Shibs make Hall of Fame

[CoyoteChris]

I probably missed someone else posting this but congrats to the Shibs making the USFS Hall of Fame. I saw them live at Spokane nats 2007 when they won Novice Dance. There was no doubt in my mind I was seeing something special. Even their gala performance.

Shibutanis Lead U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame Class of 2023 | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

Gonna see them get inducted live

 

[PaulE]

2007 Nationals in Spokane was the first U.S. Nats competition that my wife and I attended. We did not watch much dance so we did not see the Shibs until the Gala and we fell in love with them there. I tried searching for a video of their Gala performance but could not find it. I did find this video of the the Novice Compulsory Dance Paso Doble at the Spokane Convention Center which brought a lot of pleasant memories flooding back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY3cIut9RKI&list=PLTZM2cxXU3zsl415Uo67v_jKh_JQgD354&index=2. The Shibs appear at 12:35 with Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein as the last couple at 22:50. This is one of the best produced videos from novices that I have ever run across.

I remember there was a Starbucks stand in the Convention Center giving out free samples of their new flavor, Cinnamon Dolce Latte (which I still order).

 

[momrk]

Still one of my all time favorite dance teams, never tire of watching their "Fix You"- in fact, watched it again today when I read the news, then followed that with their 2018 Olympic skates

 

[4everchan]

They are still my all-time favourite US dance team ! <3 nobody twizzled like them !

 

[iluvtodd]

Congrats to the Shibs! The first time we got to see them was @ 2009 Nationals, when they were still juniors.

 

[ladyjane]

I am happy for them. I am wondering why nobody mentions the children's books they have written. Quite an achievement too. Well for now: congratulations!

 

[Spiralgraph]

I'm so happy for Maia and Alex. Great unique skaters and great for the sport of figure skating.

 

[noskates]

Congratulations to the Shibs. A well-deserved honor.

 

[PaulE]

I was wrong in my post above when I originally said the link was to the Compulsory Dance—it was actually the Paso Doble. Here is a link to the Novice Compulsory Dance in Spokane in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dClGOtEFrQ. Maia and Alex appear at 26:57.

 

[withwings]

I was wrong in my post above when I originally said the link was to the Compulsory Dance—it was actually the Paso Doble. Here is a link to the Novice Compulsory Dance in Spokane in 2007: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dClGOtEFrQ. Maia and Alex appear at 26:57.

Thank you for the link. They skating really were ( and are) beauty and purity, a heart touching.
And I am not- and never ever have been!- an ice dance fan at all; however Shibs stood out for me when I saw them very first time. IMHO they were unique.

 

[demarinis5]

Congrats to the Shibs! They were such a great team!

 

[CoyoteChris]

2007 Nationals in Spokane was the first U.S. Nats competition that my wife and I attended. We did not watch much dance so we did not see the Shibs until the Gala and we fell in love with them there. I tried searching for a video of their Gala performance but could not find it. I did find this video of the the Novice Compulsory Dance Paso Doble at the Spokane Convention Center which brought a lot of pleasant memories flooding back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY3cIut9RKI&list=PLTZM2cxXU3zsl415Uo67v_jKh_JQgD354&index=2. The Shibs appear at 12:35 with Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein as the last couple at 22:50. This is one of the best produced videos from novices that I have ever run across.

I remember there was a Starbucks stand in the Convention Center giving out free samples of their new flavor, Cinnamon Dolce Latte (which I still order).

I remember the gala...they played "cars". When Dick B. interviewed Maia she sounded like she was 35!

 

[CoyoteChris]

OK, Now I feel old

Ice dancing[edit]​

Rank	Name	Total points	CD1	CD2	FD
1​	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	108.42	2	24.37	2	24.53	1	59.52
2​	Sara Bailey / Kyle Herring	106.36	1	25.31	1	24.56	2	56.49
3​	Anastasia Cannuscio / Dean Copely	101.40	3	22.88	3	23.38	4	55.14
4​	Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello	100.78	5	22.59	4	22.37	3	55.82
5	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein	96.44	7	21.95	5	21.21	5	53.28
6	Megan Evans / Nathan Truesdell	89.53	6	22.37	8	19.77	10	47.39
7	Chloe Wolf / Rhys Ainsworth	88.80	8	20.33	9	19.50	6	48.97
8	Genevieve Deutch / Alexander Lorello	88.34	9	19.70	7	20.10	8	48.54
9	Elyse Matsumoto / Andrew Skillington	85.93	4	22.63	6	21.01	12	42.29
10	Michaela Cook / Jordan Cowan	85.49	10	19.64	10	18.37	9	47.48
11	Anastasia Olson / Patrick Mays	85.16	11	19.27	12	17.02	7	48.87
12	Michelle Pennington / Cooper Johnston	79.12	12	17.41	11	18.14	11	43.57