Official Figure Skating Thread

[tigerandbambi]

Ice skating is one of the most graceful, emotional and impressive sports.

 

Brian Orser is my favorite coach, he's trained some of the best skaters of the last 10 years. His current student roster is amazing! Cha Jun-hwan, I'm watching you, you can make it bb

 

Some of my favorite skaters and their performances:

Yuna Kim, the queen (FS Olympics 2014)

Carolina Kostner, age truly doesnt matter (SP Worlds 2018)

Shen and Zhao, partners on the ice and for life <3 (

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Javier Fernandez, proving that dreams do come true (

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Davis and White, in-real-life Disney prince and princess (OD Olympics 2010 and

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... and Yuzuru Hanyu, the reigning king of ice, biggest skater in history (

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I'm a bit of a skating nerd, so if you guys have any questions, feel free to ask

Thank you for coming to my TED talk

[tigerandbambi]

 

Question for you, what was your favourite Yuzuru Hanyu program?

 

Tbh I can watch Yuzuru skate 24/7 and still be mesmerized. He's not only the most complete and well-rounded skater I've ever seen but also an admireable human being, sincere, focused, extremely hardworking, passionate, amazing speaker and very ambitious.

 

All of his programs are incredible and chosing faves is almost impossible, but these I probably like best:

Seimei

Hope and Legacy

Notte Stellata

Parisienne Walkways

 

He's gone through so much in life and put his body through a lot. I believe him when he says he'll do the 4A (or probably die trying). However, I didn't believe him for a second when he said he doesn't have to prove anything anymore to himself after his 2nd Olympic gold, because here we are, 7 months later and him saying 'It's meaningless if I don't win'. lol this guy's fire will never be quenched.

 

From his new programs, so far I like Otonal a bit more than Origin but that could be because Origin still seems like a work-in-progress, a bit unpolished and still in the early stages of growing into its skin.

Edited October 27, 2018 by tigerandbambi

[tigerandbambi]

Javier Fernández, congratulations

He is an excellent skater, a great man and a true friend. He brought joy and heart to the ice skating world, Spain can be proud of him. He'll be dearly missed. May he live happy and reach all his dreams!

 

Edited January 27, 2019 by tigerandbambi