We are the Seattle Skating Club.
Seattle Skating Club is the oldest skating club in the Pacific NW. Our members range from preschoolers learning Basic Skills all the way to Adult skaters and Team USA members. Between all day Freestyle Sessions at Olympicview Arena, world class Coaching, on ice classes and member only discounts, you will take your skating to the next level. Membership in SSC means being part of a supportive community. We would love to have you join us and be part of the fun
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The Seattle Skating Club is a member club of U.S. Figure Skating, the only recognized national governing body of figure skating in the United States. We currently have 175 plus members, and we are the oldest club in the Pacific Northwest.
We are located in two rinks: our primary rink is the Olympicview Arena in Mountlake Terrace and approximately 3 miles away is our secondary rink the Lynnwood Ice Center. At Olympicview, you will find freestyle sessions and many of our coaches teaching private or small group lessons. Public skating and Learn to Skate program is run out of the Lynnwood Ice Center.
Our skaters range in age from 2 to 72 and enjoy recreational skating for health and fitness through to our TEAM USA members. Whether your skating goal is to pass USFS testing levels, to enjoy fun competitions or to chase the Olympic dream, the Seattle Skating Club is a supportive community that celebrates all our skater's goals and successes.
SSC is also a 501.c.3 non-profit organization recognized in the state of Washington. Our members are governed by an elected Board, that meet to plan the activities of the club. The Seattle Skating Club shares ownership in the Washington Ice Skating Association, with Seattle Junior Hockey. This group maintains and manages both the Lynnwood Ice Center and the Olympicview Arena.
SSC History:
Ice skating in Seattle first began around the year 1916 in the Metropolitan Ice Rink. This rink was located across from what is now the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel on University Street in downtown Seattle. In 1931, the Seattle Skating Club (SSC) was formed to promote and encourage the advancement of figure skating. In 1934, the Civic Ice Arena opened and the club skated out of that facility. The Civic was overhauled in 1961 and renamed the Seattle Center Arena in time for the World's Fair, which was held the following year. It was there that SSC carried out most of its activities until 1964 when the Arena was closed to public skating - remaining open only for ice shows and hockey games.
This closure brought about a move for SSC to the Highland Sports Center, then to Sno-King Arena and then to Olympicview Arena when it was completed in 1994. In 2002, Sno-King was fully renovated and re-opened as the Lynnwood Ice Center. Today, SSC operates with it's primary rink as the Olympicview Arena and it's secondary, Learn to Skate rink being the Lynnwood Ice Center. The Seattle Skating Club became affiliated with U.S. Figure Skating in 1936. Since that time, the club has produced an impressive number of champions in both National and World level competitions. In 1951 and 1960, SSC hosted the U.S. National Figure Skating Competition, which is now known as the U.S. Championships. In 1961 tragedy struck as three of our SSC club members perished in the plane crash of the U.S. World Team en route to the World Championships. SSC lost Ila Rae & Ray Hadley, the 1960 US Silver Pairs Champions & 1957 US Junior Pairs Champions, as well as their mother and coach Linda Hadley. A trophy is dedicated in their memories at SSC's annual Ice Fest competition. More recently, the club has hosted the 2005 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships, the 2006 Pacific Coast Synchronized Skating Championships, the 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships, the 2008 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships and 2016 & 2020 Northwest Pacific Regional Championships. SSC is the current home to USA Team member and 2022 Olympian Jean-Luc Baker. Seattle Skating Club Grand Prix, World & Olympic Champions 2023 - Jean Luc Baker - Grand Prix final Dance 5th place 2023 - Jean Luc Baker - Grand Prix of Finland Dance Silver Medalist 2023 - Jean Luc Baker - Skate America Dance Silver Medalist 2022 - Jean Luc Baker - World Championships Dance 7th place 2022 - Jean Luc Baker - Beijing Olympics Dance Competitor 2021 - Jean Luc Baker - Skate America Dance Silver Medal 1984 - Rosalynn Sumners - Olympic Ladies Silver Medalist 1983 - Rosalynn Sumners - World Ladies Figure Skating Champion Seattle Skating Club U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Inducted