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Components of the perfect skating program

southwest wind

Rinkside
Joined
Aug 19, 2003
Lets make a collage of the perfect skate program. It would have

Sasha's spirals

Lucinda Ruh's spins

Shaelynn's edges

Fumie's soft knees when she lands jumps
 

tarotx

On the Ice
Joined
Aug 30, 2005
It's Sasha flexibility, posture, line and toe point that makes her skating great not just in the spirals.

Also I would add Michelle's constancy and her ability to show and share her love of skating with the audience.
 

anything_for_skating

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 7, 2006
So it goes like this:

Irina's jumps

Irina's sparrows

Carolina's speed skating, her flying spins & her jumps also

Lambiel's spins

Plusenko's "art on ice!"

Susanna Poykio's soft knee when she lands jump, and also Lambiel's

Fleur Maxwell's flexibility

Sonia Radeva's coreography

Jeffrey Buttle's cute face when he is looking at judges

And finally, steps of Carolina Kostner,Stephane Lambiel and Plushy!!!

That's it-if I could mix ladies and men
 

MKFSfan

Medalist
Joined
Mar 15, 2006
Sounds good, but I'd also add Sasha's on-ice positions (flat back, pointed toes) and Michelle's ability to present a program/connect with the audience. Add Michelle's jump landings-how she lands so softly, solidly with run-out to Irina's height on jumps.
 

screech

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 23, 2005
Hehe I'd actually probably have to say
Brian's speed (like in his Worlds LP)
Stephane's quad
Johnny's triple axel
Plushenko's confidence
Everything else: Jeff's everything (except triple axel and quad)
 

Skater_Kid

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 21, 2004
for a man
Jeff's spins,footwork,edges,cuteness lol,ina bauer and spread eagles
Brian's quad
Plushenko's consistancy
Johnny's tripple axle
Shawn Sawyer's flexiblity

for a woman
Sashas spins but with Shizuka's donut spin
Shizukas ina bauer
Irena's consistancy
Sasha's Extension and flexiblity
Joannie's speed
 

lulu

Final Flight
Joined
Aug 4, 2003
Ilia Klimkin's choreography

Sasha Abt's stroking skills

Ilia Kulik's jumping technique

Evgeni Plushenko's speed and 4-3-2

Kurt Browning's footwork

Stephane Lambiel's spins (although I guess if wanted an oldie but goldie-I could go for Ronnie Robertson-but since I'm limiting myself to skaters I have seen-it is Stephane)

Brian Boitano's spread eagle

Victor Petrenko's line

Ryan Bradley's presentation skills
 
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lulu

Final Flight
Joined
Aug 4, 2003
Now time for the ladiezzz

Stephane Rosenthal's choreography & presentation skills

Ekaterina Gordeeva's basic skating skills

Irina Slutkaya's speed and jumps

Sasha Cohen's line, and extensions on spirals

Lucinda Ruh's spins

Shizuka Arakawa's ina bauer

Sarah Meier's backward COE spiral. :bow:
 

bethissoawesome

On the Ice
Joined
Dec 12, 2005
I'll stick with one gender lol....

Sasha's layback spin and fan spiral and posture in general
Shiz's Ina Bauer and Y spiral with hands off
Mao's 3a
Yuna's 3/3 and (I'll replace her Ina Bauer with Shiz's) into the 2a/3t
Michelle's presentation and grace
Fumie's graceful landing on jumps
 
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