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Tessa Virtue backflip?

Wildstorm

Rinkside
Joined
Nov 29, 2011
When I was watching four continents the comentator was talking and the gala was going on in the background.
I could SWEAR ON MY LIFE that I saw Tessa Virtue do a backflip! I want to find a video of it.

Did ANYONE else see this or have I gone crazy?! :unsure:

Also here is a video of Casey Jones and Don Fraser doing a no hands death spiral for your entertainment (at 4:00 aprox):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xExtj3BLxa8
 

CoyoteChris

Record Breaker
Joined
Dec 4, 2004
Well, I was there and it is possible I could have missed it, but I dont think so. Maybe it was Surya Bonaly dressed up to look like Tessa? I think someone did do a backflip
during part of the gala where there were lots of folks on the ice.....anyone ever see a lady figure skater other than Surya do a backflip? There were times during the Gala when
there were lots of Broodmoor skaters on the ice at once...maybe one of them did a backflip too....
 
Joined
Aug 16, 2009
The only other female backflipper I ever saw was Rory Flack Burghardt, and like Surya she did it in a full layout position, not a tuck, so it was much more of a challenge for her. She was a wonderful pro skater, though she never rose high in the rankings as an amateur. I hope some eyewitness from GS can pinpoint who if anyone did a flip at 4cc!
 

SGrand

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 22, 2011
That 'no-hands' death spiral is crazy! I had no idea what to expect, in fact, I thought it must have been a typo lol.
Thanks for that!
 

Skittl1321

Spectator
Joined
Mar 6, 2006
That 'no-hands' death spiral is crazy! I had no idea what to expect, in fact, I thought it must have been a typo lol.

Really makes those hydroblade moves other skaters do seem like cake... I love that he jumps over her too.
 
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