1980's

dlkksk8fan · Feb 11, 2005

My husband (bless his little heart) found some vintage 1980's skating DVDs called "Figure Skating Superstars" Katarina Witt & Friends and Brian Boitano and Friends, for me as a gift. If you want to take a trip down skating memory lane I would suggest getting these dvds. The featured skaters are:
Brian Boitano
Christopher Bowman
Victor Petrenko
Alexander Fadeev
Katarina Witt
Tonya Harding
Midorie Ito
Debi Thomas
Elizabeth Manley
Tiffany Chin
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Kilmova & Ponomarenko
Velova & Vasiliev
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
Bestemianova & Bukin
Semanick & Gregory
Watson & Oppegard
Duchesnay's
Wilson & McCall

The highlights for me were seeing Midori Ito's HUGH triple/triple.
Klimova & Ponomarenk "Swan Lake".
Tonya Harding's bad choreography, but what a jumper.
Christopher Bowmen

NJSk8Fan · Feb 11, 2005

I wasn't following skating during the times the performances on those tapes were done, so I really enjoyed getting and watching them awhile ago...mine are on VHS.

lulu · Feb 11, 2005

I love Midori. But that is one gawd awful version of "Somewhere Out There" she skated too. :laugh:

SingAlto · Feb 12, 2005

Unfortunately, Boitano's skating, pre-Sandra Bezic, is incredibly cringe worthy. :eek:

thisthingcalledlove · Feb 12, 2005

SingAlto said:
Unfortunately, Boitano's skating, pre-Sandra Bezic, is incredibly cringe worthy.

Didn't he skate to Michael Jackson once?

dlkksk8fan · Feb 13, 2005

Skating choreography has come a long way since the 1980's. That's what makes these dvds so fun to watch.

Unfortunately, Boitano's skating, pre-Sandra Bezic, is incredibly cringe worthy.

Most all of the skaters choreography is incredibly cringe worthy

Ladskater · Feb 14, 2005

dlkksk8fan said:
My husband (bless his little heart) found some vintage 1980's skating DVDs called "Figure Skating Superstars" Katarina Witt & Friends and Brian Boitano and Friends, for me as a gift. If you want to take a trip down skating memory lane I would suggest getting these dvds. The featured skaters are:
Brian Boitano
Christopher Bowman
Victor Petrenko
Alexander Fadeev
Katarina Witt
Tonya Harding
Midorie Ito
Debi Thomas
Elizabeth Manley
Tiffany Chin
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Kilmova & Ponomarenko
Velova & Vasiliev
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
Bestemianova & Bukin
Semanick & Gregory
Watson & Oppegard
Duchesnay's
Wilson & McCall

The highlights for me were seeing Midori Ito's HUGH triple/triple.
Klimova & Ponomarenk "Swan Lake".
Tonya Harding's bad choreography, but what a jumper.
Christopher Bowmen

Where did your husband find this DVD?

SingAlto · Feb 14, 2005

thisthingcalledlove said:
Didn't he skate to Michael Jackson once?

Unfortunately... yes. :sheesh:

Bubbles · Feb 14, 2005

Ladskater said:
Where did your husband find this DVD?

It's available at amazon.com

CzarinaAnya · Feb 14, 2005

I would love to see that! I was born in 82', so I didn't get to see ALOT of those shows.

dlkksk8fan · Feb 14, 2005

Lad-My husband was at Tower Records and found the dvds in a bargin bin. They were $9.99 a piece

Matt · Feb 14, 2005

I think I actually have a similar version of this in VHS form. It doesn't have Midori Ito or Boitano, but it does have a lot of clips from the 1987 Champions on Ice Tour and the '86 and '88 SA Exhibitions (with an equally disturbing clip of Viktor Petrenko skating to Bananarama's "Venus" :rofl:

)

1980's

dlkksk8fan

NJSk8Fan

lulu

SingAlto

thisthingcalledlove

dlkksk8fan

Ladskater

~ Figure Skating Is My Passion ~

SingAlto

Bubbles

CzarinaAnya

dlkksk8fan

Matt

Similar threads

Connect with us