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I've had a lot more fun with the training.
It's not too bad coming from a smaller rink. It just gives you a little more room to skate and you adjust your program to it.
The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.
When I first skated here, I definitely felt small out there because it is such a big surface.
Figure skaters have awful perceptions of hockey players, and I thought, 'This guy's a little different.'" - on meeting her husband, NHL defense... (more Kristi Yamaguchi quotes)
Skated pairs with Rudy Galindo
Husband Bret Hedican is a National Hockey League defenseman, currently with the Carolina Hurricanes. Hedican also was a member of the 2006 USA Olympic Men's Hockey Team.
1986 Junior U.S. pairs national champ. with Rudi Galindo
1989 & 1990 U.S. pairs national champ.
1987 Junior Worlds pairs bronze medalist... (more Kristi Yamaguchi trivia)
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Kristi Yamaguchi: World-Class Ice Skater (Burby, Liza N. Making Their Mark.) by Liza N. Burby |
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Kristi Yamaguchi (Asian Americans of Achievement) by Judy L. Hasday |
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Kristi Yamaguchi (Asian-American Biographies) by Elaine A. Kule |