Skate Today was created to showcase the people of the skating world, skaters and coaches and others, who make figure skating and ice dancing a pleasure to watch for fans from around the world. The goal was to create a site that would give viewers an insight into the personalities of the people involved in this sport and to give you a more personal connection when watching them live at an event or on the television. Our staff knows how much time and dedication is put into this sport and that's why SkateToday was created.

Brett Barden - Owner, Editor, Webmaster, Advertising, Photography
“If you can dream it, you can do it." ~ Walt Disney

J. Barry Mittan - Photo Editor and International Correspondent
J. Barry Mittan (www.jbmittan.com) is one of the world's top skating photographers and writers. His photographs and stories have appeared in over 30 skating publications in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Russia, and the United States in addition to skating books, calendars, newspapers, television shows, movies, and other media, including some of Skate Canada's postcards. He usually writes over 100 articles a year, primarily skater profiles.

Sarah Bumstead - Editor & Webmaster
Active in the skating world for a number of years, Sarah has designed the official web site in both English and French for Canada's Joannie Rochette. She also has worked on a number of other skating fan sites and official skating sites.

Susan - Web Site Assistant
Susan helps us deliver the latest news, results and events in the skating world as our web site assistant. Susan brings to Skate Today her expertise, energy and passion as a long time skating fan. Susan looks forward to helping Skate Today as we head into the 2010 Olympics here in Vancouver. Her favourite skaters include Alexei Yagudin, Emanuel Sandhu, Sasha Cohen, and Shawn Sawyer.

Robin Ritoss - Journalist
Robin joined Skate Today in late 2006. Since then, she has covered many events including the Canadian Championships, ISU Junior Grand Prixs, Skate America, Skate Canada, Trophee Eric Bompard, NHK Trophy, Four Continents and the World Championships.