You're right!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Alexei!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya-a-a-ay!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOriginally posted by Smasheroo
[B]You'll NEVER!!! guess which skater has been mentioned most (so far)!
*Smashy* (GROW UP!!!)
Mathman (I'LL NEVER GROW UP, LOL)
You're right!!!!!!!!!!!! It's Alexei!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ya-a-a-ay!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOriginally posted by Smasheroo
[B]You'll NEVER!!! guess which skater has been mentioned most (so far)!
*Smashy* (GROW UP!!!)
Mathman (I'LL NEVER GROW UP, LOL)
Last edited by Mathman; 07-28-2003 at 10:49 PM.
Favorite skaters
Dance:
Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat
Ladies:
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
Kristi Y.
Midori Ito
Mens
Alexei Yagudin
Johnny Weir
Tim Goebel
Brian Joubert
Pairs:
Don and Hunt
Ina and Zimmerman
Shen and Zhao
Sonja Henie
Jeff Buttle
Tim Goebel
Alexei Yagudin
Bourne & Kraatz
Sale & Pelletier
Kurt Browning
Les Supremes
Marigold Ice Unity
Seriously?Originally posted by Joesitz
I think it would have been easier (and maybe more sensible) if you listed your non favorite skater.
JoeBut it's against the rules, isn't it? Personally I'd find a "least favourite/most boring skater(s)" thread quiiiiite interesting ....
America = USA? Awww, no doubts here (... uhmm, somehow we've already sensed something like that ... :D). Where else?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.
Anke
Last edited by Germanice; 07-29-2003 at 04:50 AM.
Well, the thing to remember about Michelle Kwan, Anke, is that she is the champion of the whole world, not just America. An amazing achievement, if you think hard about it. The best in the whole world!America = USA? Awww, no doubts here (... uhmm, somehow we've already sensed something like that ... :D). Where else? -- Anke [/B]
I think that Europe's problem is not the popularity of Michelle Kwan as an individual, but the lack of popularity of figure skating as a whole, don't you? I was just reading an interview with Philippe Candeloro about all the difficulties that European skaters face in trying to attract any kind of audience interest in their sport. His tours play to very small houses, they can barely make ends meet, they cannot attract any commercial sponsorship, television networks are not interested, etc., etc. About the only thing European champions have to look forward to is maybe if they are good enough (and poplular enough in the U.S.), they might be invited to come to American and skate in Champions on Ice.
That way, Michelle can pack in the audience, and the guest skaters can make a little money, too, off Michelle's immense popularity.
Your pal, Mathman
no kidding LOLOriginally posted by Joesitz
I think it would have been easier (and maybe more sensible) if you listed your non favorite skater.
Joe
though I probably have a big list there too LOL
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mathman
That way, Michelle can pack in the audience, and the guest skaters can make a little money, too, off Michelle's immense popularity.
Your kidding right?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mathman
Well, the thing to remember about Michelle Kwan, Anke, is that she is the champion of the whole world, not just America. An amazing achievement, if you think hard about it. The best in the whole world!
Michelle has achieved a lot in her skating career but the best in the whole world? How come your only the judge of that.:D
Last edited by Excidra2001; 07-29-2003 at 05:20 PM.
My favorite skaters are Kristi Yamaguchi, Angela Nikodinov, Todd Eldredge, and Brian Boitano.
Yeah, I was kidding. I was trying to tease Germanice, but I don't think Germanice is tease-able. I figured that she would come back with a snappy retort.Originally posted by Excidra2001
Your kidding right?
No, the nine judges at Worlds were the judge of that. Just like Irina was the best skater in the world in 2002. That's my opinion and the opinion of the judges.Michelle has achieved a lot in her skating career but the best in the whole world? How come your only the judge of that.:D
2loop, I love your Kristi avatar. (Kristi = the best in the word in 1991 and 1992, LOL.)
Mathman
Aww, Mathman, you're overrating us (who else?). Frankly, Kwan is not exactly the skater who'd fill arena's in Europe, no matter if she'd skate naked or distribute lollipop's among the crowd.Originally posted by Mathman
Well, the thing to remember about Michelle Kwan, Anke, is that she is the champion of the whole world, not just America. An amazing achievement, if you think hard about it. The best in the whole world!
I think that Europe's problem is not the popularity of Michelle Kwan as an individual, but the lack of popularity of figure skating as a whole, don't you? I was just reading an interview with Philippe Candeloro about all the difficulties that European skaters face in trying to attract any kind of audience interest in their sport. His tours play to very small houses, they can barely make ends meet, they cannot attract any commercial sponsorship, television networks are not interested, etc., etc. About the only thing European champions have to look forward to is maybe if they are good enough (and poplular enough in the U.S.), they might be invited to come to American and skate in Champions on Ice.
That way, Michelle can pack in the audience, and the guest skaters can make a little money, too, off Michelle's immense popularity.
Your pal, Mathman
Just had a look at the statistics of last saison ... seems like Kwan actually became World Champion then ..... BUT, Mathman!, the more logical part of the two of us, I don't think I have to tell YOU the difference between a World Champion and a "Champion of the whole wide world"??? Well, if your "world" ends at the Canadian-/Mexician border and the Atlantic/Pacific, you might be right.
Anke
Last edited by Germanice; 07-30-2003 at 10:12 AM.
Anke, I am trying to think of a rational response to your post, but the concept of Michelle distributing lollipops to the crowd has temporarily fried my brain.
Mathman
"naked", I think that is the German skater Kat Witt's speciality.
Last edited by gezando; 09-15-2003 at 04:58 PM.
Actually ... I don't give a damn how "good" or "bad" German skaters are ... in opposite to many others here I only root for skaters I REALLY LIKE, no matter where they come from. If one of them is German by chance, fine, if not ... so what?
As for Kati, at least SHE HAS something to offer, huh? :D But if this is too much for you, well ... why not just look away!? :rolleyes:
Anke
Last edited by Germanice; 07-30-2003 at 05:21 PM.
Of course you root for the ones you really like, and Lu Chen was beat by Michelle Kwan in worlds 96, Olympics 98, world pro 98 and.... ouch....Originally posted by Germanice
Actually ... I don't give a damn how "good" or "bad" German skaters are ... in opposite to many others here I only root for skaters I REALLY LIKE, no matter where they come from. If one of them is German by chance, fine, if not ... so what?
As for Kati, at least SHE HAS something to offer, huh? :D But if this is too much for you, well ... why not just look away!?
Anke
About what Kat has to offer, and who is taking up the offer, ah... this is a family friendly forum, so I guess you will just have to hold off or they call that sublimation?
Last edited by gezando; 07-30-2003 at 05:53 PM.
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