Artesia is the home of the East West Ice Palace, an ice rink which is co-owned by Michelle Kwan.
Members were politically active, protesting an MSNBC headline for the 1998 Winter Olympics reading "American beats out Kwan", referring to U.S. Olympic teammates Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan.
Skaters who had a long association with the tour include Brian Boitano, Viktor Petrenko, and Michelle Kwan.
Michelle Kwan, World Champion Ice Skater from the U.S. used Fikret Amirov's symphonic piece "Gulustan Bayati-Shiraz" in her skating program "Taj Mahal" in 1997.
It featured a "Top 25" list of the things readers most enjoyed (the magazine covers were #1) a collection of cards people had sent to the magazine, and a special "Kids Did It" column that featured updates on the lives of celebrities who had been featured in the magazine when they were children, such as Michelle Kwan.
Michelle Obama | Sarah Michelle Gellar | Michelle Shocked | Michelle Yeoh | Michelle Tea | Michelle Pfeiffer | Michelle Bachelet | Michelle Hunziker | Michelle Branch | Michelle Kwan | Michelle Forbes | Michelle Shephard | Michelle Ryan | Rosamund Kwan | Michelle Trachtenberg | Michelle Malone | K. Michelle | Michelle McManus | Michelle Holmes | Michelle Collins | Laura Michelle Kelly | Nancy Kwan | Michelle Tumes | Michelle Saram | Michelle Nicastro | Michelle Akers | Tseung Kwan O | Tiffany Michelle | Michelle Visage | Michelle Stuart |
Past years' skaters have included Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano, Scott Hamilton, Kristi Yamaguchi, Ekaterina Gordeeva, and the Haydenettes synchronized skating team who have made "EWC" their opening appearance for many years.
He is married to Karen Kwan, sister of world champion figure skater Michelle Kwan, and they have 2 daughters, Olivia Colett Oppegard and Sophia Oppegard.