Debi Thomas: The Comeback (A TSL Interview with Debi Thomas and Shepard Clark, Compulsory Figures)

Debi Thomas is a trailblazer in figure skating. Debi is the 1986 World champion, the 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national champion. She is also a physician and a member of the 'Battle of the Carmens'. Debi faced struggles after her skating career ended. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder by April 2012 and was featured in a 2015 episode of the television series, Iyanla: Fix My Life, on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Shepard Clark has helped Debi rediscover her love of figure skating by encouraging her to train to compete at the 2023 World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships. In this interview, we discuss compulsory figures, Shepard's Rolls Royce named Sonia Henie, finding purpose on the ice, the glamorous Carlo Fassi skaters, Katarina Witt, Dick Button, phone calls from Dorothy Hamill, the wonders of JoJo Starbuck, why Trixi Schuba is the human scribe, and whether Kira Ivanova really deserved to win the figures at the Calgary Games. Debi Thomas: The Comeback (A TSL Interview with Debi Thomas and Shepard Clark, Compulsory Figures) Subscribe to this channel for everything all of your figure skating fan needs. Access exclusive TSL content (including live shows), listen to audio versions of our latest episodes and support TSL by becoming a Patron:   / theskatinglesson   Backpod Posture Correction Device: https://amzn.to/2NRh8Lx Dave's Recommended Reading List Christine Brennan 'Inside Edge' https://amzn.to/37YV1cN​ Christine Brennan 'Edge of Glory' https://amzn.to/302NsNL​ Toller Cranston 'When Hell Freezes Over, Should I Bring My Skates: https://amzn.to/3bX9FCG​ Toller Cranston 'Zero Tollerance' https://amzn.to/303xrY8​ Dick Button 'Push Dick's Button' https://amzn.to/3rLS2MD Joy Goodwin 'The Second Mark' https://amzn.to/3rbrbsY​ Ekaterina Gordeeva 'My Sergei' https://amzn.to/3uJ6DKx​ Scott Hamilton 'Landing It: My Life On and Off The Ice' https://amzn.to/38y9GvV Gary Mack 'Mind Gym: An Athlete's Inner Guide to Excellence' https://amzn.to/2NJBhmJ​ Adam Rippon 'Beautiful on the Outside' https://amzn.to/3bX9abM​ Grigory Rodchenkov 'The Rodchenkov Affair: How I Brought Down Russia's Secret Doping Empire' https://amzn.to/3uFdqVT​ Joan Ryan 'Little Girls in Pretty Boxes' https://amzn.to/2NJBhmJ​ Johnny Weir 'Welcome to My World' https://amzn.to/2Poqv5I​ If you like these videos, please help TSL by shopping with our Amazon Affiliate Program. If you click this think and then purchase anything on Amazon, a small percentage of your purchase will help grow TSL and get you more of the content you love: https://amzn.to/2PTTn4h​​​​​ If you're shopping in the UK: https://amzn.to/2TAUJjD​​​​​ If you're shopping in Canada: https://amzn.to/2DUmTkP​​​​​ The goal of The Skating Lesson (TSL) is to share our passion and knowledge of the sport with all of you. Whether you call it figure skating, ice skating, Eiskunstlauf, фигурное катание, 피겨 스케이팅, フィギュアスケート, 花样滑冰, 花樣滑冰, patinage artistique, pattinaggio artistico or patinaje artístico, we hope you'll share your passion with us as well. Gus Lussi technique Василиса Кагановская и Валерий Ангелополь анна щербакова 2023