Category Archives: INTERVIEWS

Raffaella Cazzaniga on Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii: “Their biggest quality – their skating skills”

We met Raffaella Cazzaniga at Crystal Skate in Otopeni, Romania, just one week before the Grand Prix in Angers, France, where Italy’s Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii are scheduled to begin their GP season. Coach…

Coach Cédric Tour on Adam Siao Him Fa: “There’s something changed in him this season: now he understands he can win”

For a little while, Adam Siao Him Fa was on the entries list of 2024 Bellu Memorial in Otopeni, Romania – and that was a source of great enthusiasm for us at Inside Skating. Eventually,…

In focus: Julia Sauter and Ana Sofia Beschea, Romania’s skaters at 2024 Europeans

This will be Julia Sauter’s 7th Europeans – and Ana Sofia Beschea’s first. The 26-year old and the 19-year old are representing Romania at this year’s edition of the Europeans, in Kaunas, Lithuania – and…

Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier: “Going into this year, the focus was: Find joy”

On the ice, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are some of the most flamboyant skaters out there. Portraying their characters to the fingertips, being one with them as soon as they step on the ice,…

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 students, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, had been crowned Grand Prix Final champions in Olympic Palavela in Torino, Italy. Little after their relieved reaction in…