Flutzes and Waxels Podcast
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Flutzes and Waxels Podcast
A figure skating podcast to satisfy all of your skating news, analysis, and recap needs. Run by lifelong skaters and skating fans, Alicia and Mary. Get ready to jump right in to the nitty gritty details of what’s happened this week in figure skating. Get bonus content and support the work we do by j...
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Junior Worlds 2022: Dance
We wrap up Junior Worlds with our favourite discipline and a really fun event - the junior dance! We discuss the many pattern dance interruptions that...
Junior Worlds 2022: Men
We continue our discussion of Junior Worlds with the men's event and discuss how important international competitions are to skater development (and h...
Junior Worlds 2022: Pairs
Next up we discuss the small pairs event, including the state of the pairs field for the upcoming season in general, what reforms could be made to enc...
Junior Worlds 2022: Women
This strange season wraps up with the Junior World Championships, and we begin our recaps with the women! We discuss how JGP spots for next season wil...
World Championships 2022: Men
We wrap up our discussion of Worlds with our favourite men's event of the season, and discuss the fantastic skating we saw here, some young teens with...
World Championships 2022: Dance
This year's Worlds also had an exciting dance event, helped out by a very enthusiastic crowd. We discuss score ceilings in dance, wonder what next yea...
World Championships 2022: Women
After a tough women's event at the Olympics, we had a much more enjoyable time with the women's event at Worlds, and we discuss how thrilled we are to...
World Championships 2022: Pairs
This year's world championships were a strange one in many ways, but particularly in the pairs event. We discuss the opportunities and pressures faced...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Pairs Free Skate
Figure skating at this Olympics concluded with the pairs, and it was just about everything we had hoped it would be! We discuss the many amazing skate...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Pairs Short Program
Olympic figure skating events wrap up with the pairs this time around, and we started off with a pretty fantastic short program. We discuss how much o...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Women's Free Skate
The wrap up of the women's event at this Olympics was another tough one to experience, and we discuss some skaters who were able to overcome everythin...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Women's Short Program
We had a real bummer time talking about the women's event at the Olympics and everything surrounding it.
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Free Dance
Somehow the Olympics are already more than halfway through, and while the skating continues, so does the doping scandal.Today, we break down the (some...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Rhythm Dance
The next event up at these Olympics is the ice dance, and we discuss a rhythm dance that was overshadowed for us by technical issues and doping drama....
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Men's Freeskate
After an incredible men's short program this week, we had high hopes and moderate expectations for the free. It didn't quite live up to our hopes, but...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Men's Short Program
The individual events at this Olympics began with the men's short program, and we discuss some really fantastic skates (with some pretty high scoring...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Team Event Day 3
The final day of the Olympic team event had its share of ups and downs, and we discuss some scary moments in pairs and why having a level 4 death spir...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Team Event Day 2
Day two of the Olympic team event saw the field narrowed down to just five countries who will try to win the first figure skating medal of the 2022 Ga...
2022 Beijing Winter Olympics: Team Event Day 1
We can't believe it is already here, but we are already diving into the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, starting off with day one of the team event. We dis...
Four Continents 2022: Pairs
Only one continent was represented in pairs at Four Continents this year, and we discuss the very interesting battle between six up and coming North A...
Four Continents 2022: Dance
The dance field at Four Continents this year was small and rather messy, and we discuss an alarming number of falls for a smaller dance event, our hop...
Four Continents 2022: Women
There were some really great skates from the women at Four Continents, and we discuss whether it was a good idea to have the Korean Olympic team compe...
Four Continents 2022: Men
This weekend's Four Continents Championships was a bit of a smaller one due to the upcoming Olympics, but we begin our recaps with an interesting men'...
2022 Europeans: Women
We wrap up this year's European Championships with the women, and discuss some very last minute Olympic spots that are still in question, some really...
2022 Europeans: Pairs
The pairs event at Europeans this year saw some inconsistent skating, and we discuss Olympic season score inflation which we hope can be addressed at...
2022 Europeans: Dance
Despite a number of withdrawals from the dance event at Europeans it was an interesting event, and we discuss the conclusion of the battle for the lon...
2022 Europeans: Men
This week's European Championships had a very exciting and pretty well skated men's event, and we discuss the tough choice to make for the third man o...
US Nationals 2022: Men
We wrap up this weekend of skating with the US men and discuss some surprise podium placements and how it should have impacted the Olympic team select...
US Nationals 2022: Women
Next, we discuss the US women, including the front runners unable to compete due to COVID (and whether this competition was really necessary to determ...
US Nationals 2022: Dance
There was a deep field in dance at US nationals, and some very interesting head-to-head match-ups, and we discuss why this year's patterns might make...
US Nationals 2022: Pairs
Next up, we move on to the US national championships and a pairs event which was very directly impacted by COVID. We discuss the difficulty of skating...
Canadian Nationals 2022: Pairs
We wrap up Canadian nationals with the pairs, and the contentious decision made regarding the Olympic assignments. We discuss some season best perform...
Canadian Nationals 2022: Women
Next up we discuss the women's event, which has always been a bit of a weaker discipline for Canada, and we discuss the importance of sending out many...
Canadian Nationals 2022: Dance
There were a lot of strong teams competing in the Canadian nationals dance event, and we discuss the impact of empty stands on the performance level t...
Canadian Nationals 2022: Men
We begin our recap of the substantial amount of skating from this weekend with the Canadian men, and a discussion of the overall COVID testing situati...
Russian Nationals 2021: Pairs
We wrap up this week's competitions with the Russian national pairs event, which was a bit rougher than usual, but still one of our favourite events o...
Russian Nationals 2021: Men
The men at Russian nationals were as unpredictable as ever, and we discuss why a short program strategy we've complained about for two seasons might h...
Russian Nationals 2021: Women
Next up, we discuss the women's event at Russian nationals, which saw the gamut of withdrawals, great skates and nervous skates. We discuss some excit...
Russian Nationals 2021: Dance
Next up, we move on to Russian nationals which were filled with drama, particularly in the dance event. We discuss why skipping an event is very likel...
Japanese Nationals 2021: Dance And Men
In this half of our Japanese nationals recap we cover both the dance and the men, and discuss a really difficult Olympic team decision in ice dance, o...