Monika’s Pensieve

I accidentally stumbled across this - it’s hilarious and completely insane *grin*

I haven’t seen Candeloro for ages (he retired about when I started to watch skating - that was 1998). Technically he’s no match for the skaters of today, but for the theatrical content… skaters today just don’t get that theatrical - even at exhibition [...]

This time it’s a throw triple axel with Rudy Galindo - pretty impressive actually. There’s only one male-female pair in competition at the moment (Inoue/Baldwin), who have performed a throw triple axel in competition.

Well ok, maybe not ;) But this is still fun. I love the hands *grin*

Warsaw Cup is an international junior & novice event and it took place 2 weeks ago. Full results are here. I was only able to attend the event for a few hours, so the majority of the camerawork is by friends :) (Monika Sz. & Kokos) The ancient camera and clip-making skills are mine though [...]

Full results are here and links to download my camerawork are below :)
Senior Men
1. Przemysław DOMAŃSKI SP FP
2. Maciej CIEPLUCHA SP FP
3. Konstantin TUPIKOV SP FP
Senior Ladies
1. Anna JURKIEWICZ SP FP
2. Aneta MICHAŁEK SP FP
Senior Pairs
1. Krystyna KLIMCZAK / Janusz KARWETA SP FP
WD Stacy KEMP / David KING SP
Senior Dance
1. Joanna BUDNER / Jan MOŚCICKI [...]

The Polish Figure Skating Association is holding consultations in Warsaw for its best skaters (AFAIK Torwar II will be the host for these until Wednesday). I came to see a little bit of the practices on Sunday evening and got my first look at the new pair of Joanna Sulej/Mateusz Chruściński who I was very [...]