Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Satumbar 2012, Rippon ya sanar da canjin kocin, yana motsawa don horarwa tare da Rafael Arutyunyan a Lake Arrowhead, California. A gasar cin kofin kasar Sin ta shekarar 2012, Rippon ya yi karo da Song Nan <unk> na kasar Sin wanda ya sami rauni kuma ya janye <unk> minti daya a cikin zafin jiki na karshe kafin wasan motsa jiki. Rippon ya ce, "Na juya don in shiga tsalle kuma ina tsammanin lokacin da Nan Song da ni muka ga juna mun yi ƙoƙarin kauce wa juna, amma mun tafi hanya ɗaya kuma mun fara kai wa juna". Rippon ya gama na 4 a taron kuma na 8 a NHK Trophy na 2012. A cikin
2013 US Championships, ya sauka uku sau uku Axels kuma ya gama 5th. An sanya shi a cikin Nahiyoyi Hudu na 2013 amma ya janye bayan ya sami rauni a diddige a ranar 2 ga Fabrairu, 2013.