Why? was the 332nd Best Figure Skater in America in 1993
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That’s easy, that’s very easy for me. This is a little weird for me to say; I don’t think I’ve ever said this to the press. I’ve been figure skating since I was a little kid. My parents put me in lessons when I was six years old, and I’ve been doing it every since. It’s not like I’m that good at this point, but when I was 16, I actually tried out for the Olympics. I placed 332nd. I can’t say that things went so well for me, but that’s something… 332nd, that’s something [laughs].
Well, I was in Calgary in October 2007 and I met some really important people in a café, actually. Just struck up a conversation, and we were talking about figure skating and shit, and somehow it came up that they knew about Why? They asked me if I wanted to go skate the Stampede Corral. I don’t know if you know about figure skating much or not, but that’s where the 88 Olympics took place. I fucking skated on the same ice as Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, Debi Thomas. It was a fucking thrill. It was amazing. l just did a fucking salchow of glory there. I think I skated better than I have in 10 years there. The vibe was right, I could just feel the fucking energy, it was just pulsating.