1. I simply adore Michelle Kwan and would love to see her finally win the Olympics; however, I'd like even more to see her go to an Olympics NOT the favorite and actually have some fun and ENJOY herself. Maybe that might be the key to reducing the pressure and "letting go" and skating full out from the heart, damn the consequences.
2. I frankly could never stand Tara Lipinski and was majorly PO'd when she won Olympics, although I agree that she deserved the win. I will admit to nastily enjoying the fact that it was Michelle who became the "next Dorothy Hamill" in terms of popularity over Tara, and I REALLY enjoyed the fact that this bugged Tara's overbearing skatemom to no end. I'm also sad that Tara paid for that OGM with her health and her hip and wonder if she'll think it was worth it when she's 40.
3. I get a major kick out of Sarah Hughes simply kissing skating goodbye and moving on to the next part of her life. She's the first OGM/major skater I've seen who simply appears to not really care about being a big star but want to follow her own path.
4. The appeal of Oksana Baiul escapes me completely. To me, she was always just a histrionic mess, and I always felt sorry for the skater (in her pro days) who had to follow her when she would do that nauseating "clutch the stomach, kneel on the ice, milk the audience for more applause" routine. That said, I'm glad she's happy these days and getting her life back together.
5. Skating uberfans really make me want to scream sometimes. Its one thing to be a major fan, its another to be continually rude about the skater's competitors, do anything and everything to get near the skater and the worst, do anything to bring massive amounts of attention to yourselves at events in the name of "support." The skater is the star here, remember???
6. I never used to like ice dance, until I started skating. Now I love watching it to learn from the edges, the turns, the intricacy.
7. Similarly, I liked Dorothy Hamill, but only became a major fan after starting to skate. Now the purity of her edges, her line, her efffortlessness moves me to tears. Pure beauty.
8. I've always loved clean but expressive skating over tons of arm movements and extreme dramatics, which I guess is why I preferred S and P, S and Z, Nancy Kerrigan and others over fussier skaters. I guess I prefer the North American style!!!
9. Add me to the list of people who wish Scott Hamilton would go away already. Scott is a legend, but his ego is legendary, too, and frequently annoying.
10. I still amazed that we can forgive pro basketball and football players who commit sexual and domestic assault, overlook blatant steroid use in baseball, put up with incredible egos from other players in the big four sports, but Nancy Kerrigan still gets pilloried for a few less than choice words after the 94 Olympics. GOOD GRIEF!!!
2. I frankly could never stand Tara Lipinski and was majorly PO'd when she won Olympics, although I agree that she deserved the win. I will admit to nastily enjoying the fact that it was Michelle who became the "next Dorothy Hamill" in terms of popularity over Tara, and I REALLY enjoyed the fact that this bugged Tara's overbearing skatemom to no end. I'm also sad that Tara paid for that OGM with her health and her hip and wonder if she'll think it was worth it when she's 40.
3. I get a major kick out of Sarah Hughes simply kissing skating goodbye and moving on to the next part of her life. She's the first OGM/major skater I've seen who simply appears to not really care about being a big star but want to follow her own path.
4. The appeal of Oksana Baiul escapes me completely. To me, she was always just a histrionic mess, and I always felt sorry for the skater (in her pro days) who had to follow her when she would do that nauseating "clutch the stomach, kneel on the ice, milk the audience for more applause" routine. That said, I'm glad she's happy these days and getting her life back together.
5. Skating uberfans really make me want to scream sometimes. Its one thing to be a major fan, its another to be continually rude about the skater's competitors, do anything and everything to get near the skater and the worst, do anything to bring massive amounts of attention to yourselves at events in the name of "support." The skater is the star here, remember???
6. I never used to like ice dance, until I started skating. Now I love watching it to learn from the edges, the turns, the intricacy.
7. Similarly, I liked Dorothy Hamill, but only became a major fan after starting to skate. Now the purity of her edges, her line, her efffortlessness moves me to tears. Pure beauty.
8. I've always loved clean but expressive skating over tons of arm movements and extreme dramatics, which I guess is why I preferred S and P, S and Z, Nancy Kerrigan and others over fussier skaters. I guess I prefer the North American style!!!
9. Add me to the list of people who wish Scott Hamilton would go away already. Scott is a legend, but his ego is legendary, too, and frequently annoying.
10. I still amazed that we can forgive pro basketball and football players who commit sexual and domestic assault, overlook blatant steroid use in baseball, put up with incredible egos from other players in the big four sports, but Nancy Kerrigan still gets pilloried for a few less than choice words after the 94 Olympics. GOOD GRIEF!!!
) I do feel bad for her with her hip problem-and I believe that if she had the opprotunity to keep on skating-she would have improved so much.
