06/15/2025
One of the first competitions I ever recorded was at the Ice Capades Chalet in Costa Mesa. In that event there was a very young age 4 Naomi Nari Nam who just dazzled the crowd and amazed me with her performance. Such a rare talent. That year was 1989 and it has been quite a journey for this young lady medaling silver at Nationals in singles and medaling bronze in pairs a few years later over the years. Naomi now coaches and shares her expertease with skaters and developing those future champions. It is a pleasure to watch her pass the torch.
That has been the joy in skating for me is to see these talented and gifted skaters at such a young age that have that “It” factor and see there journey.
I do believe that the art of true figure skating is something you are born with to be able to reach in your heart and soul and put it out on the ice and draw an audience into that experience.