Skating events attended survey

[babyballerina]

Lets survey this board and see which events we have attended.
Under the categories

National
International
Grand Prix
Shows
Planned future events (your wish list!)
Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't

Here's my list (not very impressive I know!)

National
0

International
Europeans 2002
Europeans 2003

Grand Prix
0

Shows
Nottingham Queen's gala show 2002

Planned future events (your wish list!)
Worlds 2004! (hopefully a reality):)
2006 Olympics??

Skater you most want to see live but haven't
Michelle Kwan, even though she isn't my favourite she's a 5 time world champion.

bb :)

[Spark]

National:
none

International:
none

Grand Prix:

Skate Canada, 1996-1997 season
Grand Prix Final, 2001-2002 season (the BEST event I've attended)

Shows:

Eaton's Skate the Nation, 1994
Eaton's Skate the Nation, 1995
some Christmas show last year, forget the name

Planned future events:
I'm considering 2005 junior worlds.

I've seen most of my favourites live, except for Sasha Cohen.

[A.H.Black]

Regionals - 4
Sectionals - 3
Nationals - As of Atlanta - 16
Internationals - 3
Four Continents - 1
Worlds - 2
Olympics - 1

Other - a bunch

Shows - Several 10? 20?
Club shows - a bunch
Beginning to plan for 2010.

[RobinA]

Nationals - 3
Skate America - 2
Worlds - 1

COI - about 15, 2002 was my last year because the show got too junky
Ice Follies - 2
Ice Capades - 1

[PAskate]

US Nationals - 8
Canadian Nationals - 1
Sectionals - 2
Regionals 1

Grand Prix
Skate America - 8
Skate Canada - 1

Worlds - 1

Olympics - 1

USFSA "Cheesefest" - 5

Will attend first 4C's this year.

US SOI - many
COI - many
Other shows - many including the North American Open which was G&G last competition before Sergei's death.

Will attend first Canadian SOI this spring.

[duane]

I've attended 2002 Nationals in LA, and 2003 Worlds in DC.

The skater I most want to see live is Irina Slutskaya.

[Intensity20]

National
(none but lots of local stuff like Sectionals and stuff)

International
Four Continents in Halifax
The Gold Championships (pro) in Halifax

Grand Prix
(none)

Shows
Elvis Tour of Champions twice
Stars on Ice

Planned future events (your wish list!)
Whatever comes here ;)

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
Rory Flack Burghart
Hartshorn and Sweiding
Denise Biellmann

[Isabelle]

National -
3
(plus 2 Junior Canadians)

International
0

Grand Prix
Skate Canada x2
GPF

Shows
The Stars Come Out to Shine
Stars on Ice
club show x4

Planned future events (your wish list!)
2004 Canadians
2004 Four Continents
whatever else I can get! :)

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
I can't think of any I want to see live that I haven't...

[mousey]

National
synchro nationals 99 & 03

International
not sure if this goes under shows or international, but the worlds gala 2001
i also went to practices

Grand Prix
0

Shows
soi 99
discoveries on ice

Planned future events (your wish list!)
anything that doesnt cost too much (im broke!) and that is close by

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
umm i think ive seen all my favourites skate live! but id like to actually skate with mk, shae & vic (even though they arent together anymore), timmy, elvis, etc..... the list could go on forever!!:P

[Aaron W]

US Nationals
Cleveland, OH - 2000

US Sectionals
Northbrook, IL - 2002 Midwesterns
Pittsburgh, PA - 2002 Easterns
Nashville, TN - 2003 Midwesterns

International
Vancouver, BC - 2001 Worlds
Washington, DC - 2003 Worlds

Grand Prix
Kitchener, ON - 2002 Grand Prix Final
Reading, PA - 2003 Skate America
Mississauga, ON - 2003 Skate Canada

USFSA Invitationals
Auburn Hills, MI - 2000 Hershey's Kisses International FS Challenge

Shows
Columbus, OH - 2001 Stars On Ice
Detroit, MI - 2001 Champions On Ice
Auburn Hills, MI - 2002 Stars On Ice

And I've been to several local skating club competitions and shows over the past 5 - 6 years.

Don't have any future events planned at this time as I'll be graduating from college in the spring and am not sure where life will take me after that. It's all up in the air. :) My hope though is to do at least Skate Canada next year and maybe Skate America and/or Junior Worlds in Kitchener.

