Favorite skaters

[Rachael]

You can't have a new board without a favorite skaters thread.


Michelle Kwan
Sarah Hughes
Tim Goebel
Yebin Mok
Parker Pennington
S/Z
S/P
Johnny Weir
Meno and Sand
Tonia Kwiatkowski
Nicole Bobek
Brian Boitano

 

[Rachael]

sorry! Wrong forum! Could one of the mods move it? Thank you!

 

[KwanFan1212]

Done. No problem Rachael!!

And my top fave skaters are all in my siggy line in some way so I don't need to say them again, LOL, but here are my other faves that aren't listed there.

Jenny Kirk
AP McDonough
Caryn Cadavy
Kristi Yamaguchi
Brian Boitano
Tim Goebel
Matt Savoie
Ryan Jahnke
Alexei Yagudin
Anabelle Langlois & Patrice Archetto
Isabelle Brassuer & Lloyd Eisler
John Z and that girl he skates with...Kyoko! LOL
Shae & Vic
Naomi & Peter

 

[show 42]

Oh, where do I begin......they seem to change yearly, but here are some of my "permanent" favs....
Janet Lynn
Paul Wylie
G and G
Michelle
Sasha
Michael Weiss
Kurt Browning..............42

 

[ladybug]

Wow, I miss getting on the computer one day and find goldenskate has moved.

Some of my favorites are:
Michelle
Tim Goebel
Alexei
Brian Boitano
Rudy G.
Paul Wylie
Kristi Y.

 

[Lanie]

I like the majority of skaters out there! My top favorites are Angela, Sasha, Irina, Carolina, Michelle, Evgeny, Alexei, Brian Joubert and Johnny Weir.

 

[Excidra2001]

I like a lot of skaters but listed below are my favorites

Irina
Shae and Vic
D&V
Jaime and David
Plushyenko
Shen/Zhoa
Fumie

 

[Tonichelle]

this will probably be edited at least once by myself as it's 10:30 here and I'm tired and my parents will be sending me to my room soon LOL

Men
Kurt Browning
Scott Hamilton
Steven Cousins
Paul Wylie
Alexei Yagudin
Brian Orser
Michael Weiss
Brian Boitano
Todd Eldredge
Ilia Kulik(yeah I tend to get nit picky with him, but he's a good skater)


Pairs
Jamie Salé & David Pelletier
Ekatarina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov
Elena B & Anton S(I really don't want to get chewed out again for misspelling their last names )
Anabelle Langlois & Patrice Archetto! (GO BELLA & PATCH!)
Tuffy Hough & Doug Ladret
Issy Brassuer & Lloyd Eisler
Yuka Sato & Jason Dunjen(I've seen them live... WOW)
Tiffany Scott & Phillip Dulebohn
Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman(I like their skating at least)

Ladies
Angela Nikodinov
Josée Chouinard
Yuka Sato
Kristi Yamaguchi
Katia Gordeeva
Jennifer Robinson
Sarah Hughes
Irina Slutskaya
Elena Sokolova
Jill Trenary


Ice Dance
Torvill & Dean
Roca & Sur
Bourne & Kraatz
Gregory & Petukhov
Belbin & Aggosto
Lang & Tchernyshev
Annenko & Stretenski(sp)


ok mom's telling me to get offline so she and dad can get to bed... I'll add on tomorrow

 

[Antilles]

This is always a fun topic. Here goes (in no particular order):

Anissina and Peizerat
Kurt Browning
Alexei Yagudin
Michelle Kwan
Drobiazko (sp) and Vanagas
Shen and Zhao
Berezhnaya(sp) and Sikuralidze(sp)
Gordeeva and Grinkov
Klimova and Ponomarenko
Elvis Stokyo
Brian Orser
Belbin and Agosto
Bourne and Kraatz
Robin Cousins
Katarina Witt
Denkova and Staviski
Kristi Yamaguchi
Ilia Kulik
Lang and Tchernychev
Dubreuil and Lauzon
Irina Slutskaya
Lucinda Ruh

Forgot Brasseur and Eisler!

 

[chinadoll]

michelle kwan

shen xue & zhao hongbo
alexei yagudin
takeshi honda
fumie suguri
naomi lang & peter tchernyshev

 

[Germanice]

Mine ...

Ladies:
- Oksana Baiul
- Lu Chen
- Katarina Witt
- Fumie Suguri

Pairs:
- Xue Shen / Hongbo Zhao
- Elena Berezhnaya / Anton Sikharulidze
- Natalia Mishkotionok / Arthur Dmitriev

Dance:
- Isabelle- und Paul Duchesnay - FOREVER!!!

