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I like Radionova's, Sotnikova ^^)
MCM for male.
MCM for male.
So true. I don't think anyone likes the but-spin.
Shoma Uno did a variation that I would like to see used more because it looks better. The free leg is crossed behind the spinning leg and held.
Was Emanuel Sandhu the first to do the A-spin?
Here's Nobunari Oda.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_f5jP02gxLmo/TM4aX7Rvg8I/AAAAAAAAAJk/onA0h6bUJJ8/s200/nobunari+oda.jpg
So true. I don't think anyone likes the but-spin.
Shoma Uno did a variation that I would like to see used more because it looks better. The free leg is crossed behind the spinning leg and held.
Thank god I'm not the only person who calls it the butt spin And it became kind of mainstream when Jeffrey Buttle was doing it, so my inner 12 year old kicked in with my name for that spin.
There was a GS poster who called it the Orbiting Uranus Spin
Yes, one of my favorite skaters Yuna is in this group. I never liked her Biellmann position, it looked too laboured.
I think I'm one of the only few people who don't find Julia's biellmann spin pretty. Impressive, yes. Pretty, no.
Off the top of my head, I liked Radionova's from GPF. I like Mao's too, whether it be the classic kind, with one hand or the half-biellman.
Not to be outdone in the insane flexibility department, then there's Julia. I don't even consider this spin a Biellmann because unlike in the Biellmann where both hands are gripping the boot of the free leg, Julia grips her shin and pulls it straight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdsHy2X7QGY#t=178. I usually call it a needle spin because it's like the needle they do in dance. Like Julia's position the free leg is extended straight and the leg is held with both hands. What makes Julia's spins so impressive is the fact that she doesn't lose speed as she transitions up into it, but actually gains speed. I've seen other needle spins but hers is by far the most impressive, even though I don't always find it that attractive. She definitely wasn't the first to do it but she is popularizing it (for those fortunate enough to be that flexible) and she does it best.
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Agreed. She was never able to transition up into it as seamlessly as a lot of the others did/do.
However, before she stopped doing it she'd improved the position. To me her Biellmann at worlds in 2011 looked better than her Biellmann in Vancouver. It seemed slightly more extended at worlds...