Question about points

[mylastduchess]

[QUOTE=kaesie]

First of all for all for a former Ice Dancer you know too little about the sport. I'm sorry I don't know anyone who has any knowledge of the sport could ever criticize either Sasha or Arakawa of having bad lines... Arakawa didn't win Worlds from nothing!


I would never criticize Sasha's lines. They are beyond perfect.

I guess I wasted my $ taking lessons from the finest coaches in the world, not to mention my time since I know "too little" about the sport.

No one can tell how fast a skater is truly going or how high their jumps
truly are by watching the event on television. So unless you were at these
events, or unless I was at these events, it's a moot point who was going
faster than whom...

This is not a forum for me to talk about myself...but a forum
to energetically engage in discussion of skating. And I assume
all of us love it impossibly much.

You know anyone in the Internet especially those who doesn't have a life could claim they are whoever they want to be! Yes you can tell how high a person jumps in T.V. especially if you've seen them live, two I I haven't read anything from your post that tells me you've even ever been out to a skating rink!

[kaesie]

You're quite right that anyone can become
anybody on the internet...it is also
a wonderful forum in which one can share
ideas.

if you don't want to believe that I competed at
numerous international competitions and the
world championships, that is your prerogative...
but you are mistaken...

as i said before, this forum is not about me
but about the sport...and sharing perspectives
on it.

a skater doesn't skate in a vacuumn and for
me it is interesting to learn what others think
of the sport, whether competitor, social skater
or fan.

As far as perspectives and opinions, you may
or may not be interested to know that my
partner (if you want to believe i actually had one)
shares the exact same opinion on the competition
and its outcome. perhaps that is indicative of
our training, our definition of what figure skating
is or could be, and what we strove to achieve
on the ice. face it, there will always be tension
between artistry and sport. that's what makes
figure skating so compelling.

i'd rather talk about sasha, kimmie, etc...
than speak any more about whether or not
i actually set foot on the ice... so let's end
this and get on with skating talk, shall we?