Following a butterfly: Carolina Kostner
You know what? We feel we need a moment – a moment of beauty, grace, emotions, of skating back to essence – before we go along with the competitions of 2023/2024 season. Which has already…
Ilia’s season & photos from the men’s event at 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
No doubt, one of the biggest stories of 2022/2023 season – we dare say, the biggest – has been Ilia Malinin landing the first quad Axel in competition. We knew he had it in him,…
Photos that you feel. Ice dancing at 2022 Grand Prix Espoo
One thing about ice dancing is that it makes you dream. It makes you travel places – follow the rhythm, the storyline with eyes wide open, with passion, with amazement, with goosebumps even. Because ice…
Photos that you feel. Pairs Spectacular, 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
We want you to look at these photos and have the same reaction that we had. And that’s a Wow! I love this one! And what about this ONE! Truth is, the pairs’ photos breathe…
Photos that you feel. Women and their stories at 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
These photos are here because we like them – and because we want to share them with you before new season starts. They carry meaning, purpose and intention – they come to you through gestures…
EVENTS
(Hi)Stories made in Saitama, at 2023 World Championships
We called them (Hi)Stories – because history was made by so many skaters in Saitama, at this year’s edition of the World…
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier: “Going into this year, the focus was: Find joy”
On the ice, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are some…
Bruno Marcotte on Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara: “What really sets them apart is the lightning that happens when they skate together”
We’re talking to Bruno Marcotte literally 15 minutes after his…
Get to know Romania’s Julia Sauter. A strong-willed, self-made skater
Two weeks before 2023 Europeans in Espoo, Julia Sauter had…
FEATURES
Meet Nikolaj Memola, Junior Grand Prix Final champion and history maker
When answering these questions – on December 8th, in Torino – Italy’s Nikolaj Memola hadn’t yet won the Junior Grand Prix Final…
Shoma Uno wins gold in Torino, coach Stéphane Lambiel is on cloud nine: “Shoma is not a big name from today, but for a long time already”
“What?! Shoma said he didn’t know my programs?”, amused Stéphane…
Sota Yamamoto, 2022 Grand Prix Final silver medalist: “Once again I can aspire to be close to Shoma and increase my level further”
December 12, 2014: Japan’s Shoma Uno and Sota Yamamoto, 16…
On dreams, goals and confidence. Notes on the women’s event at Lombardia Trophy
What might have been seen as an upsetting start of…
INTERVIEWS
Anna Cappellini: “Life changed quite a bit, but I still like to be involved in the sport”
You know what? There was this Anna Cappellini air in the world of ice dancing this season – since Finland’s Yuka Orihara…
Stéphane Lambiel: “I want Shoma to have no limits in his dreams”
This particular interview? You may see it, and we envisioned…
Adam Siao Him Fa, ready for the next 8 years of his career
France’s Adam Siao Him Fa has just finished the first…
Benoît Richaud: “For Kaori Sakamoto, this is just the beginning”
There’s so much certainty, so much conviction in this line…
More Articles
Photos that you feel. 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
To tell you the truth, we’ve become very attached to this particular way of showing you photos from the Grand Prix circuit – those photos that speak to us, and hopefully speak to you as well. …and if statues could speak, if they could come…
Photos that you feel: 2022 Grand Prix de France
With previous stops in Norwood and in Mississauga, we’ve now arrived in Angers, France. Where to feel becomes sentir – and our photographic journey through emotions starts with one of the heroes of the event: the Frenchman Adam Siao Him Fa, winning the first Grand…
Photos that you feel: 2022 Skate Canada
By now, you already know our intentions: to share with you those photos that take you in their arms for a while. That keep you in the moment, keep you in a bubble, and allow you to feel. We first travelled to Skate America, in…
Photos that you feel: 2022 Skate America
These photos are all about encapsulating moments. Feelings. A particular state of mind. A meaningful gesture. A glance. An inside look. Again: a moment. We got inspired by so many of the photos taken by our photographer at 2022 Skate America, hence we decided to…
Shoma Uno, 2022 World champion – and other highlights from Montpellier
What a journey 2021-2022 Season has been to Japan’s Shoma Uno: winning two bronze medals at the Olympics in Beijing, one in the team event, one in the individual event – and then having the best performance of the season in Monpellier, being crowned 2022…
Ready for the GP Season? Practice photos from 2022 Skate America
Today is the day: 2022 Skate America starts in Norwood, Massachusetts – the first out of the six GP events, culminating with the Final in Turin, in December. Let’s have a recap, shall we? October 21-23: 2022 Skate America, Norwood, Massachusetts, USA October 28-30: 2022…
2022 Worlds in Montpellier: a celebration. Relive it through photos.
This photo-story encapsulates the evidence: no better ending of Gabriella and Guillaume’s second Olympic season than savouring their triumph – Olympic triumph, World triumph, career’s highlights so far – with people at home: fans, family, lovers of the sport. A celebration, if you may. The…
Get a feel of the new programs. Photo-highlights from Lombardia Trophy.
This is exactly what it says it is: a photo-journey through the layers of this year’s edition of Lombardia Trophy in Italy. Being one of the first events of the senior season – the second Challenger, after U.S. Classic in Lake Placid –, it’s only…
Inside competitive mind. Top skaters share their thoughts at the beginning of the season
Interviews, short stories, photos featuring Kaori Sakamoto, Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri, Adam Siao Him Fa, Matteo Rizzo, Ekaterina Kurakova, Amber Glenn, Wakaba Higuchi, Nikolaj Memola, Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius in Bergamo. Plus: the surprise-winner of the women’s event, Rinka Watanabe, and the impressive…
Kaori Sakamoto’s triumph at Worlds. Photo-highlights from the women’s event
This was Kaori Sakamoto’s Season, no doubt about it: Olympic bronze medalist in Beijing and winner of the World title in Montpellier. The peak of her career so far – and such a promise for the years to come, with all the layers of certainty…