This week on Walley and Flip: A Figure Skating Podcast, we open up about our skating fan origin stories.

Then we dive into the land of maple syrup and miraculous recoveries: the Canadian comebacks are coming in hot. We try to make sense of Gabrielle Daleman and Keegan Messing's return, and the chances of them making the Olympic team.

We break down what little we know (and wildly speculate) about USFS Champs Camp and Summer Sizzler...where were the Shibtuanis?

We also brace ourselves for this season’s 90s-themed Rhythm Dance- a theme that sounds fun until you remember some people think Macarena counts as choreography inspiration.

And we debut a new game: “Whose Warhorse Is It Anyway?” - where one of us shouts out a classic overused (not necessarily negative) piece of music and the other has to yell out the first skater who comes to mind. No thinking, just instinct.

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00:00 Opening and how we became fans of figure skating

07:00 Canada comebacks (Gabrielle Daleman, Keegan Messing)

13:25 Japanese women tangent

15:50 Canada comebacks (cont'd)

16:46 USFS champs camp and summer sizzler (+ shibutanis)

23:30 Rhythm Dance 90's theme

26:15 Program announcement highlights

39:20 "Whose Warhorse is it Anyway?"

Walley and Flip have made their glorious return for the 2025-2026 season. Join the fabulous ladies as they share their thoughts on Sunset Boulevard, cranberry bogs, highlights from the Cranberry Cup, program announcements they are most excited for, potential upsets, skating conspiracy theories, and more!

00:00 - Introductions

02:15 - Cranberry Cup (cranberry bogs)

03:30 - Cranberry Cup highlights (Sofia Samodelkina, Isabeau Levito, Jia Shin, Sonja Hilmer, Aleksandr Selevko, Roman Sadovsky, Stephen Gogolev, Sophie Jolene Von Felten, and MORE!)

20:30 - Programs Flip is most excited for

22:00 - Yuma vs. Ilia

24:30 - Programs Walley is most excited for

26:20 - Upcoming competitions and closings

It's an off-season opener like no other! Sisters Walley and Flip are back and skating straight into the chaos, kicking things off with their takes on the headline of the moment: the Shibutanis' stunning return to competition after a 7-year retirement. But that's just the warm-up.

The main event? A no-holds-barred breakdown of the Ice Academy of Montreal—figure skating's powerhouse factory. From its humble beginnings to its world-dominating rise, we unpack IAM’s coaching magic, the politics that swirl behind the scenes, their recent controversies, and where they might be heading next. Is their reign untouchable, or is the ice getting thin?

0:00 Introduction and Shibutani's Return

04:23 Marie France, Patrice, and Romain

09:15 Gabi Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron/ + Laurence Fournier Beaudry

09:54 Humble Beginnings/IAM's olympic history, Tessa and Scott

15:25 Political Pull and Strategy

16:30 Choreography

22:25 Coaching Staff and Expansion

23:44 Scott Moir and Opening of the London Campus

25:40 IAM Culture and Controversies

36:14 90's Rhythm Dance Theme

38:40 Skate America Breaking News

Clear the ice and cue the dramatic lighting — the First Annual Walley and Flip Awards are here, and no, the ISU definitely did not approve this message.

This week, your favorite sister duo is handing out the hardware in categories you won’t find on any official ballot. From the 🥇 Greatest Underdog Story to the 😬 Skater Treated Most Unfairly Award, get ready for awards you didn't know the skating world needed.

While we don’t do a deep dive into World Team Trophy, expect some choice highlights and plenty of WTT side commentary. Think of this episode as the skating version of a group chat rant—if that group chat had microphones and a name.

Come and celebrate the 2024-2025 season, because if the ISU won't give out the awards that matter (AKA Skater Most Likely to Abort a Jump)....we will!

(also- trust me, you don't want to know the number of awards we edited out of this episode....)

