Scott Hamilton - 1981 US National Figure Skating Championships FS 

I remember seeing this when he did this on tv. He was a great skater and he is a good commentator

floskate, thank you for sharing video of Scott's first U.S. Figure Skating Championship free skate, which was fabulous and memorable! 🙂❤

Thanks very much for sharing this performance, which I have never seen before! I recall the telecast being preempted by a telethon (at least in the Philadelphia region). Interesting to see him double that triple flip, as was his wont over the years. This habit of ducking the jump cost him by the time Sarajevo (and the Ottawa world championships) rolled around, when the Zayak rule really forced him to need that jump! Still, an excellent performance here with great energy at the end! (He would do a superb triple flip at a Pro-Am event in 1992! Go figure!)

Thanks SO MUCH for posting this! Admittedly, while I know he is a legend, I am not necessarily a huge fan of his (and I much prefer the FS by Robert Wagenhoffer or even Allen Schramm @ ‘81 Nationals over this FS). So, I haven’t really followed his performances very closely, but I was a bit surprised to hear around 6:01 that he was apparently going for 3F here. Personally, I think the 1st time I saw him land a 3F was at the Nationals in 1984, right before Sarajevo-and I don’t remember seeing a 3F from him until that time. But, I guess he had been landing/attempting them since 1980/1981! That’s perseverance!!!

So, so young!

He is amazing and so funny on the ice.

Цыплёнок чемпион !! помню его выступления !!))

👏BRAVO ♥️