The Synchro Skaters Club

Season 2 Episode 22! The final one for the season, we had the absolute pleasure of chatting with Lee Chandler, coach at Hayden Synchro with the Lexettes and Haydenettes, and 2015 WSSC champion with NEXXICE senior. He is who we grew up watching skate. Lee chats all about his competitive career, time performing on ice shows and coaching. A great way to finish the second season of the SSC xx

Season 2 Episode 21! The biggest lineup we have ever had! SIX skaters from across the first ever Synchro9 teams chat about their experiences in teams of 9 and what it was like behind the scenes for their history making demonstrations. The lovely skaters are; Lyric O'Neal and Quinn McCormick (USA), Marta Pietrasik and Agathe Merlier (CAN), Fanny Soukola and Inka Korpio (FIN).

Season 2 Episode 20! Carla Gagnon is making sure synchro moves with the times. As the Co-founder of the Synchro Skate App, she talks all things technology, what her app aims to do and how you can get involved in the future of synchro.

Season 2 Episode 19! One could say this is the pinnacle episode of the podcast season. Brie talks to coach Amélie Brochu and captains Julia Bernardo & Olivia Di Giandomenico of Les Suprêmes Senior! The reigning world champions talk all things about the 25/26 season and their 4-peat gold medal.

Season 2 Episode 18! Joined once again by Victoria Heald, her and Brie break down the 2026 World Synchronized Skating Championships! Held in Salzburg, Austria on the 10th and 11th of April, the worlds best senior teams had their face off. There was some drama, some falls and lots of fun. PS. Sorry this one is a week late!

Season 2 Episode 16! Please welcome the reigning junior world champions, Helsinki Fintastic to the podcast! The lovely captains Emilia Markkula and Eevi Oksanen join Brie and Lily to discuss their 25/26 season!

Season 2 Episode 16! OneTeamMVMT is THE synchro organisation, and Lisa Carriere is it's founder. She shares her personal synchro history, what it is like running OneTeamMVMT and all the exciting things the organisation has coming up, in particular the OneTeamMVMT synchro skills camps.

Season 2 Episode 15! Worlds is here and done! Just like last season, we talk through all the teams, their skates and their scores, as well as your feedback from the competition. Huge congratulations to everyone that competed, as well as all the skaters that have worked incredibly hard all season around the globe in the Junior category! This episode Sabrina is joined by Senior skater, OneTeamMVMT a...

Season 2 Episode 14! We sit down with the incredible Amélie De Tomi, Co-Founder and Chief Editor of the independent synchronized skating news platform, Jura Synchro. We talk about all the time, energy and behind the scenes work that has gone into running Jura for the last 10 years, as well as Amélie's own synchro journey.

Season 2 Episode 13! A breakdown of the FINAL challenger series competition - Marie Lundmark Trophy, held from February 7-8 in Turku, Finland. Sabrina breaks down all the scores for Junior and Senior, followed by your feedback on the competition.

Season 2 Epsiode 12! Joined by senior synchro skater and friend, Victoria Heald, we break down our thoughts on the International Classic in the USA. The third Challenger was held in Norwood, USA on the 30th and 31st of January; with 8 teams in Senior and 9 in Junior, we watched all the programs and talk about our favourite parts of the competition!

Season 2 Episode 11! We walk through challenger number two - all 33 teams across the ISU Junior and Senior categories. Lumière Cup was held from the 22nd-24th of January in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Season 2 Episode 10! Bit of a season catch up, where we talk about some of the other recent important competitions, like Canadian Nationals and what is happening in Russia. We then go through a bunch of instagram stories and your feedback on how the season is progressing!

Season 2 Episode 9! The Challengers have officially begun. We break down the skates and scores from the Britannia cup that was held from the 9th to 10th of January in Nottingham, England.

Season 2 Episode 8! Over the last month, there has been some prettty exciting news in the synchro community - inclusion in the youth winter Olympics and the annoucement of the new category Synchro9. We talk through all the statements and press releases, the go through your thoughts and comments. A follow on from our meme debut on Instagram.

Season 2 Episode 7! Following on from last season, we wanted to learn more about one of the senior teams on the world stage. We were joined with the incredible Lorena Bubcso, the current captain of Team Passion from Hungary! We talk about her personal skating journey, following in her mothers footsteps, to joining Passion, and what skating on the nation's best and only senior team is like.

Season 2 Episode 6! The new season is now in full swing, so we do our first update and recap of all things 2025/2026 synchro! Dresses, themes and competition results, lets make sure we are all up to date.

Season 2 Episode 5! This is a follow along from last weeks episode, except we are joined with a very special guest - Marta Pietrasik, a retired Les Supremes skater, an Iron Man extrodanier, a masters student and a survivor. She shares her journey and recovery, alongside the research she has done on disordered eating and eating disorders in performance based sports.

Season 2 Episode 4! Trigger warning for a very serious topic. We break down the important topic of body image within our performance based sport. It can be incredibly hard when everyone is expected to the same be or look the same on the ice. Discussing our personal experiences, followed by the listeners experiences from Instagram polls, be sure to be kind to yourself and wary when listening to thi...

Season 2 Episode 3! Literally of the back of an Emmy nomination!!! We talk to Vashti Lonsdale about her skating career in both figure and synchro, her connection and commitement to Figure Skating in Harlem, and of course, everything about the Disney+ docuseries and the club that is changing young girls lives.  Note - Afton is away this week! Her big girl job has her away, but not to fret, she will...

Season 2 Episode 2! We had a number of requests to talk about being an alternate - so here we are! One of the hardest and most important positions to hold on a synchro team, we talk all about what makes a good alternate, our personal experiences, how to support your team from the sidelines and how to prove yourself to get onto the skating squad.

Season 2 Episode 1! Welcome back for the 2025/2026 season. We spoke about synchro mums and parents quite fair amount last season, so we thought it was only fitting to start of the new one with our very own. Meet Sam Snoad and Michelle Skilling-Cook, giving their perspective on being a synchro parent!

Season 1 Episode 22! Our final episode for the season, we talk about where to go next if you are considering retiring. Our personal experiences, your experiences, advice and how to stay involved in the sport. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU for an incredible first season of the SSC.

Season 1 Episode 21! Pinch us because we talk to Eveliina Tikkinen and Petra Viitanen, the captains of the Helsinki Rockettes and your 2025 World Champions. Breaking down their entire season, their emotions at worlds and what this means for the team, they were so lovely to chat with!!!

Season 1 Episode 20! WOW! What a competition. The 2025 World Synchronized Skating Championships were held on the 4th and 5th of April in Helsinki, Finland. A worlds for the record books, we break down every teams performances.