Personal Statistics

Nickname:

Kay

Year and Place of Birth:

1966, San Francisco Bay Area, California

Hometown:

Sacramento, California

Marital Status:

Happily Married since 1997

Education:

Doctorate, in a field of Applied Chemistry

Profession:

Science educator, Ice skating coach/instructor

Hobbies and Interests (other than Skating):

Fashion Design, Sewing, Creative Writing, Web Page Design, Cats

Skating Information

Adult Skating:

I started taking private lessons in 1992. This is when I seriously committed myself to skating. I was twenty-five years old.

Childhood Skating:

I took a basic group skating class as a very young child. It lasted about eight weeks. I did not compete, perform, or continue with private lessons. I rarely ice skated otherwise. Rinks were not nearby and my parents were not interested in committing to a sport. I roller skated recreationally in the neighborhood from early childhood through high school and into college. I never took lessons.

Testing Experience:

I took USFSA Prepreliminary Moves in the Field and Freestyle in December 1999. I passed Adult Pre-Bronze in April 2001. Although I worked on Preliminary Moves with the intention of testing, I decided skating tests make me nervous and detract from my enjoyment of the sport. I have not tested since. Since I chose not to pursue testing, my test level does not accurately represent my freestyle proficiency.

Skating Disciplines:

During fall 2002, I began ice dance lessons and am working on the following patterns: Dutch Waltz, Canasta Tango, Rhythm Blues, ChaCha, and Swing Dance.
I also skate freestyle and moves in the field.

Competitive Status:

I have never competed and have no present plans to enter competitive events. By nature, I am not a performer and believe nervousness would detract from my love of skating.

Rotational Direction:

Clockwise (opposite most everyone else)

Favorite Skating Move to Perform:

Layback Spin (You will see a lot of them on this web site.)

Best Jump:

Single Loop (This one is really nice!)

Best Spin:

Layback, flying camel (all of my basic spins are good)

Jumps in Progress:

Double salchow, double loop, double flip

Spins in Progress:

Layback-forward camel combination, backward to forward combinations

Most Difficult Move:

Axel (I have not been practicing them lately)

Most Frustrating Move:

Traveling Camel

Showcase Move:

Stars into a flying camel, often combined with a backsit or layover position

Dream Move:

This is a difficult choice. There are so many desirable skating moves. I could take the easy way out and say that I would like to do a triple or even a quad. To be reasonable, I would like to have a big beautiful delayed axel.

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