I love reading who everyone likes. I'm like Doris, I like a lot of "second tier" skaters, but of course my first love is Evgeni.
But I also love Alexander Abt. Hmm, no drooling smilie yet.
Let's see, I also admire (in no particular order)...
Sergei Davydov
Brian Joubert
Vakthang Murvandizde
Matt Savoie
Alexei Yagudin
Mostly the men, obviously.
Laura, off to ponder some more
Dance:
Shae and Vic
Lang and Tchernyshev
Denkova and Skaviski (sp)
Men:
Alexei Yagudin
Brian Joubert
Johnny Weir
And I'm starting to really like Sergei Davydov
Women:
Michelle Kwan
Jenny Kirk
Fumie Siguri
Jennifer Robinson (We have the same birthday
Pairs:
Meno and Sand
The Hartsell's
Ina and Zimmerman
Laura
For me it would have to be:
Ladies
Michelle
Kristi
Katarina
Yuka
Men
Scott H
Kurt B
Yags
Plushy
Pairs
JM & TS
Dance
JT & CD
You'll NEVER!!! guess which skater has been mentioned most (so far)!
*Smashy* (GROW UP!!!)
Last edited by Smasheroo; 07-28-2003 at 03:53 AM.
Let me guess...Michelle Kwan. It's not surprising that Michelle is the most popular skater(eligible).Offcourse almost everyone here is going to list her as one of their favorite.
Thanks for doing the thought work for me - but no. Please let me have my own favorites and - believe it or not - there is a whole world out there who wouldn't list her as a favorite.Originally posted by Excidra2001
Let me guess...Michelle Kwan. It's not surprising that Michelle is the most popular skater(eligible).Offcourse almost everyone here is going to list her as one of their favorite.
As I said on my list, I have favorites (and MK is not one of them, sorry) and I like many more skaters now and then (and MK is one of them). But I'd like to choose myself whom I like especially or not.
And btw - I don't know if you do her a favor if you lift her higher than she is....
Generally spoken, it's hard for me to decide which eligible skater I like most, cause most of the routines today don't show enough art and heart for me. I could tell which one I like most for jumping, for spinning, for whatever, but with those required elements it's hard to tell about the personality. And only if I notice that (for me, my eyes, my feelings) I can call someone a favorite of mine. Perhaps that's a personal problem of mine. :D
As I didn't have many eligible skaters on my list I might add e.g. Takeshi Honda (whom I saw live this spring in a show and I liked it when he did a 3a right in front of me and he showed his excitement about it, too) and Denkova & Staviyski (who do interesting programs - besides their last free dance which I didn't like - and seem to be really nice people. But as I said, if I will remember them fondly also in some years from now, well, time will show....
Well, I would have thought (and think perhaps Smashy thought so too) was that Yagudin was mentioned most often.
And I think he is probably the skater most popular with both European and North American fans.
I like him myself!
And I like Kwan, this year especially.
But truly, truly, the only skaters (and the only videotape) that my husband (the reluctant, dragged along by his wife sort of skating fan) asked for when he was in the hospital for 63 days was Torvill and Dean, Path to Perfection, and the particular performance he wanted to watch over and over was the OSP, Capriccio Espagnol (paso doble). No other skaters have ever had that kind of effect on me either.
dpp
Last edited by dorispulaski; 07-28-2003 at 09:12 PM.
Ladies -
La Kwan
AP
Fumie
Carolina
Midori
LuLu
I also liked that young female Chinese skater that I saw at worlds (Dan Feng?). I think she's really charming and I'll be keeping an eye out for her in the future
Men -
Paul
Baboo
Matt
Ryan Jahnke
Lambiel
Johnny Weir
Pairs - (not a big pairs fan)
S&S
M&D
Steigler & Zimmerman (RIP)
Dance -
A&P
G&P
T&D
K&O
Tanith & Ben
Only listing the favorite three or the list would be too big...
