Melodie's skating pictures and videos

Right click any of these links and select "save target as", download and then open.

St. Thomas, Xmas gala, 20th December 2009,  exhibition,  she landed 2 doubles.  Right click here.

See Melodie's Axel jump (as at 22nd of October 2009),  right click here.

Competition video

Isabelle Henderson competition, Hamilton Ontario, 26th of October 2009,  she finished 9th out of 11 skaters in the Pre-juvenile division.  Right click here.

This was the last time she skated to that program/choreography,  the new program uses the same music.

Other videos

August 13th 2009 Summer Skate: Thornhill Ontario,  right click here to download.  She finished 5th out of 13 in the Pre-juvenile division.

21st Feb 2009

Melodie's competition video,  landed a nice double loop on a cutback,  click here.

December 2008

Melodie lands her first double Salchow (clean) in competition (20th Dec 2008).  Skating in the KWSC Xmas club competition,  to see it on video,  right click here and select "save target as ...",  then download and open.   This was at the rink she trains in at the KWSC.org,  note the lack of boards.

Melodie also skated in the interpretive division of this competition,  right click here to view video.

October 2008 M.J.S Trophy

Melodie places 1st pre-primary ladies

Melodie's Program to music from Romeo & Juliet, choreographed by Tim Grafton (Dad) and Joanna Wilkes (Superstar coach).  From M.J.S trophy held on 11th October 2008.  Right click here and select save target as.

November 2008

Thursday the 13th; Melodie lands the double Salchow jump,  right click here to see video.

July 2008

Melodie places 4th in NSW championships out of 15 skaters,  she was the youngest by more than 1 year.  She landed 3 axels.  Right click here and select "save target as .." to see it on video.

Melodie skating in NSW championships

22nd of June 2008

Melodie passes Australian NSWISA Elementary 2 test part A and B.

See figure pattern certificate,  see freeskate certificate.

She may be the youngest to ever pass this test in NSW?

April 2008

Melodie gets her Axel jump,   Tues 15th April 2008,  Melodie started landing her Axel jump clean (fully rotated).  Melodie was 7 years and 8 months old as at 1st April 2008.

Click here to see it on video!

Sunday 27th April 2008 PIP Trophy - Melodie lands 2 clean Axels in competition!  See video of :-

More video ... Melodie skating in elementary 1 - 5th July 2008, landed 3 axels and placed 1st,   right click here and select save target as ...

Right click any of these links and select "save target as", download and then open.

Click here to go to Melodie's web page,  designed by Melodie.

Now learn some of the secrets to learning a quality Axel in less time.    The off ice jumping harness - every rink should have one!,  did it help,  click here.

Melodie playing in the snow outside our house in Canada (Feb 2009).

Watch video of Melodie playing in snow,  click here.  (from Dec 2008).

A bleak winters day; Jan 2009 shot from outside the ice arena at Waterloo,  our house is one of those on the left hand side.