[VGL]

Canadian Nationals
1998 - Hamilton
1999 - Ottawa
2002 - Hamilton
2003 - Saskatoon

Skate Canada
2003 - Mississauga

Worlds
2001 - Vancouver

Grand Prix Final
2001 - Kitchener

Canadian Open
1999 - Mississauga

CSOI
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003

Elvis Tour
1999 (the show where Elvis didn't skate due to injury)

Grand Prix of Skating (some IMG cheesefest with pros and ams)
1999 Kitchener

Planned Future Events
Shae and Victor's Homecoming Show
2004 Four Continents
2006 Worlds

Possible Events
2004 Skate Canada

[witewave]

Smaller Local?
Thornhill Summer Skate Thornhill, ON 8/03

National
0


International
0


Grand Prix
Skate Canada 2003

Shows
COI - Wilkes-Barre PA 01/03
COI - Philadelphia PA 04/03
COI - NJ 04/03

Ice Works Figure Skating Extravaganza Aston, PA 03/03
Stars Come Out To Shine Kitchner, ON 9/03

Planned future events (your wish list!)
Four Continents 04 fingers crossed for good weather!
Celebration on Ice Oshawa, ON 2/04 On Ice seats! fingers crossed again!
COI 04
SOI 04
Canadian Nationals ??
Skate America
U.S. Nationals

Olympics 2010

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
Most of the ones I want to see, I have...just want to see them more! Wouldn't mind seeing Stephane Lambiel live and Kurt B...but with any luck will see him in Feb. Maybe Kristi Yamaguchi, oh yeah! And Jamie and David!

Oh yeah, and I want to see DICKY Button skate live so *I* can commentate!

[Sk8Bunny]

Regionals (2) - but not live, only from online viewing

North American Challenge Skate (1) Met so many nice skaters here, and some very stuck up canadians as well!( no offense to canada, im sure not all skaters there are this way)

Event about to attend - Junior Nationals

Events I want to see:
Nationals! So many of my friends and skaters who train at my summer rink are going, and I really wish I could go and cheer them on! OR actually, I wish I could COMPETE there! haha. maybe in a couple years though....

[purplecat]

National - 1 (But it was only one event...2002 U.S. Nationals - Ladies Short - but an outstanding event it was!)

International - 0

Grand Prix - 0

Shows - many...let's see..
-9 SOI shows (this coming year will make ten!)
-3 COI shows (2 before it was known as COI)
-2001 Kristi's Salute to Gold show
-One Sea World show which featured Orser and Wilson & McCall
-Two Disney on Ice shows (Snow White and last year's Toy Story 2)

Planned future events (your wish list!)- this year I have preordered tickets for SOI, nothing else planned yet. I would love to go to EVERYTHING and anything! I'd especially love to go to a Worlds or Olympics.

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
-Naomi Nari Nam
-Belbin & Agosto
-Johnny Weir
-Shen & Zhao

[calypso56]

Nationals. 2003 Canadians
Intls. 2001 Worlds
GP. SC 1996, GPF 2002
Pro and Pro-Am Comps. about 5
Shows. CSOI, STN, Stars come out to Shine, about 7

Future events. 2004 4CC, 2006 Worlds

Skaters I would like to see live. The Zhangs, Lee & Faustino.

Once I move from Kitchener-Waterloo I won't have nearly as many opportunities to see skating events. :cry:

[sasafrass452]

The only event I've been to is the Figure Eights tour back in 199_(can't remember exactly what yr), which I won tickets for. I've just never had the money to attend any events, & the tours usually don't come to my area anyway. *sigh*

[babyballerina]

Thats no excuse sasafrass. Skating events don't usually come to my country!

I know what you mean about expense though! I anm hopefully going to worlds, but only for a couple of days because it's too expensive to stay all week. In fact, I've never been to a whole competition. Always just for a few days. When I went to Malmo, I got a cheap flight for £8.99 which was great!

[icenut84]

Mine isn't very impressive!

National - 0
International - 0
Grand Prix - 0
Shows - 2 (Torvill & Dean "Face The Music" tour in 1994, and the Nottingham Gala in 02), and also Disney on Ice (choreo by Robin Cousins)
Planned future events (your wish list!) - My wish list would include the 06 and/or 10 Olympics, plus a few Worlds, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.
Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't - Michelle Kwan, but I'd like to see every skater I haven't seen (and also those I have, lol)

[icenut84]

Originally posted by babyballerina
When I went to Malmo, I got a cheap flight for £8.99 which was great!

