Cassie Bobilya
PSA Member since 2006

Cassie began figure skating in 1993 in the form of roller figure skating while living in Saudi Arabia. She taught herself how to skate by studying tapes sent halfway across the world by her grandmother.

Taking the ice for the first time in 1995, Cassie found her true passion. By 1996 she was actively participating in group and private lessons with the Swan City Ice Skaters in Wisconsin. She competed in the 1998 Badger State Winter Games.

In 1998 Cassie moved to the Kansas City area and continued skating while obtaining an Associates Degree in Interactive Media from Johnson County Community College. However, sitting behind a desk in a corporate office staring at a computer all day was ultimately not for her, so she decided to pursue a career in figure skating coaching.

As a new coach, Cassie is enthusiastic to learn the ropes of teaching, and to help others learn the sport she loves so much.

Kristi Bobilya
PSA Member since 2006

Kristi's figure skating journey began in the late 1980s when she was a young girl and would go roller skating with friends on Friday nights. At the time she never thought of pursuing the sport of figure skating. It wasn't until the early 1990s when Kristi would dive into the sport when she moved to the Middle Eastern country of Saudi Arabia. Her grandmother taped figure skating that aired on television and would mail it halfway across the world.

Finding ice in Saudi Arabia was difficult, and buying figure skates was even harder. Kristi's parents bought her roller figure skates and it was with these that she would begin teaching herself how to skate by watching the videos her grandmother sent to her.

In 1998, Kristi moved back to Kansas and found a coach and started learning the ropes of figure skating on ice. Mainly skating for pure fun and joy, she participated in a United States Figure Skating Association competition in April 1999.

As a new coach, Kristi hopes to share her joy of figure skating with people of all ages.

 

No, we're not twins... though Peter Carruthers thought we were...