What do Rory Flack-Burghart and Sarah Palin have in common? [icenetwork]
- Yu-Na Kim keeps her programs top secret. On the other hand, Mao Asada shares hers with the world. [Chosun]
- Jennifer Kirk writes about how skaters keep their weight down, including licking the cheese off of a Cheeto and throwing out the leftover chip. I'm not making this up.[True Slant]
- Shen and Zhao look AMAZING. Could they really give Pang & Tong and Zhang & Zhang stiff competition? [YouTube]
Happy birthday Michelle Kwan! Yesterday she turned 29.
- Is Frank Carroll adding another star to his roster? So far, he has Evan Lysacek, Mirai Nagasu, and now...Carolina Kostner? [icenetwork]
- Nicole Bobek, 1995 U.S. National champion and World bronze medalist, is arrested on drug charges. Bobek, now 31, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Hudson County, New Jersey. She could face up to ten years in prison if convicted. [NJ.com] Nicole had the spiral every skater dreamed of. Eleven coaches tried to harness her talent and energy. Please don't let this be another Christopher Bowman moment. (At right, Bobek with her trademark spiral. Thanks to SkateWeb for posting photo on their site. Photo below, Bobek at time of her arrest)
Susan, you rock! You have all the skating news for us off-season starved skating fans!
Did you hear that Johnny and Paris are going to the Philadelphia premiere of Pop Star on Ice this Saturday?
Posted by: pippa | July 08, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Nicole Bobek was always a bad girl, and the recent drug bust wasn't her first arrest. As a teenager, she was arrested on a breaking and entering charge to which she pleaded "no contest".
Posted by: Phil Cohen | July 08, 2009 at 09:47 AM
Such a shame to hear about Nicole, we saw her skate at the 1995 World Champs in Birmingham England and she had so much going for her. We hope that she will find the help and direction she so obviously needs. All the best Nicole.
Posted by: Ellie | July 27, 2009 at 04:31 PM