Kurt Browning

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STARS ON ICE 2012 NEWS:

http://t.co/mvFvfrUk Kurt Browning will be co director, choreographer, and one the stars of @StarsOnIce! Can't wait for Anaheim (Honda Center) ...check http://StarsOnIce.com for other appearances &more info!

GET TICKETS & MORE INFO HERE NOW!

Battle of the Blades III Review: Kurt Browning has never seen Batman http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_daddy/post/Battle-of-the-Blades-III-Review-Kurt-Browning-h?urn=nhl-wp16224 via @YahooSports

Had a wonderful time at the Stars on Ice this year! Hadn't been able to make it in a while but Dave Hoffis and David Baden (& Kurt Browning) made sure it felt like a homecoming! See my "Reunion photos" @ http://jhbonline.net/sk8/id11.html
Here's a GREAT 2011 SOI REVIEW:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2014343171_starsonice27.html?syndication=rss

Kurt Browning joins SOI 25th Anniversary cast! http://www.starsonice.com/?content=tour_news&id=3139

Via @Stars on Ice
@KurtBrowning is our Featured Skater this week! Check out Kurt's special video message for the fans here! - http://on.fb.me/i2PPQJ
Kurt Browning in Smucker's Stars on Ice

Via @starsonice Smucker's Stars on Ice
Read this exclusive interview with @KurtBrowning , as he talks Stars on Ice and more! http://bit.ly/hijGWc

Champions head to town for Stars on Ice
News Channel 5 Cleveland Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:08 PM PDT
World champion figure skater and Stars on Ice headliner Kurt Browning stopped by NewsChannel5 at noon Tuesday to talk about the upcoming Cleveland stop of the Stars on Ice Tour.

Kurt Browning Sear's Stars on Ice Halifax article: http://thechronicleherald.ca/ArtsLife/1239143.html

Still evolving as skater
thechronicleherald.ca
KURT Browning has spent nearly half his life with Stars On Ice. The 44-year-old Canadian figure skating icon is in his 21st year with the show!

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TV interview with Kurt:

CTS Television: Always Good News http://fb.me/HNJC3I7J

MORE WITH KURT FROM CLEVELAND SOI

Iconic Canadian Browning still loves to skate and perform
The Sudbury Star Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:07 AM PST
It feels like I see Kurt Browning everywhere this fall, popping up on television, Saturday afternoon sports, Battle of the Blades, and, now, behind the black curtain at Sudbury Community Arena on Saturday night.[...]

Parity, judging make for intriguing men's skating field
CBC.ca Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:04 PM PST
"In the last 15 years, the world has gotten so competitive. In my day, there really was only me and Viktor [Petrenko] and now there are 10 guys who can challenge on any given day." Those are the words of Canada's four-time world champion figure skater Kurt Browning and it's an accurate perspective on the 2010 ISU Grand Prix season

Kurt Browning still feels the fire: http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2773451

Blaze guts Browning's Toronto home
AFP via Yahoo! News Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT
A fire gutted the Toronto mansion of Canadian figure skating champion Kurt Browning in the city's Forest Hills neighborhood on Wednesday, an official said as the blaze still flared.

Kurt Browning's Toronto home hit by fire
CBC.ca Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT
Fire crews say a leaf blower is to blame for a major blaze at the Toronto home of former Canadian figure-skating champion Kurt Browning and his wife, Sonia Rodriguez, the National Ballet's principal dancer.

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Kurt Browning makes the Games a family affair
Vancouver Sun Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:06 AM PST
Kurt Browning will have one hand on the Olympic torch Saturday in Mississauga and the other holding the hand of his six-year-old son, Gabriel.

Olympic Torch Approaches Toronto
CityNews Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:52 PM PST
Kurt Browning appeared outside Citytv headquarters at Yonge-Dundas Square in a show of support for the Olympic athletes.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST PRO FIGURE SKATERS COMPETE LIVE ON "THIN ICE," AIRING OVER TWO NIGHTS IN MARCH 2010 ON ABC
The Futon Critic Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:16 PM PST
Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Kurt Browning will co-host the event with Kristi Yamaguchi and Dick Button serving as judges.

CBC-TV's 'Battle of the Blades' to return next fall for second season
Brandon Sun Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:29 PM PST
TORONTO - The elimination-style reality show "Battle of the Blades" will skate another season. CBC says its celebrity-packed hit series will return next fall with another round of figure-skating competition.

