Watching an international figure-skating competition can feel like learning a new language. Commentators move quickly between names of jumps, spins, levels,…
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Figure Skating Terms Explained for First-Time Event Visitors
How Figure Skaters Choose Music For A Season
Music gives a figure-skating program its emotional direction, but choosing a track is far more complex than finding a song a skater enjoys. The selection must…
Where to stay for Turin’s Grand Prix Final
Turin offers an excellent base for a major figure-skating weekend. The city combines an efficient public transport network, elegant historic streets, welcoming…
Rink-Side Safety And The People Who Protect The Skating Experience
At a major figure-skating event, the audience sees speed, precision, music, and dramatic athletic movement. Around the boards, however, another carefully…
Photographing Figure Skating Without Disrupting the Performance
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final at Turin’s Palavela arena brings together elite Senior and Junior athletes in men’s, ladies’, pairs, and ice dance…
What happens to the ice after a figure-skating competition
When the final routine ends, the arena does not immediately become an ordinary empty rink. The ice still carries skate marks, deep cuts, painted graphics,…
How ice dance found its place at the Grand Prix Final
Ice dance has developed from a discipline rooted in ballroom tradition into one of the most intricate and expressive events in international figure skating. At…
How Official Photographers Work Around The Rink
At the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, photography is part of the event’s visual memory. Every jump, lift, step sequence, reaction, and medal ceremony…
A guide to the junior podium ceremony at the 2019 final
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Turin brought the world’s leading junior skaters together at Palavela from December 5–8, 2019. While the…
The video official behind figure skating jump calls
At a major figure skating event, a jump can look complete at full speed and still require careful examination. The skater may land cleanly, yet the takeoff,…