Beyond The Rink
Jackson Tech Rep Kevin Wu and 2014 Olympic Ice Dancer Mitch Islam talk with skaters, coaches and a wide array of figure skating's personas to tell their side of the story. Get to know some of your favorite athletes on a whole new level!
Episodes
15 episodes
Beyond The Rink Episode 15 // Featuring Coach Michelle Hong
Michelle Hong is a world renown coach who has worked outside of the traditional norms of on ice coaching. She's utilized digital media to create a brand new type of platform for skaters. It's been quite incredible watching her growth and now sh...
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Episode 15
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51:49
Beyond The Rink Episode 14 // Featuring Jessica Calalang
Jessica Calalang is the 2020 US Championship Silver Medalist with her partner Brian Johnson. Coming to us from sunny Southern California Jessica recaps her 2020 for us, her humble beginnings and how the transition to pairs came to ...
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Episode 14
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54:46
Beyond The Rink Episode 13 // Featuring Brooklee Han
Connecticut native, Brooklee Han joins us to talk about her career and post competition life. We cover her transition to ice dance, Sochi Olympics, the move the Dallas and much more!
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Episode 13
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1:07:15
Beyond The Rink Episode 12 // Featuring Danielle Earl
Danielle Earl's name is synonymous with Figure Skating. If you've been at a competition in Canada or anywhere really, you've seen her face, peaking out from behind that Nikon camera. Her expertise has helped her travel around the world, taking ...
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Episode 12
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55:55
Beyond The Rink Episode 11 // Featuring Sean Rabbitt
Having recently stepped away from competitive figure skating, we catch up with US Figure Skating's very own Sean Rabbitt!
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Episode 11
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53:13
Beyond The Rink Episode 10 // Featuring Nobahar Dadui
Professional figure skater Nobahar Dadui most recently starred as the lead in Cirque Du Soleil's first ever ice show, Crystal. Nobahar tells us her story, which will appeal to many, as her professional career started from the young age of 17. N...
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Episode 10
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56:16
Episode 9 // Featuring Polina Edmunds
Podcast meets Podcast! Polina Edmunds joins us to talk all things skating as well as post career where her journey is taking her!We cover:+ Sochi Olympics+ McDonalds in the Olympic Village+ Having her mom as a coach+ Her tho...
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1:20:31
Episode 8 // Featuring Dylan Moscovitch
It seems as of late our guests are super optimistic, energetic and overall in good spirits! That attitude didn't change for Mr Dylan Moscovitch! We covered a lot with Dylan including:+ The 2014 Olympics+ Late night McDonalds in the ...
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1:29:42
Episode 7 // Featuring Roman Sadovsky
2020 Canadian National Champion Roman Sadovsky hops on to chat COVID, his career leading up to finishing last season atop the podium and the inspiration behind his popular Youtube channel.YouTube:
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1:01:13
Beyond The Rink Episode 6 // Featuring Maé-Bérénice Méité
Take a step behind the scenes with 6x French National Champ, 2x Olympian Maé-Bérénice Méité! Maé talks about her upbringing, the move to the US,
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Episode 6
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55:19
Beyond The Rink Episode 5 // Featuring Trennt Michaud
Founder of Toe Pick Skating Apparel, 2x Canadian Pairs Silver Medalist Trennt Michaud joins us for a chat on skating, boys in the sport and his big screen debut on Netflix's Spinning Out.
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Episode 5
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51:37
Beyond The Rink Episode 4 // Featuring Amber Glenn
A TikTok deal in the US was just approved, so this TikTok superstar can keep giving us the content we oh so want! Joining us this week is USA's Amber Glenn! We talk about skating in Dallas, TX, skating with the Cains and her dear friend Ashley ...
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Episode 4
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52:28
Beyond The Rink Episode 3 // Featuring Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean Luc Baker
What do Austin Powers, Black Swan and Dad Jokes have in common? They all require the ice dance team of Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker! Mitch and Kevin catch up with these two after their return to Montreal. We talk COVID, Detroit Days, Gadb...
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Episode 3
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53:09
Beyond The Rink Episode 2 // Featuring Elladj Baldé
If you don't know who Elladj is, just give a quick search and you will see he's one of the greatest showmen of his time. Always a performer, Elladj takes us through his upbringing, what it was like to grow up like a figure skater, black influen...
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Episode 2
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1:53:46
Beyond The Rink Episode 1 // Featuring Mitch Islam
On our first ever episode of Beyond The Rink, we are joined by Mitch Islam, Canadian Olympic Ice Dancer. We talk about his upbringing, getting coached by his parents and the meteoric rise to the top. Mitch discusses his Olympic experience and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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56:47