Does anyone like the butt spin?

[rikaquegira]

It does look difficult though. :think:

But for me is a no-no.

There are other less awkward positions. :agree2:

 

[iorii]

I don't think much of it. While I think it's a bit awkward, Shoma does it pretty nicely. I don't like Y-spin and I-spin more, it just looks very straining on the skater. Only Yulia makes any spin look so easy.

 

[Ares]

Well, it's a good thing that the skaters' goal is not to be ladylike...

I dislike all these criticizing remarks that are fixated on "it's not lady like" - "this thing is not lady like" etc.

This kind of backward stereotyping surely holds back ladies from pursuing new ways of expressions and trying things as they would like to, including spins positions and transitions (I've seen posters dissing ladies for doing cantilever "it's not girly" SMH). You don't have to be an ice princess through and through! Stop being such a dinosaur.

I am annoyed by that constant forcing of skaters into their desired mould.

 

[el henry]

I don’t care if a Bielmann is ladylike.

It’s ugly. Ugly. UGLY. and it doesn’t matter who is doing it. I’ve seen Denise Bielmann do Bielmanns. Ugly.:disapp:

Butt spins. Ugly. UGLY. and I don’t care whose butt it is. :disapp:

That is all.

 

[MACGoldSeal]

I've never liked it.

 

[jillredhand]

Yes. Unironically. I love it. For some reason it seems like a more impressive balancing/centering feat than some of the other positions, and I have never understood why people think it's aesthetically unpleasing.

I think it's a more beautiful position than I-spins or fan spirals where it seems like the skater is displaying their crotch.

 

[CellarDweller]

Not a fan of the butt spin at all.

I do like Bielmanns and I-spins.

 

[Mathman]

I don’t care if a Bielmann is ladylike.

It’s ugly. Ugly. UGLY. and it doesn’t matter who is doing it. I’ve seen Denise Bielmann do Bielmanns. Ugly.:disapp: ...

Oh, oh. oh.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/83/d0/94/83d0948f75ae8b26a21c6f9911869fd3.jpg

Elena Radionova.

 

[Mathman]

I think it's a more beautiful position than I-spins or fan spirals where it seems like the skater is displaying their crotch.

I agree about the fan spiral, aka, the dog-and-hydrant spiral.

But for the I-spiral, here's the one and only Sasha

http://www.sashacohen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sasha-cohen-feet.jpg

Want to see her do it on the ice?

http://img.yaplog.jp/img/17/pc/w/a/k/wakuwakumama/0/124.jpg

 

[KwanIsALegend]

:disagree: No thank you.

 

[KwanIsALegend]

I'm not a huge fan of gumby, contortionist spins & spirals. Do they demonstrate a skating skill?? Or is it more a mix of gymnastics & skating. Just give me a solid sit spin or a headless scratch spin that doesn't travel. Or a layback with unique arm movements and perfectly held free leg.

 

[Sk8rBoii]

Well, I do like butt-spins more than I-spin or Y-spin, no matter who does them (Even Lipnitskaia's I-spin, though displaying impressive flexibility). Imo the position looks too forced, not natural and not smooth at all, unlike a well-executed A-spin (I'm assuming this is what is here referred to as butt-spin?).

I appreciate a good butt.
Spin.

 

[Spirals for Miles]

I dislike all these criticizing remarks that are fixated on "it's not lady like" - "this thing is not lady like" etc.

This kind of backward stereotyping surely hold back ladies from pursuing new ways of expressions and trying things as they would like including spins positions and transitions (I've seen posters dissing ladies for doing cantilever "it's not girly" SMH). You don't have to be an ice princess through and through! Stop being such a dinosaur.

I am annoyed by that constant forcing of skaters into their desired mould.

Exactly! Love the dinosaurs name

 

[Crossover]

I don’t care if a Bielmann is ladylike.

It’s ugly. Ugly. UGLY. and it doesn’t matter who is doing it. I’ve seen Denise Bielmann do Bielmanns. Ugly.:disapp:

Butt spins. Ugly. UGLY. and I don’t care whose butt it is. :disapp:

That is all.

Although I quite like Biellmann spin, I like your wit more at the moment.

 

[russianfan]

is this it?

I have to say it looks good. I'm all for different variations of spins...

 

[LiamForeman]

I don't mind the Butt Spin. In fact I'd hold it for 8 revs to get a higher level!

 

[Mathman]

I dislike all these criticizing remarks that are fixated on "it's not lady like" - "this thing is not lady like" etc.

To me, it's all in the costuming.

Y-spin.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rnERrcZ9Y7I/R4vJRytln0I/AAAAAAAAAOo/TTDYoCxOpi0/s320/GALINDO.jpg

Fan spiral.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Olga_Ikonnikova_Spiral_2006_JGP_The_Hague.jpg

 

[russianfan]

To me, it's all in the costuming.

Y-spin.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rnERrcZ9Y7I/R4vJRytln0I/AAAAAAAAAOo/TTDYoCxOpi0/s320/GALINDO.jpg

Fan spiral.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Olga_Ikonnikova_Spiral_2006_JGP_The_Hague.jpg

my favorite Y-spin

 

[mrrice]

Well, I do like butt-spins more than I-spin or Y-spin, no matter who does them (Even Lipnitskaia's I-spin, though displaying impressive flexibility). Imo the position looks too forced, not natural and not smooth at all, unlike a well-executed A-spin (I'm assuming this is what is here referred to as butt-spin?).

I appreciate a good butt.
Spin.

I swear, I was about to say the same thing......It depends on who does it!

 

[Sai Bon]

I swear, I was about to say the same thing......It depends on who does it!

Think the butt spin looks better for men. It can work well in comical programmes (didn't Nobunari Oda do it in his Chaplin routine?). Don't really like it for ladies, but again, matter of taste. If it's done well to suitable music, it does add variety to spin positions.