Part of the obituary for Kurt's dad from November 25th issue of The Mountaineer, Rocky Mountain House:

On November 20th, 2008, Dewey Browning passed away at the age of 86. He was first diagnosed with cancer in 1992, then 2003 and 2007. He had planned to be a three-time cancer survivor but it proved too strong for him to wrangle this time. He was predeceased by his parents, wife Neva and brother Dick.
He is forever remembered by his companion, Karen Caiati; his children Wade (Cindy) of Calgary, Dena Miller (Dan) of Rocky and Kurt (Sonia) of Toronto, Ontario; grandchildren Jeremy Browning, Kaylei Whitman, Jesslyn and Joelle Miller, Gabriel and Dillon Browning Rodriguez; his sister Thelma Montgomery and Aunt Elsie Stewart of Ricinus, numerous cousins, nieces, nephews, neighbours and friends.
Arnold John Browning was born near the Clearwater River November 3, 1922, to Jack and Gladys, moving five miles upriver at the age of seven where he made his home for his entire life....

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Photo: Skate America, Indianapolis, IN: Oct. 1989

KURT: HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF YOUR 1ST QUAD (MARCH 25, 1988)...AND THE DAY WE MET (MARCH 26, 1988)

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A Story Of True Friendship

HOW WE MET

To me, the most important title Kurt holds is "My Buddy." We met in 1988 at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. It was outside the arena. Mom was busy trying to fit my wheelchair into the trunk of the small (understatement) Soviet-made automobile being used to being used to transport us from the hotel to the arena and back. I saw someone running out of the back of the building. It turned out to be Kurt! Because there was no such thing as accessible seating, my wheelchair was put on a platform at rinkside near where Kurt had accomplished his famous "Quad". That was a good thing. He wasn't very famous in those days --especially to an American, like me! I might not have recognized him.

He rapped on the car window, but they weren't electric... and I didn't have the strength to roll them down. So mom had to stop what she was doing to help me. I congratulated him on the Quad. Kurt simply said: "I just wanted to tell you... you are the best fan!" With that, he was gone.

Years later I found out others had told him about me. I had been attending competitions since 1981, and had been fortunate enough to be befriended by many skaters.

Our dear friend, Rosalynn Sumners has been instrumental in bringing us together.Thanks Roz! We love you!!!

Since then, Kurt & I have formed a lasting and enduring friendship, which has truly changed my life. I have been extremely blessed to experience the incredibly warm and caring personal side of this extraordinary man.

What kind of friend is Kurt?

Let's just say that Kurt has done much-- both good & bad--through the years, as does any friend...you can read about the good things on this website: For example, he gives the nicest hugs; and he can make a fairly decent hot fudge sundae!
The best ingredient : LOVE!

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For those of you who don't know and just surfed on in, Kurt Browning is a four-time Canadian and World Figure Skating Champion (1989-91, '93). He has been credited by the International Skating Union (ISU) with completing the first quadruple jump (a toe loop) in competition at the 1988 World Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary (where we met, see below) and is listed in; the Guinness Book of World Records for this achievement.
Browning, Zamboni Inducted Into World Hall of Fame

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JHB Online exclusive photos of Mr. Browning @ induction cermony (Calgary, Canada -- March 2006

(12/15/05) - World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame President Hugh C. Graham, Jr. M.D. announced today the 2006 elections of Kurt Browning of Canada and Frank J. Zamboni of the United States to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Zamboni (posthumously) and Browning will be inducted during the 2006 World Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in March.

Kurt Browning (Canada)

Browning's amateur career included four Canadian men's titles and four World titles. He was the first Canadian man to win three consecutive World titles (1989, 1990 and 1991). Browning earned the distinction of winning the most championship titles by a Canadian singles skater with his combined four World titles. Browning also was a three-time Olympic team member. At the 1988 World Figure Skating Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Browning made history by being the first man to land a quadruple jump (toe loop) at a World Championship. In addition to jumping records, Browning's trademark has been his incredibly fast footwork and interpretive skating, such as his Casablanca routine at the 1993 World Championships.

After retiring from eligible skating in 1994, Browning, a native of Caroline, Alberta, won three World Professional Championships. He has continued to remain active in figure skating as a choreographer and sports commentator.

Born on June 18, 1966, Browning was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and Skate Canada Hall of Fame in 2000. His charitable work includes being the creator and sponsor of the Kurt Browning Junior Skating Awards. Browning is also the author of "Forcing the Edge" with Neil Stevens and his children's book, "A is for Axel: An Ice Skating Alphabet."

KURT HAS A LIFE OFF THE ICE, TOO!

Born June 18, 1966 in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada to Neva and Dewey (Arnold) Browning, Kurt was raised in nearby Caroline, Alberta...and is therefore known as "The Kid From Caroline". He has two older siblings: a brother, Wade; and a sister, Deena.

On June 30, 1996, My buddy, Kurt married Sonia Rodriguez, who is a Pricipal Dancer with The National Ballet of Canada.

Kurt Browning and his wife, Sonia Rodriguez, welcomed their son, Gabriel. A second son, Dillon was born August 2008.

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