It wasn’t until I was flipping through the channels one evening and saw Emanuel Sandhu standing on an empty stage that I realized he was a competitor on So You Think You Can Dance Canada. Now, deep into the competition he’s in the “final flight” and has a chance to win the ti

First off, hello! The figure skating season is about to begin which means it’s time to start blogging here on Boot and Blade. Thanks for joining me again this season. Want to brush up on the sport before the first Grand Prix event? Check out How Figure Skating Works by Keltie Thomas, a delight

Battle of the Blades is Dancing with the Stars meets The Cutting Edge for figure skating fans. Next year, the CBC will launch an elimination-style TV competition featuring some of the “biggest names in hockey and figure skating,” according to CBC executive director of network programming

Apologies for the very late posting on my thoughts on Worlds! For what it’s worth, here’s my two cents: What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate The pairs event was a tough way to start the competition for the Canadian team. But, I think Dube and Davison’s mediocre sho

Apparently the figure skating TV viewing audience in Canada is way down because figure skating is just too darn gay. In this article, Skate Canada says it’s encouraging skaters and officials to use words like “strength” and “power” when they talk about the sport. Skate

A certain figure skating coach does everything "team style." Its common to see her skating students cheering and banging the boards when someone lands a difficult jump or completes a difficult spin. When her skaters do complete run-throughs of their short or long programs, the arena gets really

Japanese Figure Skating Nobunari Oda - Photo by Getty Images Nobunari Oda Profile Famous Men Olympic Figure Skaters Photo of the Week: Nobunari Oda - Japanese Figure Skating Champion originally appeared on About.com Figure Skating on Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 at 20:49:03.Permalink | Commen

Elvis Stojko won the Canadian figure skating title seven times. He also is a three-time world figure skating champion and a two-time Olympic figure skating silver medalist. He has been caled "The Terminator," "The King," "King of the Quad," and "Quad God"...read more Elvis Stojko - Photo by Bria

"We Make Competitions a Breeze" is EntryEezes motto. There are a few glitches, but that motto sums up what EntryEeze.com has done for figure skating...read more EntryEeze Logo - Courtesy of EntryEeze.com EntryEeze.com Makes Figure Skating Competitions "A Breeze" originally appeared on About.com

Joshua Farris is a very talented up and coming figure skater. Since my last name has "Farris" in it, sometimes, ice skating fans think we are related. I wish I was, since Joshua is so fun to watch. He also is a delightful young man and has a very nice family! The similarities of our last names c