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The mission of SKATING magazine is to communicate information about the sport to the U.S. Figure Skating membership and fans of figure skating, promoting U.S. Figure Skating programs, personalities, events and trends that affect the sport.


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(Issue: Vol. 93 No. 2) is published 11 times per year in January, February, March, April, May, June/July, August/ September, October, November, Basic Skills Edition and December by U.S. Figure Skating, 20 First St., Colorado Springs, CO 80906-3697. Subscription rates: United States, one year $32.50 (U.S.); Canada, one year $42.50 (U.S.); Foreign, one year $52.50 (U.S.). Allow 6–8 weeks for delivery of the first issue. Periodicals postage paid at Colorado Springs and at additional mailing offices. Copy- right ©2016 by United States Figure Skating, Colorado Springs, Colo. Phone: 719.635.5200. SKATING magazine assumes no responsibility for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Postmaster: Send address corrections to SKATING, 20 First St., Colorado Springs, CO 80906-3697. Canadian return address: Station A, P.O. Box 54, Windsor, Ontario N9A 6J5. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without permission from the editor.


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Team USA’s Mariah Bell helps a young skater with his lesson.


Holiday season SkateFests a huge success


U.S. Figure Skating hosted four


SkateFests over the holiday season, in- troducing hundreds of people to the ice across the nation. Two SkateFest events took place at the


Museum of Feelings hosted by The Rink at Brookfield Place in New York on Dec. 5 and Jan. 9. Two others were conducted on Dec. 19 at the John Breslow Ice Hockey Cen- ter at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and at Acacia Park in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado. 2006 Olympic ice dancers Melissa


Gregory and Denis Petukhov served as hosts of the New York events, while the members of the UNL hockey team were on hand to help the skaters in Nebraska. Colorado-based members of Team USA, including 2015 U.S. pairs champions Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim, Mariah Bell, Jordan Moeller, Karina Manta and Joseph Johnson, and Lindsay Weinstein and Jacob Simon attended the event at Acacia Park, giving skills demonstrations and skating with participants. “Each event brought hundreds of par-


ticipants to the ice, generating excitement about skating throughout the country,” Susi Wehrli-McLaughlin, senior director of membership at U.S. Figure Skating, said. U.S. Figure Skating created SkateFests


to encourage people of all ages to take to the ice for fun, participate in a free skating lesson, meet members of Team USA, take home souvenirs and learn how to get more involved with local skating programs.


Team Challenge Cup athletes to compete for more than $600,000 in prize money Qualifiers for Team Challenge Cup, set for April 22–


24 in Spokane, Washington, will compete for a purse of $617,000. Team Challenge Cup (#TeamChallengeCup) is an


ISU-sanctioned three-day event that will feature 42 of the top figure skaters in the world competing in a continental team competition (Team North America vs. Team Europe vs. Team Asia). Athletes will be invited based on the ISU World Standings. The event will feature two days of competition at Spokane Arena. Friday’s program


will have the ladies and men performing short programs for the distinction of singles short program champion (team and individual). Saturday’s singles and team free skate segments, featuring singles athletes, pairs and


ice dance teams, will include an aggregate scoring format to determine the 2016 Team Challenge Cup champion. Athletes in the singles short program will compete for $132,000 in prize money. The


athletes earning the highest overall score (one man, one woman) will receive a $5,000 bonus each. Athletes competing in the singles and team free skate events will compete for $455,000 in prize money. The ice dance and pairs teams earning the highest overall score will each receive a $10,000 bonus. Single-session and all-event tickets are available at all TicketsWest outlets, charge by


phone at 800.325.SEAT, online at www.teamchallengecup.com or with no ticketing fees at the Spokane Arena box office.


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PHOTO BY BARB REICHERT


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