September 9, 20178 yr On 06/09/2017 at 10:52 AM, Lunna said: And I remmember times when for example France had good skaters in every discipline... i think money is the main issue plus maybe lack of skating schools for kids. I think the french skating federation is the main issue... Because there are quite a lot of rinks here, and they're not particularly expensive (thanks to grants) I know Joubert is trying to open a skating school but doesn't get much support. Candeloro and Bonalt complained about the federation. And, well, everybody knows what happened when Gaillaguet was head of the isu... he's still head of the french federation.
September 11, 20178 yr I'm sorry about the pessimistic look, but sadly I don't see FS getting much traction here in Spain, even if Javi's success has indeed done something towards the awareness of the sport. At the end of the day, it's very much a case of the snake that bites its own tail: you need available facilities so people can actually get the idea to start skating and act on it, but to build those you need funding and to get that there needs to be a big enough interest to justify the spenditure, which inevitably comes from the exposure to the sport and the availability of rinks Thus, it never really takes off, and as long as you don't have a good base population in the sport, the outliers that show special talent (like Javier) might be lucky enough to get scouted, but will always have to leave because they can't grow to their full potential here. I appreciate very much what Javi's trying to do and I hope his plans to be a coach and help out here go as well as possible, but things would really have to change a lot to get any long-lasting results before the momentum of his own career disappears from people's minds... and now I'm all depressed because I will miss him so much when he retires and FS goes back to being even more obscure T__T
September 18, 20178 yr On 9/10/2017 at 5:25 AM, xeyra said: This is just... I've a thing for men and pets, okay! lol javi is so chill man, how many pets does he have?! esp compared to yuzu who would probably find pets a distraction....
September 18, 20178 yr 3 hours ago, yuzuangel said: lol javi is so chill man, how many pets does he have?! esp compared to yuzu who would probably find pets a distraction.... cmiiw, his family has two cats in spain, meanwhile in canada he has only one, Effie
September 23, 20178 yr Beverly Smith's article on Javi from ACI. Brian continues to use the pancake analogy for all his skaters. https://bevsmithwrites.wordpress.com/2017/09/23/javi-fernandez-the-charming-world-champion/
September 28, 20178 yr Icenetwork's #IceTalk podcast episode 43 featuring Javi: http://web.icenetwork.com/fans/icetalk
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