Men:
- Alexei Yagudin
- Ilia Kulik
- Viktor Petrenko
- Evgeny Plushenko
- Takeshi Honda
- Kurt Browning
- Jeff Buttle

Anke

 

[Patchris]

Gordeeva/Grinkov
Berezhnaya/Sikuralidze
Abitbol/Bernadis
Kovarikova/Novotny

Anissina/Peizerat
Klimova/Ponomarenko
Grishuk/Platov
Duchesnay/Duchesnay
Denkova/Staviyski
Delobel/Schoenfelder

Kurt Browning
Brian Boitano
Alexander Abt
Stanick Jeannette
Alexei Yagudin
Philippe Candéloro

Katarina Witt
Sasha Cohen
Midori Ito
Surya Bonaly
Laetitia Hubert
Elena Liashenko

 

[dorispulaski]

In no particular order (with apologies for spelling); I have a fondness for a lot of lower tier skaters. Doesn't mean I think they are best in the world. Just really like their skating.

Yebin Mok
Angela Nikidinov
Shizuka Arikawa
Irina Slutskaya
Michelle Kwan
Midori Ito

Rudi Galindo
Brian Boitano
Brian Orser
Paul Wylie
Tim Goebel
Alexei Yagudin
Stefan Lambiel
Ilia Klimkin
Sasha Abt
Kurt Browning

Torville and Dean
Duchesnay and Duchesnay
Engi and Toth
Wilson and McCall
Klimova and Ponamarenko
Rakamo and Kokko
Pakhamova and Gorshkov
Denkova and Stavisky
Lang and Tchernyshev

The Protopopovs
Shen and Zhao
B&S (like them too much to hack up their names spelling them)
Mishkutenok and Dmitriev
Gordeeva / Grinkov
Watson/Oppegard
Ina and Zimmerman
Underhill and Martini
Inoue/Baldwin

 

[tdnuva]

Well - my favorites are and will be Torvill & Dean - what you could see by my gushing thread. But I could add in dance Winkler & Lohse, Duchesnays (though I must admit mostly for the Dean-choreography ), Wilson & McCall and Roca & Sur.

Pairs - Gordeeva & Grinkov.

Women: Katarina Witt (eligible career mostly), Kristi Yamaguchi, Yuka Sato - ordered by date.

Men: Kurt Browning, Alexei Yagudin.

But this is really the favorite list concerning "whole" skaters. There are a lot of special routines I love by other skaters, too.....

 

[Dustin]

Ladies:
Sasha Cohen
Irina Slutskaya
A.P. McDonough
Kristi Yamaguchi
Nicole Bobek
Tara Lipinski

Men:
Alexei Yagudin
Evgeny Plushenko
Tim Goebel
Todd Eldredge
Elvis Stojko

Pairs:
Sale & Pelletier
Berezhnaya & Sikharalidze
Shen & Zhao
Ina & Zimmerman
Brasseur & Eisler

Dance:
Belbin & Agosto
Bourne & Kraatz
Anissina & Peizerat

 

[icenut84]

Nice thread! tdnuva - I love that pic under your name! Where's it from?

I like almost all skaters, including:

Torvill & Dean (GBR)
Bourne & Kraatz (CAN)
Anissina & Peizerat (FRA)
Lobacheva & Averbukh (RUS)
Rahkamo & Kokko (FIN)

Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze (RUS)
Shen & Zhao (CHN)
Abitbol & Bernadis (FRA)
Gordeeva & Grinkov (RUS)
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev (RUS)

Irina Slutskaya (RUS)
Michelle Kwan (USA)
Sasha Cohen (USA)
Elena Sokolova (RUS)
Carolina Kostner (ITA)
Fumie Suguri (JPN)
Tara Lipinski (USA)
Oksana Baiul (UKR)
Midori Ito (JPN)
Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)

Evgeny Plushenko (RUS)
Alexei Yagudin (RUS)
Alexander Abt (RUS)
Stephane Lambiel (SUI)
Kurt Browning (CAN)
Elvis Stojko (CAN)

I have lots more! lol. I like a lot of skaters.

 

[Jaana]

I like many skaters, new ones and from the past, but the biggest favourite of them all is Ilia Kulik.

Marjaana

 

[sk8ing_lady2001]

Michelle's still my #1 favorite. I could name countless other ones.

 

[TaraFanatic4eva]

Wow, there are so many, but let me name some of the tops...

Tara Lipinski
Ann Patrice McDonough
Jennifer Kirk
Sarah Hughes
Sasha Cohen

Tim Goebel
Alexei Yagudin

Jamie and David
Jenny and Todd
Kyoko and John
Elena and Anton

Tanith and Ben
Naomi and Peter

and so many others, that must be slipping my mind at the moment

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Sonia Henie

Joe