What Program Have You Rewatched the Most?

[SkateGuard]

I really think Olga Markova's SP from 1995 Worlds deserves an honourable mention here.

 

[kittysk8ts]

Lambiel’s 2010 Oly SP to William Tell’s Overture. Despite the OTT costuming. Haha.

Chan’s 2013 TEB, both programs.

 

[briancoogaert]

Stephane Lambiel 2007 Worlds LP

 

[DreamSkates]

I'll just narrow my answer to the last Olympics: Savchenko and Massot. For me, watching as it happened, it was magical.

 

[Angela-Fan]

i Really like Jonathan Cassar's Les Miserables short program

 

[tylersf]

Rudy Galindo's 1996 LP to Swan Lake - US Nationals/Worlds

 

[all_empty]

I'm obsessed with early Tonya Harding and Nicole Bobek.

Harding at the 1986 Skate America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuZuqr8nXQ

and

1989 event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFKjnJEXsI

Here's Bobek at her finest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgfcohSFIOE

Arguably two of the greatest talents U.S. skating has ever produced, and subject to countless "if-onlys."

I also LOVE Olga Markova, Maria Butyrskaya, and Josee Choiunard -- all sometimes headcases who had tons of potential.

Here's Olga's best performance of "Miss Saigon." NO ONE moves like her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFKzwcIDcy8

And her equally cool and sophisticated compatriot Maria Butyrskaya before the bleach blonde hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POcVjSr9W9U

My favorite Chouinard program (never skated cleanly, of course): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SN-QmO3_wg

And of course, this Kwan program that was never skated perfectly, but 1997 Worlds comes close:

Michelle Kwan 1997 Worlds LP (high quality)

Kwan's LP "Taj Mahal" (UK commentary)

www.youtube.com

 

[Vagabond]

1989 event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwFKjnJEXsI

Tonya Harding (USA) - 1989 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 1989 Skate America, Ladies' Free Skate - Tonya Harding of the United States skated well but popped her triple Axel attempt. She ...

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"Coming up to a very important move: the triple axel...."

Wait, what?

Did John Misha Petkevich misspeak himself, or did Harding have a triple axel planned?

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

"Coming up to a very important move: the triple axel...."

Wait, what?

Did John Misha Petkevich misspeak himself, or did Harding have a triple axel planned?

Harding did indeed have a triple axel in her practice repertoire at around that time. There is a profile on her done for the 1990 US Championships, where she is shown landing two gigantic ones at her home rink, too.

Too bad Tonya was sick that week in Salt Lake City. Otherwise, she could have challenged Trenary for the national title, and potentially won a world medal in Halifax that season, too.

 

[Vagabond]

Thank you, @essence_of_soy! I knew that Harding had done triple axels in practice as early as 1984 or so, but I did not know that she actually planned one as part of her Free Skate any earlier than when she actually landed one in competition. It's mind-boggling that she had it planned for two minutes into that program!

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Thank you, @essence_of_soy! I knew that Harding had done triple axels in practice as early as 1984 or so, but I did not know that she actually planned one as part of her Free Skate any earlier than when she actually landed one in competition. It's mind-boggling that she had it planned for two minutes into that program!

I know what you mean. When Tonya was fit and trained, her conditioning was out of this world. You only have to look at her level of confidence and preparation at Skate America in 1991, and how she was stuck in traffic prior to the ladies' free skate, barely made the warm-up, and aced the event.

 

[olympic]

Any of Nathan's programs uploaded to Youtube since 2016 GPF

 

[Vagabond]

Any of Nathan's programs uploaded to Youtube since 2016 GPF

Uploaded, yes. But then

 

[CassAgain]

All-time is def. Shen and Zhao, you know the one, but lately Manta and Johnson's FD from Nationals--the perfect performance of the perfect program at the perfect time.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

All-time is def. Shen and Zhao, you know the one, but lately Manta and Johnson's FD from Nationals--the perfect performance of the perfect program at the perfect time.

I became an instant fan after watching their free dance at Skate America last season. Much the same as GBR's Fear & Gibson took my breath away with their disco - inspired free skate at NHK.

 

[tonkatwofeather]

All-time is def. Shen and Zhao, you know the one, but lately Manta and Johnson's FD from Nationals--the perfect performance of the perfect program at the perfect time.

Hadn’t even heard of them before your reference ... Thanks for bringing them to my attention! (Not really surprised to find out that Christopher Dean did the choreography ... He certainly hasn’t lost his “edge,” has he?) Just brilliant!

 

[Tahuu]

The back-to-back free skates of Yuzu and Nathan at 2019 Worlds. B.ESP's Simon Reed said: "It has been the finest evening of men's figure skating we've ever seen." CCTV's Chen Yu claimed: "The fierceness of today's free skate has far surpassed men's free skate at ordinary Winter Olympics."

Yuzu's FS (B.ESP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4gp0_YTTe8
Nathan's FS (B.ESP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Armkcgrh9Uo