Signature moves skaters are known for

[fredtx121]

Michelle Kwan- Spiral Sequence
Sasha Cohen- Spirals
Lucinda Ruh- Spins
Brian Boitano- Spread Eagle / Tano Lutz
Shizuka Arakawa- Ina Bauer / Layback Spin
Stephan Lambiel- Spins
Denise Bielman - Spins
Dorothy Hamill- Layback Spin
Julia Lipnitskaya- Spins / Spirals
Midori Ito- Triple Axel

Add other skaters and the skating moves that you think they performed exceptionally.

 

[mishulyia]

Alexei Yagudin- Footwork

 

[Warwick360]

Yuna-Ina Bauer into an Axel jump
Biellmann-Biellmann
Hanyu & Midori- Axel jump out of a counter
Yuna-Yuna camel (I've said this before and I'll say it again- never realised how difficult and how under-appreciated that move was before she retired until I had to be exposed to the wonky iterations of that move from other skaters. hwell

 

[NymphyNymphy]

Yuna-Layback into Axel jump
Biellmann-Biellmann
Hanyu & Midori- Axel jump out of a counter
Yuna-Yuna camel (I've said this before and I'll say it again- never realised how difficult and how under-appreciated that move was before she retired until I had to be exposed to the wonky iterations of that move from other skaters. hwell

Layback into an axel? Is that even possible? Did you mean Ina Bauer - Double Axel?

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Jeremy Abbott- Skid spiral, edge quality.

Ryan Bradley: Delayed axel, backflip

 

[NymphyNymphy]

Sasha - Spiral Sequence
Yuna - 3Lz+3T, Ina Bauer + 2A, Bent-leg Camel Spin
Mao - 3A+2T
Adelina - 3Flz+2T
Hanyu - steps into 3A
Evgenia - 3Lo
Patrick - gorgeous steps
Lakernik - 5T

 

[NymphyNymphy]

Yuna-Yuna camel (I've said this before and I'll say it again- never realised how difficult and how under-appreciated that move was before she retired until I had to be exposed to the wonky iterations of that move from other skaters. hwell

Agreed!!! Yuna's camel spin variation is under-appreciated. It must be really harsh on her back though. I remember seeing Kovtun attempt Yuna's camel spin. It was a tragedy.

 

[el henry]

Toller Cranston : Russian splits

Jason Brown: the only current skater whose splits are “Toller Cranston good”.

Of course, their spins aren’t too shabby either

 

[Mathman]

Bourne and Kraatz -- hydroblade.

 

[Shayuki]

Evgenia - 3Lo

:think:

I guess that's not what this specific thread is about but if I had to name an Evgenia signature move the only possible choice in my eyes would be: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOcKeBeiT6E&t=243s

 

[gsk8]

Flash from the past

Underhill and Martini - forward inside death spiral
Hamill - while not an element, per se, my favorite thing about her was her carriage - I've never seen one better.
Yagudin - footwork

 

[leoleo]

Yizuru and his hydroblade, ina bauer, sit spins
Yuna's Ina bauer to 2A (thank god for kostornaia for doing that transition too, i LOVE it), the yuna spin https://i.pinimg.com/originals/94/1b/2c/941b2c76df136cb0ed3de20d6a84308f.jpg
Mao's spiral suequences
Yulia's I spin
Zhenya's pantomime?

 

[Ares]

Alexei Yagudin- Footwork

I'd even pin it down to his signature feature there: tiny steps on toe pick

I need to add Shoma Uno - cantilever :thumbsup:

 

[Rissa]

Anissina/Peizerat - lifts where Marina lifts Peizerat
Shibutani/Shibutani - twizzles
Savchenko/Massot - delayed exit twist
Julia Lipnitskaya - I-spin
Hanyu - counter-3A and layback Ina Bauer
Shoma Uno - cantilever
Wakaba Higuchi - besti squat
Jonathan Cassar- spreadeagle
Surya Bonaly - backflip

And I agree about Evgenia - that slidespin with her leg up is very characteristic of her.

 

[Mathman]

Jonathan Cassar- spreadeagle

 

[ribbit]

Brian Boitano has already been mentioned, but his death drop was pretty spectacular too. And going back even further, Torvill and Dean's "train footwork" was considered so iconic that they reworked their comeback 1994 LP to incorporate it at the Olympics.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Paul Wylie's spins and reverse spread eagles.

 

[NanaPat]

lubov ilyushechkina - cantilever into death spiral (with an assist from Dylan Moscovitch)

 

[el henry]

A quiz for those under 45:

The Wagon Wheel :luv17:

What was it? Who did it?

 

[maggieanne]

I know most people think of Julia Lipnitskaya's spins first, but I've always loved her ina bauers.