00:00 Introduction to the Walley and Flip Awards

02:20 Greatest Underdog Story

05:08 Most Entertaining Program

07:05 Best Choreographed Program

08:35 Best Skating Skills Showcased this Season

09:34 Greatest Potential

12:25 Most Likely to Abort a Jump

13:35 Best Coach

16:20 Best Skating Friendship

18:30 Biggest WTF Moment

20:57 Skater Treated Most Unfairly

22:30 (TANGENT) Alysa vs Amber Components at World Team Trophy

24:00 (TANGENT) Choreography discourse: Kaori and choreographic history (Marie France, Benoit, etc.)....Shae Lynn choreography (Yuma Kagiyama, Ilia Malinin, Sarah Everahrdt)

28:39 Moment of the Year

This week on Walley & Flip, your favorite skating-obsessed sisters are diving blade-first into the history of the World Team Trophy — how it started, what makes it unique, what we can be excited about for this year’s showdown, and why some skaters "hate this event" (Scott, we're looking at you!)

Then, we get down and icy as we discuss Stars on Ice and what happened to the golden age of ice shows? We talk about the rise and fall, the missed opportunities, and where we go from here.

History, hot takes, and a little heartbreak — it’s all in this episode of Walley & Flip.

00:00 - Introduction and off-season cadence

1:13 - World Team Trophy (history, predictions, team captains)

15:20 - Stars on Ice/Ice Shows

21:50 - World Championships 2027 Announcement, Grand Prix schedule adjustment

Walley & Flip dive into the men and pairs competition at the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. From bloody murder screaming in the stands to standing ovations galore, the energy was wild.

The sisters discuss the disappointing pairs competition that left them scratching their heads, while also unpacking some of the disturbing pairs program choices that had the crowd questioning what they just witnessed.

But let’s not forget about our beloved men—the guys delivered some unforgettable performances that had the sisters cheering and debating in equal measure. There’s no shortage of skating skills discourse, as the sisters dissect who nailed it and who came up short.

00:00 - 01:03 Opening

01:04 - 1:54 Alysa Liu Tales

01:55 - 16:50 Pairs Recap (Stellato/Deschamps, Efimova/Mitrofanov, Kam/O'shea, Miura/Kihara, Hase/Volodin, Metelkina/Berulava, Conti, Macii)

16:51 - 34:33 Mens recap (Ilia Malinin, Mikhail Shaidorov, Yuma Kagiyama, Adam Siao Him Fa, Deniss Vasiljevs, Jason Brown, Kevin Aymoz, Roman Sadovsky, Lukas Britschgi, Junhwan Cha, Nikolaj Memola)

Walley and Flip recap and react to the ice dance and women's events of the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships. Walley and Flip don't hold back, sharing their thoughts on how the ice dance event turned into a bit of a mess, with more than a few surprising twists and turns. They reflect on the skaters who pushed the envelope and those who played it safe—and why it didn't always pay off.

They also spotlight the women’s event, where injustices and powerful victories created unforgettable drama. From controversial calls to inspiring triumphs, Walley and Flip break down what made the competition truly memorable.

00:00 - 01:30 Introductions

01:31 -05:30 Women's podium recap (Alysa Liu, Kaori Sakamoto, Mone Chiba)

05:31 - 12:14 Remaining women's results and highlights (Amber Glenn, Isabeau Levito, Wakaba Higuchi, Chaeyeon Kim, Kimmy Repond, Lara Naki Gutmann, Anastasia Gubanova)

12:15 - 24:14 Ice Dance reactions (Smart/Dieck, Chock/Bates, Gilles/Poirier, Guignard/Fabbri, Lewis/Fear, Turkila/Versluis, Reed/Ambrulevičius, Davis/Smolkin, Taschlers, Mrazeks)

24:15 - 25:54 We revisit the women's competition (Alysa Liu vs. Kaori Sakamoto)

25:55 - 27:30 The "leader's chair"

27:31 - 33:38 We revisit the current landscape of ice dance and present our closing thoughts

Join Walley & Flip for a quick figure skating pairs preview in their final episode before the World Championships—right before they hit the road to Boston! With so many teams capable of making it to the top of the podium, get ready for some fun discussion and a whole lot of confusion as they try (and fail) to agree on anything. Don’t expect to learn anything this episode!

00:00 - 01:54 Introductions and a new figure skating baby

01:55 - 03:05 Pairs Overview

03:06 - 11:44 Top 6 worlds predictions

11:45 - 13:00 the US Pairs Teams (Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea, Alisa Efimova, Misha Mitrofanov)

13:01 - 15:20 Top 6 worlds predictions (continued)

15:21 - 17:00 Final thoughts and closing

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