Ice Skating

Ice Skating Tips and Techniques
Ice skating is an exciting and an aesthetic sport which evolved in the European nations of Netherlands and Scotland. Originally, it was used as a means of transportation across frozen lakes and ponds in winters. To know about ice skating tips and techniques, read on...

History of Ice Skating
Watching the lithe ice skaters glide and perform on the rink is surely a sight to behold! Over the years, this popular sport has seen many developments. Read on to know all about the history of ice skating.

Famous Ice Skaters
Ice Skating is a major and popular winter sport. There are some famous ice skaters who have entertained us and left a lasting impression. We take a look at a few of them.

Lagerfeld Parades Ice Princesses in Chanel Show
The collection paid tribute to this winter's ice skating craze: with their white tights and boots and ballerina-style miniskirts, some models could have passed for latter-day Torvills.

Ice Skating: British Skating Slowly Comes in From the Cold
The story of British skating has been one of a painful struggle to arrest decline and there may be light at the end of the tunnel writes, Richard Williams.

Ice-skating: Clouds Obscure Figure Skating's Bright New Dawn
Ice-skating's secretive new judging process does more to erode the sport's credibility than enhance it, writes Peta Bee.

Figure Skating: Stars on Ice 2004 -- Time to see this show!
The theme of this year's Stars on Ice show is "Time." Boasting an all-star cast, including Olympic Champions Alexei Yagudin, Sale and Pelletier, Berezhnaya and Sikharudlidze, Kurt Browning, Ekaterina Gordeeva, Oksana Baiul and Scott Hamilton, the show is a must see. Here's a look at a recent performance in San Jose, California.

McCorkell finds her feet
Ice Skating: British champion Jenna McCorkell picked herself up from a fall to qualify for the European Championships.

Skating on thin ice
Torvill and Dean left the British public with an ineradicable love of figure skating. Wrong, actually. Less than 10 years after T & D delivered the BBC a record television audience of 23.9 million at the 1994 Winter Olympics, the sport is in danger of dropping off the Beeb's radar.

Ice Skating: Russian Mobster Faces Fixing Charges
January 8: A Russian mobster faces extradition to the United States to answer charges of fixing figure skating events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

FIGURE SKATING: Champions on Ice
A review of the Champions on Ice San Jose stop, 4/28/01. I attended the show with photographer and fellow journalist, Tracy Shao.

ICE SKATING: European Championships Preview: Women's Event
A preview of the women's event at the European Championships. Irina Slutskaya and Maria Butyrskaya of Russia will battle for the gold.

ICE SKATING: Trophee Lalique: Men's competition
Alexei Yagudin's last Grand Prix event was Trophee Lalique. He would try to secure a spot in the Grand Prix Finals. However, Yagudin came into the event sick.

ICE SKATING: Skate Canada
Skate Canada, the next event on the Grand Prix series, was a redeeming event for three-time and reigning world champion Alexei Yagudin.

ICE SKATING: Skate America: Men
A review of the men's event at Skate America 2000.

ICE SKATING: Skate America: Women
A review of the women's event at Skate America 2000. This competition, the first in the Grand Prix series, took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, a city over a mile high in altitude.

ICE SKATING: Master's of Figure Skating: Inconsistent Judging, Part II
Part Two of the review of the Master's of Figure Skating, a pro-am competition.

ICE SKATING: Master's of Figure Skating: Inconsistent Judging
A review of the Master's of Figure Skating, a pro-am competition that was televised on October 25, 2000 on TNT. In two parts: Men's, and Pairs.

ICE SKATING: A Golden Moment - Concert On Ice
A review of Kristi Yamaguchi's "A Golden Moment," a concert on ice featuring some of the world's most famous musicians and figure skaters. "A Golden Moment" aims to promote breast cancer awareness, as well as combining live music and figure skating onto one stage.

ICE SKATING: Skate America Preview
esportfans, like skaters and their fans, begins its trip around the world as the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating begins this week. First up is a preview of the first competition of the Grand Prix, Skate America, taking place in Colorado Springs, CO.

ICE SKATING: Building Blocks and Roadblocks
esportfans.com's April Knights takes a look at the state and future of US Ice Dance teams.