The Rocker Skating Podcast

It's week 4 on the Grand Prix and we are going to see skaters have season debuts this week - including World Champions Ilia Malinin and Minerva Fabienne Hase/Nikita Volodin. Plus, Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik and Jason Brown will have their first competition of the season. And it's quarterfinals week on Dancing with the Stars, Michelle and Jackie have their reactions about the paso and the...

There was some terrific skating at Cup of China this weekend, as Mone Chiba takes Japan's third gold in the women's event in three competitions and Kao Miura skates the best competition of his career. Jackie and Michelle go through all the good and the rollercoaster from Cup of China

And all of a sudden, we are heading into our third Grand Prix of the season. Cup of China will feature the largest number of AIN athletes from Russia. Alexandra Ignatova (Trusova), Evgeni Semenenko, and Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov will be back on the Grand Prix for the first time since 2021.Plus, Amber Glenn does the quickstep on Dancing with the Stars

After a sometimes fabulous and sometimes frustrating weekend of skating at 2026 Skate Canada International, Michelle joins Jackie to talk through what we learned in Kelowna this week. Mao Shimada, Kevin Aymoz, Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud, and Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson win their disciplines in the second Grand Prix of the season

Jackie recaps the second (and very long) day of competition at 2026 Skate Canada International. The men and pairs got their podiums, and the women and dance set us up for an exciting final day tomorrow

The first day of the 2026 Skate Canada International is complete. Jackie has his quick recap and reactions from the men's and pairs short program and look ahead to Day 2

We are on to Kelowna for the second Grand Prix competition of the season, and it's Skate Canada International. Michelle and Jackie preview a competition that includes a couple of highly-anticipated debuts from last season's World Junior Champions, Rio Nakata and Mao Shimada. Lots more to come this week. Plus, we look back at Horror Movie night on Dancing With The Stars as Amber Glenn goes...

The first Grand Prix event of the season is in the books! Michelle and Jackie talk all about Grand Prix de France. Ami Nakai won the women's event, Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Guillaume Cizeron win dance, Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava win pairs, and Adam Siao Him Fa took his fourth GP de France title Plus, a few other competitions from around the globe, including the second stage of the Rus...

The competition is complete at Grand Prix de France. Jackie looks at the men's free skate and pairs free skate events on the last Rocker Daily of the weekend

We finished a long day 2 of the 2026 Grand Prix de France is complete. Jackie has his quick recap and reactions from the free dance and women's free skate, plus he goes through the men's and pairs short and look ahead to Day 3

The first day of the 2026 Grand Prix de France is complete. Jackie has his quick recap and reactions from the rhythm dance and women's short program and look ahead to Day 2

It's Grand Prix time! Jackie and Michelle preview the first Grand Prix of the season - it's Grand Prix de France, where Olympic bronze medalist Ami Nakai got the ball rolling with an upset win last year. She will be facing another tough women's field. For the men, Adam Siao Him Fa looks to win at home and rediscover his consistency. Plus, we talk about Dedication Night on Dancing with...

The week before the Grand Prix Series starts and the Challenger Series brought us its largest competition yet at Budapest Trophy. Jackie is solo today but will go through the topsy turvy from Budapest, plus the Russian Grand Prix Stage 1 and other competitions that happened this weekend. After the recap, Jackie answers your burning questions for the season.

Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik went from outside shot at getting an Olympic spot last season to fifth at the Olympics and World bronze medalists. It was a transformational season for them. Jackie talks to them about their experience at the Olympics, how they go into this season as the World bronze medalists, their new Bolero free dance, and their goals for the season.

Amber Glenn does the samba this week in Super Bowl themed week on Dancing with the Stars! How did it all go? We will find out! And we will also talk about Ilia Malinin's short program announcemnet today. Plus, we only have ONE competition to preview this week for once - Budapest Trophy is our last weekend before the Grand Prix Series starts. And it's jam packed with a whole bunch of skater...

Michelle and Jackie have a lot of thoughts about the scoring this weekend at Denis Ten Memorial - much like Trialeti Trophy last week. But Alexandra Ignatova (Trusova) and Vladislav Dikidzhi impressed and made statements in Almaty. We also had a bunch of planned and unplanned history lessons for this episode. Plus, we recap the final Junior Grand Prix of the season in Gdansk before the Final, and...

This week's Denis Ten Memorial will be the best chance yet for Alexandra Ignatova (Trusova) to earn a Grand Prix alternate spot. She will be up against Dina Khusnutdinova, Mariia Zakharova, Yujae Kim, and Sofia Samodelkina, who makes her season debut. We also talk through the final Junior Grand Prix of the season before the FinalPlus, we have our hot off the presses reactions on Amber Glenn&#3...

Trialeti Trophy was an interesting competition in many ways - big scores for Georgian skaters at home, Niina Petrokina battles Adeliia Petrosian in the women's event, and more debuts, including Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava and Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovPlus, we talk about a ridiculous lineup at Tokyo Regional Championships with Ami Nakai, Yuna Aoki, Mone Chiba, Rion Sumiyo...

Michelle and Jackie preview this week's Trialeti Trophy and the sixth Junior Grand Prix of the season (Ljubljana). More AIN skaters, including Anastasia Mishina/Aleksandr Galliamov, will be looking for a shot at getting onto the Grand Prix alternates list at Trialeti, while we see season debuts from European champions Nika Egadze, Anastasiia Gubanova, and Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Berulava. Pl...

The Challenger doubleheader did not disappoint. We saw the season debuts of a lot of skaters this weekend at Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Memorial. Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko, Lia Pereira / Trennt Michaud, Olivia Smart / Tim Dieck, Mikhail Shaidorov, Daniel Grassl, Evgeni Semenenko, Julia Sauter, Haein Lee, and more competed this weekend. Jackie and Michelle also recap the fifth Junio...

Season Retrospective 25/26 just came out! (Go to https://store.rockerskating.com) Jackie talks to renowned figure skating photographer Danielle Earl, whose photography is featured in this book, about her origin story as a photographer. And we highlight some of our favorites from Season Retrospective. I hope you'll have a look!

It's a double-Challenger week this week. Jackie and Michelle preview Nebelhorn Trophy and Nepela Memorial, both of which will feature World medalists in multiple disciplines. The fifth Junior Grand Prix event will also be taking place this week - in Batumi, Georgia. Plus, Amber Glenn goes into Week 2 of Dancing with the Stars with a tango to Harrison's All the Things She Said (Heated Rival...

Amber Glenn had her debut on Dancing with the Stars last week, and we are so excited! Plus, on regular skating news, Lombardia Trophy, Junior Grand Prix Ankara, and Russian Test Skates happened!

Mark Hanretty has become a fixture on the commentary scene in international figure skating competitions. He and Ted Barton are halfway through another Junior Grand Prix series. Mark joined Jackie to talk about the new season, the new rules, and how he gets to know everything about every skater and their programs. And there's no interview with Jackie and Mark without a lot of nerding out on fig...

It was a light(er) weekend of skating, but there was still plenty of it, including John Nicks Pairs International and Tallinn Open, won by Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii, Mihhail Selevko, and Niina Petrokina. Plus, the third Challenger event happens this weekend with Lombardia Trophy and it is yet another superb women's field. And the fourth Junior Grand Prix takes place in Ankara - M...