The way they were

[Canadask8er]

WTF Did anybody notice that the female skater featured in this video, Miwa Fukuhara, performed a 3Lz every bit as good as any I have ever seen. This was in freakin' 1964.

Hate to burst your bubble but it was only a double

[bardtoob]

^ I don't mind in this case because the footage quality is bad, but, if that was a double, it was huge with some very good technique.

[vivika1982]

Another figure skating family :
Takahiko Kozuka 2000-11 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTb8_EZ-gE

and his father Tsuguhiko Kozuka in 1967
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...YPT0BkY#t=106s

and in addition 16 years old Irina Cherniaeva (Marina Anissina's mother) with her partner Vasilii Blagov @ 1971/72 Russian Nationals( they won the pairs competition).It is a fragment of "This amazing sport" and i am not sure how long this one will exist since the youtube link for the whole documentary was removed.
http://www.newstube.ru/media/tat-yan...oix-figuristov

http://www.newstube.ru/media/tarasov...otsyuda-ujdete
This one is probably a year earlier.Irina just turned 15 and Vasilii 16 apparently they had same birthday date. Tarasova was explaining why she was so harsh on them and how they are still kids who need to understand that in order to become a champion is important to repeat( again and again )jumps ,elements, lifts and etc. even though you are tired or upset.

[gkelly]

Another figure skating family :
Takahiko Kozuka 2000-11 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTb8_EZ-gE

Whee, axels in both directions!

[vivika1982]

Gale and Joel Furhman-1973
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n42SqiNoRGY
Ron and Nancy Ludington-1960
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEcq2IYqBo

18 years old Marina Eltsova with Sergei Zaitsev-1988 SA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2ez-35cyWk
Julia Lasenko(17 years)/Andery Bushkov(18 years) -1988 JWC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnXrs0ZgnRk
Marina Eltsova with Andrey Bushkov-1991NHK trophy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf2KqBTZ3EI

Earlier video of 14 years old Oksana Baiul @1992 Nations Cup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKQ6cezLi7o
and few childhood pictures
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...lmjId8II#t=67s

16 years old Tanja Szewczenko-1993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vik8HggTF4c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc4w4UqHLpA

[vivika1982]

Nicole ASSLER -1965 WC Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0pWfPBtK0A
Emanuel Sandhu-1998/1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lttgcHKVmVs

[briancoogaert]

Nicole ASSLER -1965 WC Gala
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0pWfPBtK0A

Nicole HASLER, the best spinner ever

[lulu]

Mark & Melissa Miliatano LP 1972

[vivika1982]

From the figure skating vault:
Kirsti Linna, Harriet Pantaenius and Riitta Linna @1948 Finnish figure skating championship(according to Google translation)
http://yle.fi/elavaarkisto/artikkeli...tml#media=7110

Small info about Linna sisters
http://www.helsinginluistelijat.fi/clubhistory.html

Some famous names from the fourties to be mentioned are sisters Riitta and Kirsti Linna. They dominated the Nationals – Kirsti was twice the Junior Champion and five times the Senior Champion of Finland.

[vivika1982]

From Britishpathe's archives:
13 years old Yvonne Sugden @ 1952 Celebrity Ice Gala in London .Also in the video Jeanette Altwegg, Jean Westwood/Lawrence Demmy,Marilyn Hoskins

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ce...ce-gala-reel-2
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ce...ce-gala-reel-1

Yvonne Sugden was a three-time gold medalist at the British Figure Skating Championships from 1954 to 1956. She won the bronze at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1954 and captured the silver at the event in 1955 and 1956. She finished fourth at the 1956 Winter Olympics.

[vivika1982]

Unforgetable(19 years old) Gary Beacom in 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIpkw-YyVRg
in addition his Malevolent Landscape (one of my favorite non-jumping routines along with Kurt Browning's "Nyah")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3WXYFcS2Gw

[vivika1982]

14 years old Erik Larson-1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPt8QTphyV0

18 years old Scott Cramer -1977
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8R_QtUd2_8

18 years old David Santee-1976
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIRtFWZNSXQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HvIyhm2l3k

Childhood pictures of Anastasia Grebenkina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...tuAQom-w#t=55s

Anastasia Grebenkina/Vitalii Novikov @ 2000 Russian Nationals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccrzMHaPBfg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjF_Rq5by3c

[lulu]

in addition his Malevolent Landscape (one of my favorite non-jumping routines among with Kurt Browning's "Nyah")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3WXYFcS2Gw

How voidy! Yes, I know that phrase gets thrown around a lot on FSU, especially by moi, but really I don't think any other word suffice.
A million thanks again for this thread, it is wonderful to see a mixture of early & obscure performances from favorite skaters, and be introduced to new skaters as well.

[vivika1982]

How voidy! Yes, I know that phrase gets thrown around a lot on FSU, especially by moi, but really I don't think any other word suffice.
A million thanks again for this thread, it is wonderful to see a mixture of early & obscure performances from favorite skaters, and be introduced to new skaters as well.

It is the right phrase

This one is slightly off topic because we have earlier programs of John Curry in this thread but i couldn't resist to post this exquisite and mesmerizing piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEg6qIevcks

[lulu]

John Curry, in that exhibition piece, reminds me a bit of the Protopopovs, in that every moment is exact, percise, deliberate and completely finished.

Thanks for posting the exhibition piece, I don't think we can ever get enough of John Curry's skating.

[skatesindreams]

This one is slightly off topic because we have earlier programs of John Curry in this thread but i couldn't resist to post this exquisite and mesmerizing piece.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEg6qIevcks

This always brings me to tears.

[vivika1982]

18 years old Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek -2004
http://videa.hu/videok/sport/hoffman...UQw3EaBZZM2lx6

[vivika1982]

Josie Chouinard-1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1SRE...eature=related

From the figure skating vault:
Skating Championship-1910 Stockholm
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/sk...s-at-stockholm

St Moritz Olympic Winter Games 1928
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ol...e+skating+1928

Russia’s future stars -1958(Tatyana Nemtsova 11 years old)
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/gi...figure+skating

Tatyana Nemtsova again @ age of 14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtiSR...tailpage#t=21s

16 years old Joan Tozzer-1938 -she was US figure skating champion who won in both single and pairs
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ic...figure+skating

Paul Falk and Leia Baran-1951
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/sp...figure+skating
14 years old Daphne Walker @0043- 1938
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ci...figure+skating

[vivika1982]

Carol Fox and Richard Dalley-1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTsmyWPZ6mE


And at the end I hope you’ll enjoy the following videos .During my research I’ve seen most of the performances but not all at once and in excellent quality which considering the time is pretty rare.
1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games-Ice Dance(with medal ceremony)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL6OJXjRk4Q

1980 Lake Placid Olympic Winter Games-Pairs(including medal ceremony)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWEASQr3Du4

1980 Lake Placid Olympic -Men(with award ceremony)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Z4uepuaFM

1980 Lake Placid Olympic -Ladies( with medal ceremony)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9HXw83Enk

1984 Sarajevo Olympic Winter Games-Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkYXynTuXn4

[vivika1982]

"Then and Now" documentaries about

Gaby Seyfert
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5511608/...Seyfert_zum_60

and Karen Magnussen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnY8tdvkTQE