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Episode 57: Stéphane Lambiel & Christopher Trevisan
Stéphane Lambiel is a two-time World Champion and the 2006 Olympic silver medalist. He continues to perform in shows around the world, as well as working as a choreographer and the head coach of the Skating School of Switzerland. Chris Trevisan is the Director of the Skating School and was previously a guest on the Future of Figure Skating (episode 14). In this conversation, recorded in Champéry in August 2025, Stéphane and Chris discuss the values that underpin their work and their hopes for beauty and simplicity in figure skating. Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1upw6esoodFCFasc67AcarBKzai4wWOm34oVuQXVp0GE/edit?tab=t.0 You can follow Stéphane on Instagram @slambiel and the Skating School @ skatingschool You can also see videos from the Skating School, including their Step of the Month series, on their YouTube channel @theskatingschool You can reach me with comments or suggestions for topics and people I should talk to, by email at fsfuturepodcast@gmail.com or Instagram @futurefspodcast If you appreciate the podcast, you can also support my work with the Tip Jar at https://futureoffigureskating.pinecast.co
![Quote: What if we bring a red button right in front of the kiss and cry? And when the skaters see their scores on the monitor and don't like it, you press the button, the challenge button.
And then my idea is like this: the technical committee member stands beside the real judges...If the skater pushes that red button, the technical committee will review during the next performer. So we don't lose a minute...
They may make the same decisions, but maybe you're right [and] the skater could win... this kind of mistake could happen. The skaters are sacrificing their whole life to skating. They're serious. On the judge's side, or the organization’s side, we also need to be serious. To avoid those kind of mistakes, I think this kind of a challenge system [could work].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:caojxy3pm4njusbi75s2va75/bafkreihw55dkpw6ilhsrh7ur4wjnxw24tzfu45vh6mvgleiga5ycrcbowq)
![That's something I try to tell my skaters as well, that it's okay [to make mistakes].
'You fell, it's fine. You're going to go to school tomorrow. You're still going to have to take the same test. Nothing changes. I still like you. I'll still teach you.'
So l try to just make sure they understand that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:caojxy3pm4njusbi75s2va75/bafkreigt2l6kq4sbbkf52mlnwl6bzit7ukh4bneoo3veincs3p2ywawtea)
