Rachel
Kirkland
Born September 29, 1992, Rachel started skating at the age of 6. It took her a whole year to get her very first badge because her first coach, Laura, was thankfully very picky about edges. Known for her passion, dedication and work ethic in skating as well as ballet, Rachel has danced lead roles with the Xing Dance Theatre in the Nutcracker and modern dance production Rice. By the age of 13, she won national medals in Juvenile, PreNovice and Junior Pairs and was the Canadian silver medalist in PreNovice Ladies.
- Born: September 29, 1992
- Sign: Libra; I'm a Monkey if you look at the Chinese Horoscope
- Ancestry: Korean, English, Scottish
- Started Skating: At the age of 6 and it took me a year to pass my first badge. I had a very tough coach!
- Hobbies: I'm a real foodie. LOVE restaurants, cook books and especially love to bake
- Favourite Colour: Green
- Favourite Animal: Frogs, which are technically amphibians; tigers; wolves
- Favourite Subjects: Chemistry, Physics, English
- Can't live without: My sister Sydney; my dog Riley and The Food Network
- Favourite Pair Move: Lifts and Twists
- Pet Peeves: Not skating a clean program
- Three Wishes: To make the 2010 Olympic Team; To bake a Baked Alaska; To get rid of my braces
- Most concerned about: The environment and global warming
- Would vote for: Barak Obama
Eric
Radford
Eric was born on January 27, 1985 and began skating at the age of 8 after watching Nancy Kerrigan skate at the Olympics in Albertville. Skating reminded Eric of flying and he also loved the fact that you got to "fly" and perform to music. Eric grew up in a little Ontario town called Balmertown on Red Lake which is the furthest north you can go by road in Ontario. His love of skating produced many national medals in Novice and Junior Pairs and he was also the National Novice and Junior Men's Champion.
- Born: January 27, 1985 (same day as Mozart)
- Sign: Aquarius
- Ancestry: Jamaican (surprise!), German, English
- Started Skating: At age 8 and landed my first triple the day before my 13th birthday
- Hobbies: Playing the piano; composing and producing music; reading; movies
- Favourite Colour: Bermudian Blue
- Favourite Animal: Falcon (sky), leopard (land), dolphin (sea)
- Favourite Subjects: Music and Biology
- Can't live without: My piano, iPod, my friends
- Favourite Pair Move: Lifts
- Pet Peeves: Slow walkers; writer's block
- Three Wishes: To be able to fly; travel to space; win World and Olympic medals
- Most concerned about: abusing the earth's resources and global overpopulation
- Would vote for: Mike Gravel
