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Watermelondrea

Final Flight
Joined
Dec 26, 2014
Who do you think has the best spins?

Here is my list.

Ladies:
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Adelina Sotnikova
3. Satoko Miyahara

Men:
1. Jason Brown
2. Joshua Farris
3. Denis Ten

Best Layback:
1. Evgenia Medvedeva
2. Satoko Miyahara
3. Zijun Li
 
Layback11

Layback11

Record Breaker
Joined
Nov 18, 2014
Overall, for Ladies:
1. Yulia Lipnitskaya
2. Mao Asada
3. Gracie Gold/Satoko Miyahara

This was determined by two things: positions and centering. Traveling spins drive me nuts, thus why a lot of other worthy contenders didn't make this list. Positions were also very important: ugly sit spins. (This is pretty much the sole reason Elena Radionova isn't on here.) And please, people, don't do a biellman if you can't do a good one!

Laybacks: Karen Chen, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Zijun Li,

For fun, biellmans: Yulia, Elena R, Elizabet Tursynbaeva (that really cool twisty biellman where she grabs her knee), Zijun Li

Best camels (ladies): anyone who has a good basic position and doesn't travel too much. Gracie, Satoko, Evgenia and Mao were the first ones who popped into my head

Best sit spins: pretty much the same as above

Fastest spins: Karen Chen's are insanely fast (although they travel a lot), as are Satoko's

Best centering: Gracie and Mao, maybe Satoko

Most unique positions: Yulia and Adelina
 
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lyndichee

Medalist
Joined
Sep 16, 2014
Michael Christian Martinez is definitely one of my favourites, not the best due his inconsistent speed but his positions are awesome.

https://youtu.be/nQ-63yDed-w?t=3m12s

His combination would be tough for ladies to execute as well though I can't say the same for his sit spins...

The Olympic Games Facebook page also periodically shares Yulia Lipnitskaya's I-Spin during her Schindler's List LP and it garners lots of likes.
 
icedinn

icedinn

wishing ksenia/kirill happiness 4ever
On the Ice
Joined
Dec 5, 2012
Alisa "kitty" Fedichkina for girls.
Kolyada for the guys.
 
Sam-Skwantch

Sam-Skwantch

“I solemnly swear I’m up to no good”
Record Breaker
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Dec 29, 2013
Country
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Adian has really cool spins. Maybe not the best but maybe my favorite male spinner.
 
mrrice

mrrice

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 9, 2014
Sam-Skwantch said:
If we're going old school don't forget fellow Swiss skater Nathalie Krieg
Click to expand...

If we're going old school there is no match for Lucinda Ruh. I would have said Davis until I saw Todd Eldredge. His positions may not have been as spectacular as Jason's but his speed and centering were amazing.
 
ks777

ks777

Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 15, 2003
my favorite laybacks are Angela Nikodinov, Sasha Cohen and Sarah Hughes.

favorite camel Yuka Sato, Sasha Cohen and Sarah Hughes

favorite scratch Spin Lucinda Ruh, Fumie Suguri

Sit spins Yuzuru Hanyu, Sasha Cohen, Scott Davis

overall Lucinda Ruh!
 
el henry

el henry

Go have some cake. And come back with jollity.
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Mar 3, 2014
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Tim Dolensky's headless scratch spins are incredible, but as Stitch pointed out, Jason remains the emperor of spin, with the scores to match.

Of course, to go into my broken record mode and bimonthly posting of "Graduation Ball", all our skating men owe their ability to craft new spins to the one and only Toller. 40 years ago and those spins could be in a program today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGDW0yNQDiY
 
Imagine

Imagine

Medalist
Joined
Feb 22, 2014
My favorites of the ladies overall (of all time):

01. Sasha Cohen
02. Yulia Lipnitskaya
03. Arakawa Shizuka
04. Asada Mao
05. Mirai Nagasu

Of the current field:

01. Yulia Lipnitskaya
02. Asada Mao
03. Mirai Nagasu
04. Polina Edmunds
05. Gracie Gold

Favorite layback belongs to Sasha Cohen. Nobody else comes close for me. Favorite I-spin (not my favorite spin though): Sasha...Yulia's is more impressive athletically, but I find Sasha's more aesthetically pleasing. Favorite sit spin: Sasha. Favorite donut and (flying) camel: Shizuka. Favorite Biellmann spin: 2 way tie between Yulia (if the candle spin counts) and Mirai. Favorite Broken-Leg Spin: Yulia (her most underrated spin IMO). Favorite Y-spin: Mao.
 
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