Mao Asada!!!!!!! Omg!

[triffus]

Hi.. I'm new here.. but I just downloaded her LP from Japanese Nat's... HOLY COW!
I couldn't believe it.
A triple Axle
Triple Lutz? Triple Loop, Triple TOE!!!

Triple Toe, triple loop...

Girl is AMAZING!

Where did she come from....

Also.. can anyone hook me up with some sites where I can dl amazin vids?.... Preferably high quality ones of Lucinda Ruh.....????
You'll be my hero!

Adam

[Sylvia]

Originally posted by triffus
Hi.. I'm new here.. but I just downloaded her LP from Japanese Nat's... HOLY COW!
I couldn't believe it.
A triple Axle
Triple Lutz? Triple Loop, Triple TOE!!!

Triple Toe, triple loop...

Girl is AMAZING!

Where did she come from....



Mao Asada's jump combos were 3flip-3loop-3toe(underrotated) and 3lutz-3loop. Her 3axel was quite underrotated as well, but she certainly gave a charismatic performance to place 7th in her first senior nationals (she was also the Novice A champion last year and 4th at junior nationals). She turns 13 later this month so is too young for the Junior Grand Prix this season (minimum age for ISU junior skaters is 13 by July 1, 2003). Her older sister, Mai Asada, was 4th at 2003 Junior Worlds and is competing in the Skate Slovakia JGP later this week.

[mrnoname]

Triffus,


Can you please give me the link I would like to see it too.:D She sounds very good.

[aloha]

me too please:D

[blurrysarah]

The video is available here http://www.jimandmaryjo.com/MK/otherskaters.htm

She's quite the little jumping bean!

I've got to wonder if this might change when she grows......

[KingBob]

Triffus, please get your hot booty back to GGMB where you belong!! And don't come back!!

(tara ;)

[Spider68]

Okay, watched the video. Jumps are impressive and I went "wow" watching those triples. Quality wasn't great, but they were executed. The second thought running through my mind as I watched was: Where will she be in 2-3 years? I predict another "flash in the pan" and then injury and early retirement. The program was jump, jump, jump and little else.

Before you call me a mean-spirited person, please, I am VERY, VERY impressed, but also saddened by the prospect of another baby-ballerina headed for possible burn-out.

I hope her coach and federation will remember Midori and not push her too hard, too fast.

[Dustin]

The triples didn't "wow" me at all. She may have landed them but most could hardly be called anywhere near true triples since they are so cheated. To go even near the top of the senior ranks (or even match those skaters in 5-10 world ranks) she is going to need to get closer to 3 full rotations.

As to not be too negative, she definately is talented and will hopefully have a strong future as it seems she has good consistency.

[MQSeries]

The only triples that were cheated were the 3axel and the 3toe at the backend of the 3flip-3loop-3toe combination. The other triples looked good to me. And the axel was very closed. I think a little more attack into the 3axel will help her with that last 1/4 rotation. Suprisingly she missed the "easiest" triple, the 3sal.

I'm kind of worried that she is coached by Midori and Onda's coach, because her students aren't known to have very good presentations. I hope she is not planning to turn Asada into another jumping machine only.

[AnnieD]

I must admit that even though I'm quite aware that a lot of those incredible jumps were cheated I was still very, very impressed by Mao Asada. It isn't just her jumping I liked, I just loved her general skating, she seems to have such springy, soft stroking and I thought her arm movements and flow were quite gentle and lovely. Her sister was also pretty good although Mao had obviously more of the wow factor because of those big jumps.

Talking of interesting Japanese skaters if you liked Mao Asada you should try to get some of Yukina Ota's stuff. She doesn't have the big jumps but her presentation is just gorgeous; beautiful ina bauer, lovely flow across the ice, good connection with her music and a layback that seems to go on forever.

[blurrysarah]

I honestly don't care how cheated her jumps are, the fact is she's only TWELVE and she's better than some ladies double her age.

[Dustin]

Originally posted by MQSeries
The only triples that were cheated were the 3axel and the 3toe at the backend of the 3flip-3loop-3toe combination.

I'm kind of worried that she is coached by Midori and Onda's coach, because her students aren't known to have very good presentations. I hope she is not planning to turn Asada into another jumping machine only.

The axel was 1/2 off, the loop at the end of the flip was 1/4 (look at the replay they show) and the toe at the end of the flip/loop was 1/2. The loop after the lutz was also 1/4 off.

As for the second part of your post, one thing I was very impressed by is that Mao seems to get a lot of speed from very few pushes (and to me it seems she could add more footwork between the major elements seeing she clearly has plenty of speed even after 3-4 crossovers).

