The Cutting Edge: Recent Episodes
Kimberly Joy
In this episode, I look back at the career of American great, Michelle Kwan. Her career spanned from 1992 to 2005. The first hour is a retrospective on Michelle's career and the lasat 30 minutes is my ranking of her senior programs.
YouTube playlist of Michelle's programs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmN-Tk5nLNUeUUT9CkfJC96sJtxvKDFFj
Grand Prix assignments are out and in this episode, I give my first thoughts on the matchups in each discipline for all six Grand Prix events. You can follow the podcast on X, instagram, and YouTube @iceskatepodcast
Last season's best list of the year! Lots of good women's programs this year, especially from Team Japan. Listen to see what ten programs made the cut. Follow The Cutting Edge on X, Instagram, and YouTube @iceskatepodcast
In this episode I talk about my favorite men's programs of the 2023-24 season and give my end of the season rankings. What programs were your favorite? Find The Cutting Edge on X, Instagram, and YouTube @iceskatepodcast
In this episode I wrap up the 2023-24 season in Ice Dance with my season's best list of the top programs in Ice Dance and rank the top 10 teams for this season. Follow the podcast on X, Instagram, and YouTube @iceskatepodcast
In this episode, I talk about my favorite pairs programs of the 23-24 season and rank the top 10 pairs of the season.
Per usual, I had a lot of thoughts on Ice Dance…scoring, retirements, placements, and excited for the future of so many teams.
Recap of the incredible men's event at this year's World Championships. Follow me on the socials @iceskatepodcast
Recap of the women’s event at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. Japan, US, and Korea highlight what was a fairly lackluster women’s competition in my opinion.
Recapping the exciting pairs event at this years world championships in Montreal. My excitement for Deanna/Max, and my disappointment in Italian and US Pairs.
Preview of the Pairs event at the upcoming 2024 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal. Can Deanna/Max get a win at home?
Recap of the women's event at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China.
Recap of the pairs event at the 2024 Four Continents Championships in Shanghai, China. Find me on X, Instagram, YouTube, and Threads @iceskatepodcast
Recap of the women's event at the 2024 US Figure Skating Championships. Some standout performances in what was a crazy event.
Breaking down the underwhelming Pairs event at the 2024 US Figure Skating Championships. Thanks for listening!
Recap of the Ice Dance event at the 2024 US Figure Skating Championships. What do I think about Maddie & Evan skating with the flu? What should Caroline & Michael do after a disappointing finish? Follow me on all social media platforms @iceskatepodcast
My preview of all four disciplines at US Nationals. Pretty wide open in Pairs. Who follows Ilia? Can Amber win? And making sense of a stacked ice dance field.
Recap of the men’s event at the 2024 Europeans Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Who are the biggest winners and losers of the figure skating season so far and who are the biggest wild cards going into the second half of the season.
Recap of the men's event at NHK Trophy. Is Yuma Kagiyama now the man to beat? Can Shoma Uno rebound? I also preview the Men's Grand Prix Final.
Recap of the 2023 NHK Trophy, the final grand prix of the 2023-24 figure skating season. Big win for the US and disappointing finished for Japan and Korea. Next up: Grand Prix Final.
A spicy result at NHK Trophy this year. I break down the results and preview the now finalized Grand Prix Final.
Recap of the 2023 Grand Prix Espoo Ice Dance event. Once again, I forgot the Pamchenko award, but I would've given it to CPom for their level 4 Pattern Dance in the rhythm dance!
Samuelson/Bates 2006 Free Dance with the "starting pose": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3epUbcD6uI
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Pairs event recap at 2023 Grand Prix Espoo, the 5th Grand Prix of the figure skating season.
Recap of the women's event at Cup of China 2023. A look at the Grand Prix final standings and a look ahead to GP Espoo.
Men's Recap from 2023 Cup of China
Lucas Broussard article: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2023/11/8/rinkside-catching-up-with-lucas-broussard.aspx
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Recap of the pairs event at Cup of China 2023
Hocke/Kunkel article: https://anythinggoe.com/annika-hocke-and-robert-kunkel-we-try-to-keep-the-bubble-close/#google_vignette
Recap of the 2023 International Grand Prix de France. I forgot to give out a Pamchenko so I’ll give it to Lia & Trent for their side-by-side triple toes in the short program.
Recap of the ice dance event at the International Grand Prix of France 2023. I forgot to give out a Pamchenko award but it would’ve gone to Lim/Quan for their free dance!
