While excluding jumps and the points system, what is your favorite move in men's and ladies' singles skating?

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For the men, I like the Russian splits. Paul Wylie, Robin Cousins,and Scott Hamilton did them quite well and were highlights. Who does them now?
In terms of women, I've always loved the spiral esp. Michelle Kwan's. Very effective and elegant. Not rushed. The layback spin is also pleasing to my eye. I enjoy seeing that spin done with an arched back, turned out leg, and arms that are moving to interpret the music. Just that spin itself without the crazy Biellman or other variations.
 
Yes. I miss the days when Russian splits were common.
I'm not a big spiral person (always kind of found the move overrated), but I love a held, well-executed spread eagle or Ina Bauer. I don't want full spiral sequences to come back, but I'd love for more blatant field moves to take place.

I'm also with you on a layback spin. Or any spin. I miss the days when a spin was just a well-executed spin, not a matter of changing to multiple positions, or contorting the body.

I also enjoy a fast-moving, complex footwork sequence, but one that doesn't take 90 seconds to complete. Like how the GOOD ones were in the 80s (see Robin Cousins 1980 SP, or Brian Orser's 1988 SP)
 
screech said:
Yes. I miss the days when Russian splits were common.
I'm not a big spiral person (always kind of found the move

overrated), but I love a held, well-executed spread eagle or Ina Bauer. I don't want full spiral sequences to come back,
but I'd love for more blatant field moves to take place.

I'm also with you on a layback spin. Or any spin. I miss the days when a spin was just a well-executed spin, not a matter of changing to multiple positions, or contorting the body.

I also enjoy a fast-moving, complex footwork sequence, but one that doesn't take 90 seconds to complete. Like how the GOOD ones were in the 80s (see Robin Cousins 1980 SP, or Brian Orser's 1988 SP)
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Oh, I forgot about the wonderful Ina Bauer. Sumners and Zayak did them well into a double axel. I think Elaine did it earlier in her career and went into a triple salchow in 1982.
 
Triple loop said:
For the men, I like the Russian splits. Paul Wylie, Robin Cousins,and Scott Hamilton did them quite well and were highlights. Who does them now?

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Doing them well now?
Jason Brown:cheer2:

(Junior Tomoki Hiwatashi also has a decent split)

But you, ahem, left a name off your list about who did them well in the past. In fact, who did them the best in the past. He who is pictured.:D

But I agree, I *adore* a well done men’s Russian split.
 
I love Russian split jumps- Jason Brown does a great one as did Toller Cranston. I'm happy to see more skaters doing them, and out of loyalty to Jason, I give him credit for returning them to popularity.

For the women the move I miss is the martini leg lift. Nowadays skaters all do variants of what Sasha Cohen did. Sasha was the most graceful skater of her era, but her yank the leg straight up move was very unattractive. The two women with the best martini moves were Michelle Cohen Kwan and Sarah Hughes. They lifted their legs at an angle and it made for a much more appealing line.

I also miss really well done single axels, but I doubt I'll see their like again.

Edited after enough corrections to start my day off badly. :slinkaway
 
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missing said:
I love Russian split jumps- Jason Brown does a great one as did Toller Cranston. I'm happy to see more skaters doing them, and out of loyalty to Jason, I give him credit for returning them to popularity.

For the women the move I miss is the martini leg lift. Nowadays skaters all do variants of what Sasha Cohen did. Sasha was the most graceful skater of her era, but her yank the leg straight up move was very unattractive. The two women with the best martini moves were Michelle Cohen and Sarah Hughes. They lifted their legs at an angle and it made for a much more appealing line.

I also miss really well done single axels, but I doubt I'll see their like again.
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Michelle Cohen????
 
missing said:
For the women the move I miss is the martini leg lift. Nowadays skaters all do variants of what Sasha Cohen did. Sasha was the most graceful skater of her era, but her yank the leg straight up move was very unattractive. The two women with the best martini moves were Michelle Cohen and Sarah Hughes. They lifted their legs at an angle and it made for a much more appealing line.
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I believe you mean Michelle Kwan?

The way Sasha usually did it was having the free leg up in front of the body, which is quite painful looking and usually involving some level of hunch back and bent knee. The way Michelle did it was having it sideways and it's very elegant, allowing both the spinning leg and the back to be straight. Alissa Czisny also had a beautiful "Y" spin which was so extended that it looked like a split as well.

Sasha also did the "Y" spin when she skated to Dark Eyes in 2000. Unfortunately it was the season she injured her back and she never skated it at Nationals and beyond.
 
Marco said:
I believe you mean Michelle Kwan?

The way Sasha usually did it was having the free leg up in front of the body, which is quite painful looking and usually involving some level of hunch back and bent knee. The way Michelle did it was having it sideways and it's very elegant, allowing both the spinning leg and the back to be straight.
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Sasha's typical I spin was with the free leg sideways, she was just able to pull it all the way in and up against the body. Essentially a modified Y spin. Lipnitskaya was able to pull in the free leg to the side as well, but she couldn't straighten the back like Sasha.

As a senior, Sasha only did a true free leg in front I spin from 2000-2001.
 
When skaters with really good skating skills changes directions with a skid.
 
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cantilevers!

I also enjoy really great spirals, especially Charlottes and spread eagles. In Ice Dance & pairs I love those moves where they slide under their partner's legs.
 
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