Off-season video suggestions: what gives you chills?

skatedreamer · May 9, 2014

TMC said:
Shen & Zhao not only give me gooseflesh, I get teary almost every time!

Wow. Just wow. The speed, the height of the jumps, and especially the unison of their SBS jumps -- exquisite. Made me teary, too. Many, many thanks, UnsaneLily. :clap:

TMC -- I love cats and have a special weakness for the tuxedo variety. The one in your avatar is a cutie! :love:

Edit: judging from the comments on YouTube, those of us getting weepy at this performance have lots of company. It really was one for the ages; right up there with some of G&G's best, which is not a comparison to be made lightly.

Olympia · May 9, 2014

gammarae said:
Shen and Zhao, 2003. I was there. People were still teary-eyed and in awe on the Metro the next two days. It is one of those amazing moments that leave you breathless.

You lucky duck. I agree about this one: even just on TV or YouTube, it does indeed move one to tears.

skatedreamer · May 9, 2014

These 2 blasts from the pasts are on my personal "goosebump" list.

Klimova/Ponomarenko '92 Olympics LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRNgq4cQIU8

John Curry/Cathy Foulkes from a 1979 BBC show. Discovered it very recently thanks to a recommendation from another GS thread; I'm rarely @ a loss for words :rolleye:

but this just left me speechless...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcsAeEaCyGw

pandaatlarge · May 9, 2014

My recent goose bumps may sound weird... it is the final 2 jump passes of Hanyu's 2014 Worlds LP, which clearly had some issues (Here starting from 03:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP6N31F9nzQ#t=209). The reason is it shows how he wants it.

The 3Lz1Lo3S combination, after watching the awkward 3Lz landing I just thought "alright, done deal, he just lost it, congrats to Machida", but then he made the 3S out of nothing. "How he did that? I have no idea". And amazingly, because he had some problem with the jumps which slowed down the speed, as a result each of the landings hit the right note of the music

Then the final 3Lz, it was the only time of this season that he showed emotion by making a fist after landing it. At that moment I knew he was going to make it. And again, the landing and the gesture just hit the right note of music, which I like so much

OK were I not in the Arena that day, I might not be that impressed. But still goose bumps to that determination to get something you really want.

silverfoxes · May 9, 2014

Viktor Petrenko's Carmen SP from the '91 Worlds. I know a lot of people are Carmen-ed out, but his is perfection, especially the 3axel-3toe combination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpOI6ArJco

snejina · May 9, 2014

Torvill/Dean - Bolero

Grishuk/Platov - 1997 Euros LP - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5zK32mEFfk

Anissina/Peizerat - Carmina Burana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsvq-N7xAtc and Danse Mon Esmeralda Exhibition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PsWtPUXQ2M

Virtue/Moir - Flamenko (2010 Olympics OD) and Carmen

Mao Asada - Sochi Olympics FD

Imagine · May 9, 2014

Asada Mao at the end of her SP at World Championships 2014 as well as the end of her LP at Sochi
Adelina Sotnikova at the end of LP at Sochi
Yulia Lipnitskaya at the beginning of LP at Skate Canada, end of SP at Sochi (Team Event)
Arakawa Shizuka's Ina Bauer, whenever she does it

koriani · May 9, 2014

for me, Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran's Worlds 2012 LP gave me the goosebumps (who knew that would be their last competition together. still so sad about their split; they were one of my favorite pairs). it wasn't perfect but the passion they put into it gave me the chills. and of course, their adorable reactions in the K&C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQfzjlFuXWA

karne · May 9, 2014

TMC said:
Let's see: it's at exactly 3:56 in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm1sNlgMQo

Yep. Nailed it.

flutzy13 · May 9, 2014

Lipinski's Olympic winning FS
VM Mahler in Vancouver
D/W Samson and Delilah at 2009 Worlds and Bollywood at the Olympics
Pang and Tong 2010 Olympic FS
Galindo's 1996 Nationals winning FS
Rochette's olympic SP

ruffledgrouse · May 10, 2014

Odd choice, but Sasha Cohen's Romeo and Juliet at the Sears Opening. Because she wasn't required to pack so many technical elements in, her team could simplify the choreography and really highlight the emotion and it was SO SO SO SO much better than her "real" competition version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PDaPEgo-Eg&list=PLYwMDuzVlNISNd_3wfL0xgHneF4xKmcGb&index=12

jkun · May 10, 2014

gallavich said:
Viktor Petrenko's Carmen SP from the '91 Worlds. I know a lot of people are Carmen-ed out, but his is perfection, especially the 3axel-3toe combination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOpOI6ArJco

WHAT THE.... the height on the 3A.... that's just unfair.

