Beginnings

blue dog · Nov 16, 2010

Post a link of one of your favourites at the very very start of their career.

Shen/Zhao in 1994- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8DOZlA0qQ

Michelle Kwan 1991- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brUbNa-bK4k

Kim Yeon-Ah 1997- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l33Ia8pUVgU

Lipinski 1994- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBE2ZeLpUg0

Johar · Nov 16, 2010

Shizuka Arakawa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pLckbkH9Q

blue dog · Nov 16, 2010

Johar said:
Shizuka Arakawa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pLckbkH9Q

Here's another! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwX_0IuwKIM

dorispulaski · Nov 16, 2010

Usova Zhulin 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNozY4jyNw
Torvill & Dean 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UPR094PBB0
Maria Anissina (surprise

)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGMGYa2XPm8
Duchesnays 1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEz1xYVO-aw
Davis & White 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98im_b86n6M
Virtue & Moir 2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEJeiQOHD2k
Kristi Yamaguchi & Rudi Galindo Skate America 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUMg2-eHUMk

gkelly · Nov 16, 2010

Johar said:
Shizuka Arakawa:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-pLckbkH9Q

blue dog said:
Here's another! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwX_0IuwKIM

Earliest competition I can find on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEoabQi287Y

miki88 · Nov 16, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmv-Y4UWP4&feature=related (Mao Asada 2000)

evangeline · Nov 16, 2010

Mini-Stephane Lambiel at age 11 in 1997.

BRB, dying of sheer adorableness.

Mao Asada at age 12 in 2002.

blue dog · Nov 16, 2010

Lyosha Yagudin, 1994 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENIy4xMsSCI

Oksana Baiul, 1992 (this woman had such a short career!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xM8pW8ZiFs

Midori Ito, 1980 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtdloG-_So

Tonya Harding, 1985 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9abaxEuMU

dorispulaski · Nov 16, 2010

Tonya Harding age 14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms9abaxEuMU

Rachael Flatt age 12-before she damaged her back. Lovely spins and spirals :eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xzvEfa_MKc&feature=related

Midori Ito, age 11 (four triples)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewgTx8oAeZA

silverlake22 · Nov 16, 2010

blue dog said:
Shen/Zhao in 1994- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8DOZlA0qQ

Shen is soo tiny wow, she looks almost as little as Sui!

silverlake22 · Nov 16, 2010

Gede (age 14): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4vKowb5wxM&feature=related

Laura (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM6DtRmdMnw&feature=related

Kiira (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBP9Y_c0ZI

Carolina (age 15): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT7LH6WYdQw (she reminds me of Polina Shelepen)

Anna Ovcharova (age 11): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eXu8jFhm4Q

Caroline (age 13): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IIUWgOwAIQ (4 years later and she's still wearing blue)

Mrs. P · Nov 16, 2010

My new favorite ice dancers, Maia and Alex Shibutani in Jr. Nationals (Intermediate) in 2006 (11+14! Goodness. She is tiny. So is he!) Oh my gosh, they interview so well at their age! One thing though, since when does Nancy Kerrigan do Ice Dance commentary?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6NrB23vPx8&playnext=1&list=PL936C9DA42F424B42&index=30

EDITED: 2006 NOT 1994. Sorry probably was thinking about Nancy Kerrigan.

museksk8r · Nov 16, 2010

Nicole Bobek in 1990 & 1991:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTcgbmksvs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZqDDjfgsA8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtch28LdjKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHtbGqPxlLY

blue dog · Nov 17, 2010

OMG they were so cute! Davis/White in 1999- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPO7FjnohJk

(slightly OT, but not, since it was still before they hit it big-- Charlie skating singles! At 2:49, he lands a cheated triple/triple- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6f3ow-4au8 )

dorispulaski · Nov 17, 2010

blue dog, That really does make you realize how very, very long they have been skating together! They were such little, little kids.

euroskate · Nov 17, 2010

what a great idea for a thread. love the vids - hope to see more!

Olympia · Nov 17, 2010

This thread rocks!

I haven't had time to watch everything, but I did peek in at Lambiel (obviously born spinning) and Asada. Twelve years old and she skated like that. I only recognize a few words in Japanese, but fortunately "triple axel" is the same in both languages. That's right: twelve and triple axel in the same universe.

dorispulaski · Nov 17, 2010

Gordeeva & Grinkov 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF98R57oQ9s

blue dog · Nov 17, 2010

Joanne Rochette 2002 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLW3yVXJjio
Patrick Chan/Kevin Reynolds/Virtue-Moir/Jessica Dube/Andrew Poje/Vaugh Chipeur 2001- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy38EleBZ2s

silverlake22 · Nov 17, 2010

blue dog said:
Joanne Rochette 2002 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLW3yVXJjio
Patrick Chan/Kevin Reynolds/Virtue-Moir/Jessica Dube/Andrew Poje/Vaugh Chipeur 2001- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy38EleBZ2s

Does little Joannie remind anyone else of Rachael Flatt a few years ago?

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