Men:
Alexei Yagudin
Kurt Browning
Brian Orser
Ladies:
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
Kristi Yamaguchi
Pairs:
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Sale & Pelletier
Abitbol & Bernadis
Dance:
Anissina & Peizerat
Bourne & Kraatz
Torvilll & Dean
I hope you know that i'm not a Michelle fan, maybe that's why you have the impression that i'm lifting her higher then she is. Some don't like Michelle and some do but it doesn't take a genius to realize that she is the most popular female skater in America at the moment.Originally posted by tdnuva
Thanks for doing the thought work for me - but no. Please let me have my own favorites and - believe it or not - there is a whole world out there who wouldn't list her as a favorite.
As I said on my list, I have favorites (and MK is not one of them, sorry) and I like many more skaters now and then (and MK is one of them). But I'd like to choose myself whom I like especially or not.
And btw - I don't know if you do her a favor if you lift her higher than she is....
Generally spoken, it's hard for me to decide which eligible skater I like most, cause most of the routines today don't show enough art and heart for me. I could tell which one I like most for jumping, for spinning, for whatever, but with those required elements it's hard to tell about the personality. And only if I notice that (for me, my eyes, my feelings) I can call someone a favorite of mine. Perhaps that's a personal problem of mine. :D
As I didn't have many eligible skaters on my list I might add e.g. Takeshi Honda (whom I saw live this spring in a show and I liked it when he did a 3a right in front of me and he showed his excitement about it, too) and Denkova & Staviyski (who do interesting programs - besides their last free dance which I didn't like - and seem to be really nice people. But as I said, if I will remember them fondly also in some years from now, well, time will show....
It would be safe to say that she's a house-hold name. I just recently visited my cousins(ages 7-12, 3 girls and one boy). Two of them saw me watching figure skating(on tape) and when Michelle came on, they knew who she was. Well they didn't know her last name but they know she's a skater. All though they don't know who Sasha is but they think she is VERY talented(They usually want to see her doing the spiral) and Irina very strong(which means powerful)
ladies:
Michelle
Fumie
Onda
Angela
Jenny
men:
Weiss
Timmy
Plush
Honda
Pair and dance don't really have any skaters that interest me right now.
Time to post finally my fave skaters :
Maria Butyrskaya
Irina Slutskaya
Sasha Cohen
Elena Sokolova
Alexei Yagudin
Kurt Browning
Alexander Abt
Alexei Urmanov
Brian Boitano
Brian Orser
Not that much interested in pairs and dance.
*Smashy*
I volunteer to count the votes LOL I counted until purplecat's post (including it) and these are the 3 most voted in each discipline:
Men:
Alexei Yagudin - 16
Brian Boitano and Kurt Browning - 8
Evgeni Plushenko - 6
Ladies:
Michelle Kwan - 13
Sasha Cohen - 9
Kristi Yamaguchi - 8
Pairs:
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze - 11
Gordeeva and Grinkov - 9
Sale & Pelletier and Ina and Zimmerman - 7
Dance:
Bourne & Kraatz and Lang and Tchernyshev- 6
Belbin & Agosto - 5
Torville & Dean, Anissina & Peizerat, the Duchesnays - 4
I'll try to update the list and post the complete one later on.
Last edited by RIskatingfan; 07-28-2003 at 06:59 PM.
I think it would have been easier (and maybe more sensible) if you listed your non favorite skater.
Joe
Past & Present in no particular order
ladies
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
Kristi Yamaguchi
Jenny Kirk
Caryn Kadavy
Katia Gordeeva
Yuka Sato
men
Paul Wylie
Dan Hollander
Ilia Kulik
Brian Boitano
Scott Williams
Brian Orser
pairs
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Sale & Pelletier
Underhill & Martini
Meno & Sand
Hough & Ladret
Kazakova & Dmitriev
Sato & Dungjen
dance
Torvill & Dean
Klimova & Ponomarenko
Bourne & Kraatz
Roca & Sur
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