41. The Sport Journal: Volume8, Number1,Winter 2005:Mass Media And Gender Identity I Records of ice skating date back to at least the 1700s, and figure skating, Skaters such as Elvis Stojko, kurt browning, Elizabeth Manley, http://www.thesportjournal.org/2005Journal/Vol8-No1/karen_mcgarry.asp

Home General Information Call For Papers Editorial Board ... The Sport Coaching Journal America's Sports University Programs In: Sports Management Sports Coaching Sports Medicine Fitness Management ... Sports Studies Online Doctoral Degree: Sports Management Sports Management With Emphasis in Sports Medicine Bachelor Degree Program: Sports Management Sports Coaching Graduate Continuing Education Certification: Sports Management Sports Coaching Human Performance NACDA ... ACE Mass Media and Gender Identity in High Performance Canadian Figure Skating By: Karen McGarry Introduction: Figure Skating the Media, and Canadian Culture Figure skating is viewed by many Canadians as an integral part of Canadian culture. Records of ice skating date back to at least the 1700s, and figure skating, along with hockey, receives prime-time television coverage on major Canadian television networks. Figure skating, in fact, is ranked second only to hockey in terms of television spectatorship, government funding, and corporate sponsorship (Skate Canada 2002). Its popularity among fans is heightened by the fact that since the 1940s, Canadians have won more than 500 international medals, making it one of the nation's most competitively successful amateur sports. Skaters such as Elvis Stojko, Kurt Browning, Elizabeth Manley, Barbara Ann Scott, Toller Cranston, and Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, to name a few, have become household names and national icons in Canada. Given figure skating's high spectatorship levels, it is not surprising that Skate Canada, the sport's amateur governing body, and CTV, Canada's self-declared "official figure skating network" have opportunistically marketed figure skating as a distinctly "Canadian" sport and a sport of national significance:

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home media releases community relations reports ... about us SEARCH Advanced search FUND FINDER Products Daily Rates Brokerage Investments Insurance ... Banking Financial Planning What Sets Us Apart Careers Consultant Corporate About Us Media Releases Corporate Citizens hip Reports ... IGM Financial Website Team Investors Group Kurt Browning Junior Skating Fund launched New partnership provides $100,000 over five years to up-and-coming talent Winnipeg, MB. Investors Group will contribute $100,000 over five years to the Team Investors Group Kurt Browning Junior Skating Fund that will give out cash awards to the junior and novice Canadian amateur figure skating champions. In addition, a new Special Achievement Bursary will be awarded to the skater who has shown the most promise, dedication and sportsmanship over the year. The commitment is an enhancement of a bursary program established by Kurt Browning in 1995. "The world of figure skating has been very good to me, which is why I wanted to give something back for the benefit of talented young skaters who are striving to succeed at the championship level," said Browning. "Through this program, we intend to recognize the tremendous amount of dedication and sacrifice involved in becoming a top level athlete, and provide encouragement to help them achieve their goals."

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45. Rainbow Ice - Mary Louise Adams I certainly wasn t prepared for an image of kurt browning, a figure skater, doneup as the While hockey and figure skating both take place on the ice, http://www.plover.com/rainbowice/mla2.html

So What's the Problem with Wussy Sports? by Mary Louise Adams Queen's University from Borderlines , No. 46 (April 1998), pp. 12-15 I first noticed it about ten years ago not on the ice but in an issue of Saturday Night magazine. After a childhood and adolescence spent immersed in figure skating, I had been away from the sport, as participant and spectator, for a number of years. I certainly wasn't prepared for an image of Kurt Browning, a figure skater, done up as the epitome of urban cool cocky black beret, tight jeans, leather bomber jacket. The adjective used to describe him was "macho." I had never seen the words "macho" and "figure skating" in such close proximity. Five years later, the "macho turn" in skating was well underway. In 1994, the Globe and Mail included Browning on its year-end list of the 25 most powerful personalities in Canadian sport. Not only had he won four world titles and landed the first quadruple jump in competition, apparently he'd also "wiped away the stereotype of effeminate male skaters." Although the pronouncement was a bit premature, it is true that since Browning became world champion in 1989, male skaters have been taken more seriously. Browning, for instance, was the first male skater to land endorsement contracts with major corporations such as Toshiba and Coca-Cola. Elvis Stojko, who succeeded him, has long-term contracts with McCain's, McDonald's, Canon and Roots. Much of this commercial success comes from winning world championships. But Brian Orser was also a world champion and no comparable endorsement contracts ever came his way, suggesting that there is more to gaining corporate support than medals.

