- Joined
- Apr 5, 2018
Boom goes the dynamite.
(if you see a bright light in the sky and hear a giant crash that's me falling back to earth after watching Alina's new EX)
Alina is simply the best, an amazing girl and such a great performer. Imagine being 16, going out on a Gala EX and putting on a show like that. She is truly born for the spotlight, no wonder the Japanese (the ultimate figure skating lovers) showered her with attention. She is a top athlete and an amazing show woman.
And she is full of surprises, she surprised the heck out of me with the EX. Daniil is having a very good time thinking up choreo for someone that can perform it so well. Just when I thought I've seen it all Alina comes out and pulls a Misha Ge on me. She was having serious fun with that program, with lots of hard performing tricks like stopping mid program to tie her hair, take off a jacket, place the jacket in one place, stare into a camera, pick it up, walk by and "hit" another camera with her hand.
I mean, seriously, this is some Misha Ge level of public engagement mixed up with a serious amount of athletic tricks that are eye popping. YOLO choreo sequence!!!!
And look who just got a cantilever to call her own!!! Just two short years ago (at the GPF 2016 Gala when she was the Junior Champ) I saw her at a rehearsal seeing a cantilever and trying to do one, and she wasn't able to do it, now she completely is and you better bet that baby is just going to get better and better.
Alina, I saw your face looking at Keegan Messing's back flip. I love back flips, but don't you dare doing one. You will be the death of me.
Another signature Alina move, the charlotte into jump, in this case a 3Lz attempt, that will be her YOLO jump for sure. With signature Alina behavior too, doesn't matter if its at a zero stakes EX presentation, if she can't nail it in the actual performance you can be sure that she'll nail it in any encore she can find.
Big cheers to the birth of YOLO Alina!!! To the birth of a new season of awesome starting off in the best possible foot. Just to think that in a few more days we'll get to watch her again at Japan Open and then her EX at Carnival on Ice.
This week I can get a tax audit, a toothache, a plane trip delayed by 17 hours, all together, and you still wouldn't be able to take this silly happy smile of my face.
(if you see a bright light in the sky and hear a giant crash that's me falling back to earth after watching Alina's new EX)
Alina is simply the best, an amazing girl and such a great performer. Imagine being 16, going out on a Gala EX and putting on a show like that. She is truly born for the spotlight, no wonder the Japanese (the ultimate figure skating lovers) showered her with attention. She is a top athlete and an amazing show woman.
And she is full of surprises, she surprised the heck out of me with the EX. Daniil is having a very good time thinking up choreo for someone that can perform it so well. Just when I thought I've seen it all Alina comes out and pulls a Misha Ge on me. She was having serious fun with that program, with lots of hard performing tricks like stopping mid program to tie her hair, take off a jacket, place the jacket in one place, stare into a camera, pick it up, walk by and "hit" another camera with her hand.
I mean, seriously, this is some Misha Ge level of public engagement mixed up with a serious amount of athletic tricks that are eye popping. YOLO choreo sequence!!!!
And look who just got a cantilever to call her own!!! Just two short years ago (at the GPF 2016 Gala when she was the Junior Champ) I saw her at a rehearsal seeing a cantilever and trying to do one, and she wasn't able to do it, now she completely is and you better bet that baby is just going to get better and better.
Alina, I saw your face looking at Keegan Messing's back flip. I love back flips, but don't you dare doing one. You will be the death of me.
Another signature Alina move, the charlotte into jump, in this case a 3Lz attempt, that will be her YOLO jump for sure. With signature Alina behavior too, doesn't matter if its at a zero stakes EX presentation, if she can't nail it in the actual performance you can be sure that she'll nail it in any encore she can find.
Big cheers to the birth of YOLO Alina!!! To the birth of a new season of awesome starting off in the best possible foot. Just to think that in a few more days we'll get to watch her again at Japan Open and then her EX at Carnival on Ice.
This week I can get a tax audit, a toothache, a plane trip delayed by 17 hours, all together, and you still wouldn't be able to take this silly happy smile of my face.
)
Eteri has her own brand of magic called "Tutberidze style coaching". It's not for everyone, but it seems to work well with Alina. 
You could see that only our arms briefly touched at the picture. I just didn't dare putting a hand on her back, we all know she is into the Dark Arts. 
