure skaters that could possibly make the Olympics. Sadly, ... Read More

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video Some people think figure skating cannot be done correctly on inline skates or roller skates. I disagree. Yes, it is ... Read More

In the past, figure skating music was played on 78 rpm vinyl records. And...once in awhile a skater's music would skip during a competition! Today, most figure skating music is ... Read More

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video Tara Lipinski is youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating history. This video montage shows footage from some of her competitions ... Read More

Recently, I went to an ice dance weekend. I did foxtrots, tangos, and waltzes on the ice with skaters from all over North America! I made new friends ... Read More

Abby Simon, a young Jewish figure skater in the U.S., is doing a Mitvah project. She has decided to raise money for the main ice arena in Israel, the ... Read More

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video I guess if a woman trusts a man and circles around him backward on one skate with her head upside down, she ... Read More

Can you jump and spin? Can you do spirals, lunges, and turns? If you can, you can also choreograph your own ice skating routine! How to Choreograph Your ... Read More

Have you ever been in a shoot the duck contest? If not, get a group of skating friends together and do the following: Skate as fast as you can around ... Read More

Mark Cohen began figure skating in his late forties. His coach, Lexi Rohner, the Pacific Coast Sectional Vice Chair for the U.S. Figure Skating Adult Skating Committee, writes ... Read More

Geoff Hébert is the owner and operator of Ace of Blades, a skate shop in Colorado. In "A Little Blade Advice!" he shares some recommendations on how to purchase ... Read More

Summer is almost here! Many figure skaters are making their plans for skating during the summer. A fun option for ice skaters is spending all or part of ... Read More

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video Ice Theatre of New York combines dance, music, art and figure skating. This is a video of one of the performances done ... Read More

Sonia Bianchetti Garbato was a top figure skating official with the International Skating Union (ISU) for almost thirty years. She has graciously taken the time to share photos from her years ... Read More

Watch Other Users' Videos Submit Your Own Video YouTube user Z4mboni has put together a video montage that will help figure skating fans learn how to recognize figure skating jumps ... Read More

Cheer Factor makes custom warm-up suits for synchronized skating teams. A warm-up suit can be made with the colors and designs of a team's choice. The quality of ... Read More