in 2001 - Rosalynn Sumners Inducted in 1995 - Cynthia & Ron Kauffman Seattle Skating Club National Champions 2017 - Nica Digerness & Danny Neudecker - Junior Pairs 2014 - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker - Junior Dance 2012 - Anna Li & Will Eastler - Adult National Championship Dance 2008 - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker - Intermediate Dance 2007 - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker - Juvenile Dance 2006 - Joshua Farris - Juvenile Boys 1999 - Kakani & Ikaika Young - Novice Dance 1990 - Beth Buhl - Junior Dance 1989 & 1990 - Joseph Druar - Senior Dance 1988 - Dena Galech - Junior Ladies 1982, 1983 & 1984 - Rosalynn Sumners - Senior Ladies 1968 - Joan Bitterman & Brad Hislop - Junior Dance 1979 - Rosalynn Sumners - Novice Ladies 1967 - Lorna Dyer & John Carrell - Senior Dance 1966, 1967, 1968 & 1969 - Cynthia & Ron Kaufmann - Senior Pairs 1963 - Cynthia & Ron Kaufmann - Junior Pairs 1957 - Ila Rae & Ray Hadley - Junior Pairs 1954 - Dawn May & David Hertz - Junior Pairs 1953 - Pat Firth - Junior Ladies 1952 - Sharon Choate & Richard Bromley - Junior Pairs 1951 - Francis Dorsey - Junior Ladies 1948 & 1949 - Karol & Peter Kennedy - Senior Pairs 1948 - Mary Firth - Junior Pairs 1939 - Betty Bennett & John Kinney - Junior Pairs |
SSC Champions:Recent U.S Championship Medalists
2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 Senior Dance Bronze Medalists - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker 2019 Intermediate Pairs Bronze Medalists - Kayla Black & Kamden Black 2018 Senior Dance Pewter Medalists - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker 2018 Novice Dance Silver Medalists - Gianna Buckley & Jeffrey Chen 2016 Novice Dance Pewter Medalists - Gianna Buckley & J.T. Michel 2015 Senior Dance Pewter Medalists - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker 2013 Junior Dance Silver Medalists - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker 2010 Novice Dance Bronze Medalists - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker 2009 National Solo Dance Silver Medalist - Mark Janke 2009 Adult National Championship Dance Silver Medalists - Anna Li & Will Eastler 2008 Adult National Championship Dance Silver Medalists - Anna Li & Will Eastler Pacific Coast Sectional Medalists 2019 Pacific Coast Gold Medalists Intermediate Pairs - Kayla Black & Kamden Black 2019 Juvenile Boys Silver Medalist Tao McRae 2018 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Dance Silver Medalists - Gianna Buckley & Jeffrey Chen 2018 Pacific Coast Sectional Intermediate Pairs Silver Medalists - Kamden & Kayla Black 2017 Midwestern Sectional Junior Pairs Gold Medalists - Nica Digerness & Danny Neudecker 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Juvenile Pairs Bronze Medalists - Kamden & Kayla Black 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Pairs Gold Medalists - Nica Digerness & Danny Neudecker 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Dance Bronze Medalists - Gianna Buckley & JT Michel 2015 Pacific Coast Sectional Intermediate Dance Bronze Medalists - Gianna Buckley & Caleb Niva 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Intermediate Dance Pewter Medalists - Gianna Buckley & Caleb Niva 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Juvenile Dance Bronze Medalists - Clare Traeger & Stanley Chang 2013 Midwestern Sectional Junior Dance Gold Medalists - Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker 2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Juvenile Dance Silver Medalists - Gianna Buckley & Caleb Niva 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Junior Dance Gold Medalists - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Dance Gold Medalist - Mark Jahnke 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Dance Gold Medalists - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Senior Dance Petwer Medalist - Emma Cyders 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Dance Bronze Medalists - Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Intermediate Dance Silver Medalists - Megan Lee & Mark Jahnke 2009 Adult Pacific Coast Sectional Championship Dance Silver Medalists - Anna Li & Will Eastler 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional Juvenile Dance Silver Medalists - Megan Lee & Benjamin Maki 2008 Adult Pacific Coast Sectional Championship Dance Silver Medalists - Anna Li & Will Eastler 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional Senior Dance Pewter Medalists - Emma Cyders & Ikaika Young 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional Junior Pairs Pewter Medalists - Brendyn Hatfield |
