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Mao Asada

ccjump

Spectator
Joined
Aug 29, 2020
Happy Birthday Mao!! I come here after watching a video about a letter to ISU about the unfair judging for your program in Olympic 2014: https://youtu.be/Jn22ZnNpPt8?t=479. Then I went to rewatch your program. And I'm still crying again at your masterpiece. You are in all figure skating fans' hearts!
 

Skatesocs

Final Flight
Joined
May 16, 2020
Lol. It's actually a different character for "Mao", but a friend totally guessed it was an homage. She was wearing her Swan Lake dress in a novice comp ;)

It's easier still when we're dealing with English. :laugh:
 

Ballade88

On the Ice
Joined
Apr 19, 2017

New commercial (Mao dancing on the rooftop) :)
 

Ballade88

On the Ice
Joined
Apr 19, 2017
Korean-American skater Audrey Shin, who won the bronze medal at the most recent Skate America event, said Mao was her favorite skater in an interview. She would watch videos of Mao's programs on Youtube all the time. :)
 

lady_bee

Medalist
Joined
Nov 3, 2013
Official videos of Mao's "Thanks Tour" show were uploaded on YouTube yesterday;
I hope you enjoy them:) 
 

yume

🍉
Record Breaker
Joined
Mar 11, 2016
I hadn't seen this Mao-like swan lake.
 

Skatesocs

Final Flight
Joined
May 16, 2020
I hadn't seen this Mao-like swan lake.
Wha-?! I thought you must have, since the Mao Shimada tidbit was linked before in the thread! That's how I first came to know of her I think, lol.
 

gotoschool

Medalist
Joined
Mar 5, 2014
I don't know if anyone has posted this already but it is one of Mao's all time best performances and hence one of the best performances ever in my opinion finally in high quality after looking at it through a blurry screen for so long: her fabulous Grand Prix Final LP from 2007.
The quickness and agility combined with grace and buttery smooth edging through the jumps, spins and steps was especially heavenly with fabulous fluidity and pliability, seemingly fleet and light like a butterfly but with an underlying power, force and speed that deceives the sense of tenderness in the performance and genuine moments of abandon in dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52WEr2CzGn0
 

Skatesocs

Final Flight
Joined
May 16, 2020
I don't know if anyone has posted this already but it is one of Mao's all time best performances and hence one of the best performances ever in my opinion finally in high quality after looking at it through a blurry screen for so long: her fabulous Grand Prix Final LP from 2007.
The quickness and agility combined with grace and buttery smooth edging through the jumps, spins and steps was especially heavenly with fabulous fluidity and pliability, seemingly fleet and light like a butterfly but with an underlying power, force and speed that deceives the sense of tenderness in the performance and genuine moments of abandon in dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52WEr2CzGn0
Her best technical performance ever, probably?
 
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