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Favourite performance(s) from 2012

FSGMT

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Sep 10, 2012
Which one(s) has been in your opinion the best performance(s) of this ending year?
It's not a skating season so let's just pick your favourite out of these 12 months, the one(s) that, when in the future someone says to you "2012", you will answer: "That was the year when...".
My personal choices are:
MEN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYkGYMYW69c
LADIES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOf6-8lT9t0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOuaUMgFOcg
PAIRS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG64wuOb_AE
ICE DANCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIXdhXcAWM
 

jenaj

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Joined
Aug 17, 2003
Country
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Which one(s) has been in your opinion the best performance(s) of this ending year?
It's not a skating season so let's just pick your favourite out of these 12 months, the one(s) that, when in the future someone says to you "2012", you will answer: "That was the year when...".
My personal choices are:
MEN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYkGYMYW69c
LADIES: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOf6-8lT9t0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOuaUMgFOcg
PAIRS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG64wuOb_AE
ICE DANCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VIXdhXcAWM

These are my favorites of the 2012-13 season, so far:

Men: Daisuke Takahashi LP Japan Nationals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtoUoiorSQ8
Ladies: Ashley Wagner LP TEB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TqAUEqlfXo
Pairs: none, I haven't followed pairs this year
Dance: Davis and White, Notre Dame de Paris , GPF http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DicTu6z-6AU

If I had to go back to the beginning of 2012, I would pick Dai's Blues for Klook at World's and Ashley's Black Swan at World's as ties for my favorites, but would still pick D&W's GPF performance.
 
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ImaginaryPogue

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Jun 3, 2009
Men: Patrick Chan 4CC LP
Also: Takahashi WTT LP, Fernandez GPF LP, Kozuka SA SP

Ladies: Akiko Suzuki, NHK LP
Also: Suzuki GPF SP, WTT SP; Wagner Worlds LP; Kostner Nationals LP, WTT SP

Pairs: Duhamel/Radford's National LP
Also: T/T Worlds SP, K/S GPF LP, TEB SP

Dance: Virtue/Moir's National FD
Also: W/P Worlds SD/FD, C/L Worlds SD/FD, B/S CoC FD, V/M's GPF FD, SC FD
 

shine

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 27, 2003
Carolina Kostner's SP performed at Italian Nationals was a instant favourite of mine! I think it's my favourite SP of hers of all time!
 

snejina

Rinkside
Joined
Jan 9, 2012
For the current season 2012/13:
Ladies - Mao Asada - Swan Lake, Akiko - "O", Costrner - Bolero, Kim - "Les Miserables"
Men - Plushenko - LP
Pairs - S/S Bolero and SP, B/L Spartakus, K/S SP
Dance - V/M Carmen, D/W SP and LP, B/S FD

For the season 2011/2012:
Ladies - Carolina's LP and SP; Wagner's Black Swan
Pairs - S/S PINA
Dance - V/M Funny Face, D/W The Bat, W/P Je suis Malade, C/L FD
Men - Patrick Chan LP
 

figuristka

Medalist
Joined
Dec 15, 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrSUreowZ5U Daisuke Takahashi LP WTT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtoUoiorSQ8 Daisuke Takahashi LP Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA2Ks3osTS0 Yuzuru Hanyu LP Worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYkGYMYW69c Yuzuru Hanyu SA short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsbG1g0UzMM Yuzuru Hanyu LP GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUASKHASs_8 Patrick Chan LP 4CC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xXJ2E0Ybw Takahiko Zouzuka SA short
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtxK_IUEHdw Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje Worlds FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqaTQEak72U Akikio Suzuki LP NHK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2YFtcSgyH4 Mao Asada LP Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J1faylODP0 Kiira Korpi short GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTIYowCzhVA Virtue and Moir FD GPF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7AVy_CGL5k Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov Nationals gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao4jO143DSg Akio Sasaki Short Nationals
Iam sure i haven't found them all.
 
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senatormls

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 26, 2012
For the men: Ross Miner's LP at NHK trophy because it was CLEAN!!! And he nailed it. I loved Adam Rippon's exhibition programs from yesterday ( 30.12.12) in Oberstdorf. If ONLY he could keep that magic and spirit in his competitive programs... he could crush Chan on presentation scores!!
For the women: Akiko Suzuki's LP at the NHK trophy. In front of the home crowd she just sparkled and was clean!
For the pairs: I have stated this before on another thread, we need star power in pairs! No one in my opinion has a WOW performance this year, maybe and I mean maybe the top Russian pair's 2012 World's LP.
For dance: Cowboy and polka don't mix! I can see that many of the teams did not like the theme this year. I can say Meryl and Charlie's World's LP to 'Die Flaggermus' was classic and clean.
 

britebells

Rinkside
Joined
Oct 20, 2011
If we're saying "That was the year when", then I'd probably have to go with Ashley's LP at TEB and Akiko's at NHK (she skated with such joy!).

But there are other, smaller performances that I loved...

I really love Kiira's short program this year (at the GPF is probably the best example). I think it's partly her performance, partly the music (I love Debussy, and I liked her interpretation).

I also loved Ksenia's SP this year, which surprised me because I HATED her programs last year. I think with her choreography and performance quality this year, it's hard for me to look away. In addition, I have relaly enjoyed Elene's programs, if only she could skate them clean...
 
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