You got a flight to Sweden for £8.99????????? WOW.

[babyballerina]

Originally posted by icenut84
You got a flight to Sweden for £8.99????????? WOW.

oh the joys of Ryan Air! (and I am still alive LOL)

They also fly to Neiderhein which is quite near Dortmund (hint, hint)from Stansted.

[Tpangner]

National
0

International
0

Grand Prix
0

Shows
CSOI 2002 & 2003
Gotta Skate 2002 & 2003
1 club show
1 Quebec team show
and some little competitions

Planned future events (your wish list!)
SOI in Lake Placid
CSOI in Montreal

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
Jeff Buttle, Belbin/Agosto, Takeshi Honda, Timothy Goebel & many more I can't think of right now !!!

[schnood]

Originally posted by witewave
Oh yeah, and I want to see DICKY Button skate live so *I* can
commentate!

LOLOLOL! I wonder how *his* layback is?

[Mel On Ice]

Qualifying:
3 regionals
3 sectionals

National
2000 U.S. Nationals

International
none

Grand Prix
99 Skate America

Shows
too many to really count, but I have been to see Ice Capades, Disney on Ice, Champions on Ice, Stars on Ice, local exhibitions with big name and not so big name skaters, Christmas Angel on Ice

Planned future events (your wish list!)
Turin, 2006
St. Louis Nationals, 2006
Midwestern Synchro Sectionals (as competitor)
Synchro Nationals (competitor)
Adult Nationals (competitor)

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't:
I wish I had seen Gordeeva and Grinkov live. They didn't do the COI tour after '88 Olympics and I was a poor college student when they finally did.

[thumbyskates]

Competitions:
Regions - 10 Competitive, 10 Synchronized = 20
Sections - 2 Competitive, 2 Non-Competitive, 6 Synchronized = 10
Nationals - 1 (2 as of this year!!!)
Worlds - 1
Internationals - 0
Local - I'd see at least 100...I wonder if it's really more!!!

Shows:
SOI - 2 or 3
World Team Challenge - 1 as of December 3 :D:D:D:D
COI - 1

Wish List:
Olympics 2005 and 2010 - Both REALITIES!!! My grandparents live in Italy and I live in Vancouver!!!!

Korts

[purplecat]

Oops, I forgot to list a professional competition - 1992/93 Challenge of Champions. (Not sure where that goes...International?)

[danibellerika]

National:
none

International:
2003 World Championships

Grand Prix:

None

Shows:

none

Planned future events:
2004 Skate Americanand maybe a COI

I would like to see NNN and Shen and Zhao skate live.

[Arsenette]

US Nationals: 1998 (Ladies Final - Olympic Trials :twisted: ) LOVED it.
PR Nationals (2001 & 2003)
US Regionals/Sectionals (only a few), a bunch of US Local competitions, no internationals and that's it really.

[gandalf]

Cdn Nationals:
1993
1998
2002

Grand Prix:
Champion Series Final 1997
Grand Prix Final 2002
Skate Canada 2000
Skate Canada 2003

Worlds/Olys:
none

Professional Competitions/Pro-Ams:
Too many to count. Basically almost everything in Toronto, Hamilton, Mississauga, and Kitchener

Tours/Shows:
Too many to count (but my fave's are easily CSOI 1993 and Underhill & Martini's farewell)

I don't think there is any skater still currently skating in a professional or eligible capacity that I would really like to see skate live that I haven't. Of those I wish I could see again and can't, top nods go to G&G (easily the skaters I miss the most) and Hough & Ladret.

[cygnus]

Cdn Nationals:
1998 (?) The ones in Ottawa - I attended the FD and gala
planning on Junior Nats 2004 (Ottawa)


Grand Prix:
Grand Prix Final 2002 (Kitchener)
Grand Prix Final 2003 (St Petersburg)
Skate Canada 2002 (Quebec)
Skate Canada 2003 (Mississauga)

Worlds/Olys:
World Synchro 2003 (Ottawa)
Worlds 1984 (gala only)(Ottawa)
Planning on 2004, 2005, 2006

Professional Competitions/Pro-Ams:
Sears Open 2001 (Ottawa)

Other
Planning on 4CCs (Hamilton)


Tours/Shows:
SOI 2002, 2003 (Ottawa)

[Artemis]

