- Joined
- Dec 18, 2003
Anyone who is worried that the ladies division will become dull after the assumed retirements next year of Irina, Michelle, and others might be in for a surprise if you haven't checked out Mao Asada and Yu-Na Kim in addition to the up and coming American young ladies.
LOL as you can probably tell it's been a slow "pre-holiday Friday" at the office. So I was thinking about skaters I want to keep my eye on next season, and watched Mao's LP from Jr. World's again. That got me interested in trying to find something on Yu-Na Kim as I have not seen her skate before. A woman kindly posted her exhibition program from Jr. Worlds. I was mightily impressed! For 14, she seems to be well on her way in the presentation department. While I suspect she's probably teeny tiny, her legs in proportion to the rest of her seem long, which gives her IMO a nice line. I believe that was a 3/3 in her EX program (I'm always impressed by those confident enough to put their toughest jumps in the EX). I also really liked her unusual change of position in the camel spin. And of course I LOVE a nice Ina Bauer! If you want to see it, it can be downloaded here.
http://fsvids.9.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=599&st=0&#entry11175
DG
LOL as you can probably tell it's been a slow "pre-holiday Friday" at the office. So I was thinking about skaters I want to keep my eye on next season, and watched Mao's LP from Jr. World's again. That got me interested in trying to find something on Yu-Na Kim as I have not seen her skate before. A woman kindly posted her exhibition program from Jr. Worlds. I was mightily impressed! For 14, she seems to be well on her way in the presentation department. While I suspect she's probably teeny tiny, her legs in proportion to the rest of her seem long, which gives her IMO a nice line. I believe that was a 3/3 in her EX program (I'm always impressed by those confident enough to put their toughest jumps in the EX). I also really liked her unusual change of position in the camel spin. And of course I LOVE a nice Ina Bauer! If you want to see it, it can be downloaded here.
http://fsvids.9.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=599&st=0&#entry11175
DG