Just missed seeing Kurt, Kyoko & Company at Stars On Ice due to my Stupid kidney tubes! Between missing Miss
CA, Miss NV , and Stars on Ice I guess I finally just lost it! Everyone has a breaking point! Please pray get another chance
to see them. We could use some new photos! Lol!
In honor of the 24th anniversaryof the day I met @KurtBrowning at the World Championships in Budapest , Hungary
March 26, 1988! A day that changed my life :)Kurt Browning Website: New URL! New Design! http://www.jhbonline.net/kb/index.html
Kwan elected to world skating hall of fame | Concord Monitor: http://bit.ly/wdsOfk via @AddThis
Davis, White bring first world dance title to U.S. http://t.co/gZv4jA6 via @icenetwork A GREAT DAY FOR TEAM USA-- NEVER THOUGHT ID SEE THIS DAY
U.S. wins world title in ice dance; Miki Ando prevails http://t.co/jIDKhth via @USATODAY
Figure Skating Video | 2011 Worlds: Ice dance medals ceremony | Universal Sports http://t.co/mvhvMZ4 Historic Day for US Ice Dance Davis/White Ist GOLD for USA ever! Shibutanis (USA) Bronze! GO USA...Can anyone who get
Universal Sports send me copy of coverage, Please...Canada Silver --All North American podium --another first-yeah!
Congrats to the USA's Ist EVER WORLD CHAMPS! Figure Skating Video | 2011 Worlds: Davis/White free dance | Universal Sports
http://t.co/3BE6dxV If anyone can record & send to me I'd appreciate it :)
Figure Skating Video | 2011 Worlds: Maia/Alex Shibutani free dance -- Bronze at 1st Worlds| Universal Sports#2011+http://t.co/IsA40DF
Congrats Canada! Figure Skating Video | 2011 Worlds: Patrick Chan free skate | Universal Sports http://t.co/HGvmsb5 ...and to the Germans for regaining the Worlds Pairs Title...
During the 1970's, my family and I watched ABC's Wide World of Sports every weekend. One day,
in 1974, the US Championships were on, that afternoon Dorothy Hamill skated right into my heart. I was hooked! (Ms. Hamill
has since "apologized" for getting me into this!) I loved her and her sport...following her through her Olympic and World
victories... and into the Ice Capades. Home from school due to a broken leg and subsequent surgery. I read everything I could
about skating, and began to follow skaters such as Linda Fratianne, Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner more closely.
In 1981, the World Championships were held in Hartford, CT, USA about three hours (by car) from my home on Long Island.
My mother said we could make a "one time only" trip. Through my dear friend, the late Barbara Cassella, I was able to meet
the lovely and gracious Ms. Hamill. I also met such skaters as JoJo Starbuck and Judy Blumberg. It was the trip of a lifetime...or
so I thought!
Somehow, my Dad decided I had to do this again the next year...in Copenhagen, Denmark? it was there that I made my first
true skating buddies: Elaine Zayak, Rosalynn Sumners, Kitty & Peter Carruthers...They are the reason I love skating...For
me, they were the beginning but not the end.
I continue to respect skating as a sport, and spend way too much money on travel expenses, because people such as: Kurt
Browning, Susie Wynne, Debi Thomas, Nicole Bobek, Michelle Kwan, Dick Button, Jirina Ribbens, Peter Burrows, Mary-Lynn Geldermann,
John Nicks, Ron Ludington, Peggy Fleming, Jill Watson, Jill Trenary, Peter Oppegard, Tonia Kwiatkowski, Nancy Kerrigan, Scott
Hamilton, Kyoko Ina, Jason Dungjen,Yuka Sato, Kristi Yamaguchi, Jenni Meno, Todd Sand, Christopher Bowman, Carolyn Kruse,
Carol Heiss-Jenkins, Lea-Ann Miller, Bill Fauver, Shae Lynn Bourne, Victor Kraatz, Brian Orser ...and many more to numerous
to list...have not only represented their sport with honor on the ice...but have also contributed to the quality
of my life off the ice. I don't attend many skating events anymore, but I will be forever grateful for all they have
done for me.
Via @Stars on Ice @KurtBrowning is our Featured Skater this week! Check out Kurt's special video message for the
fans here! - http://on.fb.me/i2PPQJ Kurt Browning in Smucker's Stars on Ice
Via @starsonice Smucker's Stars on Ice Read this exclusive interview with @KurtBrowning , as he talks Stars
on Ice and more! http://bit.ly/hijGWc
Skate America to host 2011 competition in California ESPN Thu, 03 Mar 2011 12:19 PM PST Skate
America is returning to California with Ontario being chosen to host
this year's U.S. stop in figureskating's Grand Prix series.