Canadians: 1 (in Vancouver)

Worlds: 1 (in Vancouver)

Skate Canada: 1 (in Victoria)

CSOI: can't remember exactly how many, but almost every one since 1992 or so

Kurt's Gotta Dance, the original, 2001

Skate the Nation: 1 (1994, I think)

as of a week tomorrow, 1 World Team competition

as of 2010, 1 Olympics ;)

[Kruss]

National - none :(
International - none :(
Grand Prix - none :(
Shows - SOI '96, '97, '98, '99, '00, '02; COI '96, '00, '01
Pro - World Team Champs '97, American Open '98 and '00
Local - Extreme Expo (twice)
Planned future events (your wish list!) - would still love to attend Nationals or Worlds
Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't - I've seen most of whom I wanted - I'd still like to see Dorothy Hamill tho - never saw her.

Fun survey!

[Isk8NYC]

I've only been to local skating competitions, mostly ISI.

I've seen Ice Capades, Disney on Ice, and Holiday on Ice now and then when the mood hits me.

In terms of the "Star Tours" that are now in vogue, I've only seen the Olympic Champion showns.

My favorite show by far was "ICE" which was at Radio City Music Hall for a short engagement when I was in college. Very unique and well-choreographed. Toller Cranston was great! He even signed an autograph for me afterwards.

[sweetlilnothing]

Professional Competitions/Pro-Ams:
1998 Sears Canadian Open (Kitchener)
2003 Ice Wars (Albany)

Grand Prix
1996 Skate Canada (Kitchener)
2002 Grand Prix Final (Kitchener--it was in DEC 2001)
2003 Skate Canada (Mississauga)

Shows
2002 Skate With Elvis (Ottawa)
2002 Holiday Festival On Ice (Kitchener)
2003 Stars On Ice (Buffalo, Rochester, Manchester and Portland)
2003 Champions On Ice (Hartford)
2003 Canadian Stars On Ice (Hamilton)
2003 Miracles of Gold (Lake Placid)
2003 The Stars Come out to Shine (Kitchener)
2003 Dreams On Ice (Windsor)
2003 Kurt Browning's Gotta Skate (Hamilton)


Planned future events (your wish list!)
2004 Four Continents (Hamilton)
2004 Celebration On Ice (St Jean)
2004 Stars On Ice (Syracuse)
2004 Canadian Stars On Ice (Hamilton and Kitchener)
2005 Jr Worlds (Kitchener)
2006 Worlds (Calgary)
2010 Olympics (Vancouver)

Skater/s you most want to see live but haven't
Kristi Yamaguchi
Scott Hamilton

[Josef]

Professional/Pro-Am Competitions
1995, 1997, 1998 World Team Challenge (Milwaukee, WI)
1999 Masters of Figure Skating (Green Bay, WI)
2000 American Open (Geneva, IL)

Eligible Competitions
2001 North American Challenge Skate (Bensenville, IL)
2002 Midwestern Sectionals (Northbrook, IL)
2003 National Collegiate Championships (Minneapolis, MN)

Tours
Champions on Ice (1996, 2002, 2003)
Winter Champions on Ice (2002)
Stars on Ice (1997, 2000-2003)

Shows
1995 Milwaukee, WI Club Show w/ Damon Allen
1999 Skokie, IL Club Show w/ Naomi Nari Nam, Sato/Dungjen
2003 Nationals Send-off Show (Aliso Viejo, CA)
2003 Dreams on Ice (Bensenville, IL)
2003 Homewood-Flossmoor, IL Club Show w/ Gregory/Petukhov

Wish List/Upcoming
Stars on Ice/Champions on Ice for the rest of my natural life...
2004 Fantasy on Ice (Madison, WI)
2005 Junior World Championships (Hamilton, ON)
2006 U.S. Nationals (St. Louis, MO)
And hopefully much, much more..

Skaters Yet To See But Really Want To..
Faiella/Scali, Langlois/Archetto, Drobiazko/Vanagas, Anissina/Peizerat, Dubreuil/Lauzon, Fumie Suguri

[Pupiczech]

Nationals
Boston
LA
Cleveland
Sectionals in Nashville
Indy Challenge twice

Worlds
Nice
Vancouver
Washington
(Germany)

Grand Prix
Skate Canada
Twice in Mississauga

Shows
Tons of COI
Hershey Challenge
Lots of local shows at Detroit area clubs