The Iron Butterfly

I recap the Top 6 women of the 2022 JGP Courchevel women's event and more: Mao Shimada (JPN), Minsol Kwol (KOR), Ikura Kushida (JPN), Mia Kalin (USA), Heesue Han (KOR), Lorine Schild (FRA), Elyce Lin-Gracey (USA), Nataly Langerbauer (EST), as well as USA highlights of the Men - Maxim Zharkov and Kai Kovar, Pairs and Dance Events. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.co...

I recap the Top 6 of the 2022 JGP Courchevel women's event: Hana Yoshida (JPN), Ayumi Shibayama (JPN), Yujae Kim (KOR), Maria Eliise Kaljuvere (EST), Clare Seo (USA), Lia Pereira (CAN), Sarah Everhardt (USA), as well as USA highlights of the Men and Dance Events. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...

I sit down with 2016 National Pairs Champion Tarah Kayne to chat about everything pairs skating! We talk about going from singles to pairs, finding the right partner - what qualities to look for, her timeline of success in pairs, comfort level and fearful elements in pair skating, mental training/mentality when competing with a partner, advice she would give all pair girls, all things retirement a...

In this episode I sit down with Team USA skater Starr Andrews to chat about her life in skating: how she started, her coaching team, skating in LA, going viral at a young age (Whip My Hair), artistry and picking music,  the jump from JGP's to Senior Grand Prix's, the mental game of skating and the challenges that come with it, her skating role models, her favorite skating moments and programs, her...

I sit down with 2022 US Bronze Medalist and Junior World Champion Isabeau Levito to chat about her career thus far! We talk about her start in skating, her coaching team, her timeline of learning jumps, her artistry and the dance classes she takes, competing on the JGP circuit last season, her Senior Nationals experience winning the bronze, her Junior Worlds experience, what she's excited about ne...

In this episode I chat with 2022 Junior World Champion and US Silver Medalist Ilia Malinin about his start in skating, coaching, the timeline of learning all his jumps, his latest season with starting with the JGP's, his Nationals experience as a first year senior in an Olympic year, how he felt about the Olympic team selection, his experience competing at the World Championships and Junior World...

I sit down with legendary coach Christy Ness, who coached Kristi Yamaguchi to Olympic Gold! We discuss her start in skating coaching, coaching young Kristi to the top, parents and their significance to the team, her advice to young coaches, dealing with politics in the sport, dealing with media in the sport, her thoughts on current skating with the potential age change, missing quality in today's...

I sit down with world famous coach Frank Carroll, who has coached many famous figure skating champions in his career. We chat about his start in skating, what he looks for in recognizing talent, parents' role in the coaching processes, training athletes with different personalities, consultant coaching, politics in skating, his thoughts on the Olympic doping scandal and the handling of it all, his...

I recap the Women's Event at the 2022 World Championships: Kaori Sakamoto, Loena Hendrickx, Alysa Liu, Mariah Bell, Young You, Anastasia Gubanova, Wakaba Higuchi, Karen Chen, Nicole Schott, Ekaterina Kurakova, Ekaterina Ryabova, Olga Mikutina, Niina Petrykina, and overall thoughts. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of...

I chat with 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski about her life: how she got into skating, her coaching teams, training away from home, what to was like to be the youngest champion and her strategies for excelling at such a young age against older competitors, what it was like having a skating rivalry with Michelle Kwan, the 1998 season and how she felt going into the Olympics, media during that ti...

I chat with 2014 Olympic Champion Meryl Davis about her start in ice dance, the supportive environment she grew up in, the differences in her experience/approach to the 2010 and 2014 Olympic Games, what it's like skating against a consistent rival, the fun life experiences after winning a gold medal, the challenges of retirement, what she's doing now, and her favorite life lesson from skating! Hos...

I speak with 2x Olympic Medalist Nancy Kerrigan about her experiences in her skating: her start/coaching, dealing with media portrayal of elite athletes that isn't alway accurate, the short amount of time she had for leg rehabilitation before the '94 Games, her experiences at both Olympic Games and how they differed, pro-skating life with shows in the 90's, her thoughts on current competitive wome...

Giving you all the details on the 2022 Olympic doping scandal, where 15 year old Kamila Valieva, predicted to win the gold medal in women's figure skating, failed a drug test for Trimetazidine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I chat with Linda Leaver — coach of 88’ Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano — about Brian’s early beginnings, what she noticed in him as a young skater, consultant coaching and sending her students to different coaches, politics in the sport and how she as a coach navigated it, setting boundaries with media hype before the Olympics, advice for current young coaches, and her thoughts on current ska...

I chat with 4x National Champion and 2x Olympian Jeremy Abbott about his start in skating, what it was like to work with coaches Tom Zakrajsek and Yuka Sato, his mindset going into the Vancouver Olympics versus the Sochi Olympics, whether he likes coaching or choreography more, his coaching experience with 2x National Champion Alysa Liu, and what he's up to now as well as some bonus reflections fr...

I recap some of the Women at the 2022 4 Continents Championships: Mai Mihara, Haein Lee, Yelim Kim, Young You, Rino Matsuike, Audrey Shin, Gabriella Izzo, Starr Andrews, + highlights on the men, dance, and pairs! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I recap some of the Women at the 2022 European Championships: Kamila Valieva, Sasha Trusova, Anna Scherbakova, Loena Hendrickx, Ekaterina Kurakova, Nina Petrykina. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I give my honest breakdown of the 2022 US Championships in Nashville this past weekend as well as the Olympic Team Selections from the women, men, pairs, and ice dance! In order: Gracie Gold, Amber Glenn, Lindsay Thorngren, Gabby Izzo, Isabeau Levito, Alysa Liu, Karen Chen, Mariah Bell, Jason Brown, Vincent Zhou, Ilia Malinin, Nathan Chen, Alexa Knierim + Brandon Frazier, Jessica Calalang + Brian...

I recap the Women at the Russian Nationals 2022: Kamila Valieva Sasha Trusova Anna Scherbakova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Maiia Kromykh + Adeliya Petrosian Sofia Samodelkina Sofia Muravieva Ksenia Sinitsyna Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

I chat with 2014 Olympian Nathan Bartholomay about pair skating and injuries! We discuss what a pair skater looks for in a potential partner, his injuries and surgery in his career, the mentality of going through and recovering from injuries, what motivates him to continue, and how he wants to stay involved with skating and pair development in the future. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company....

I chat with 2015 Junior Champion Andrew Torgashev about his current recovery process with his latest injury. We talk lessons learned form injury, the importance of patience, injury prevention, mentality through multiple injuries, learning about yourself away from the ice, and load management. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

I chat with Olympic Ice Dance Champion Charlie White about his lifelong career with partner Meryl Davis, his love story with fellow competitor and now wife Tanith White, how he handled the pressure of 2010-2014 seasons to win Olympic gold, life lessons he learned along the way, the importance of positive training leaders, the new skating school he and Tanith are opening and what their vision is fo...

Loena Hendrickx (BEL) Mariah Bell (USA) Maia Khromykh (RUS) Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) Kamila Valieva (RUS Victoria Safanova (BLR) Olga Mikutina (AUT) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Mariah Bell (USA) Karen Chen (USA) Kseniia Sinitsyna (RUS) Wakaba Higuchi (JPN) Alena Kostornaia (RUS) Anna Scherbakova (RUS) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode I analyze the performances of some of the women at NHK Trophy, as well as downsides on the current direction of women's skating: Amber Glenn (USA) Eunsoo Lim (KOR) Alysa Liu (USA) Young You (KOR) Mana Kawabe (JPN) Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) *Daria Usacheva (RUS) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info...