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ENTERTAINMENT RESOURCES COMMUNITY 80's GEAR ... AudioOutfitter.com Your source for Home Audio Car Audio Everything Audio Ice skating has become one of the most widely watched sports in the '90s, so here's a peek back into the 1980s when some of the greatest of today were just getting their start. Below are the winners of the World Championships of figure skating. Men: Jan Hoffman, E. Germany Women: Anett Poetzsch, E. Germany Pairs: Marina Chersekova/Sergei Shakrai, U.S.S.R. Dance: Krisztina Regoeczy/Andras Sallay, Hungary Men: Scott Hamilton, U.S. Women: Denise Biellman, Switzerland Pairs: Irina Vorobieva/Igor Lisovsky, U.S.S.R. Dance: Jayne Torvill/Christopher Dean, Britain Men: Scott Hamilton, U.S. Women: Elaine Zayak, U.S. Pairs: Sabine Baess/Tassilo Thierbach, E. Germany Dance: Jayne Torvill/Christopher Dean, Britain Men: Scott Hamilton, U.S. Women: Rosalynn Sumners, U.S. Pairs: Elena Valova/Oleg Vasiliev, U.S.S.R. Dance: Jayne Torvill/Christopher Dean, Britain Men: Scott Hamilton, U.S. Women: Katarina Witt, E. Germany Pairs: Barbara Underhill/Paul Martini, Canada

47. Worlds Some behind the scenes politics involving kurt browning skating in the openingceremony to have continued the outburt while the skaters were on the ice. http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/world96.htm

1996 World Figure Skating Championships Edmonton, Canada 17 - 24 March 1996 LADIES MEN PAIRS DANCE ... Wrapup COMPETITION NOTES Saturday, 16 March 1996 Unlike major events held in North America by "another" skating association, Worlds is up and running, and ready to go. Nobody organizes an International skating event better than the CFSA - even if they did forget about leaving room for the photographers (hope we get some pictures for you). Skaters have been practicing since last Thursday, and the buzz is that Midori is looking hot and is in good spirits. Reports also have it that Rudy's practices are going well. Wotzel and Steuer "won" the pairs practice today. Shishkova and Naumov were also looking good. Meno and Sand looked the most like a PAIR team but are at a disadvantage in technical content. Sunday, 17 March 1996 Men's qualifying today. Top 11 in each group make the cut. Eight men from last year have byes to next round, for a total of 30 skaters in the short program, which takes place on Wednesday. Monday, 18 March 1996

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Figure Skating fiction, serials, stories, novels, humor, and poetry at Private Ice! PI updates frequently. Keep up with all your fics: Get addicted all over again... For ages 12 and up. Russian-American pairs figure skater Elayne Smith has no hope of her Olympic dreams coming true. With no partner and no future, all she has left is her passion for figure skating and her determination to be the best. Bad boy Alexandr "Sasha" Klukov came to America seeking gold, Olympic gold in mens figure skating. But when he goes to a 4 A.M. practice, looking for something dirty... He gets far more than he bargained for. Latvian pairs figure skating legend Alexi Stanachev Don't want to wait? Buy On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama (Season 1) in Private Ice's Pro Shop On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama debuted in April of 1998. More than a thousand people followed On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama making it the most popular piece of modern, mainstream, figure skating fiction on the Internet. On the Edge: A Figure Skating Melodrama went on hiatus in 2000, leaving readers desperate to know what happened to Elayne, Alexi, and Sasha. The ending was never revealed.

49. Figure Skating Romance: Whispers On The Ice (fiction--serial) Whispers on the ice a Serialized Figure skating Novel Olympic Champion figureskater Kristi Yamaguchi and four time world champion kurt browning. http://www.skatefic.com/serials/woti/

Figure Skating fiction, serials, stories, novels, humor, and poetry at Private Ice! PI updates frequently. Keep up with all your fics: For ages 16 and up. Will Fate Allow? She's the Ice Queen... Jordan Jamison is locked on target: the Olympic Gold in pairs figure skating. She's all business. Until her figure skating partner dumps her for someone warmer. She'll try anything. Her figure skating coach has a crazy idea... He's too hot to handle... Fire and Ice When their figure skating coaches team them together, "playing with fire" takes on a whole new meaning. Instead of the magical and unique pair they expected, it's an inferno. Everyone knows fire and ice can't survive together... Graceful and stubborn. Powerful and arrogant. Destined for each other and for figure skating greatness. Listen... Don't want to wait? Get Whispers on the Ice, a figure skating novel in trade paperback! Whispers on the Ice: a Serialized Figure Skating Novel Chapter 1: At the Hospital Chapter 28: Mushy Romances Chapter 2: No Show Chapter 29: Sun and Cold Chapter 3: The Right Partner Chapter 30: Ice and Snow Chapter 4: Heaven Helps Chapter 31: Off the Mountain Chapter 5: A Choice Chapter 32: In Just Moments Chapter 6: Quite a Pair Chapter 33: The Prayer Chapter 7: Sitting on the Ice Chapter 34: Some News is Not Good News Chapter 8: Ready for Motion Chapter 35: Memorabilia Chapter 9: Only Half of What You See Chapter 36: No Comments Chapter 10: Perfect Chemistry Chapter 37: Any Pain?

