Wild ice is ungroomed, and Perkins wears Nordic skates to glide across the uneven surface. He owns Small Axe Farm with his wife, Heidi Choate, who often joins him on skating adventures.

WITH poise, grace and strength honed on the Olympic stage, American figure skaters Alex and Maia Shibutani mentored aspiring Filipino ice skaters at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City on Tuesday.