Inspiring you to love your passions unabashedly
Whenever I tell people I skate, they always give me these wide eyes and ask "How?" or "Oh since you were a kid?" or "OMG THAT'S SO COOL ARE YOU GOING TO THE OLYMPICS?!?!!" It's kind of funny how untouchable the sport seems to the general public despite my city having at least 3 rinks …
Continue reading "My Figure Skating Career: Origins (Part 1)"
Let's talk about some mildly recent failures real quick, regardless of whether it was the fault of the person or not. Evgenia Medvedeva got silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Jason Brown didn't make the Olympic team for 2018. 2018-19 Grand Prix gold medalists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue missed the podium at the 2019 …
Continue reading "Plot Twist: You Are Defined By Your Failures! Just Not The Way You Think"
Though it's hard to talk about, it's hard to ignore: ethnic diversity is pretty weak in the figure skating world. I'm often the only non-white person on the ice, and while I'm used to it as a graduate from a private university, it can be particularly intimidating for people who aren't usually in that kind …
Continue reading "Diversify Ice Foundation: Organization Highlight"
I honestly can't remember a time I didn't have some kind of log for my skating. When I started Adult 1, I had the Adult Learn to Skate curriculum PDF printed out and I checked the skills I knew how to do. Eventually I moved them to a notebook, adapting my personal bullet journal format. …
Continue reading "Should you keep a training diary for skating?"
