most embarrassing costume accidents?
- Thread starter Johar
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well Shae completely fell out one year
Gregory & Petukhov almost had that same problem at us nationals in their Snow costumes. They had added to the beadwork on Melissa's dress and it was a constant distraction for her. Loved the costumes that year for them though
Matt Savoie hit the boards on a jump at US nationals in 03 (?) and it ripped the pantstrap and the ref stopped him and had him restart....
Gregory & Petukhov almost had that same problem at us nationals in their Snow costumes. They had added to the beadwork on Melissa's dress and it was a constant distraction for her. Loved the costumes that year for them though
Matt Savoie hit the boards on a jump at US nationals in 03 (?) and it ripped the pantstrap and the ref stopped him and had him restart....
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My nomination is for Mike Weiss. I think it was his Beethoven routine and I dont' remember the exact competition.
Anyway, he was wearing a black outfit. During a spin, I notice a patch of white on his butt. Mikey split his pants and his tighty whities were visible through the rip on his black outfit. I can only assume that he must wear underwear that matches his outfit now.
who was it that stretched out her partners sleeve when it got caught on her?
I also seem to recall Jenni and Todd having to skate in an embrace because her costume get hooked on his. They were signaling to their coach John Nicks to halt the routine due to malfunction.
Anyway, he was wearing a black outfit. During a spin, I notice a patch of white on his butt. Mikey split his pants and his tighty whities were visible through the rip on his black outfit. I can only assume that he must wear underwear that matches his outfit now.
who was it that stretched out her partners sleeve when it got caught on her?
I also seem to recall Jenni and Todd having to skate in an embrace because her costume get hooked on his. They were signaling to their coach John Nicks to halt the routine due to malfunction.
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heyang said:
Hahaha I remember that. I think it was at the 1994 worlds. Her skate blade got caught in his pants lol.
There was this incident at the 1993 Nationals...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/28/TonyaHarding-1993-nats.jpg
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There has been many reports of an incident occuring with Katarina Witt at it might have been German Nationals or Europeans in 1988 prior to the Olympics in which she had a malfunction in her blue show girl outfit.
At either SA or Nats Tonya Harding's much to small red dress came open in the back. This was of course in 94. The year of the boot lace breaking during the olympics and the screw coming loose of her skate at Skate America.
At either SA or Nats Tonya Harding's much to small red dress came open in the back. This was of course in 94. The year of the boot lace breaking during the olympics and the screw coming loose of her skate at Skate America.
Petri Kokko skated a good portion of the free dance (with Susanna Rahkamo) at the 92 Worlds with a huge rip in the back of his pants. Sports Illustrated's comment was "Don't they sell underwear in Helsinki? Yech." I didn't actually see it myself, so I guess one must draw their own conclusions as to the overall effect....
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I saw 2 minor mishaps at the '98 US Nats in Philadelphia.
One was a skater that I don't even know the name of...it was something to do with the shoulder area of her costume...she tried to start her program 2 or 3 times before they finally found a pin or something to hold her costume together.
Also, with pairs skaters...Lyons and Wells...they did a throw-catch move(split twist I guess) and when Wells caught Lyons, his thumb went right up the bottom of her costume, gave her a super-wedgie on the one buttock...it happened practically right in front of my face. She yanked it down as soon as she was back on her feet at the completion of the throw and catch.
One was a skater that I don't even know the name of...it was something to do with the shoulder area of her costume...she tried to start her program 2 or 3 times before they finally found a pin or something to hold her costume together.
Also, with pairs skaters...Lyons and Wells...they did a throw-catch move(split twist I guess) and when Wells caught Lyons, his thumb went right up the bottom of her costume, gave her a super-wedgie on the one buttock...it happened practically right in front of my face. She yanked it down as soon as she was back on her feet at the completion of the throw and catch.
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I remember an article or interview with Anton S. and a costume malfunction came up about Elena. I guess her top part of her costume fell off. Anton didn't mind. :sheesh:
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Okay, now that is just GROSS on a multitude of levels!Johar said:
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Rory Flack Burkhart had one the year she won one of the pro competitions. She skated to Aretha Franklin and the bottom of her green costume was a little too revealing. My teenaged nephew and his friend were present and provided their own color commentary that was much different than what was broadcast on TV.
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I recall being at sectionals about 3 years ago, and McCaustlin and Davies (Cdn. pair that no longer skate together) had an issue just prior to their free skate program.
They had beautiful costumes for their Gone With the Wind program, hers being a white dress with a two layer chiffon skirt and emerald green beading over it. They were out for warm up and Lindsay tried her axel and fell out of it. You could see her pull at the hem of her dress, and she tried again. You could see the panic on her face as she continued to attempt jumps and kept trying to adjust the skirt on her costume. She skated over to her coach, now in tears, and you could see his obvious frustration with her. She then skated up to the boards and was signalling to what I would assume was her mother for a pair of scissors. Mom went down to the boards with scissors, and next thing I saw was Lindsay cutting the top layer of chiffon right off of her dress.
I heard later that it was the first time she had tried jumping in the new costume, and the beading was too heavy and was throwing her off center. All I could think of was the hundreds of dollars spent on the dress, and there she is with a pair of manicure scissors cutting the skirt off!'
Canuck
They had beautiful costumes for their Gone With the Wind program, hers being a white dress with a two layer chiffon skirt and emerald green beading over it. They were out for warm up and Lindsay tried her axel and fell out of it. You could see her pull at the hem of her dress, and she tried again. You could see the panic on her face as she continued to attempt jumps and kept trying to adjust the skirt on her costume. She skated over to her coach, now in tears, and you could see his obvious frustration with her. She then skated up to the boards and was signalling to what I would assume was her mother for a pair of scissors. Mom went down to the boards with scissors, and next thing I saw was Lindsay cutting the top layer of chiffon right off of her dress.
I heard later that it was the first time she had tried jumping in the new costume, and the beading was too heavy and was throwing her off center. All I could think of was the hundreds of dollars spent on the dress, and there she is with a pair of manicure scissors cutting the skirt off!'
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WHat were they thinking? I've always felt that Denkova and Staviysky are two of the most beautiful ice dancers...this costume, though...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/donquijote/BrossardandBarrett1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v69/donquijote/BrossardandBarrett1.jpg
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I don't get this at all. How can you never skate in the costume before the competition at least to see how it feels when you MOVE?sk8tngcanuck said:
Speaking of beaded costumes, I always wondered why beads were allowed on costumes. I keep expecting one or two or a few to fall off on the ice and ruining someone else's skate. But then again, I'm paranoid.
