Shizuka Arakawa's triple-triple(-triples) NEW VIDEO

[deedee1]

Shizuka is to die for. Yugao, if spelled correctly, is an incredible exhibition piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jigyn...eature=related

[hikki]

Nice video but can she do them in 2012? That's the big question.

Well she did have a rather nice 3lutz/3loop less than 2 years ago. Not bad for a has been, don't you think? :P

Haha, no I don't have ALL of her performances. I wish I had them all.

Japan International Challenge 2005, here it comes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4MkvOMKKME

I think this is the debut of her Fantasy Impromptu program? Or was it at Campbell's? Could anyone knowledgeable enough explain to me why her sprial sequence got only level two? It seems to me that she included lots of features for levels. Maybe the positions weren't hold long enough.

Look at the opening triple-triple combination. Even though it's half a turn short on the toeloop she has amazing floooooowing edge out of it. Usually when a skater has such underrotation it causes some problems and brings about losing the flow.

Thanks so much for the video of Japan International Challenge, Bartek!!! This has been missing from my Shizuka collection so I'm really happy to be able to watch it again.

Re: spiral I think it was something about her having too many strokes in between, thus not counting as a complete sequence? I still remember getting gobsmacked when she debuted her Y spiral at Nationals later that season!

[mikiandorocks]

Thanks a lot for the video. I love it