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- Jul 11, 2003
Seanibu - There are many popular artists in varied artistic industries. It's not necessary to love all of them but if I believe they contributed something to their artform then I will respect them, certainly. Sonia did that for figue skating.
I'm not well versed in the sport before Sonia except it began with only men in the sport. When women were allowed to compete, there were restrictions. However, one gal, I understand, did a jump in her free skate program, and that revolutionized Ladies in figure skating. Much later, Henie comes in with a short skirt, wins 3 gold Olys and Darryl F. Zanuck's company didn't go bankrupt.
I would say, Henie's movies spurred the growth of figure skating, and with her travelling show which was able to make ice inside an arena, it was everything skating needed to become popular in the US and even more popular in Europe than it had been. btw, Scott was a super school figure skater.
So, in my opinion, she was the mother of us all. I welcome anyone to say that someone else did more for the growth of figure skating.
Joe
I'm not well versed in the sport before Sonia except it began with only men in the sport. When women were allowed to compete, there were restrictions. However, one gal, I understand, did a jump in her free skate program, and that revolutionized Ladies in figure skating. Much later, Henie comes in with a short skirt, wins 3 gold Olys and Darryl F. Zanuck's company didn't go bankrupt.
I would say, Henie's movies spurred the growth of figure skating, and with her travelling show which was able to make ice inside an arena, it was everything skating needed to become popular in the US and even more popular in Europe than it had been. btw, Scott was a super school figure skater.
So, in my opinion, she was the mother of us all. I welcome anyone to say that someone else did more for the growth of figure skating.
Joe