You Know You're a Figure Skating Fan When...

[yesterday]

..you're hearing parts of this ad and think "oh, that fits for figure skating as well"



which part?

Spoiler: text from ad

...lives for resilience and elegance, patience and panache, power and heart.

 

[Matthew]

If you read a shop name "Loop" walking by and think half-consciously "how many rotations ...?"

 

[yesterday]

If you read a shop name "Loop" walking by and think half-consciously "how many rotations ...?"

Take the revolving door and find out

 

[CoyoteChris]

… when you type the letters fi into Google search and Google autocompletes like
Figure skates
Figure skating blades
Figure skaters
Figure skating boots
Figure skating tutorial
Figure skating video
Figure skating music
Figure skating movies
Figure skating …

I get fuel injection?????

 

[CoyoteChris]

Just when you hear Mariah Bell is retired, you go back and look at all the wonderful pics you have of her since Nats Omaha 2013 and wonder, Where did the years go?????

 

[MFarone]

Just when you hear Mariah Bell is retired, you go back and look at all the wonderful pics you have of her since Nats Omaha 2013 and wonder, Where did the years go?????

I wish her the very best in this next chapter of her life! I will miss her beautiful, lyrical and expressive skating. I watched the 2022 Worlds Womens FS to see her beautiful FS again.

 

[moonvine]

When you hear “Sinnerman” on TV and look up expecting to see Jason Brown but it’s just a car commercial.

 

[CoyoteChris]

I wish her the very best in this next chapter of her life! I will miss her beautiful, lyrical and expressive skating. I watched the 2022 Worlds Womens FS to see her beautiful FS again.

Exactly...As I keep saying, if a skater makes you FEEL, they have done their job......Boy did Hana Yoshida make me feel tonight! MB knows like many successful skaters that the face is an important part of artistry...( it kills me that I can find and watch the whole ladies FS on Youtube without commentary yet I cant watch the GP on demand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmYLoi8sD-Y

 

[purplecat]

When you see a license plate with the letters YYY and you say to yourself, "guess he hit his key points"!

 

[Skater Boy]

When you see a license plate with the letters YYY and you say to yourself, "guess he hit his key points"!

LOL You know you are a skating fan when you still post on GS. Has anyone noticed how the number of posts have dropped in the last say 8 mos since Russia has stopped competing at International events. Usually by now there would be lots of chat on the Skate America page but it is very slow moving. Without Russian skating drama or being reduced some of the fan interest seems to have disappeared. But I guess diehards need to think who will win pairs. While the US and Japan appear to be the faves for gold and silver the bronze is wide open. And now the ladies are very even - while one assumes Kaori will at the very least podium come worlds the podium is wide open - Japanese compatriots, Loena, the strong korean ladies, Olga M, Pagiani have all shown promise. In dance it looks like careful timing and patience will pay off for Chock and Bates. Will the British sneak onto the podium? The Italians look medal strong (almost as usual). Will Canada put it together and regain the good graces of the judges. Not quite the Russian drama of Nikita and his partner or the French from costumes falling off, abortions et al b ut some interest. The men have lost a lot of the top skaters but lots of exciting skaters from Malinin to the strong Japanese team. You know you/we are fans when we can take what seems like a lack lustre period of skating and get so excited.

 

[moonvine]

LOL You know you are a skating fan when you still post on GS. Has anyone noticed how the number of posts have dropped in the last say 8 mos since Russia has stopped competing at International events. Usually by now there would be lots of chat on the Skate America page but it is very slow moving. Without Russian skating drama or being reduced some of the fan interest seems to have disappeared. But I guess diehards need to think who will win pairs. While the US and Japan appear to be the faves for gold and silver the bronze is wide open. And now the ladies are very even - while one assumes Kaori will at the very least podium come worlds the podium is wide open - Japanese compatriots, Loena, the strong korean ladies, Olga M, Pagiani have all shown promise. In dance it looks like careful timing and patience will pay off for Chock and Bates. Will the British sneak onto the podium? The Italians look medal strong (almost as usual). Will Canada put it together and regain the good graces of the judges. Not quite the Russian drama of Nikita and his partner or the French from costumes falling off, abortions et al b ut some interest. The men have lost a lot of the top skaters but lots of exciting skaters from Malinin to the strong Japanese team. You know you/we are fans when we can take what seems like a lack lustre period of skating and get so excited.

Honestly I had not noticed, but I don't follow Russian skaters/skating so I don't read those threads at all ever. GS is the only forum I go to that hasn't migrated to FB and I truly thank the mods for not doing so because FB is a horrible platform for discussion threads.

You can tell you're a figure skating fan when you wake up at 7 am for a practice that starts at 9 - and you are NOT a morning person at ALL.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

When you see an absolutely gorgeous girl on the TV, and the first thing you think is "Oh, that dress looks very like the *Red Dress* that Liza wore for her 'Koop Island Blues' EX a few years ago".

Wow! Looked up a video of a performance of that EX. Was it really as many as EIGHT years ago???!!!

Actually, seeing Liza's *Red Dress* again there now, the dress I saw this morning wasn't as much like it as I thought. Although they were the exact same colour and were the same shape at the top, this dress was longer than Liza's. And (I did remember this bit), Liza's dress had sparklies on it, whereas the other didn't.

Nevertheless, it gave me an excuse to watch my favourite Liza EX again, so I'm not complaining!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[charmblade]

I usually watch skating on my computer because I can rarely watch live but this evening I was able to put the Skate Canada Pairs FS on my tv while playing with my daughter and within 15 minutes my husband and three year old daughter were performing pairs lifts in our living room

I of course was yelling out GOEs at them like any good skating fan would.

 

[Azikin]

LOL You know you are a skating fan when you still post on GS.

And when you're watching women free program at Skate Canada, although the level is rather low...

 

[moonvine]

And when you're watching women free program at Skate Canada, although the level is rather low...

I thought the level was fine. Enjoyed it a lot.

 

[FaustinaF]

When you listen to some music and you start thinking what pieces of music you could combine to build up your dream program!! And of consequence what choreo sequence to use, and you think all this during the most unexpected moments of the day (during your study, when you're cooking )

 

[iluvtodd]

... you look @ a skater in costume just before he/she skates and guess what the program music will be.

 

[Arriba627]

When you hear Shoma's 2022 EX music in "The Crown" and his 2021 SP music in the new Spielberg movie "The Fabelmans" and say
"Hey wait a minute, I recognize that!"

 

[yuumagical]

When you're planning a trip abroad and one of your must-see destinations is your favorite skater's hometown, even though it's not a typical tourist destination...

...and you even follow a Facebook page called "(Skater's Hometown) is not boring."

(I'm definitely not traveling there to stalk this skater, that would be wrong!)

 

[alexocfp]

It will be very hard to beat this one:
On US Election Day, my ballot had a write in vote for Anna and Liza on it. Haha