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TORONTO - Four-time World Champion Kurt Browning said he is hoping to
release "kind of like a best hits" video. He indicated that the video would
include his 10 best programs and excerpts from other ones. "We interviewed
lots of skaters from Stars On Ice and friends and [people] like that,"
he said.
The production of the video has been progressing slowly, which has frustrated
Browning, who had hoped to have it out for last Christmas. "Maybe we'll add
something to it," he said. "I might call it 'Kurt: What's Up So Far.'"
In other developments, Browning is evaluating how to bes continue his Kurt
Browning Junior Figure Skating Fund, which he set up almost three years ago to
assist novice and junior skaters in Canada. Due to government-related red
tape, it took a while for the money to start getting to the skaters, but the
program now seems to be working successfully. "I wanted to find out if I could
delegate $1,000 of it to a special skater," Browning said. "All the money
[for this year] has been doled out already."
Browning decided not to travel to Nagano, Japan to work with the Canadian
Broadcasting Company (CBC) at the Olympic Winter Games, and instead he will be
using the three-week break in the Stars On Ice schedule to get some
rest.
"I had this great job [with CBC], but I really wanted to do color
[commentary]," Browning said. "The job that I got wasn't the color, so I
wasn't really involved in the moment. That's where I have the best to offer.
"But that's not why I'm not going," he explained. "I'm not going because I
looked at the schedule, and I thought I'm not going to make it [through the
season]. It's too much.... I just thought that three weeks can be better spent
at the farm with my parents]."
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