Skate America returning to California in 2011 AP via Yahoo! Sports
Thu, 03 Mar 2011 11:03 AM PST Skate America is returning to
California with Ontario being chosen to host this year's U.S. stop in figureskating's Grand Prix series. U.S.
FigureSkating said Thursday that the competition will be held Oct. 21-23 at Citizens Business
Bank Arena in Ontario, which is about 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
A GREAT CHOICE - LONG OVERDUE: U.S. Figure Skating Announces U.S. Hall of Fame Class of 2011: http://ping.fm/60OuD
Skating hall to honor 1961 U.S. team UPI Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The 1961 U.S. figure staking team, killed in a plane crash
while headed to the world championships, will be inducted into the U.S. FigureSkating Hall of Fame. Ice
skating - Sports - Skating - Hall of fame - Skating Clubs and Rinks
#Skating: '84 Olympian Scott Gregory's motivational book is now available! My book is fianally out. You can buy it at
http://www.scottgregoryolympian.com/
If you want a signed autograph copy you can get that when you buy the book. Please let me know what you think I value
your opinion. I think it going to be a... great inspirational book. Let all your friends know about it.Thanks,Scott
With US Ice Dance Champs, ;Tannith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto, 2004 Grand Prix Final Silver Medalists; and special Congrats
on their 2005 World Silver Medal:More here.
... @ 2004 US Championships with 2-time Olympic Medalist, Nancy Kerrigan
...Debi Thomas, US & World Champion; Olympic Medalist
Backstage w/ Olympic & World Champ Oksana Baiul (Stars On Ice Phoenix: January 2004)
with 2003 World Ice Dance Champions, Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz (Skate America 2001: Colorado Springs,
CO)
With Kristi Yamaguchi @'91 U.S. Championships, Minneapolis, MN
With Rosalynn Sumners and Kurt Browning backstage @ STARS ON ICE
Kitty & Peter Carruthers @ 1982 Worlds: Copenhagen, Denmark. JHB Online Photo by Jeanne Baker-Poggensee
Hi John, Thanks
for the nice congratulations for us on your website. I just stumbled upon your site and man its the biggest website I have
ever seen. The congratulations go to you my friend. Best, Peter Carruthers
(4-time US Pair Champion; 1982 World Bronze Medalist, 1984 Olympic Silver Medalist, and star of "Ice Capades"
and "Stars On Ice"-- with his sister Caitlin (aka "Kitty"). Currently, a skating commentator for ABC/ESPN.
John!!
I LOVE your site(s) -- what an amazing set of stories about Kurt -- and oh (!) all the skaters you've met!
I
was thrilled back in 1996 when I did a skating special with Ekaterina Gordeeva -- she skated the role of Belle while I sang
live ... sooo cool. And as I told you at the concert --- meeting Robin Cousins was beyond wonderful -- I always adored
his artistry. A few years back Sarah Hughes did a TV special -- and i learned later that she sang to my recording of
I'M FLYING in her Peter Pan segment! That was such an honor, too -- being such a skating fan!
Thanks so much
for sending me the links. =)
It was, as always, wonderful seeing you and your mom!! Have a great holiday, John!!
xo, Sus
Susan Egan, Tony-award nominated star of "Disney's Beauty & the Beast" on Broadway (Broadway star of "Cabaret"
& "Throughly Modern Millie") ...also voice Megara in Disney's "Hercules" film... and a former skater!
With my dear friend, Susie Wynne-Barth (US Champion, Olympic & World Team member, ABC/ESPN commentator) @
'92 US Nationals.
US Pair champs & World Medalist, Jenni Meno & Todd Sand
KURT & ME
With 4-time Canadian & World Champ, Kurt Browning @ Stars on Ice in San Diego, CA (January 2003)
To me, the most important title Kurt holds is "My Buddy." We met in 1988 at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Kurt & I may not be as close as were once were, but I hope you'll enjoy reading about our backstage adventures!
This site is constantly under construction, so please visit again soon!
...
With my dear friend, Susie Wynne-Barth (US Champion, Olympic & World Team member, ABC/ESPN commentator) @
'92 US Nationals.
