Your favorite underrated programs

Interspectator · Jan 6, 2016

Jeremy Abbott - Eight Seasons. Gentle reminder that difficult transitions in a program existed before Hanyu!!

Just watched this one...you're right about the transitions :thumbsup:, did he just start taking them out in the past few years? That was a super good Jeremy performance. -The music's a bit dull, but the skate was confident and interesting.

Sam-Skwantch · Jan 6, 2016

Julia's SP at the 2012 JWC is one of my all time favorite short programs. It's just executed with so much purpose and her posture is a mix of confidence and balletic qualities. The 2a is such a highlight that I'd call it a 2a sequence. I love the way they worked some choreography into the spins too. As she goes to grab what appears to be a Biellmann she instead lets go right at the music break and then goes into the iSpin.

Maybe it's not the most underrated program but I think it's certainly under appreciated. I bet there are all sorts of fans who follow ladies skating who've never seen it.
https://youtu.be/JsO8AxKQnsE

karlowens2 · Jan 6, 2016

I read this as my favorite under-rotated programs. My favorite under-rotated program is Ashley's Moulin Rouge. Under-rotated but improving.

FSGMT · Jan 6, 2016

vlaurend said:
Definitely Mao Asada's 2014 Olympic freeskate! If I'd known nothing about the short program results and saw all the freeskates without the scores, I would have bet money this was the gold medal winning skate. I rarely call "wuzrobbed" but Mao's PCS was insultingly low and it's pretty clear to me that she was being penalized for not making it into the final group. I would have expected that under 6.0 but there's no excuse for that under IJS.
Enjoy the masterpiece that was that performance!
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1iivsv_mao-asada-%E6%B5%85%E7%94%B0%E7%9C%9F%E5%A4%AE-sochi-olympic-2014-fp_sport

While this specific performance was great, I would actually call it one of the most overrated programs of hers: as much as I love Mao and her skating, this program just seemed dull if compared to Swan Lake o to Madame Butterfly. It has one of the best step sequences in Ladies ever, but apart from that the rest is quite insignificant I'm afraid. I really wish she hadn't had the two FSs of hers I liked the least in the two Olympic seasons :sad4:

mrrice · Jan 6, 2016

OK, we all know that Maria Butyrskaya is my favorite skater but, when she didn't skate well, she knew it, and so did I. Michelle did not skate well at Worlds in 1999 however, she skated her "Lamente D' Ariane" perfectly somewhere with Sandra doing the commentary. I just don't remember where I saw her do it. She also skated very well at Nationals having 1 fall after landing her triple triple.

Unfortunately, for all the skaters who attended Worlds in 1999, Maria had the skate of her life and I don't think anyone could have beaten her.

sadya · Jan 6, 2016

mrrice, do you mean this Ariane skate:

Michelle Kwan - 1998 World Pro "Lamento d'Ariane"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0bggmmcVTs

It's perhaps her best performance of that program.

mrrice · Jan 6, 2016

sadya said:
mrrice, do you mean this Ariane skate:

Michelle Kwan - 1998 World Pro "Lamento d'Ariane"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0bggmmcVTs

It's perhaps her best performance of that program.

Yes I do!!!!!!! :thank:

mrrice · Jan 6, 2016

I wish she had skated this program perfectly as it was one of my favorites. Tonya Harding's "Moon River"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axeVDeljFFU

sadya · Jan 6, 2016

You're welcome, mrrice.

daphenaxa · Jan 6, 2016

Papadakis/Cizeron "Déshabillez-moi" :eek:

: (which means "please undress me" btw)

invisiblespiral · Jan 6, 2016

Akiko Suzuki's Hungarian Rhaposdy SP, for another entry from me. :love:

Layback11 · Jan 6, 2016

karlowens2 said:
I read this as my favorite under-rotated programs. My favorite under-rotated program is Ashley's Moulin Rouge. Under-rotated but improving.

nolangoh · Jan 7, 2016

This program, in terms of score, is EXTREMELY underrated. I am still astounded that this program did not receive at least 140. #sickjudges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqpeWrYqCw

MaxSwagg · Jan 7, 2016

nolangoh said:
This program, in terms of score, is EXTREMELY underrated. I am still astounded that this program did not receive at least 140. #sickjudges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqpeWrYqCw

And Yuna beat her in the fs. :rolleye:

Franklin99 · Jan 7, 2016

nolangoh said:
This program, in terms of score, is EXTREMELY underrated. I am still astounded that this program did not receive at least 140. #sickjudges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqpeWrYqCw

Yes, that was a heartbreaking low score for a such a beautiful performance. Even if the judges didn't like the music, they couldn't deny that she did a great job with the execution, (but they did). :sad21:

double_flip · Jan 9, 2016

Reading the Ekaterina Gordeeva thread inspired me to re-watch the 1994 Olympic Pairs competition and wow! Mishketenok & Dimitriev's Rach II is absolutely stunning. It's perhaps a bit of a stretch to consider it under-rated since it won Olympic silver, but it was a lovely rediscovery for me, so I have to share!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDqZuQVcQg

xabia · Jan 9, 2016

So Youn Park 2014 Worlds LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkvUpHd0uk4

3T3T · Jan 9, 2016

This is a programme I've watched many times since I seen it in last years Europeans. It's Petr Coufal FS to The New World Symphony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loGYaYdHcnk

From a few years back Viktor Pfeiffer in the 2013 Euro's - SP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Jar2dY3ow&list=LL3yC_1PmBLS7pvoUPPsDPMw&index=22

Jonathan Cassar from 2010 US nationals - FS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-k2Rc9hK4A&list=LL3yC_1PmBLS7pvoUPPsDPMw&index=85

Again from the 2010 US nationals Navarro & Bommentre - FD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgd6PZy2aiI&list=LL3yC_1PmBLS7pvoUPPsDPMw&index=104

draqq · Jan 10, 2016

Wow, lots of good ones already. I'll just put a couple of favorites here.

Ryan Jahnke's QR free from 2003 Worlds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh0RR-wdh98
Stephanie Rosenthal's free from 2006 Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMwXYdkSK4g
Ann Patrice McDonough's free from 2003 Nationals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapmSpBS9Wg
Savchenko & Szolkowy's short from 2005 Skate Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNwTfaOyRzA
Sinead & John Kerr free from 2010 Europeans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K39tA_8zjXQ
Yukina Ota's SP from 2003 Skate Canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0LvJxsA88A

mrrice · Jan 10, 2016

I wish she had skated this program perfectly but, a mistake in the footwork shouldn't have cost as much as it did. ROBBED!!!

Christina Gao."Close Without Touching" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ABuFoefvk

Your favorite underrated programs

Interspectator

Sam-Skwantch

“I solemnly swear I’m up to no good”

karlowens2

FSGMT

mrrice

sadya

mrrice

mrrice

sadya

daphenaxa

invisiblespiral

Layback11

nolangoh

Steps and Spirals enthusiast

MaxSwagg

Match Penalty

Franklin99

double_flip

xabia

3T3T

draqq

FigureSkatingPhenom

mrrice

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