Perseverance pays for late bloomer; Canadian freestyler pumped after first World Cup win in eight years Maybe Warren Tanner's days on the roller-coaster are finally over. Tanner, a 27-year-old Grimsby, Ont., native who calls Whistler, Vancouver and West Vancouver home, finally got his first career World Cup win last Friday in Lake Placid, N.Y. ( more... )
Home ice a new experience; Country's here for a change Home ice advantage? B.C.'s skaters don't really know if being in front of a home crowd at the Pacific Coliseum this week will give them a boost at the 2008 BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships. They've never had the chance to skate in a big event on home ice so it's all a new experience. ( more... )
B.C. skater primed for breakout year; Kevin Reynolds aims to shine at home at the Canadian championships He's already impressed the Russians. And at least one Japanese skater knows what he can do. Now, the task for North Vancouver's Kevin Reynolds is to make a similar impression at the BMO Canadian Figure Skating Championships this week at the Pacific Coliseum. ( more... )
Vancouver skater Leung crafts new short program for championships In the late evening hours of Dec. 23 Mira Leung wasn't among the hordes of people crowding Vancouver's malls doing last-minute Christmas shopping. Neither was Joanne McLeod. No, the skater and coach were at Burnaby 8-Rinks, working overtime until midnight to create a new short program for the BMOCanadian Figure Skating Championships at the Pacific Coliseum. ( more... )