50. Kurt Browning - The Kurt Files kurt browning Canadian Figure Skater 4Time World Champion 4-Time Canadian Champion Vote for kurt as your favorite all-time Stars on ice skater! http://www.kurtfiles.com/

Home Profile Record Articles ... Miscellaneous WANTED: Kurt Browning Canadian Figure Skater 4-Time World Champion 4-Time Canadian Champion 3-Time Olympic Team Member 3-Time World Professional Champion First man to land a quadruple jump in competition The Kurt Files has been compiled to provide extensive background on the figure skater known as Kurt Browning, aka "The Kid from Caroline", aka "Skate God Jr.," as well as to track his current skating activities and public appearances. The skater has been known to take on various guises, from clown to flamenco dancer to cowboy, but can be recognized by his fast feet and personal charisma. If anyone has seen him, or has any information on his whereabouts, please contact me at webmaster@kurtfiles.com Main Page Site Index Current News ... Contact Me Search WWW Search www.kurtfiles.com New developments: 9/14/05 Updated Disson show cast information on the 2005-2006 Events page. since 9/13/05: The current Stars on Ice cast and 2005-2006 tour schedule have been posted on the Stars on Ice Tour News page. This information was taken off of the

51. Kurt Browning A figure skating great, browning stunned the world when he executed the firstsuccessful quadruple toe loop in a Figure skating. kurt browning http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=14247

52. Kurt Browning According to browning, figure skating is not, strictly speaking, an individualsport. browning, kurt with Neil Stevens. kurt Forcing the Edge. http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol20no1/kurtbrowning.html

Kurt Browning "Forcing the Edge" in Sports Writing By Janet Collins Volume 20 Number 1 1992 January From a distance he could be any other twenty-five year-old. But even a casual conversation reveals a concentration and intensity that have set this native of Caroline, Alberta, apart from his peers. Kurt Browning is a world-class athlete. He has been Canadian senior men's figure skating champion for three consecutive years (and the only person to place first in all three categories: novice, junior and senior). He has also ranked first in the men's singles competition of the World Figure Skating Championships three times. In addition to numerous awards, he is a recipient of the Order of Canada and is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first athlete in the history of figure skating to successfully complete a quadruple jump in Worlds competition. On top of it all, he was voted Canada's 1990 Male Athlete of the Year. All that appears to be missing is Olympic gold. If he obtains it, he will be the first Canadian to win the gold medal in the men's singles figure skating competition. "Really?" Browning stated upon hearing the news. "Now there's a statistic. Wouldn't that be great?" Almost humble in discussions about himself, he doesn't belie his small-town roots. "I'm just like anyone else," he insists. "I just happen to skate well."

53. Britannica Student Encyclopedia Additional references about kurt browning from the figure skating articleDuring the Cold War (1947–89), judges tended to vote in EastWest blocs, http://www.britannica.com/ebi/print_toc?tocId=9310420

54. Kurt Browning - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia browning skates during the 2000 Stars on ice tour. kurt browning (born June 18,1966) was a prominent Canadian figure skater during the late 1980s and 1990s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Browning

55. Canada's Walk Of Fame: Kurt Browning, World Champion Figure Skater then kurt browning three-time Olympian, four-time Canadian figure skating It was on September 17, to be precise, that kurt browning became the http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/inductees/01_kurt_browning.xml

Rock the Walk Movies n' Music Festival Home Inductees ... View all inductees from 2001 At A Glance Born: June 18, 1966 Where: Caroline, AB Interesting Note: First skater to land a quadruple jump (a quadruple toe loop) in any competition Notable Achievements: 4-time World Champion When does a star become a superstar? Some say the magical moment occurs when a celebrity's name becomes part of pop culture parlance. If that's true, then Kurt Browning - three-time Olympian, four-time Canadian figure skating champion, four-time world champion, two-time Canadian athlete of the year, television star, best-selling author, Hall of Famer - became a superstar in September 1999. It was on September 17, to be precise, that "Kurt Browning" became the answer to a question - or, more accurately, the question to an answer - on the TV show Jeopardy! Or maybe it was a year earlier, when he became the first Canadian athlete featured on the front of an American cereal box (for the record, it was Special K) and appeared on a jam label (for the record, it was Smucker's red raspberry). Or perhaps it was in 1996, when the character played by Gordon Pinsent philosophized on an episode of CBS's cross-border TV comedy-drama Due South: "You never appreciate life until you're dead. One of the Brownings said that - Kurt... or Robert.

