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Signature moves skaters are known for
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Slutskaya's double Biellmanns. "It boggles the mind", as the commentator puts it (I chose this one as an example for the commentary, but yeah at 2005 CoC the second spin was traveling quite a bit). She also had a beautiful hair cutter layback but sadly, under the new scoring system it was no longer as rewarding as a Biellmann so when IJS was introduced, she was basically zayaking full Biellmanns on every possible occasion instead (by season 2005-2006, she was doing 3 Biellmanns AND spirals in Biellmann position in her SP).
Statement from Nicky of B.ESP: "When you look at how judges are marking short programs and you look at this short program, it is a lesson. If you took it to pieces, it is an absolute lesson in how to do it, according to what the judges are looking for. She's doing a parallel spin, but she's doing a change of position, then she does a change of edge. Even at the end seconds of the program she does a change of edge to once again, lift up the marks. But it's all done with that smile and that great personality." Indeed, Nicky, indeed.
Statement from Nicky of B.ESP: "When you look at how judges are marking short programs and you look at this short program, it is a lesson. If you took it to pieces, it is an absolute lesson in how to do it, according to what the judges are looking for. She's doing a parallel spin, but she's doing a change of position, then she does a change of edge. Even at the end seconds of the program she does a change of edge to once again, lift up the marks. But it's all done with that smile and that great personality." Indeed, Nicky, indeed.
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And Sasha did that "front Charlotte" spiral too, where she started in one of her patented front outside spirals and then sloooowly lowered her head to her leg and touched her boot/the ice - like, "you've GOT to be kidding me" - so much harder and more dangerous than a backward Charlotte. She did it in her 2010 short program, I think, and at least one exhibition program (the Don't Rain on My Parade.)
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Boitano's death drops were mindblowing, especially how he would enter it from a back inside edge, then forward into his takeoff edge and some sort of counter-rotation that just blasted him upwards and he would almost get "stuck" in the air at thrilling height while he shifted to backspin position - and always right on the perfect crescendo of his music.
Ilia Kulik used to do some sort of variation on the death drop in his SOI performances where he would just round a corner at top speed and throw everything he had into a giant arial cartwheel that was just humongous - it wasn't a death drop exactly, and I don't think he landed in a spin. I can't remember exactly what he did now, but it was awesome - I've looked for it on youtube but never found it.
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Yes, Kurt's footwork for the win. Also Kurt signature move: wearing leather pants.
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It was probably an open or delayed axel, Bradley does them too.
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Robert Wagenhoffer!https://youtu.be/8VpRLVzvT8s
(Wagon Wheel around 2:45, but the rest of the program is lovely too, especially some of the spins.)
See how I got you to do my work and find an appropriate vid?
Seriously, thanks, the more folks who learn about this wonderful skater gone too soon from us, the better:agree:
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Virtue/Moir - Backflip entry into rotational lift
Delobel/Schoenfelder - Double cantilever with free legs in shoot-the-duck position
Fedorova/Miroshkin - SBS Biellmans
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch - Lunge entry into star lift
Kerr/Kerr - Truck and Driver
Delobel/Schoenfelder - Double cantilever with free legs in shoot-the-duck position
Fedorova/Miroshkin - SBS Biellmans
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch - Lunge entry into star lift
Kerr/Kerr - Truck and Driver
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She literally covered more than half the ice rink with that combination. Just WOW.
Roz Sumners's inside edge ina bauer into 2axel.
The Hamill's Camel.
Linda Fratianne's cannonball sit spin.
Robin Cousin's delayed axel.
Sonja Henie running on her toe-picks.
Toller Cranston's broken leg sit spin.
Peggy Fleming's spread eagle-2axel-spread eagle.
The Hamill's Camel.
Linda Fratianne's cannonball sit spin.
Robin Cousin's delayed axel.
Sonja Henie running on her toe-picks.
Toller Cranston's broken leg sit spin.
Peggy Fleming's spread eagle-2axel-spread eagle.
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From ye olden days:
Cecilia Colledge’s layback spin and (catchfoot) camel, both of which she invented, and double Salchow.
Dick Button’s loop jumps/combinations, 2A and flying camel spin (the “Button camel”). (And maaybe this neat 2Lo+2Lo+Flying Sit Spin? Can't tell if it's just bad ancient video quality or a crappy edit.)
Tenley Albright’s mazurkas.
Carol Heiss’s counterclockwise—clockwise—counterclockwise—clockwise Axel jump sequence.
Protopopovs: death spirals (BiDs, FiDs, FoDs) which they invented
Cecilia Colledge’s layback spin and (catchfoot) camel, both of which she invented, and double Salchow.
Dick Button’s loop jumps/combinations, 2A and flying camel spin (the “Button camel”). (And maaybe this neat 2Lo+2Lo+Flying Sit Spin? Can't tell if it's just bad ancient video quality or a crappy edit.)
Tenley Albright’s mazurkas.
Carol Heiss’s counterclockwise—clockwise—counterclockwise—clockwise Axel jump sequence.
Protopopovs: death spirals (BiDs, FiDs, FoDs) which they invented
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Exactly. And i see many people amazed by a 3-3 in 2nd part, praising how hard, ambitious, revolutionary it is. Guys, Midori Ito was already doing that in 80's
And this is just +5 GOE https://youtu.be/Af-ls6JwpfM?t=80
Sorry for fangirling....
Midori is arguably my fave skater ever (certainly top 5) but she would only hit bullets 1, 2, 3 for me and maybe 6 (you know, because if you like the skater then every jump matches musical structure, right?! :sarcasm
. Her leg wrap and lack of steps would stop her shy of a +5, but it is still a gorgeous combo.
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Jill Trenary: One-foot Axel-3S
Midori Ito: Spread Eagle into 3Lo
Tonya Harding: That deep pivoting with one foot (don't know exactly how it's termed)
Michelle Kwan and Satoko Miyahara: Spinning in the opposite direction
Sasha Cohen: Sasha Curl
Sarah Hughes and Angela Nikodinov: Layback Spin
Yuna Kim: 3Lz/3F-3T and 2A-3T in LP, which was arguably popularized by herself and has become the general standard among top ladies
Mao Asada: -2Lo-2Lo combos
Midori Ito: Spread Eagle into 3Lo
Tonya Harding: That deep pivoting with one foot (don't know exactly how it's termed)
Michelle Kwan and Satoko Miyahara: Spinning in the opposite direction
Sasha Cohen: Sasha Curl
Sarah Hughes and Angela Nikodinov: Layback Spin
Yuna Kim: 3Lz/3F-3T and 2A-3T in LP, which was arguably popularized by herself and has become the general standard among top ladies
Mao Asada: -2Lo-2Lo combos
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Probably single-handedly responsible for luring me into watching figure skating
Would like to add the spreadeagle/Ina Bauer entrances to 3Lo for Javier Fernàndez. Used with great playfulness in Guys & Dolls in 2016, more than a bit flirtily in Elvis in 2017 and romantically wooing Dulcinea in Man of La Mancha in 2018.
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