What ever happened to Sandra Loosemore, who had the SkateWeb site. For years it was one of the few sites about skating. Her reviews were witty and fabulous and a pleasure to read.
Last time she updated the site was in 2010.
http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/
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04-24-2012, 11:45 PM #1
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04-25-2012, 12:09 AM #2Title-less
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I got the feeling that she isn't a fan of COP, and with probably other things in life going on, slowly loses interest in the sport.
Sad, I used to love her national reviews and her CBS writeups.Last edited by jlai; 04-25-2012 at 02:48 PM.
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04-25-2012, 12:15 AM #3Registered User
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She posts every once in a while on Skatefans. And she's pretty cynical about skating today. Still a wealth of knowledge though.
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04-25-2012, 02:29 AM #4
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That was one great site. Easy access to anything and everything about skating, and designed by someone who really understood how the web worked and who made a website that loaded quickly and correctly on virtually any browser, free of all the annoying design features (blinking! red text on a black background! strange watermarks!) -- and hardly ever a dead link despite having many hundreds of links on the various pages.
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04-25-2012, 02:50 AM #5podcast mistress
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Yes. It was GoldenSkate before GoldenSkate. The first place to go for all your skating resources and links.
In my spare time, I like to interview figure skating legends.
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04-25-2012, 03:40 AM #6
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The old days
I miss SkateWeb too - Sandra did an amazing job, but COP and the politics of it all did her in I think.
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04-25-2012, 05:35 AM #7Registered User
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I liked her site, too, and it was certainly a wealth of information.
Originally Posted by barbk
Particularly before the advent of Youtube and streaming, where she would cover events personally, taking photographs and writing reviews.
It was a risk however, if you wanted to have your own site linked to hers, as she was very particularly about formatting. I loved Flash, especially for the drop down menus and forms, but she didn't like it or plug - ins of any kind. Maybe she foresaw iPad (LOL).
Anyway, her site is missed.
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04-25-2012, 05:43 AM #8
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I checked her user profile here and she hasn't posted since July 2011. That's well past the advent of IJS/COP so maybe she has just become interested in other things.
I agree her website was great.
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04-25-2012, 05:43 AM #9
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I checked her user profile here and she hasn't posted since July 2011. That's well past the advent of IJS/COP so maybe she has just become interested in other things.
I agree her website was great.
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04-25-2012, 12:44 PM #10
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The last I heard she had moved to Colorado Springs. But what her current attachment is to skating, I don't know. Used her page all the time.
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04-25-2012, 01:14 PM #11
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I actually still use SkateWeb. A lot of the links for sites I go to all the time still work so it is still very convenient. I go back from time to time and read her reviews of past events.
I do think that the IJS and the secrecy in judging caused her to lose interest. She hasn't taken the site down, and I certainly appreciate it
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04-25-2012, 03:40 PM #12
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She was also a great photographer! I used Skateweb as my gateway to results before I joined fsuniverse.
If any of you haven't looked at her froggy skaters, you should. They are adorable! Reedeep!
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04-25-2012, 04:28 PM #13
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This! Originally Posted by maureenfarone
I actually still use SkateWeb. A lot of the links for sites I go to all the time still work so it is still very convenient. I go back from time to time and read her reviews of past events.
I do think that the IJS and the secrecy in judging caused her to lose interest. She hasn't taken the site down, and I certainly appreciate it
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04-25-2012, 05:03 PM #14
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Didn't she use to post under the screen name "dr.frog"? I miss her posts!
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04-25-2012, 05:06 PM #15
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That's correct. shine.
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If anyone knows how to reach her (at Skatefans?) it might be a nice idea to pass on a link to this thread so she knows how much she has been appreciated. I'm no longer a member there so I don't think they'll let me post.
Suggestions?
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Here's a link to some of Loosemore's recent posts on SkateFans:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/messages
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