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58. Ice World: 2003 Kurt Browning's Gotta SkatePhoto Gallery Photographs Are Of The Following Skaters kurt browning, Brian Boitano, ToddEldredge, ShaeLynn Bourne Victor Kraatz , Jennifer Robinson, http://www.geocities.com/iceworld_ca/03gottaskategallery.html

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59. Biography kurt browning was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada to parents, kurt appeared with fellow Stars On ice cast members on FAMILY FEUD Feb. http://kurtkountry.tripod.com/newkb/id1.html

document.isTrellix = 1; setAdGroup('67.18.104.18'); var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Search: Lycos Tripod Free Games Share This Page Report Abuse Edit your Site ... Next KurtKountry: An Unofficial Kurt Browning Website HOME Kurt Fun About The Webmaster Biography News and Schedules Related Links Photos Contact Me Biography About Kurt... KURT BROWNING was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada to parents, Dewey and the late Neva Browning, on June 18, 1966. He has an older brother, Wade Browning and an older sister, Deana Browning-Miller. Raised in Caroline, AB, He flew up the skating ranks to win Canadian and World Titles in 1989,'90,'91 and '93 (Making KURT the only skater to win a World Championship including Compulsory Figures and under the current 'free skating only " system, as well as the first Canadian man to win this title more than once accomplishments I know he is especially proud of!) Kurt has received his country's highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada. He has twice been named Canadian Athlete of the Year and has been inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. He was also elected to the Canadian Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1999, and inducted in 2000. Kurt Browning is credited with completing the first quadruple jump in competition, for which he is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. He served as Honorary Chairman of the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, (Where the ISU President, Octavio Chinquanta, would not allow him to skate in Opening Ceremonies, but relented to protests for the closing.) and was simultaneously honored with a biographical exhibit at the Alberta Provincial Museum entitled: "From Child To Champ". Kurt's autobiography, Forcing the Edge, was a Canadian National bestseller, and he contributed two essays to Steve Miltons book, Skate Talk. The skater has been featured in the following home videos: "JUMP!" "INSIGHTS INTO CANADA'S GREATEST SKATING STARS", "GET WHAT YOU NEED!" and "LIFE AFTER HOCKEY". Kurt was also the subject of "A LIFE ON THE EDGE," a documentary by the National Film Board of Canada.

60. Kurt Browning: Sorry, Canada - Never Made It To The Podium - CBC Archives One month ago, world figure skating champion kurt browning fell apart at the 1994 Everybody knows that kurt browning redefined figure skating in this http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-41-1341-8017/sports/olympics_podium/clip8

document.write(""); document.write(""); Search the Archives site Advanced Search Home Sports Never Made it to the Podium Kurt Browning: Sorry, Canada Click to Activate Topic Timeline Broadcast March 14, 1994 Kurt Browning: Sorry, Canada Return to: Previous clip Never Made it to the Podium Next ... clip 7 Additional Clips about Never Made it to the Podium LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Champions sans médaille Related Topics from CBC's Archives 50 Years of Olympic Broadcasting Golden Summers: Canada's Gold Medal Athletes 1984-2000 Playing to Win: Canada at the Paralympics The Summer of '76: Montreal's Olympic Games ... The Winter of '88: Calgary's Olympic Games External sites Official site of the Olympic movement Canadian Olympic Committee The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links. Privacy One month ago, world figure skating champion Kurt Browning fell apart at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, placing fifth. Still, he's a national hero for keeping his chin up and saying "sorry" to Canada for his disappointing performance. In this CBC Radio interview with Browning, host Peter Gzowski muses: "I wonder how Elvis Stojko feels. He won the (silver) medal and you're the toast of the country." Next Printer-friendly page Send this page to a friend Add this clip to your personal bookmarks Browning has just announced he's turning professional. He has been showered with every amateur laurel possible — except an Olympic medal. Professing no regrets, he does, however, recall how excited he was many years before to meet Olympic speed skating champion Gaetan Boucher. "I thought about it for weeks," Browning recalls. "I shook hands with an Olympian."

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