I just wanted to say I can't believe this thread is one year old
Well...speaking only for myself, stupid questions are pretty much the only thing I never run out of!
I just wanted to say I can't believe this thread is one year old
I just wanted to say I can't believe this thread is one year old
5=quintuple
5=quintuple
Do we have any footage of anyone landing quints off ice?
I think there was a Russian (Plushy maybe) that claimed to have landed a quad axel off ice. . . wondering if there is any cool footage like that.
Hmm so if a quadruple is shortened to a quad, then a quintuple would be shortened to a quint. If someone could do 6 rotations, then it'd be called a sextuple. I wonder how the commentating would go at that point...
Probably by calling it a "sext" and putting heavy vocal inflection on the T, unless you are Johnny Weir and you likely he will try to throw out as many double entendre as he can get away with .
I believe you're thinking of Ilia Kulik. Plushenko was the one who said that he thinks 4As are possible, but with skating equipment as it is, quintuples are not. Or maybe it was Mishin who said that?
Was Marilyn Monroe a fan of figure skating?
What does it mean to land backwards?
I completely agree with this. 3A is a standard jump for men, but the value should be raised for women, to reflect how difficult it is and how few people could do it.Why do different disciplines use the same point values for standard (non-throw) jumps?
Wouldn't it be more fair to apply a separate points system for men and women? Like a 3A for a man can be the standard 8.5 and the women can have theirs raised? It always bugged me that Mao Asada was always pushing herself to do this insane jump and was never properly rewarded for it. And I'm sure when a lady begins to land a quad, it won't be worth keeping in a program as well.
So I'm streaming Skate America and seeing people in the audience take pictures throughout the skates. Is that allowed everywhere? I had assumed no filming/picture taking during the competition. How about during practices and medal ceremony? Not that I had to take pictures when I go, but I'd like to know the rule before heading off to Skate Canada...