Patrick Blackwell looks beyond the jumps

Patrick Blackwell performs his free skate at the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the Enterprise Center, Centene Community Ice Center in Saint Louis, MO. Photo © Melanie Heaney | U.S. Figure Skating
Patrick Blackwell Looks Beyond the Jumps
Patrick Blackwell spent much of last season changing the way he thought about figure skating. By the time he captured the junior men’s title at the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, Mo., he had begun to look beyond the ju