Rainey Von Ahnen

Alysa Liu’s Fabulous Gold Medal-Winning Free Skate (2026 Winter Olympics) Some programs feel like a checklist. Others feel like a story you can’t look away from. Alysa Liu’s free skate at the 2026 Milan Winter Games landed in that second category, because it didn’t look tense or calculated. It looked free. The broadcast team kept

I recently saw a reel on Instagram about “the Chinese farmer”. The main premise in this reel was that whenever something happened, good or bad, and the village people commented on it the farmer went on the say ” who knows if it’s good or bad yet.” It goes on and on through so many

My Experience & What I’ve Learned From It Hey guys! Welcome to another blog post, today I’m just going to talk about the Christmas show and everything I’m feeling, learning, and experiencing from it! I had a lot of fun. This show had a few firsts for me. It was the first group performance I’ve

Hey guys. Welcome back, this is part two of our last blog on Eating Disorders. Unfortunately, EDs are a common issue, especially in figure skating. Multiple athletes have talked and discussed this topic before, yet it hasn’t gotten much better. Although the last few years have held huge transformations in the sports culture, it’s only

Hey guys, so I decided to split this topic into two separate posts. My reason for doing so is that: it’s a complicated deep topic that takes longer to discuss, and I want one to be more relaxing. Part one is mainly resources and quick facts to judge the severity of this issue in our

Hey guys! I have some good news… I passed my Preliminary Moves In The Field test. I only have 2 more MIF (and 3 FS) tests to go before I reach my current goal of being able to become a Coach. So this milestone is exciting for me. I didn’t do as well as I

Have you ever quit something because you started it expecting to be better at it than you were or for it to be easier? Have you ever stopped pursuing something you cared about because you were scared of being a “noob” or embarrassing yourself? If so today’s blog post is for you. I’m sure you

When learning something new it can be easy to get distracted… Today I’m feeling very distracted. It’s been hard making myself do what needs to be done: chores, writing, off-ice, etc. I’ve had a stressful week and am very tired mentally, so it’s hard to focus on the task at hand. But that’s all the