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[Not quite pertinent to the intense discussion and hand-wringing about the competitive skaters this season. But I presume I can post on this topic on The Edge. If not, please move this thread to other categories as seen apt]
Why does a spiral move skating fans so much, or at least myself? For this gliding move over the ice, with the upper body and free-leg held erect and proud, evokes a pure, primitive joy of movement, almost approximating the freedom attendant on flight, if you will, for which humans have been known to possess a vague longing from time immemorial. When seeing it executed well and effectively to the highlight of the music, I experience a spiritual exaltation scarcely reproducible from any other move. No wonder it became a signature element in ladies skating along with the layback spin until a program under the IJS got too packed with other elements to leave room for a well-executed spiral.
These are some in which I REVEL. (* please excuse the fact that since I mostly ladies discipline only the list consists solely of women skaters)
4. Sasha Cohen: 2004 Worlds SP- Malaguena: https://youtu.be/sI-cbt1u1uc?t=100
Need I say more? The most immaculate flexibility and carriage in her position beggar description.
3. Carolina Kostner: 2007 Worlds SP- Canon: https://youtu.be/9qSCT15IRpU?t=113
Steady, elegant, if not wildly contortionistic, position, accentuated by the breathtaking speed, the solidity of edging.
2. Nicole Bobek: 1998 US Nationals LP- Liebestraum and others: https://youtu.be/Kfgs3gW82YI?t=5613
Nicole was one of the trail-blazers of the 'really-good-spiral-moves,' whom even Michelle Kwan emulated in improving her spirals. Watch her HOLDING THE MOVE like her life depends on it. Amazing. Something rarely seen among skaters these days.
1. Michlle Kwan: 2001 US Nationals SP- East of Eden: https://youtu.be/WuHu9rwqdrw?t=140
So much heart and abandon you almost feel as though she is not doing the move but becoming it, being transmogrified to the great work of art she is.
I so like this move that I'd like to share with other posters. What are your favorite spirals? By Whom? In what program?
Why does a spiral move skating fans so much, or at least myself? For this gliding move over the ice, with the upper body and free-leg held erect and proud, evokes a pure, primitive joy of movement, almost approximating the freedom attendant on flight, if you will, for which humans have been known to possess a vague longing from time immemorial. When seeing it executed well and effectively to the highlight of the music, I experience a spiritual exaltation scarcely reproducible from any other move. No wonder it became a signature element in ladies skating along with the layback spin until a program under the IJS got too packed with other elements to leave room for a well-executed spiral.
These are some in which I REVEL. (* please excuse the fact that since I mostly ladies discipline only the list consists solely of women skaters)
4. Sasha Cohen: 2004 Worlds SP- Malaguena: https://youtu.be/sI-cbt1u1uc?t=100
Need I say more? The most immaculate flexibility and carriage in her position beggar description.
3. Carolina Kostner: 2007 Worlds SP- Canon: https://youtu.be/9qSCT15IRpU?t=113
Steady, elegant, if not wildly contortionistic, position, accentuated by the breathtaking speed, the solidity of edging.
2. Nicole Bobek: 1998 US Nationals LP- Liebestraum and others: https://youtu.be/Kfgs3gW82YI?t=5613
Nicole was one of the trail-blazers of the 'really-good-spiral-moves,' whom even Michelle Kwan emulated in improving her spirals. Watch her HOLDING THE MOVE like her life depends on it. Amazing. Something rarely seen among skaters these days.
1. Michlle Kwan: 2001 US Nationals SP- East of Eden: https://youtu.be/WuHu9rwqdrw?t=140
So much heart and abandon you almost feel as though she is not doing the move but becoming it, being transmogrified to the great work of art she is.
I so like this move that I'd like to share with other posters. What are your favorite spirals? By Whom? In what program?