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I just saw on Mika's VK that Brian Orser praised Mika's quad lutz in this interview (Ep 10)
http://www.icenetwork.com/fans/icetalk
Here is a transcript (as on VK, I can't listen to it at the moment myself)
''Brian: You know, and it’s becoming a little bit more common. You know, I heard just today that the Russian boy, Mikhail…
- Yeah, Kolyada.
Brian: Yeah, thank you. He... I guess it may be posting something. But you know, he’s doing this quad lutz and it doesn’t surprise me because I was watching him on practice when we were just against him somewhere at NHK or whatever and his triple lutz is like textbook perfect. You know, it’s like Michael Weiss’s triple lutz. You know, it’s like a perfect triple lutz that has lots of air time and technically perfect and designed. They do it the way it’s designed and they get all this air time and it’s effortless. And now I was watching him on practice and look at that! That could be an amazing quad lutz. There’s another one, the Chinese boy, and Nathan, and the Russian boy, so it’s becoming a little bit more mainstream.''
How exciting is this!!!
Edit: I've listened to it -the transcript is accurate, it starts at 31.40, would like to listen to the whole interview but no time alas
http://www.icenetwork.com/fans/icetalk
Here is a transcript (as on VK, I can't listen to it at the moment myself)
''Brian: You know, and it’s becoming a little bit more common. You know, I heard just today that the Russian boy, Mikhail…
- Yeah, Kolyada.
Brian: Yeah, thank you. He... I guess it may be posting something. But you know, he’s doing this quad lutz and it doesn’t surprise me because I was watching him on practice when we were just against him somewhere at NHK or whatever and his triple lutz is like textbook perfect. You know, it’s like Michael Weiss’s triple lutz. You know, it’s like a perfect triple lutz that has lots of air time and technically perfect and designed. They do it the way it’s designed and they get all this air time and it’s effortless. And now I was watching him on practice and look at that! That could be an amazing quad lutz. There’s another one, the Chinese boy, and Nathan, and the Russian boy, so it’s becoming a little bit more mainstream.''
How exciting is this!!!
Edit: I've listened to it -the transcript is accurate, it starts at 31.40, would like to listen to the whole interview but no time alas
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I really am happy that a coach like Brian praised Mika's Lutz technique. Glad to see Mika grabs attention, means he has the goods! 
