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Erika sat down with Bernice for episode 12 of On the Ice with Bernice to talk about her own skating and how Adults Skate Too got started. Here's what they talked about and where you can listen.
Olympics
These are stories of comebacks, first golds and skaters who got there the long way, and here are five to start with.
Skater stories
The ISU Council kept its support for adult figure skating at its October meeting, and we've pulled out the other changes that matter if you skate as an adult.
Which sessions you can skate, level rules, booking, packs, refunds, coaches and music: what adult skaters should ask a new rink's front desk first.
Stellato-Dudek, O'Shea, Alysa Liu, Kostner, Glenn, Chock and Bates, Gilles and two Adult Nationals champions: proof that adults aren't too late to skate.
What to do after a figure skating lesson, from practicing while it's fresh and writing down your coach's notes to planning practice between lessons and finding other adult skaters.
Ilia Malinin is the only skater to land a quad axel in competition and the first to land all six quads. We look at his records, his family, what happened at the 2026 Olympics and the world title he won...
This guide covers what adult figure skating really costs, from ice time and lessons to skates, sharpening and competitions, and how to spend less. We first published it in March 2026 and updated it in October 2026 with prices we...
Every figure skating medal from the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics, with the scores and the stories behind them, from the men's upset to Alysa Liu's gold.
Kaori Sakamoto came to her last Olympics chasing the one title she didn't have, and she left Milan with individual and team silver. A month later she won a fourth world title in Prague and retired.
Amber Glenn came through an eating disorder, two concussions and years of being told she was too much, then won Olympic team gold in Milan at 26.
She became the youngest U.S. champion at 13, retired at 16, hiked to Everest base camp, came back to win Worlds, and just won Olympic gold in Milan, the first American woman to do it in 24 years.
How Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles came back from surgery and a stage 1 ovarian cancer diagnosis, five years after losing her mother to brain cancer, to win Olympic bronze with Paul Poirier in Milan.
Danny O'Shea was a 2018 Olympic alternate who retired twice and worked in real estate before he teamed up with Ellie Kam. At 34 he helped the U.S. win team gold in Milan by a single point, and he turned...
Skater spotlight
Adult skaters tell us how they got on the ice and what keeps them coming back.
Liz, a marketing manager in Boston, signed up for Learn to Skate after her wedding and was hooked by the end of the session.
Makenzie, a mechanical engineer from Brisbane, started skating lessons after high school, and the Axel is her favorite jump.
Megan, a graphic designer from western Pennsylvania, went back to Learn to Skate at 25 and has tested through Adult Gold Moves in the Field.
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