Meet Joshua Farris

Joshua Farris began his skating journey when his mother took him skating for his 5th birthday. He loved it the minute he put the blade on the ice. And at the age of 6, he began learn to skate classes at the newly opened Castle Ice rink in Renton, Wash. He quickly advanced and began private lessons two months later.

Four years after he began skating, Josh won his first national title, 2006 U.S. Juvenile National Champion. Although he made it to the 2007 Junior Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Northwest Pacific Men's Intermediate Champion, his success from the previous year on the national stage was not to be matched. He came in ninth place overall in his first year as an Intermediate.

After moving to Colorado Springs, Colo., Josh gained his second national title, 2008 U.S. Intermediate Champion. He won his third, in novice, at the 2009 U.S. Championships and claimed a silver in the junior event at the 2010 U.S. Championships.

Josh won his first Junior Grand Prix medal in September 2010 and continues to represent Team USA on the junior level with the ultimate goal of one day becoming an Olympic and World Champion. Josh's goal for the season is to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final and be named to the U.S. team for the 2012 World Junior Championships. [More]