After Hayden Panettiere's death on 8/16, I felt inspired to record an episode on the 2005 Disney film Ice Princess. I, too, was a teen figure skater, and I wanted to pay tribute to Michelle Trachtenberg and her co-star Hayden, who tore up the ice on celluloid while setting a new standard for female friendships.

In this episode, I'll briefly recap the movie, tell you some trivia I learned about it, and then share some of my experiences as a teen figure skater.

Sources:

About.com interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://web.archive.org/web/20090425182233/http://movies.about.com/od/iceprincess/a/princssmt031205.htm

Campus Circle interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=702

MTV.com interview with Michelle Trachtenberg:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050315044312/http://www.mtv.com/shared/movies/interviews/t/trachtenberg_ice_princess_050311/

About.com interview with Hayden Panettiere:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081201112615/http://movies.about.com/od/iceprincess/a/princsshp031205_2.htm

People Magazine piece on Hayden's mother's statement:

https://people.com/hayden-panettiere-estranged-mom-speaks-out-after-death-12061596

News article about Zahra Lari:

https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/04/17/208359

Terry Jinks obituary in Skating Magazine:

https://skatingmagazine.usfigureskating.org/article/Skating_201508-09_25

Spread Eagle Example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxlUk399JqI

Hydro plane/blade Example:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=figure+skating+hydroblade

Magical Rewind "Ice Princess" podcast:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Rh06avd5cGZRfueJNBkod