Tomboy Lady skater: a perfect embodiment of Slutskaya's charm. I didn't love her skating as much as Kwan's or Cohen's, but I loved what she brought to skating. Why should everyone be alike?
One of the things that made her career so enjoyable to watch was her personality. I loved that she and Michelle seemed to be genuine friends as well as fierce competitors. It also seemed that she was quite popular in America--deservedly so, in my opinion.
By the way, as for credentials to talk about various aspects of skating, in my possibly subversive opinion, our screen names are our credentials. We went to the effort to join a skating site. That means we love skating. Some of us are more expert than others in things like skating technique or dance or music, but we all get to like things in our own way, and to say so. (That is, short of insulting other posters, or skaters.) I mean, sometimes I can't tell a salchow from a loop, but I know enough about how people move to music (and about the music itself) that I get a lot of joy from skating nonetheless, and I enjoy discussing it. Though it is enlightening to find out which of us have dance training or skating skills--or is Mathman!--I think that doesn't disqualify everyone else from having an opinion. After all, one of us might have beginner's luck and stumble on something useful!
One of the things that made her career so enjoyable to watch was her personality. I loved that she and Michelle seemed to be genuine friends as well as fierce competitors. It also seemed that she was quite popular in America--deservedly so, in my opinion.
By the way, as for credentials to talk about various aspects of skating, in my possibly subversive opinion, our screen names are our credentials. We went to the effort to join a skating site. That means we love skating. Some of us are more expert than others in things like skating technique or dance or music, but we all get to like things in our own way, and to say so. (That is, short of insulting other posters, or skaters.) I mean, sometimes I can't tell a salchow from a loop, but I know enough about how people move to music (and about the music itself) that I get a lot of joy from skating nonetheless, and I enjoy discussing it. Though it is enlightening to find out which of us have dance training or skating skills--or is Mathman!--I think that doesn't disqualify everyone else from having an opinion. After all, one of us might have beginner's luck and stumble on something useful!
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