Cricket Club Article - Orser and Wilson

[mag]

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/03/23/168485392

Interesting article about the inner working of figure skating at the Cricket Club.

 

[Spun Silver]

And Phil Hersh is writing for Ice Network. Cool.

 

[Fairuza]

And Phil Hersh is writing for Ice Network. Cool.

He wrote about Orser and Hanyu not so long ago
http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2016/03/21/167742446/orser-hanyu-embrace-long-distance-relationship

 

[DreamSkates]

Just read the article - they have something great going on there. Keep it up, Brian, Tracy, & company!

 

[screech]

Great article! Wonderful to not only hear from the coaches, but also from the skaters.

Also happy that the bell is once again ringing for Nam.

 

[Madhatter]

Also happy that the bell is once again ringing for Nam.

It would be nice if Nam did well in Boston, given all the hoopla with Liam Firus withdrawing in his favor.

And I love the idea of the bell.

 

[ChelleC]

And I love the idea of the bell.

So do I. It sounds like a wonderful thing for the skaters, a way to celebrate.

 

[Sylvia]

Also relevant to this thread is this interview with Orser - it took place during 2016 Europeans in Bratislava: http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2016brianorser
Excerpt about Stephen Gogolev:

I do have one special little kid, who just turned eleven. He just won the Nationals in Novice, and he can do a beautiful triple Axel and a quad Salchow. He is good, he does all the triples, and triple-triples, he has great spins and he is musical. He is a shining star. But we have to wait two more years before he can go out to junior circuit. So I do have some young ones coming up. I will see that young boy through to Olympics in Beijing, and then I will decide what I'm going to do. Because this job is really hard, on my body, on my head.

ETA: Gogolev landed 3Lz+2T, 3F and 2A in his SP (48.53) and a 3A, 3Lz+3T and 3 of 4 more triples in his winning Adv. Novice FS (104.80) at Coupe du Printemps in Luxembourg earlier this month - his FS video is posted below.

 

[jlmart]

Stephen just won the Advanced Novice Men competition at Coupe de Printemps with a score of 153.33.
FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfjV1HQ3dqY