Miki & Mao send out warning!

[flying camel]

http://www.javno.com/en/sports/clanak.php?id=32221

Sounds like it is just going to turn into a jump competition. I wonder if these girls bodies will allow them to make it to the next Olympics. I feel like Witt after she retired she said "I miss the nice skating a little bit".:disapp:

 

[iloveaxel]

that's going to be so exciting if they do land the quads. However, I seriously doubt the possibility of any woman skater to land quads on a regular basis anytime soon.

 

[Mathman]

Rika Hongo will be practicing her quints soon.

 

[antmanb]

Quint axel/quad toe combo i heard...

Ant

 

[kittyjake5]

Quint axel/quad toe combo i heard...

Ant

Don't forge the in betweens and step sequences while doing the Quint/axel,quad toe combo.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

and they'll do them to the music. Won't they? or does it matter?

 

[antmanb]

and they'll do them to the music. Won't they? or does it matter?

No, by then the people who need to push the figure skating MUST be a sport will have won. There will be no inbetweens, no music, the skaters with their new hinged and spring loaded boots will merely take it in turns to complete the jumps with as many rotations as posible...they'll get extra marks if they execute the jump quicker than the last skater.

Ant

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

But will it be more exciting than jumping 11 barrels in a row to a drum roll?

 

[antmanb]

But will it be more exciting than jumping 11 barrels in a row to a drum roll?

I think it would be about the same!

Ant

 

[millie]

In my part of the country, the big news is that the Japanese are putting ramps on the ice to see how many times they can twirll in the air before they go into their quads.

 

[Vodka Shot]

:sheesh: They need to just make a whole new sport called 'ice jumping.' So ridiculous. How about work on their spirals, footwork, presentation...? I feel like I discovered and became a fan of this sport right as it's going down the drain.

 

[euterpe]

I watched the replay of Worlds last night, and I have to say that Miki's FS was one of the most boring. Jump, jump, jump, few in-betweens, so-so spins and a horrible spiral. Mao's was slightly better, but neither lady shows any great musicality or artistry.

If M&M are planning to concentrate on nothing but jumps, my interest in figure skating is going to wane. Yu-Na is the one bright light, but with her fragile back, she can't keep up with the Japanese jumpsters.

 

[SeaniBu]

Japanese jumpsters.

I Love it!

 

[R.D.]

I watched the replay of Worlds last night, and I have to say that Miki's FS was one of the most boring. Jump, jump, jump, few in-betweens, so-so spins and a horrible spiral. Mao's was slightly better, but neither lady shows any great musicality or artistry.

I have to agree with that. I was far from impressed. But still, she won pretty fairly.

If M&M are planning to concentrate on nothing but jumps, my interest in figure skating is going to wane. Yu-Na is the one bright light, but with her fragile back, she can't keep up with the Japanese jumpsters.

it's one thing to talk the talk, which is what they are doing now. (Emily's 3-3s? Kimmie's 3A?) But as we all know, it's what winds up on the competition floor that counts. I'm sure they'll go for it but I'm skeptical we'll see much of anything come crunch time.

 

[bibi]

Mao said: "It would be really nice to be able to get a quad jump in," ......it is not sure that she will do it, she just said that IT WOULD BE NICE... I think we expect of her more than she said she will do...

 

[Mafke]

:sheesh: They need to just make a whole new sport called 'ice jumping.' So ridiculous. How about work on their spirals, footwork, presentation...? I feel like I discovered and became a fan of this sport right as it's going down the drain.

After Biellmann-mania and the conventional wisdom that a skater should be able to hold the free leg in a verticle position I'm thoroughly sick of spiral sequences (a kind of minature bathroom break most of the time) and wish they'd be dumped for plain footwork and/or footwork with mitf.

Or let's make the men do spiral sequences and have the ladies do something more interesting that doesn't require extreme flexibility (a horribly overrated 'skill').

 

[rain]

I watched the replay of Worlds last night, and I have to say that Miki's FS was one of the most boring. Jump, jump, jump, few in-betweens, so-so spins and a horrible spiral. Mao's was slightly better, but neither lady shows any great musicality or artistry.

I must agree, though I didn't think there was anyone else in the field who was particularly inspired either, and I found Asada worse than Ando. I actually enjoyed the SPs a lot more than the LPs for this reason alone. In the SPs, for the most part, it seemed as if most of the ladies at least made some effort to acknowledge that they were skating to music, with choreography.

Just once I'd like to hear them say they want to work on their artistry for next season. Both could seriously use it.

But what concerns me most are the massive and chronic injuries this is likely to create, not just in skaters like Asada and Ando who actually have a shot at maybe doing the jumps, but in younger skaters desperate to climb the ladder. I already think the chronic injuries suffered by teenage skaters until they are absolutely forced to retire in their mid-20s (at latest) because of them is a dirty little secret of skating most don't want to acknowledge. It's killing pro tours though, and any hope for a skating career after the amateur circuit.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

After Biellmann-mania and the conventional wisdom that a skater should be able to hold the free leg in a verticle position I'm thoroughly sick of spiral sequences (a kind of minature bathroom break most of the time) and wish they'd be dumped for plain footwork and/or footwork with mitf.

Or let's make the men do spiral sequences and have the ladies do something more interesting that doesn't require extreme flexibility (a horribly overrated 'skill').

Yes, yes, yes, let's ban spirals. One good spiral is more than enough, but I daresay all those little fans love to see them. I'd rather see a Quad sequence than another spiral sequence.

Joe

 

[Vodka Shot]

I love the spirals; they're my fave element in ladies along w/ spins. One of my fave things to watch is Sasha's spiral. I don't think it's any more extreme to expect a skater to have great flexibilty and hold on spirals than it is to expect them to do 3A's and quads.

Or let's make the men do spiral sequences

I'd love to see spirals in the mens.

Just once I'd like to hear them say they want to work on their artistry for next season. Both could seriously use it.

That would be nice wouldn't it.

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

The above is exactly what I mean. One has to swallow all those rest stops in the programme so the ladies can show off their imitation arabesques.