Lota · May 10, 2014

Well, truth be told, I haven't seen much of Dube/Davison, probably just one or two performances beside this one, and I've heard they were quite the inconsistent pair too, but this performance really was something special. Especially that last lift...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWD2L1qRSLo

AsadaFanBoy · May 10, 2014

TMC said:
It's off-season and I've been watching a lot of old videos on Youtube.

I've realised that I seem to be exceptionally susceptible to chills/goose bumps/shivers when I see something awesome, and I always seem to get them at the same point of a programme. It doesn't necessarily have to be an especially cool lift or an exciting jump or a fast spin - sometimes the tiniest hand gesture just hits the spot exactly! I thought it might be fun to see if the parts that we find chill-inducingly awesome are the same for others, and at the same time give each other suggestions for vids we haven't seen/have not watched in a while that are worth a re-watch.

Some of my "special moments" are:

- Charlie's huge half-loop in their Borodin free dance
- The few strokes exactly to music just before the diagonal step sequence in D/W's Samson & Delilah & the back spiral into the camel spin in the same
- The Y-spiral followed by the 'tano Lutz in Jason's Riverdance free skate
- The hand gestures exactly to the music in the 2nd spin in Ashley's Samson & Delilah free skate
- The step sequence in Max's Tron sp - there's one cool step he does that I can't really describe, but it gets me every time

Could you say which exact performances you mean? Competition and year please

TMC · May 10, 2014

karne said:
Yep. Nailed it.

Cool

TMC · May 10, 2014

Wow this is a lot of videos! Thanks everybody!

TMC -- I love cats and have a special weakness for the tuxedo variety. The one in your avatar is a cutie!

I also love them in their wickle tuxes! I have two :biggrin:

This one's my eldest at 8, the younger one is 3 this summer and refuses to grow up - she's still a kitten! I've never seen that anywhere else. I mean a cat/kitten that isn't a dwarf just "staying kitten". I don't mind though. she's the cutest. They''re both from a shelter.

TMC · May 10, 2014

AsadaFanBoy said:
Could you say which exact performances you mean? Competition and year please

I'll do one better and give you videos:

Davis/White: Borodin free dance, Worlds 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qunGG8qcdpw

Davis/White: Samson & Delilah free dance, GPF 2008/2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvydfXKvxg

Jason Brown: Riverdance free skate, US Nats 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61k2XjRryM

Ashley Wagner: Samson & Delilah free skate, Worlds 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xnQpx9ztvw

MAx Aaron: Tron short programme, US Nats 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm1sNlgMQo

AsadaFanBoy · May 10, 2014

TMC said:
I'll do one better and give you videos:

Davis/White: Borodin free dance, Worlds 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qunGG8qcdpw

Davis/White: Samson & Delilah free dance, GPF 2008/2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvydfXKvxg

Jason Brown: Riverdance free skate, US Nats 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61k2XjRryM

Ashley Wagner: Samson & Delilah free skate, Worlds 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xnQpx9ztvw

MAx Aaron: Tron short programme, US Nats 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVm1sNlgMQo

Wow thanks so much! It's so much easier to see what you mean. Love your picks

Hope linking wasn't too much effort hehe

Alba · May 10, 2014

Yulia with Schindler's List at Euros
T&D with their Bolero
M&D LP in Lillehammer
G&P with their Libertango and FD at Euros 1997
K&P with Symphony No.5 in 1992 Challenge of Champions and FD in Albertville 1992
Ilia Kulik with Liebestraum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1wRN1nx_1M
B&S LP in 2001 in CoR, SP&LP in Salt Lake City 2002
V&M with the Flamenco, Mahler, Carmen and their FD Latin
Yuna Kim SP at Worlds 2007, SP at Worlds 2009, SP in Vancouver 2010, LP at Worlds 2013:

Different performances from Michelle Kwan and Mao Asada. I love almost all their programs. :popcorn:

dorispulaski · May 10, 2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfNszcjTjro

D&W's Eleanor Rigby, in the original darker version, skated at 2007 SkAm, the lift where Meryl ends up upside down, and again, the ending. In this version, you have no doubt that their Eleanor Rigby is about deep depression, and the inability of others to help you out of it. Goosebumps!

The judges did not like this version, perhaps because it was so sad. The dance was radically changed for its next outing.

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