Figure skating is theatrical, and a part of it is wearing costumes. My costumes were very over-the-top and outrageous for figure skating. But for me, it's all beautiful. Even when nobody else believed they were beautiful, I felt beautiful in them.
Figure skating is theatrical. It's artistic. It's elegant. It's extremely athletic. And there's a very specific audience for that.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
The popularity of figure skating has increased tremendously, and Koreans have a huge interest in figure skaters - not only me, other international skaters as well.
I've always wanted to make a music video with skating and different imagery, something very artistic.
I started skating when I was five years old in Pasadena, California.
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.
Skating has given me so much that it's priceless.
I began skating when I was 3. It was during 2002, the year the Olympics were held in Salt Lake City.
If skating got into the Olympics, I would be tempted to hold off on shredding for a year and just skate, to make that my new goal. In that sport, I'm still the underdog.
We got skate parks in different states, but me skating? Nah, I'm too gangster; I can't rock with it. But I watch it.
I roller skated when I was younger, but when you're on a track that's slanted and you're with other people all skating in a pack, it's a whole different sport.
I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
I do very scientific-based training. However, for skating, that's a little bit out of the ordinary. Many skaters base their off-ice training around plyometrics, whereas mine is very strength- and power-based.
I've never been ice skating, ever. I'm traumatized by the idea of it.