The way they were

[vivika1982]

No videos of an early Jeff Buttle?

2001 -18 years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTtB-IBBzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytTarLrHyLc

[leapfrogonice]

How about some early Kurt Browning?

[vivika1982]

How about some early Kurt Browning?

It would be cool

Midori Ito-1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_cn2cA5JGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDvM8Aynm6c

Paul Wylie & Dana Graham -1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOy8pAR4Dd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHiA2TrpjGA
Paul Wylie 1981
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S53ISpdrMBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL6Xx-yuaYw

[leapfrogonice]

Brian Orser too please. His jumps and performances from 1981 were incredible.

[vivika1982]

Brian Orser 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0Q3lhjwMjM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOXHSXkn8w0

Shen/Zhao-1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH8DOZlA0qQ

Klimova/Ponomarenko-1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ow8xSHGvT8

Shae-Lynn Bourne/Viktor Kraatz-1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUEHJw8HerU
young Viktor and hia first partner @0039
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mknF3EFTyHY

At last but not at least three great coaches ;
Tatyana Tarasova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDeDqBWk0LY
Tamara Bratus-Moskvina and Alexey Mishin-1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-c0RmNtfR4

[pinky166]

Elena solo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk-iEgA8uzc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYolQHaMbpI

Amazing dancer at 11 years old! Holy cow!

[Teenes]

How about some early Kurt Browning?

This is the earliest Kurt Browning video I know of:
1985 Junior Canadians LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4BgdexS3A

Not that early, but pre-quad and pre-first Worlds win?
1987 Worlds SP - Relax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iXC4misFyg

[Aussie Willy]

It really is amazing what people have kept and been able to post on Youtube. Such a fantastic historical record of skaters.

[skatesindreams]

Brian Orser too please. His jumps and performances from 1981 were incredible.

Here he is at 1981 Worlds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC8F7A-p5Uo

[zotza]

Bobrova/Soloviev
2001/2002 (must be really early,they look very young)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRKIjrV5Fs
2003/04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9wUe...feature=relmfu

Monko/Khaliavin 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRKIjrV5Fs

I remember Alexei Urmanov performing at the exhibigion at 1990 Euros,but I can't remember where I've seen the video.Can anyone help?

[vivika1982]

Bobrova/Soloviev
2001/2002 (must be really early,they look very young)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRKIjrV5Fs
2003/04
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9wUe...feature=relmfu

Monko/Khaliavin 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhRKIjrV5Fs

I remember Alexei Urmanov performing at the exhibigion at 1990 Euros,but I can't remember where I've seen the video.Can anyone help?

Teens ,skatsesindreams and zotza thank you so much .

Video of 17 year old Urmanov which is probably around 1990 or 1991.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY8CPTOCqyw

Barbara Fusar Poli/Alberto Reani-1993-1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCz-ul3-AOs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2PWfWWAPE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqV0Ml8ziVI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNS7RcNJoCk

[vivika1982]

Jamie Sale/Jason Turner-1994
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTV5wQmbYnM


Allison Gaylord/David Pelletier -1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2thz4PIZWS0

and Jamie and David @ their first competition -1998 SC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlE6gQrr4eQ

PS.Both Berezhnaya and Sale competed at 1994 OG with different parners.

Jamie as single skater 1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRSrrQ-8mXM

and another talented skater
Shizuka Arakawa-1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEoabQi287Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dVd6N_0yRY

Ashley Wagner-2007 JWC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD3-txgi3Tw

Jennifer and John Nicks-1951 EC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ore-juSvROA

[judiz]

Challenge: can anyone find video of Johnny skating pairs with his partner Jodi Rudden? They skated on the juvenile and novice level in 1997 and 1998 and made it to what was then called the junior olympics both year.

[vivika1982]

It really is amazing what people have kept and been able to post on Youtube. Such a fantastic historical record of skaters.

It is amazing and thanks to 3Axel1996,morogava and many others we can see those great skaters at the dawn of their career.

Angela Nikodinov - 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ij6-QbCvU0

Challenge: can anyone find video of Johnny skating pairs with his partner Jodi Rudden? They skated on the juvenile and novice level in 1997 and 1998 and made it to what was then called the junior olympics both year.

This is good challenge.It would be nice to see Johnny and his partner.



Meanwhile Johnny in 2000 U. S. Junior Championships
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2qQgMqFon0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJLlXpM47Fw

Thanks to floskate
good quality video of his first coach Priscilla Hill @ 1978 Worlds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHEz5iYrGhI

And i am done with the weekly searching. Father's day is coming and i have to prepare surprise for my hubby who lets me have my head in the clouds but keeps me grounded when needed.

[judiz]

Meanwhile Johnny in 2000 U. S. Junior Championships


Some mistakes but very impressive considering Johnny had only been on skates for four years.

[vivika1982]

Mistakes can be forgiven especially when someone just started skating or just was paired with new partner as the case of Totmyanina /Marinin in the following clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vwTWWPSL3M

As the comentator mentioned they both were good "jumpers" but had to improve when skate together(or something like that)

[Aussie Willy]

^Ironic that the elements they made the mistake on were the side by side jumps. Otherwise that was pretty good.

[vivika1982]

1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Figure Skating, Men(@ the begining 12 years old Jan Hoffmann)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPMngw7uVEA

1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Figure Skating, Mixed Pairs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwyITGJcTuQ
1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Figure Skating, Women
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayZNWzPZtA

[Nan]

1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, Figure Skating, Mixed Pairs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwyITGJcTuQ

Moskvina & Mishin at about 36:00. Check out her final spin! The woman is a goddess.

[vivika1982]

Ah and the Biellmann spin.

Stiegler &Stiegler 1995( and their first steps on the ice at very early age )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T8HaCNc6Rc

Sergey Sakhnovsky with Ekaterina Svirina @1994 Goodwill Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fbO89vOpQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhZfM040jjo

From the same event
Grushina Goncharov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIrz-qGKrQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0-PISt-Gsc

Lobacheva/Averbukh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ejCjIy2tE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5_EDj1JlM