Acknowledgments

Thanks to the dedicated and talented figure skaters at the Dr. Pepper Star Center in Euless, Texas, for their endless patience in answering my every question. I promise, someday I’ll learn how to tell the difference between a loop and a flip.

Thanks to Sean Beeman for not calling the FBI on me after all my scary questions about chemical warfare.

Thanks to Larry Lynn, Zamboni engineer extraordinaire and a really nice guy.

Thanks to Judy Tavalli for designing figure skating costumes that inspire little girls to dream big.

Thanks to Darlene Cain and Lily Erickson, for your knowledge, kindness, sportsmanship and personal grace that exemplify the very best of the sport of figure skating.

Special thanks to Mr. Scott Crouse, United States Olympic gymnastics coaching legend, for sharing his expertise about the Olympic experience. It’s an honor to know you.

Thanks to Elizabeth Cain Lynch and her brother Peter, Australian Olympic pairs skaters at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.

And most especially to Peter Cain. Not only are you a phenomenal coach and a fine representative of your sport, you are also a true gentleman. Or as they’d say down under, you’re a dinky di cobber!