Talking Figure Skating: Behind the Scenes in the World's Most Glamorous Sport

by Beverley Smith

In Inside Figure Skating, award-winning sports journalist Beverley Smith draws on some 16 years covering figure skating for the Globe and Mail to introduce the reader to the behind-the-scenes world of figure skating and to many of those who make the magic happen.

Genres: Figure Skating

320 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 1997

Reviews

[Surreysmum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a series of fairly short attributed quotes, like Steve Milton's "Skate Talk" of the same year, but a cohesive analysis. Easiest summary is to give the chapter titles: "And God Created Parents"; "A Master at Work: Bootmaker for the Stars"; "Coaches: the Guiding Force"; "Powdered Sugar: Makeup on Ice"; "Judges: In the Hot Seats"; "Music: The Speech of Angels"; "The Magic Floor: The Choreographer's Workplace"; "A Whole New World: Backstage with Disney on Ice"; "The Inner Life: A Psychologist's View"; "Of Bunions and Sore Knees"; "Fanfare" [skating fans:]; "Gary Beacom: Read at Your Own Risk".