#kaiya ruiter

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Kaiya Ruiter competing in the 2023 Canadian Nationals and the 2021 Junior Grand Prix Courchevel (the first one).

(Sources: Skate Canada and Getty Images Sport)

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words can’t describe how much i love this photo

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Kaiya Ruiter (CAN)

2025 Skate Ontario August Sectionals Free Skate (106.98)

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I cannot stop watching this performance.

The choreography is not complex but it’s beautiful in its own simple way.

There’s something about this that makes me feel at peace, like you can just relax and enjoy simple quality skating. She is a star.

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Kaiya Ruiter, Opportunity || JGP Courchevel 1, 2021

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Thoughts on Courchevel 1

The first JGP event was a hot mess, as usual. Especially the junior men. The women actually did pretty well, for the most part. Ahsun Yun and Seoyeon Ji both won the costume competition. They were both so well-dressed. I really liked Ahsun’s FS to The Mummy. It was a good but unique choice, and she had a fantastic skate after a rough short. Kaiya Ruiter surprised me. She’s quite juniorish, but in a good way. She’s a solid performer and held up really well under pressure, so hopefully she can lead Canadian women’s skating over the next few years. Clare Seo and Lindsay Thorngren are so different: Clare’s very artistic with solid skating skills, while Linday’s more technically minded. But they both did really well here. Clare got nailed with a few URs, and Lindsay really delivered with her jumps to get the gold medal. But they’re both really talented and I’m excited to see where they go. 

The men were... pretty much a disaster, as I feared. The last two skates in the free were particularly rough. It’s probably because Courchevel is like a zillion miles above sea level and everyone was exhausted. Ilia Malinin had a fantastic short (although that cover of Billie Jean needs to die) and a spectacular morning practice, landing 4 different types of quads. His free was not nearly as solid: a fall on a quad sal, a popped quad toe, and a popped triple loop off of a triple lutz. He looked so tired. Corey Circelli started off well in the short, but his free skate was hard to watch. Lots of falls. I am happy for Francois Pitot and Lucas Broussard. Both of them don’t have the huge tech content of a lot of the Russian and Japanese men, so they managed to rise to the occasion here with solid skates to take JGP medals.

Also, shoutout to Katarina Wolfkostin and Jeffrey Chen, who dominated ice dance

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Kaiya Ruiter (CAN) - Short Program

3rd Place - 59.50

JGP France (Week One)

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“I love Kaiya Ruiter, and think that she has the potential to be just as good as Kamila, Daria & Alysa, individually, and maybe even combined, but sadly she probably won’t be getting scored anywhere near to where they are because of political, overscoring bonuses, and that’s sad. She is so underrated, and deserve more love.”