fun facts
fun facts

Did you know that...

  • Tessa was on a synchronized skating team that skated to “George of the Jungle”?
  • Tessa has a ragdoll cat named Pas de Chat?
  • One of Tessa’s favourite experiences was the month she spent at the National Ballet School’s Summer Program when she was nine?
  • Tessa’s brother Kevin has never referred to her by her name, but rather has always called her “Saam”? (Apparently he thought Tessa was a good name for a cat – but not a baby!)
  • Scott usually calls Tessa “T”? Other nicknames include “Birdie” and “Tutu”!
  • Tessa was a vegetarian from the of age 9, but on her 20th birthday she ordered a steak!
  • Tessa always has to have her skate guards placed in a certain way on the boards during training and at competitions? She is extremely superstitious!!
  • Tessa’s first skating solo was the Little Mermaid?

Did you know that...

  • Scott is always late!? (But it’s something he’s trying to work on)
  • Scott would never give up sandwiches. He LOVES a good sandwich.
  • Scott’s favourite holidays are Christmas and the Ilderton Fair - which is technically not a holiday
  • Scott’s first skating solo was to a techno version of Sesame Street?
  • As a kid, Scott always wanted to be Leonardo from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
  • Scott’s favourite toy as a kid was lego?
  • Scott’s childhood nickname was “Buddy”?

Did you know that...

  • Tessa and Scott were Sport Ontario’s Team of the Year in 2007 and were finalists for the award in 2009?
  • In 2006, Tessa and Scott were the first Canadian dance team to win Junior Worlds?
  • Tessa and Scott both know all the words to John Michael Montgomery’s “Sold” – they listened to the song on repeat in the car from London to Michigan one day and practiced the lyrics!!