Shnapir’s new status as front-runners was that ESPN came calling. Famed sports and action photographer John Huet came to Somerville, Mass., with a six-man crew to try to capture Castelli in flight for ESPN The Magazine. (See page 17 photo.) “Welcome to the evolution of the quad
Salchow!” Castelli said. Huet produces special-effects photo-
graphs that reveal the power and beauty of sports. For the shoot, Shnapir threw Castelli into one Salchow after another, under a bank of strobe lights. The background was to be produced later. The Veteran’s Memorial Rink was extremely cold, but coach Bobby Martin had a supply of hand warmers, and the skaters had jackets and vests to put on between takes.