|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ice Dance Free Dance

|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ice Dance Free Dance

Group 1 – the Aliona effect We arrived back at the rink right in the middle of group 1 of the ice dance free dance. That’s why we were watching Urban & Steffan’s performance next to the boards. I’m still…

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|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ladies Free Skating

|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ladies Free Skating

  Some hiking and a change of plans We had already decided a few weeks earlier when the time schedule came out that we would skip the men’s competition and go hiking instead. Our initial plan for Friday had been…

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|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Pairs Short Program

|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Pairs Short Program

Last to go on Thursday was the pairs short program. We made it just in time for the second group.     Petranovic &  Souza-Kordeiru from Croatia skated a program full of verve. Looking back, they were one of the…

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|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Rhythm Dance

|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Rhythm Dance

After the ladies short program, it was time for the Rhythm Dance. We were a bit clueless about what this change of name in ice dancing meant in comparison to the format from last season. Apparently, we were about to…

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|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ladies Short Program

|Sportsgeist| 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – Ladies Short Program

It’s that time of the year again: the 50th Nebelhorn Trophy took place in Oberstdorf. I was there from Wednesday until Sunday and did a combination of hiking and figure skating. As most of my old skating pals don’t speak…

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