Netflix
By
Louise Chase
on
As someone who has adored watching figure skating during the Olympics, and has picked up the sport whilst at university, it’s safe to say that the beauty of competitive ice skating enraptures audiences around the world. People still remember Torvill and Dean’s ‘Boléro’ routine decades later, and Surya Bonaly’s infamous backflip during the 1998 Winter Olympics has made her a legend.
But
Spinning Out takes a dramatised look at the world of skating as kids and teenagers train for that dream goal of the Olympics. Protagonist Kat Baker’s (Kaya Scodelario) skating career takes a turn after a traumatic injury one year prior to the show left the dream in tatters. Trying and failing to get into the skating coach programme, she must learn to trust in her new partner Justin (Evan Roderick) as they try to navigate pairs skating.