Local figure skater youth Kassidy Powell, shown here practicing at Drumheller’s Memorial Arena. Powell is working on improvements to her short program and practicing triple jumps over the next few months. She’ll be attending a meet at the Ice Palace Figure Skating Club in Edmonton, home club of Canadian Olympic figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond.
14 year-old Pre-Novice skater Kassidy Powell is spending the next few months practicing earnestly on some changes to her skating programs.
“Right now we’re going to prepare for a competition that’s in the spring in Edmonton,” said Powell’s coach Rhett Myers.
“We’re working on acquiring a couple new jumps - a couple triples - and working her new programs.”
Myers explains the key is building power in the program and doing what’s in there successfully, and that the triple jumps will help with more points in the future.
Powell starting skating at three years old and found she had a knack for figure skating.
“You have to pass the levels in Can-Skate, and I passed them quickly,” she explained.
“I was always really into competitions, even when I was younger.”
Powell recently competed at the Alberta Winter Games in Banff-Canmore, where she placed 8th. She had two days practice, then she was off to The Calgary Winter Invitational, where she won a Bronze medal.
The skater will be attending the 2014 Sunsational Competition in Edmonton this April.
The competition is hosted by the Ice Palace Figure Skating Club, home of Canadian Olympic figure skater Kaetlyn Osmond.
Powell says she admires Osmond’s style - “I like her performance, her dedication and how she connects with the audience.”
