I love his curly hair too!
Is everyone obsessed with Adam Rippon... or is it just me?
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I love his curly hair too!
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I don't really get the hype either. I don't mind lyrical male skaters at all, Johnny Weir and John Curry are two of my all time faves, but Adam is almost one-dimensional, without either power or confidence. I'm always afraid he's going to start crying (esp since he's so inconsistent). Toughen up, man!
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I'm not obsessed with him but I was impressed with his "comeback" LP at Nationals. I prefer skaters who can pull it together after making early mistakes.
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I don't like to preach about the quad because I don't think it is necessary for everybody, but in this case I think Adam needs the quad. Not only will it amp up his technical score, but it will prove that he has the power and not just the grace. I think that will also signal a shift in his mindset that needs to happen before he can really compete with the Japanese men, and even the top men in the US.
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I just watched his Send in the Clowns program because it was mentioned above and I'm wondering whey every skater/team that skates to that music does a "clown" them. The song is not literally about clowns.
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Well, Tonya Harding's LP, 1991, 2 minutes of which was to Send in the Clowns did not dress like a clown, nor did she do any clownish move. However she did a great 3Lp to the You in The Air line...
Just saying, not every skater...
Just saying, not every skater...
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Good to know...I was thinking most recently of Adam and Savchenko/Szolkowy with this music. I'll have to see if I can find Tonya's program somewhere. A jump on "you in mid-air" is a very nice use of the music for choreography.
Maybe Rippon can't rotate a quad. Even if you can fully rotate and fall that is 7.30 points. If you underrotate it is like 2 points. Unlike previous scoring you no longer risk a zero which made doing a quad pointless and stupid a lot of the time from the 2007-2010 seasons.
I remember reading (I don't know if it was Orser or Adam himself who said it) that the jump was still a little bit "cheated". I suppose they want to make sure that he can rotate it before adding it to his programs. Wise decision.
Orser said this right before nats
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Agree--one dimensionality is a good way to put it, there's just something missing from the equation right now. I like his skating generally, but lost a bit of interest in him this year--not sure if it's his program vehicles or what. He has a long way to go on the lyrical/artistic scale before he's even close to a John Curry (one of my all time favorites). Though in all fairness, Curry is a nearly impossible standard for anyone to meet. I don't think Rippon, even with quad or 3A's blazing away, will ever be styled a "power" skater, though he's going to need some more reliable tech firepower to stay up there.
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Since I just watched Tonya's 1991 US Nationals, for the Send in The Clowns citation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC5G7CDvbI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC5G7CDvbI
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Universal Sports interview with Adam via Skype.
http://www.universalsports.com/video/assetid=bf8f9f39-c03d-411a-a619-6c0a44314d8f.html
http://www.universalsports.com/video/assetid=bf8f9f39-c03d-411a-a619-6c0a44314d8f.html