Recap of the ice dance event at Skate Canada 2023.
The Browns GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/oona-and-gages-2022-travel-expense-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_content=undefined&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_term=undefined
Recap of the pairs event at Skate Canada 2023
addendum After recording, I learned that Miura/Kihara have now withdrawn from NHK Trophy
Recap of the crazy men's event at Skate Canada held October 27-28, 2023
Golden Skate interview with Junhwan Cha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlKDgpuOZg
Recap of the ice dance event at Skate America 2023 held in Allen, TX October 20-22, 2023
Marie-France Dubreuil article: https://adivinesport.com/2023/10/17/coach-spotlight-marie-france-dubreuil/
Chelsea Liu & Balasz Nagy article: https://adivinesport.com/2023/10/18/were-back-the-surprising-return-of-chelsea-liu-balazs-nagy/
Kim talks about what we’ve learned so far in the first quarter of the 2023-24 figure skating season and previews Skate America.
Recap of all four disciplines at Finlandia Trophy 2023. Follow the podcast on X @iceskatepodcast YouTube playlists: https://tr.ee/oHxChXOY0g
Completing my coverage of Nebelhorn Trophy with the Ice Dance event. I also talk about the requirements in this year's Rhythm Dance.
Recap of the Lake Placid Dance International and domestic events. Find videos of the performances @icedancekorblog on Twitter.
In this episode, I look back at the career of American skater Sasha Cohen. Her career spanned from 2000-2006 and a brief comeback in 2010.
Youtube playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmN-Tk5nLNUdl8GjHMu_XIjrEkngbX4W2
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My thoughts on the men's and women's Grand Prix Assignments for the upcoming 2023-24 season.
Breaking down my initial thoughts of the matchups for this fall’s Grand Prix season in the pairs and ice dance disciplines.
BONUS offseason content: This episode is all about Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue. The highs and lows of their career and ranking all 22 of their programs.
YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmN-Tk5nLNUfn0N3uFj50x3Yq-G4mSfuO
Counting down my top ten favorite programs of the season and ranking the top ten teams.
Counting down my ten favorite programs from the Men and my end of the season power rankings.
Recapping my top ten favorite ice dance programs from the 22-23 season and ranking the top 10 dance teams.
2023 World Figure Skating Championships ends on a high note. Here is my recap of the Men's event.
Recap of the Ice Dance event at 2023 World Championships. Was it controversial? My lengthy thoughts.
Preview of the pairs event at 2023 World Figure Skating Championships next week in Japan
Previewing the Ice Dance event at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships next week in Japan.
Recap of the pairs event at Four Continents 2023 plus a rant about skating at altitude with no oxygen.
Recap of all four disciplines at the 2023 European Figure Skating Championship in Espoo, Finland.
Recap of the pairs event at 2023 US Nationals
Alexa/Brandon article: https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/01/28/alexa-knierim-brandon-frazier-us-figure-skating-championships-pairs/
Recapping the biggest stories of 2022 in the world of figure skating:
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Gilles/Poirer emerge as favorites
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James/Radford make Olympic team
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Knierim/Frazier win Worlds
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Americans win Ice Dance in Team Event
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Nathan Chen wins Olympic Gold
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Quad Axel
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Russian ban
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Hanyu retires
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Valieva drama
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Sui/Han win Olympic Gold
Recap of Golden Spin of Zagreb, the last event in the 2022 Challenger Series. Unfortunately, there was no video available for streaming this competition so I am only able to report on results and protocols courtesy of skatingscores.com
Recap of the pairs event at the 2022 Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy. Knierim/Frazier interview: https://youtu.be/IsvTQDdYPSw
With no major competitions this week, I am previewing this coming weekend's Grand Prix final.
Recorded a bonus episode this week! Here is my recap of the men's and women's events at GP Espoo 2022 in Finland.
Recap of the Ice Dance event at GP Espoo 2022 in Finland. Follow @iceskatepodcast on twitter
Recap of the Ice Dance event at MK John Wilson Trophy 2022 and a look ahead to NHK Trophy.
Recap of the pairs event at the MK John Wilson Trophy, which was the 4 of 6 Grand Prix events.
Recap of the pairs event at the 2022 International Grand Prix of France. And maybe a little rant about side-by-side double salchows.
Recap of the ice dance event at the International Grand Prix of France 2022 This was the third event of the 2022 Grand Prix. I also look ahead to this weekend's John Wilson Trophy.
Recap of all four events from Skate America 2020 along with some results from the virtual ISPP.