April 3 - June 1, 2003 Elvis is skating with the Champions on Ice
Tour. For more information on cities and
dates check the Champions on Ice website at
April 29, 2003
Elvis announced that he would be returning to
amateur competition this year. WooHoo!!
There has been a media frenzy over this and
there are numerous articles on the web about
it. For links to the various articles and great
fan discussion about this topic the best place
I've found is the Elvis Stojko Discussion Board
(makes sense right?!). Check out my links page
for a direct link to the site.
April 30, 2003
Elvis announced the name of his new coach
and choreographers (he parted
with Uschi on
friendly terms). His new coach is Linda Bridge
and he will be training with her at Elvis Stojko
Arena in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The
choreographer for his long program will be
Randy Gardner and the choreographer for his
short program will be Tracy Roberts.
April 30, 2003
Elvis announced in an interview that his
programs for the upcoming season will be a
drum piece for the short program (and he says
in
the interview that it is not the Taiko Drums
music) and the long program will be done
to music from the movie "The Count of Monte
Cristo".
May 26, 2003
Elvis has received his Grand Prix
Assignments. He will be competing at Skate
Canada and Cup of China. You can check out
July 2003 Elvis is scheduled to compete at the Thornhill
Summer Skate Competition. It takes place from
August 13 - 17th. Elvis will be competing
against skaters such as Jeff Buttle and Takeshi
Honda.
August 2003 Elvis is currently featured in the
July/August 2003 edition of Spotlight on
Skating (Volume 4 Issue 5). The article talks
about Elvis' return to competitive skating. It
is a 4 page feature that includes a full page
picture, an article by the writer and an
interview with Elvis, there are also
a few smaller
pictures. You can also find a review
on the 2003
Champions on Ice tour which includes
a brief
note about Elvis' program as well
as another
small picture of Elvis.
August 2003
Elvis is in the August 2003 Issue of
International Figure Skating Magazine
(Volume 9 Issue 3) as one of IFS' 25 Most
Influential Names in Figure Skating. Elvis was
chosen as one of the most influential people in
skating this year for a number of reasons. These
reasons were, being the co-producer and star of
the SK8 With Elvis Tour and bringing a new
innovative look to skating, using his celebrity to
promote good causes such as 'Think First' ,
bringing a new outlook to commentary for
TSN/CTV, and for returning to competitive
skating.
There is a half page feature on Elvis
which includes a picture and a brief article that
talks about Elvis' year.
September 2003 Elvis
sadly announced his return to retirement.
It was reported that he had been suffering from
illness although it was not the official reason
given for Elvis' decision to not compete in
amateur competition, no official reason was
given. Elvis has stated that he plans to continue
skating as a professional and make himself
available to advice and assist up and coming
skaters as well as those that are currently a part
of the national team.
That's it for now! More to come as soon as I hear
any more news.
