Welcome to The Salchow Spot

 Hi to anyone who is reading this! My name is CJ and I am an avid figure skating stan. I've been following this, sometimes rancid, sport since the PyeongChang Olympic Games in 2018 and I've been obsessed ever since. As we skate to Milano Cortina this season, I felt the urge to make a space for myself to discuss and talk about the sport I love. 

A little background on me: I am a recent college graduate with a Public Relations degree, who is finding an outlet to share my love of figure skating with whomever comes across this blog. I am particularly into women's figure skating, but I watch all disciplines (though ice dance is a little too political for me.) I also love going to concerts, hiking, and finding a good vintage store in my free time (outside of watching TV or figure skating.) 


As for future blog posts, I want to make a weekly recap of any competitions that take place. Things like the remaining Challenger series, Grand Prix, Euros/4CC, Worlds, and Olympics.

I also do have my biases with skaters, so I listed some of my faves in each discipline

Women: Lara Naki Gutmann, Kaori Sakamoto, Amber Glenn, Rinka Watanabe

Men: Deniss Vasiljevs, Yuma Kagiyama, Roman Sadovsky, Donovan Carillo

Pairs: Hase/Volodin, Miura/Kihara, Pavlova/Sviatchenko

Dance: Gilles/Poirer, Lopareva/Brissaud, Lajoie/Lagha

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