Skate Talk: Figure Skating in the Words of the Stars

By Steve Milton

Book Overview

Figure Skating Luminaries Reveal Personal Reflections This journalistic account takes readers on an insider's voyage to the heart of the sport, chronicles figure skating's history, interviews its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552092097
• ISBN13: 9781552092095
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

one of the best figure skating books availiable

This book is a collection of interviews with some of the world's top skaters. The choice of champions included goes beyong the usual list of world titleholders and Olympic champions to stars true skating fans rarely see and would love to know more about, such as spinning phenom Lucinda Ruh.Most of the stories are personal, giving more insight into the skaters lives than a collection of competition results and technical explanations would. For anyoe who follows figure skating, this is a must-have book.

The year's best!

I have read a lot of figure skating books published this year and last and this unpretentious, soft cover book is the best. It is a series of oral essays by skaters, coaches, commentators and officials. Those interviewed, some famous, some not, talk about everything from skating as Mickey Mouse for Disney, to what it is like to come and train in the US. from Russia, to some of the dramatic, tragic stories of this little world as the death of Sergei Grinkov. Mr. Milton must be a good interviewer because he draws out the skaters and others in the book so that they provide real insight and emotion to the subject. And we see their love for their sport on every page. This book has more content than any of the flashy, coffee table books produced recently. I highly recommend it.

Entertaining Read!

While this book is not long on depth, it does give some entertaining insights into the thoughts behind the images. Great for younger readers as well.

Skaters talk from the heart

A interesting book that allows the skaters to comment without interruption. The book is a series of comments from almost any skater you have heard of on almost any skating subject you can think of. An interesting and enjoyable read.

Good Book

I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes figure skating. I found this book very informative in the background information given by Milton and the stories from the stars.