Nostalgia Tripping- Skate America 2013

In 2013, my sister and I made a weekend roadtrip to Detroit for Skate America. We had missed out on both Worlds and Nationals in recent years, and we were not going to miss out again.

 With Skate America coming up again this year, I've been thinking a lot about the amazing skating we got to see that weekend.

I got to see multiple Olympic gold medal programs in their early stages. Certainly, some programs that early in the season were better than others, but all of the skating in Detroit was remarkable.

The most remarkable performance for me was Davis and White's Scheherazade freedance. Even at the beginning of the season it was technically flawless and their performance was brilliant.

Volosozhar and Trankov were also stunning on the ice, their elements were enormous and nearly flawless. Pairs is not usually my favourite event, but the pairs at Skate America 2013 was amazing.

Tatsuki Machida was also an amazing performance. His Firebird  freeskate was amazing and my personal favourite Firebird program I have ever seen.

Mao Asada was also stunning in the freeskate. Unfortunately we only got to see the freeskates live, but the short programs were also quite spectacular from what we saw watching online.

All four events were amazing, and the Grand Prix events have especially strong skating across the board. Whenever you have the opportunity, it is beyond worth it to make the trip out to any of the Grand Prix events, especially when the prices are as reasonable as the 2013 Skate America was.