[miranda]

I think Mao is great. Every time a female skater attempts to land any hard jump like 3/axel or quad there is a major uproar and put down. I really resent that. The Japanese girls are here to stay so everybody should just get use to it. Their eyes are on the future not the past. Injuries, under/over rotation, whatever.

[Trillian]

Originally posted by miranda
Every time a female skater attempts to land any hard jump like 3/axel or quad there is a major uproar and put down.

Probably as a reaction to the uproar on the other end--everytime a skater is attempting or landing one of these difficult jumps, there's a bunch of people who start touting this skater as a guarunteed future Olympic champion and wondering why she isn't senior world champion. (Not that any of the posts on this particular thread have been quite that bad.) I don't blame people for wanting to inject a little reality into that--there's a reason this skater isn't the reigning world champion, and it's not just age rules. One jump does not indicate the course of an entire competitive career.

[JDC1]

Blurry Sarah wrote -

"I honestly don't care how cheated her jumps are, the fact is she's only TWELVE and she's better than some ladies double her age."


Really, you don't care that her jumps are completed? You think that just because she's attempting something she's a better skater than ladies who are sticking with jumps they complete off the ice rather than cheating jumps? I think it would be fabulous if an all around skater with a 3 axel or quad came on the scene and stayed for awhile but forgive us who have been watching skating for years and have seen so many little jumping beans succumb to career ending injuries because of over use and trying to push the envelope jump wise. I adored Naomi Nari Nam, I thought she was wonderful and I was so excited that another all around great skater with charisma was on the scene and then before you know it she's out year after year with injury from over use or poor technique. Not to mention Deanna Stellato, Sasha Cohen, Liza Kwon (sp?) and Jenny Kirk who is nursing a hip problem.

[Dolly]

I'm having a problem with my video screen. It's showing upside down. Can someone tell me how to fix it?

[miranda]

The real point is that the harder jumps are a reality. I know it would make most fans feel justified if every woman who attempts the harder jumps somehow injures herself but that isn't going to happen. Yes, some will get injured but guess what? Some won't. The past is the past and the futer is the future.

[blurrysarah]

She's still only 12! Yes, she may not be completing rotations, but she's got oodles more years to catch up and really perfect those jumps. So for her age, I think she's amazing.

[Mistyeyed]

OMG! I see another hip replacement candidate in the near future:(

[miranda]

Didn't I just say, some will have injuries and "guess what some won't"?

[JDC1]

Miranda wrote _

"The real point is that the harder jumps are a reality. I know it would make most fans feel justified if every woman who attempts the harder jumps somehow injures herself but that isn't going to happen. Yes, some will get injured but guess what? Some won't. The past is the past and the futer is the future"

1) "harder jumps are a reality" - who's saying they aren't?
2) do you really think any relatively sane fan of skating or just of athletes would WANT an injury, you've really missed the point, the OPPOSITE is true.
3) Some will get injured - yes and some of us are empathetic enough to care for those "some" particularly since many of them are so young and will have career ending injuries.
4)"The past is the past and the future is the future" - Sorry but this is rather vague. Kristi Yamaguchi won her Gold medal with the tough combination of 3z/3t and Midori landed a 3 axel, the past Olympics only one medalist had a successful 3/3 and those weren't of the highest quality so if your assertion was the sport marches forward jump wise, where's the proof? Not in any of these untested jumping beans.

[miranda]

I agree about Midori. As of this date Midori and Tonya Harding are the only two females to land a 3/axel in competion. That is so sad. They were great skaters. My hopes are that the Japanese can correct this slo - mo spectacle. I see no-one on the American scene who can do even a couple of 3/3's in one program. Sarah was great when she had to be but has lost it. I'm so glad she has the gold. I think Sasha, maybe, if she can remain upright. She is a beautiful skater.

[Smiley0084]

Originally posted by miranda
I agree about Midori. As of this date Midori and Tonya Harding are the only two females to land a 3/axel in competion. That is so sad. They were great skaters. My hopes are that the Japanese can correct this slo - mo spectacle.

Ludlimda Nelidina, and Yukari Nakano have landed 3axel's.

[miranda]

In offial competions Smiley? If so, I stand corrected.

[miki_tan2]

Originally posted by miranda
In offial competions Smiley? If so, I stand corrected.

Skate America of last season.

BTW, Mao Asada did 2 3As in one program yesterday at her regionals.

[miranda]

I LOVE IT! GO GO MAO!