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[orientalplane]

NEW Midori Ito program!!

I've never seen this before - it is the 1986 Japan free skating championships - not Nationals - and she skated clean with 7 triples :cheer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJN98ubei8&feature=related


Midori in all her glory! :eek: :kickass: :swoon:

[shan]

From 2008 Skate America:

Jane Summersett/Todd Gilles OD. Their best OD performance of the season IMO. And one of the best OD's of the season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUAwIA-IP1E

[antmanb]

Thanks for the link :).

So was that little hop at 2:48 an inside axel with an opposite-foot landing?

I just watched the programme and came here to ask the same thing! What would you call that...an inside one foot axel?

[floskate]

Well a usual inside axel takes off and lands on the same foot so I guess gkelly is right and it's best described as an inside axel landed on the opposite foot. Interesting little jump though :)

[chipso1]

From 2008 Skate America:

Jane Summersett/Todd Gilles OD. Their best OD performance of the season IMO. And one of the best OD's of the season.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUAwIA-IP1E

So undermarked! :mad:

Their "La Strada" FD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTFrWb27CCg&feature=related) was equally as stunning, IMO. :swoon:

[Vash01]

NEW Midori Ito program!!

I've never seen this before - it is the 1986 Japan free skating championships - not Nationals - and she skated clean with 7 triples :cheer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bJN98ubei8&feature=related

The uploader has a LOT of cool rare vids that I have never seen before so take a look while you're there. :)

What an amazing skater! She was several years ahead of her time. If not for the compulsory figures, she would have won many more world titles. She had enough technical skills to blow away the 1986 field. She would have won in 1980 if not for the compulsories. Thanks for posting this, and yes, there are lots of other Midori videos there.

[falling_dance]

Happy Birthday, Midori Ito! :cheer: She turned 42 today.

Apropos of nothing: am I the only one here to have had way too much (http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3259057&postcount=611) nostalgic fun watching Patricia Mansfield's 1995 US Nationals free skate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1LsqEZ3W3c)?

[Clay]

Apropos of nothing: am I the only one here to have had way too much (http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showpost.php?p=3259057&postcount=611) nostalgic fun watching Patricia Mansfield's 1995 US Nationals free skate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1LsqEZ3W3c)?

NO way. I had a blast watching that program again. So many voidy drinking game moments: someone getting the movie title wrong, peggy talking about her mother making costumes etc.

Most of all, it was a great performance full of wonderful moves. Patricia made it back to nationals several times (02 and 03) but none of her performances were televised. I imagine all of her programs were just as interesting as 1995 though.

[falling_dance]

I imagine all of her programs were just as interesting as 1995 though.

Based on what I gleaned from the SkateWeb reviews of 2002 Easterns (http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/reports/2002-easterns/) at 2003 US Nats (http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/reports/2003-nationals/), I suspect so, too.

[falling_dance]

Better late than never...

from 1985 Skate Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Skate_Canada_International)*:

Caryn Kadavy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dx9J9IvJUh8) (1st overall)
Faust (That's all I can identify.)

Ina Bauer into a 3r
2a
camel-layback-change-sit-upright
2t2t
3s
flying camel into a donut spin
spread eagles into a 2r2t
camel-sit-upright
2a
layback-upright spin
spirals
2f
serpentine steps
2t
split jumps
2a
flying upright spin

Elizabeth Manley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luAGCnzWHY) (2nd overall)
The Stone Flower (See comment about Kadavy's music.)

2f
3z (2ft. or a Maria B.-style save?; I should be able to tell, but can't.)
straight line steps
2s
3t
2a
camel-upright spin
camel-upright spin (in opposite direction)
Ina Bauer
spiral
layback-upright spin
flying upright spin
steps preceding a flying camel-illusions-upright spin to finish
2z
2a
split-2f-hop-2t
spread eagles
camel-layback-sit-change-camel (slight loss of speed and control)-sit (ditto)-upright

* all elements well-executed unless otherwise noted

Both videos are recent uploads (and, liking this thread, I hope it will continue).

[sadya]

Thanks for sharing those, especially the Manley program from 1985, falling_dance. I enjoyed that performance as much as er 1988 Olympic lp. Love her hair!

[essence_of_soy]

Great to see how much Manley's program evolved between Skate Canada and the 1986 World Championships.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRkq1kh8fTA

[floskate]

Thanks for posting that clip of Manley at 1985 St Ivel. Haven't seen that in years. It inspired me to upload this:

Liz Manley 1986 St Ivel LP (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8EOkWadGKc)

AFAIK this was her first competition of the 1986-87 season and she picked up where she left off at 1986 Worlds in Geneva by skating an absolute blinder. She had lost the SP to Trenary but this was more than enough to give her victory overall. Manley only skated this well a few times in her career so it deserves to be seen by many.

And huge posthumous thanks to our own Captcrunch aka David Forberg who passed away last month. :( He very generously shared this footage with me earlier this year. I'll upload Jill Trenary also.

[floskate]

Here's Jill's LP from the same event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8a1FyM9vU

[skatesindreams]

Thanks so much for sharing these programs here.
I'm grateful to David for sharing the footage with you, too.