Warmly welcome

To our Easter Camp 2026 in Suolahti, Middle Finland.
We have following groups:
- International Seniors/Juniors (minimum all triple jumps with/or without 3 A)
- Junior / Senior (minimum 2 A & 1-3 triple jumps)
- Junior B / Senior B (double jumps & working on 2 A & triple jumps or just having 2A)
- Intermediate novice / Advanced novice (Debytantit / SM-Noviisit) until 15 years (minimum all double jumps and working on 2 A & triple jumps or having 2 A and some triple jumps)
- Basic Novice / Novice B (Silmut A / Noviisit) (double jumps & working on 2 A & triple jumps)
- Basic Novice B /Pre-Chicks (minimum 1 A) Chicks /(Silmut B/Minit) (single jumps incl. axel and practicing /or including double jumps)
- Pre-chicks (Tintit) until age of 8 years (only single jumps and/or including single axel and practicing double jumps)
- Late starters (Taitajat ei Axel/ Taitajat Axel) group 9-17 years (only single jumps and/or including single axel and practicing double jumps)
- Development Group 4-7 years old kids (skating school level and do NOT need support on the ice, practicing basic skating, basic positions, starting to do the first jumps and spins.)
Practice
Duration & amount of the practice per week
Groups 1 – 6:
- Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (8 x 50 min)
- Skating Skills / Expression (4 x 50 min)
- Dancing / ballet / dance workout (4 x 50 min)
- Athletics (4 x 50 min)
Group 7-8:
- Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (8 x 50 min)
- Dancing / ballet / dance workout (4 x 50 min)
- Athletics (4 x 50 min)
Group 9:
- Technique on ice, includes steps and spins (8 x 50 min)
- Athletics or dance (4 x 50 min)
The size of the groups for technique training on ice, will be max. 6 athletes per coach. The minimum size of each group is 4. If there are fewer than 4 entries, we can not offer that group in the camp.
Prices per group:
Group 1 -6:
- 1 Week: 450,00€
Group 7-8:
- 1 Week: 345,00€
Group 9:
- 1 week: 260€
The prices include 100€ registration fee (non-refundable!!!!) which will be charged directly after the entry form has been filled out.
In addition, we are offering following:
- Private Coaching/Choreography on the ice and off-ice (You can book this also during the camp) (The price depends on the coach/choreographer (50,00€ – 120,00€)/50min), this prices are incl. ice patch per hour.
Important information
Accommodation
Accommodation needs to be booked separately and not incl. in the camp price.
Insurance
All athletes must purchase health insurance (in the case you get injured or ill) for the camp. In addition, we recommend acquiring travel insurance as well. Please contact your own insurance companies. It is in your own responsibilty to take care about it. There will be NO refund if you come with an injury or get injured before the camp started. Same if you get ill or sick!!! ONCE WHEN THE CAMP HAS STARTED NO REFUND IS POSSIBLE!!!!
Responsibility
The organizer is not held liable for you or your health on or off the ice. All skaters who are under the age of 18 years should travel with a parent or guardian. For emergency cases, we have a doctor, MD-PhD Valtter Virtanen, in the camp. He will take care of the first aid if something happens to you during the practice sessions and will bring you to the closest hospital, if necessary.
Cancellation
In case of cancellation, a written form is required. After 15.03.2026 we will charge 100% of the booking. We will not re-fund your payments if you get injured or sick, for this use your travel or health insurance.
For private coaching we will charge 100% of the booked patch and coaching fee if the cancellation occurs later than 48 hours before the planed session.
Other information
If you have allergies or medical conditions, please let us know. Your data will be treated confidentially.
Entry deadline for the camp: 15.03.26
Coaches
Best of the best
“The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great at whatever they want to do.” — Kobe Bryant

Alina Mayer-Virtanen
Figure Skating coach
Alina Mayer-Virtanen was skating by herself for 24 years and represented Germany. The last few years of her skating career she skated at the international level in single skating. Alina has been coaching single skating since 2013 in Oberstdorf-Germany and in Finland since 2017 as well. She is also teaching Pair Skating. For the season 2025 & 2026 Alina is one of the responsible coaches for the area Middle-Finland and East Finland. Some of her athletes take part in the European, Junior Grand Prix, Junior Worlds, Grand Prix and World Championships. Her student Kyrylo Marsak will take part at the Olympics 2026 in Milano.
She speaks German, English and a bit of Finnish. 😉

Isabella Piippo
Figure Skating Coach
Isabella has competed in figure skating over ten years. She ended competing last spring and continued coaching this fall in Peurunka Skating Academy Laukaa. She also coached earlier during her own career.
Isabella speaks Finnish and English.

Valtter Virtanen
Team Doctor and Allrounder
Valtter has participated in several European and World Championships in single skating. Valtter works part-time as a doctor for Keski-Suomen keskussairaala and Seppälääkärit in Jyväskylä. But his main focus is still on figure skating. He is team doctor of Jyp ice hockey.
Valtter Virtanen will support the team as well.
Valtter speaks Finnish, English, German and Swedish.

Petra Palmio
Figure Skating Coach
Petra is part of the coaching team at Peurunka Skating Club Laukaa. She competed at an international level for Finland in the category senior Ladies. At the moment she is studying sports pedagogy at the University of Jyväskylä.
Petra speaks, finnish and english.

Monica Lindfors
Choreographer
Monica had a career in both ice dance and single skating. In singles she competed up to junior level and in ice dance she achieved a medal in Finnish championships and participated in junior world championships.
She started her career as a choreographer in 2017 and has choreographed programs for skaters competing up to senior level including skaters of the finnish national team. She also works as a coach specializing in skating skills.
Monica is currently studying architecture at the University of Oulu.
Monica speaks Finnish and English.

Anna Korotysheva
Ballet
Anna Korotysheva is a dance teacher, choreographer and dancer, a member of STST. She studied ballet at the Vaganova Ballet School in St. Petersburg from 1979 to 1987 and ballet teacher at the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory from 1995 to 2000. She was a dancer at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg from 1987 to 2008 and performed with the Kirov Ballet on tours around the world and as a soloist in several ballets. Anna has worked as a ballet teacher and choreographer at the Conservatory’s student theatre from 1995 to 2000, as well as in the rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating groups in St. Petersburg and Krasnodar, and as a teacher at the Jyväskylä Dance School and Dance Center Paloka since 2010.
Anna speaks finnish, english and russian.


























































































