Expensive Readers,
Twenty-seven years in the past, Emma Abraham and I launched Ice-Dance.com (IDC). Our purpose was easy: to create a spot the place individuals who beloved ice dance might discover data. We had no concept that what began as a small ardour undertaking in 1999 would nonetheless be right here 27 years later.
Through the years, IDC has grown past what we ever might have imagined. We’ve shared numerous tales from athletes at each stage of their careers in addition to information, outcomes, interviews, pictures, and options. We’ve coated Olympic Video games, World Championships, Grand Prix occasions, nationwide championships, and extra. All whereas documenting the evolution of a sport that has modified a lot (and in some methods stayed the identical) over the previous three a long time.
What amazes me most isn’t the variety of occasions we’ve coated or the years we’ve been on-line. It’s the individuals. Athletes, coaches, officers, photographers, contributors, readers, and followers from world wide have all helped form what IDC has change into. What began as a private web site grew right into a group, and that’s one thing I’ll at all times cherish. Each interview, each story, each competitors coated, and each message from somebody who discovered the positioning useful has jogged my memory why I began it within the first place.
As I replicate on IDC’s legacy, one of many issues I’m most happy with is that whereas judging programs, competitors codecs, expertise, and media platforms have advanced, our mission has remained the identical: to rejoice ice dance, inform the tales behind the outcomes, and supply a hub for the group that loves this sport.
IDC couldn’t have reached this milestone with out the unimaginable generosity of so many individuals. Through the years, photographers, journalists, and contributors have donated numerous hours of their time and expertise to assist inform the tales of our sport. From protecting competitions and conducting interviews to sharing pictures and writing articles, their ardour has helped make the positioning what it’s right this moment. To Workforce IDC, thanks from the underside of my coronary heart. I can’t adequately categorical in phrases how a lot your efforts imply to me and the ice dance group.
I’m additionally grateful to the readers and supporters who’ve contributed financially by way of Patreon, PayPal, and different donations. This assist has helped offset the prices of sustaining and rising the positioning, permitting IDC to stay an unbiased useful resource for the skating group.
Each contribution—whether or not measured in hours, experience, images, articles, or {dollars}—has performed a component in maintaining the web site on-line for this milestone. The positioning could have began with me, nevertheless it has by no means been simply mine. It belongs to everybody who has supported it, contributed to it, and made it a part of their skating journey.
Thanks for being a part of these 27 years. Whether or not you’ve been visiting Ice-Dance.com because the early days or found us not too long ago, you’ve helped make it what it’s right this moment.
Right here’s to the reminiscences we’ve shared, the tales nonetheless ready to be advised (in phrases and pictures) and the subsequent chapter.
~ Daphne
