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Kurt Browning's Back Cross Strokes...OMG
Did anyone else notice them in his program on Kristi Yamaguchi's special? Each one seemed to be a complete circle, and a very small one at that. Absolutely exquisite. I have a new goal, which I may never meet, but now I'm motivated to try.
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I have always been fascinated and thrilled by Kurt's different footwork moves! He's truly a genius at it.
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It was great to watch the "old time" skaters, and see that a perfectly beautiful program does not have to be a jump fest. I always marvel at what stong edges and graceful artistry can create.
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I totally agree with 1Klutz and get to see Holiday Celebration on Ice this Friday in Norfolk! With today's show, I got a "sneak preview " to see the kind of skating I hope to see on Friday night!
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These back cross strokes where in which number?
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Nooo, I missed it! Darn! But he is still my absolute favorite skater! He's got the edges, the spins, the showmanship, and he's even still got his awesome jumps!
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Quick, Craig Maurizi needs to draft Kurt for next year's Adult Training Camp!
After all, there were adult skaters there from Canada! |
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I can just barely do the B cross stroke exercise in which you do three on a line and take the third one in a complete circle to begin again in the opposite direction. I can do it forwards, but even then can't get the small circles and deep edges that Kurt has.....well, duh, of couse not!
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Last edited by dbny; 11-28-2004 at 10:20 PM. |
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I wondered why my coach sounded a little breathless on the phone yesterday, every other word was "Kurt", and she has new ideas for my "Time in a Bottle" program.
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Kurt's cross-strokes were basically a set-up for back loops (figure loops) or change or paragraph loops. I think we will soon rue the day that figures were dropped from skating -- I am guessing that our future professional skaters will not be able to easily perform moves like this.
I may be wrong, but we shall see... They are beautiful.
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Icedancer2, you took the words right out of my mouth: with the demise of figures, there will come a day when we no longer see this beautiful stuff. Kurt, Brian Orser, even Kristi Y. are among the last of an era.
Ellen, knowing she's sounding like an old fogey |
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Some of my coach's skaters do figure loops on the ice. Even I sometimes have a go at BI loops, very badly, because they're fun to do. Not as a figure, but you draw them in a continuous line down the ice. None of the fonts available to us is a handwriting font, but if you draw a line of joined-up "e"s, you'll get the effect.
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