Click the Jennifer Connelly thumbnail (top row, second from right) for a photo of Jennifer in what is described as: Jennifer Connelly triple lutzed in this...
... What I wonder, in all of this is whether a poorly done, wobbly Biellmann position spiral really does "get more points" than a basic one with a secure edge?...
Susan
smc413@...
Dec 31, 2007 11:32 pm
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... Yeah, it would probably make sense to get rid of the system of having level 1-4 elements based on the number of features they have. Instead, have two or...
In a message dated 12/31/2007 8:02:35 A.M. Central Standard Time, memory58@... writes: And the 12 year olds, 14 year-olds, and 20 year-olds are doing...
... fascinating -- and one wondered how those positions could be achieved at all. ... regional juvenile pairs competitions on icenetwork, I see 11-year-old ...
... Having done a spiral to a shoot the duck in my skating days, I can attest to its difficulty. Forward is slightly easier than backwards. It's especially...
... skaters try: 1. Change-of-edge spiral with--get this--ARMS FOLDED IN FRONT or HELD BEHIND THE BACK. << That's a good idea. Actually you don't even need...
Sarah Ramer
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Dec 31, 2007 7:02 am
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How wonderful to see the lovely Yukina Ota again. She caused such a buzz at Skate Canada 2003 then was injured and out for a while IIRC? I got a kick out of...
Adding some more YouTube links for videos from the ladies' competition at the Japanese Nationals. ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGumItgJ9iY ... 17 (43.92)...
Likewise, I found myself speculating in the last day or so about what *else* could be done with spins. I could stand corrected, but it seems to me that...
... I'm gonna go out on a wacky limb here...but maybe it's not so wacky. From what I have seen of the ISU Communications clarifying what constitutes difficulty...
trudee44081@...
Dec 30, 2007 11:47 pm
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... I don't think so. In fact, I went back and read his original article, and it's so obviously satirical that I think we can safely say that ALL of the...
trudee44081@...
Dec 30, 2007 11:27 pm
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... Not to resurrect old arguments if I can help it, but I also can't help but think that if Kwan had a lapse of even a season, she would've been ...
trudee44081@...
Dec 30, 2007 11:13 pm
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So Mrs. Little coached literally hundreds of young skaters and one went to the Olympics and became famous..those are probably about the right odds. Fred ... ...
In a message dated 12/29/2007 8:02:01 P.M. Central Standard Time, verte76@... writes: Yeah, I remember one skating teacher commenting that all of her...
... I would say they have different strengths. I have never seen anything like Shabalin's precision in the CD's. The man is a machine. I remember watching his...
I couldn't get this page. Too bad about the coach dying. Who was her first coach? Patricia Support your friendly local autistics....I'm one of them ... From:...
My goodness, Takahashi finally included a second quad and landed it! I didn't become a major fan for nothing, he just shows an unbelievable work ethic,as he...
From today's Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2007/12/29/jacquel yn_j_little_78_taught_figure_skating_to_hundreds/ Meagan...
... any ... was ... point ... ISU, so ... or ... Q about judging. "Piseev: "[Nobody knows which judge is removed} except the computer and the one runnign the...
JAPANESE NATIONALS (Dec. 26-28, 2007)?- official results & detailed protocols in English: http://www.skatingjapan.jp/National/2007-2008/fs/national/E/index.htm...
... The spiral Nicole made popular was not a Biellmann (or Biellmann variation). It was a traditional spiral, but with a nearly vertical freeleg, much as we...
Susan
smc413@...
Dec 30, 2007 3:01 am
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Oh, how sad. Patricia Support your friendly local autistics....I'm one of them ... From: "Skatephile@..." <Skatephile@...> To:...
Yeah, I remember one skating teacher commenting that all of her students were grabbing their blades when they did spirals, and they all had to do them. ...
... He isn't talking about judges, he is talking about the technical specialists & controller - the three people who decide if a quad was under-rotated by 91...
Susan
smc413@...
Dec 29, 2007 11:58 pm
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From Icenetwork: Asada the silver medalist at last year's world championships, used a big lead she built up in the short program on Thursday to hold off ...
... the ... got ... Just checked Verner's spins at NHK, he got actually all level 4's for all 4 spins, indeed Takahashi got some 2-3's ... out ... to ... ...