Pairs' Roller-skating free skate

[gsk8]

Stumbled across this video and just wanted to share. For those of you who have roller-skating before, you can appreciate the difficulty! Roller skates are heavy and roller skating is generally more difficult when doing moves like you see in this video. Very impressive!

 

[Mathman]

Wow.

(Can I nominate them for costume award?) )

 

[Jhar55]

If I remember correctly Tara Lipinski started out as roller skater, maybe why her jumps always seemed little clunky to me

 

[gsk8]

...and probably why she needed hip surgery at since a young age

 

[NanaPat]

That was impressive.

Brandon Frazier and Haven Denney also started out as pairs roller skaters. As did Matteo Guarise.

 

[4everchan]

the first position in the pair spin was awesome... in the SBS spins, the cool thing was to spin only on the back two wheels.. cool variation

their death spiral was invalid it seems . a recurring problem in both sports

I don't know this sport... never watched before... seems to me that compared to figure skating, lifts are awesome here but not so much the throws and jumps which are stiff. I liked the steps too...

would watch again maybe but I prefer the glide from figure skating too much

 

[Anna K.]

This was definitely worth sharing.

Lift positions look much more spectacular than the mandatory footgrabs in figure skating.
And the ending spin is fantastic

If only the figure skating choreographers took inspiration from that...

 

[4everchan]

This was definitely worth sharing.

Lift positions look much more spectacular than the mandatory footgrabs in figure skating.
And the ending combined spin is fantastic

If only the figure skating choreographers took inspiration from that...

We liked the same things : the pair spin and lifts... I am not sure it's all about the choreographers but more the code of point.
For instance, the first position in the pair spin the I loved, it's like a stationary lift. That could maybe count as a hard exit but it wouldn't meet spinning with your blades on the ice requirements. I guess that's why we wouldn't see it on the ice. Maybe there are physical reasons too but I am guessing that it may be more than just choreographers serving us same old same old.. but the rules themselves.

Maxime and Deanna come to mind here. In their first years together, they were not always getting full levels for their lifts. Our commentators explained that Maxime really wasn't a fan of cookie cutter getting level 4 ugly positions and they were aiming to get there with different bullet points. It took them a while to earn these bullets and now, we can say that their lifts are indeed gorgeous and original. However, Max is a great lifter and Deanna a great flyer. I can see why most teams just go get their level 4 with the Leonova-Kvalko split position...

 

[Anna K.]

We liked the same things : the pair spin and lifts... I am not sure it's all about the choreographers but more the code of point.
For instance, the first position in the pair spin the I loved, it's like a stationary lift. That could maybe count as a hard exit but it wouldn't meet spinning with your blades on the ice requirements. I guess that's why we wouldn't see it on the ice. Maybe there are physical reasons too but I am guessing that it may be more than just choreographers serving us same old same old.. but the rules themselves.

Maxime and Deanna come to mind here. In their first years together, they were not always getting full levels for their lifts. Our commentators explained that Maxime really wasn't a fan of cookie cutter getting level 4 ugly positions and they were aiming to get there with different bullet points. It took them a while to earn these bullets and now, we can say that their lifts are indeed gorgeous and original. However, Max is a great lifter and Deanna a great flyer. I can see why most teams just go get their level 4 with the Leonova-Kvalko split position...

The code of points is of course to blame if we see the same lift repeated by nearly all teams and in addition this lift is ugly

However, there are also ice shows and exhibitions that have nothing to do with the code of points and, in theory, provide the choreographers with absolute artistic freedom.... which mainly remains unused. I wonder why?

 

[4everchan]

The code of points is of course to blame if we see the same lift repeated by nearly all teams and in addition this lift is ugly

However, there are also ice shows and exhibitions that have nothing to do with the code of points and, in theory, provide the choreographers with absolute artistic freedom.... which mainly remains unused. I wonder why?

Because athletes have limited time to invest in creating completely new and different lifts just for shows? I often find that show programs are even less creative than competitive programs.

 

[Diana Delafield]

This was a performance from several years ago -- Rebecca Tarlazzi retired after winning World's 16 times in singles and pairs starting in 2012. Just in the last few years artistic roller skaters have smoothed out most of the clunkiness and their performances look virtually identical to those on ice. The exception is that triples are still the norm for jumps, with only a few of the strongest men trying quads, because of the heavy wheels. The pairs lifts are allowed to last longer than on ice, with more changes of positions, which I love.

Those spins on the back heels are done by everyone, even the little kids in Juvenile. It took me a long time to get the hang of them, either ending up sitting on the floor or finding myself zooming off in a straight line on my back wheels. But I can do camels on the back now, and am getting there for sit spins although I still sometimes get a cramp down the shin when I lift my toes.

But I've said before that my biggest reason for being glad I took up artistic roller as well is the big improvement in conditioning and leg strength. Work with those heavy wheels for awhile and then move over onto the ice and you fly without trying. The same effect as training on ice or in the gym dragging a weight behind you. Only a lot more fun!

 

[Arriba627]

I loved roller skating and did it for quite a few years, of course nothing like this level! Pretty amazing! I still remember the steps to the Carlos Tango, the Straight Waltz, and the Country Polka!