By Abby Farrell
The Spring 2025 subject of SKATING journal hit mailboxes this previous weekend. Listed here are 5 tales to take a look at.
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Legacy on Ice Evokes Therapeutic
On Jan. 29, 2005, the determine skating group misplaced 28 beloved athletes, coaches and fogeys on American Airways Flight 5342. On this subject, we pay tribute to these lives misplaced far too quickly as they headed house from Nationwide Improvement Camp in Wichita, Kansas.
Within the spirit of therapeutic and to honor the lasting legacies of the victims, the group got here collectively in Washington D.C., on March 2 to grieve and pay tribute these 28 people by means of the one manner they understand how — skating. The evening featured appearances by determine skating legends akin to Olympic champions Brian Boitano, Kristi Yamaguchi, Peggy Flemming and Scott Hamilton, in addition to emotional performances from present and former Workforce USA skaters. To recollect his dad and mom Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, Workforce USA skater Maxim Naumov carried out to his mother or father’s favourite tune, “The Metropolis That Doesn’t Exist,” a ballad from a Russian movie. Isabella Aparicio additionally skated to pay tribute to her brother Franco Aparicio and father Luciano Aparicio who misplaced their lives. The occasion additionally acknowledged the courageous first responders who have been first on the scene after the tragic crash.
Remembering Dick Button
Sooner or later after the tragic aircraft crash, the skating world misplaced the legend Dick Button who handed away on Jan. 30, 2025, on the age of 95. The 2-time Olympic champion is greatest be remembered for his artistry and athleticism, in addition to a beloved tv persona. On ice, his accomplishments are unequalled and began what is known as the “Golden Age” of American determine skating. He gained consecutive Olympic gold medals (1948, ’52), five-consecutive World titles (1948–’52), three-consecutive North American titles (1947, ’49, ’51), seven-consecutive U.S. titles (1947–’52) and a uncommon European Championships (1948). He’s additionally credited for touchdown the primary double Axel, the primary triple soar (a loop) and for creating the “Button Camel,” a ahead spin now often known as the flying camel. On tv, Button was often known as the “Voice of Determine Skating,” serving as an analyst for nearly each Olympic Winter Video games, no matter host community, till 2010. All the time an innovator and extremely opinionated persona, Button created the analyst function, which earned him the primary Emmy Award for Excellent Sports activities Character (1981) and an induction into the Sports activities Broadcasting Corridor of Fame (2015).
Groups Elite Wins World Junior Title
On March 8, Groups Elite made historical past by changing into the primary U.S. synchronized skating workforce to win a World title on the ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships 2025 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The workforce out of Northbrook, Illinois, completed third within the quick program, however got here roaring again within the free skate to assert gold, the workforce’s sixth complete medal on the World Junior Championships. Coach Danielle Ostrower mirrored on how the win was not solely vital for his or her workforce, however for the entire groups that got here earlier than them and that it’s a testomony to how far Workforce USA has come. They have been joined on the rostrum for the second time on the World Junior Championships by the Skyliners, who secured the bronze medal.
A Look Again on the U.S. Championships By way of Footage
Have you ever ever questioned what it seems like behind the scenes on the U.S. Determine Skating and U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships? Now’s your probability to get an unique take a look at the 2 pinnacle occasions, from moments of celebration between athletes and their assist programs within the stands to the moments of connection and focus simply earlier than opponents take the ice.
Skate Tech Molds Profession Path
Aislinn Munck-Owen began her skating journey at a younger age after getting kicked out of ballet lessons, and has been concerned with the game ever since. In the present day, Munck-Owen is a skate tech and proprietor of Dwelling Ice, a skate store situated inside The Skating Membership of Boston. The enterprise that opened eight years in the past stemmed from a long time of expertise molding and becoming boots that began in Helena, Montana, as she labored alongside her father on skates ordered by means of a list from Rainbow Sports activities in Chicago. After graduating highschool, she skated for Disney on Ice for six years till a recurring harm in her proper foot prompted early retirement. She then later took a job managing a skate store inside The Skating Membership of Boston, and after two years, purchased out the stock and began Dwelling Ice. Some folks would possibly elevate their eyebrows at a feminine skate tech, however Munck thinks it’s cool for folks to see that their daughter will get to see a girl skate tech, exhibiting that it’s a believable profession path.
