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This week we speak to Kim from 'The Cutting Edge' Podcast, Nashville’s newest endeavour to bring ice dance and pairs news to the people as it happens.Kim speaks about her passion for figure skating and her will to bring ice dance and pairs into the lime-light.We chat about how figure skating is unrepresented in T.V coverage and problems that causes in inspiring the next generation and the future of the sport.The effort that Kim is putting into 'The Cutting Edge' podcast is impressive, as is h...

This week we check out the ice skating scene in Turkey with Melis!Melis talks to us from Ankara in Turkey, telling us what it is like to be an adult ice skater in Turkey.With unique insight into what motivates people into beginning skating, through to just how addictive it is.Melis, like so many people, has found more than a pass time in ice skating. Her honest account of how ice skating can support mental health as well as adding to the social part of our lives is heartfelt and encouraging.I...

This week we speak to figure skating coach and National Showcase treasure Jennifer Jones.Jennifer has held no fewer than 52 National showcase titles and who better to tell us about the world of U.S Figure Skating’s National Showcase.If you have never heard of this diamond in U.S Figure Skating’s collection of competitions, then you have a missed a treat.Jennifer gives us the grand tour of what is the artistic calendar date of the year, every year, that is the National Showcase.As a time serve...

This debut podcast from Edea explains the phenomenon that has become Edea ice skates. From a humble family beginning, Edea has become a figure skating boot tour de force.We speak to Ilaria Ciotti directly from the Edea factory near Venice in Italy. Ilaria takes us through the incredible handmade journey of Edea ice skates and reveals the research and development that it takes to create a masterpiece ice skate. This truly insightful conversation tells of how Edea looked at ice skates from...

When you think of the land of the Great Barrier Reef, international surfing competitions and the home of the Aboriginal Australians you might not immediately think of figure skating, but you might be surprised. This week we talk to adult figure skater Iven Law about the ice-skating scene in Sydney and Australia as a whole.From new boots to heading out into your first show, Iven takes us through the tips and pitfalls of getting your first skates to taking part in your first show. The skating s...

Title of episode: (Series 2 Episode 2) Nordic Ice Theatre – Figure skating at melting pointNordic Ice Theatre are back and as James Brown said so well ‘Papas got a brand new bag’ oh yeah. The Nordic theatrical figure skating company are back to test the artistic interpretation of story and music on ice once more.The thing we have all come love about Nordic Ice Theatre is that you never know what you are going to get. Małgorzata Osypińska (Margret) the Artistic Director of Nordic Ice Theatre w...