The Sasha Cowen spilt jumps are in league all in their own. A timed perfect 180 split jump to the music is probably one of my favorite things....Oh, and I can't leave out Jason Browns split jumps...chefs kiss 🤌
Sometimes the simplest move done elegantly is just the best. I've been known to rewatch a good bracket or rocker over and over dozens of times, who cares about the quad axel. But one of my enduring favourites is a spread eagle change of edge - either inside to outside or vice versa. I feel like there were a couple of seasons where everyone was doing them and they were glorious, then suddenly everyone was doing knee slides instead which are fine I guess, but I miss the deceptively leisurely swoop of the spread eagle.
As someone who just recently started taking figure skating lessons this was a great introduction to a lot of moves I didn't know of, or didn't know the name of. Thank you! Fun to hear your opinions on them too 😊
I just have to add a gripe that you didn't show Keegan Messing for the hydroblade haha. I'm not a hydroblade fan, but his commitment to getting his whole side of his head on the ice and standing up with ice all in his hair is pretty epic.
Because I’m a trivia nut, here are some facts about some of the terms you discussed: Charlotte (pronounce Shar-lot) was invented by Charlotte Oelschlagel (1898-1984) in the 1920s and named after her. Along with her husband, Curt Neumann, they developed the Death Spiral (back outside). Ludmila and Oleg Protopopov (1935-2017 and 1932-2023, respectively) created three additional types of Death Spirals (back inside; forward inside and forward outside which they named the Cosmic Spiral; Life Spiral and Love Spiral). The Cantilever Spread eagle was created by Warner Groebli (1915-2008), who was part of the comedic skating duo Frick and Frack. He was Frick. The Broken Leg Sit Spin was popularized by Toller Cranston (1949-2015) in the 1970s, along with his famous Broken Neck Sit Spin. The Biellman spin was named after Denise Biellman (1962) but she didn’t invent it. In 1981, she was the only skater who could perform it well (her World Championship). It was first performed in the 1965 European Championships by Tamara Moskvina. You can probably see examples of all of these skaters on RU-vid. As for just a regular spiral, I vote for Alissa Czisny. Great video Cathy.
@@PecanSandees23 it’s interesting that several moves were named after the inventor or who popularized them but some were not and simply called on whatever they look (like dead spiral based on part of skating blade and direction). I’m curious as to what the reason or what is the norm in FS. In gymnastic is based on the person who first perform it in competition but not gonna lie it makes it difficult to remember what is what lol.
Watch Sasha Cohen’s camels!!! So beautifully elegant and so much control and good posture. Also her spirals and split jumps oh and her LAYBACKS…most gorgeous thing ever
I feel the same about the broken leg - I didn't get it at all until I saw my friend do it in person and was like waiiiiiit a minute.....Honestly it might be the same friend hah!
Misread the title as “figure skating MOVIES” and now would love for you to watch/react to some. I agree with a lot of your assessments on this tier list! It seems like a lot of people are over the spider lunge, but I love the dramatic look so it’s S tier for me. Also disagree on the camel! I can’t do it and I’m sure it’s hard AF, but I like how it looks on male skaters. Lastly, your beef with toe loop is so funny to me because I prefer it wayyy more over Salchow (but I haven’t learned the other jumps yet so I’m sure the best is to come).
Favorite that I did well was a camel-jump-back camel or a camel to a layback to a back scratch spin My least was the a frame or the hand assisted spiral ala Nancy Kerrigan My favorite ump is a walley-falling leaf double or triple toe loop and any flip jump I find throws exciting but I really enjoy when a pairs or dance team does twizzles and is super synchronized My former coach was Ronnie Robertson and he taught me the Gus Lussi method of spinning at Paramount Iceland in Southern California. He holds a special place in my heart 💜 What is your favorite move that you do well?
I would say my favorite move that I personally feel like I can do is the classic spiral or the layback spin- both of those I feel like are such timeless classics that I always love putting in all my programs!
Ran into your video and loved it 🥰 I watch figure skating competitions on tv and over here they pronounce salchow differently since I’m from the Netherlands and in Dutch it’s called Sal-tjof. Sal is the same and is pronounced the same. The last part is TJOF. If I write down Saltjof it sounds like the first part is Salt 😂 but it’s not. Sal-tjof. I think it sound better then COW 😊
I hate the A frame spin and refuse to learn it (until my coach makes me). Yes, toe loop sucks. Why was it invented? My coach on broken leg spins a few years ago “that’s a good start. Can you break your leg more?” Brackets look cool when skaters who are me do them. You forgot the cross foot spin. It’s less common now, but in the 80s it was very popular. It’s insanely difficult to do well. Watch Gary Beacom for a good example of one.
Ina Bauer Love it Used to skate with a Girl who did outside spread eagle into double axel into outside double axel and she made me want to jump I was very little .the char lot I remember Michelle Kwan brought it into fame .The cantilever was a comedy move a clown did it in the 50 s not my cup of tea .Hydroblade really just a shoot the duck advanced …Goes in my not cup of tea .Love a traditional lay back ,”love loops in the sequences ,knee slides over done Judges get tired of them on the lower levels as they have 0 meaning in the choreography.How about the split triple twist I love it always wanted to be a pair skater amd I put the twist in the highest tier .A walley jump in a choreography sequence is very cool So many fun moves .I love Aerial moves too amd I love the death spiral the traditional back but the forward inside is scary to me as the face is so close to the ice .As a survivor of a traumatic concussion I lost conscious for 1:30 and people were crying when I woke up being carried off the ice in a stretcher ,,,the dangerous move a Mohawk 100 Miles an hour while hitting a huge rut in the ice from a prior hockey practice .I agree I don’t like the broken leg is that why they changed it to side sit?
Oh my god I hope everything ended up being ok- so sorry to hear that- but thanks for sharing your thoughts! Cannot agree more that walley jumps are really cool in choreography and I didn't mention that in the video!
Some moves I hate/ dislike in FS cause most of them I like or just indifferent to Aerial: I hateee backflips, they’re ugly and dangerous (hence the ban). I dread this season where many skaters would do it regardless if their program ask for a backflip. Most of them will probably land forward and look ugly, and I just pray no accident where they slip and fall Spins: I dislike adelina camel cause that position is unaesthetic and uncomfortable. I like yuna camel buttt unfortunately only jun who can do it justice, everyone else butcher it so bad. I also dislike candle spins variation (hyper flexible biellmann variation), cause it does not look better than traditional biellmann but it looks hard and forced Jumps: loop, sorry unless you’re Kaori Sakamoto then I dislike loop. The cross feet(X) shape on the entry for loop jump is unnatural imho. Most skaters are just crossing their feet before loop jump without any preceding steps to mask it. Only Kaori who can do the entry so well. Others: cantilever pass, most of the aerial moves also I feel indifferent almost to disliking them. Dead spiral in pair discipline is also one of the moves I dislike cause it’s hard to find the right musical phrase to do that move without killing the program dynamic
I've cursed every single jump and their creator at least once per season but I think the ones that I curse the most have been ulrich salchow and alois lutz xD lovely jumps but why must my faves stumble them at the worst moment possible also idk what it's called or if it even has a name, but in partnered skating I hate it when the man (usually) pulls the woman by her ankle. it's been done a gazillion times, it rarely brings anything to the program, RETIRE IT.
