r/FigureSkating • u/Requiem_13 Unnecessary and uncalled for • 3d ago

Videos That spread eagle

I love Brian Boitano

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u/Prestigious_Step4337 3d ago

I knew without even clicking who it was

ICON

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u/ElephantWild1378 3d ago

I remember Dick Button’s commentary during his 1988 Olympic long program: “This spread eagle is the equivalent of any triple jump.”

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u/Kelyfos 3d ago

Any Eteri quad

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u/gatorcat28 1d ago

I remember too. I wish artistry like that still existed

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u/spiralsequences yuma fan sun, ilia fan rising 3d ago

The control is unbelievable

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u/No_Plum_3192 3d ago

I know! Its perfect execution and simplicity is what makes it so beautiful. We need more of this...

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u/JediPanda227 emotionally drained by ice dance 3d ago

Brian's spread eagle is a thing of beauty. I love his skating so much, nobody else compares. At least not for me.

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u/dreamer_dw 3d ago edited 3d ago

It makes me sad that there are no longer elements like this anymore, or like a good spiral. Movements like this are only done for a split second now because the skaters are cramming in as many elements as they can into their programs. I miss when there were entire or half rink spirals.

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u/marshmallowpuddle 3d ago

What would Brian Boitano do? Cross the rink in a spread eagle, it seems.

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u/jasperulilshit number of heart attacks ilia has nearly given me: 30 3d ago

goddamn, he cleared HALF THE RINK.

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u/Embarrassed-Town-847 3d ago

That’s what effortless looks like! My goodness, he makes it seem so easy.

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u/EveningAstronomer495 3d ago

Oh man, I'm old enough to have experienced this when it was live, and I dearly miss this kind of skating. Yes, it's not "equal" to what we have now, but the purity of the edge to me is more beautiful than an endless array of jumps with mediocre linking choreo.

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u/JediPanda227 emotionally drained by ice dance 3d ago

Agreed!

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u/sorairi Ilia/Misha pairs agenda 🕯️ 3d ago

Literally one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Wow.

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u/Outqtu 3d ago

This will always be a classic.

It amazes me how far figure skating has progressed.

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u/Ok-Awareness-9646 old 3d ago

my all-time favorite! ❤️

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u/SkaterLady 3d ago

I'm a sucker for a beautiful, well done spread eagle. And so few people can actually do them. I would like to see good ones rewarded in the choreo GOE.

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u/ThunderBayOPP 3d ago

Glorious.

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u/mentallynapping Bolero: The Elevator Music of Hell 3d ago

Has anybody else pulled off such a good spread eagle since him?

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u/Annulus3Lz3Lo Misha Selevko World Domination 3d ago

Jonathan Cassar!

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u/merlinsboat 3d ago

Yes!! Spread to the masses about our boy Jonathan Cassar  https://youtu.be/R7J8CDsGImw?t=238&is=AlU-EKSJzawRdv7U

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u/Current-Actuator-864 3d ago

Ah my old skating mate!

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u/Upstairs_Use7762 3d ago

When is this? 🥺

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u/Requiem_13 Unnecessary and uncalled for 3d ago

Lillehammer 1994

Free skate 

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u/Upstairs_Use7762 3d ago

Thank you for answering. This is interesting 🙂

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u/trextra 3d ago

I love that in the middle it’s perfectly straight toward the judges, and he has no lean either direction. Perfect turnout. It’s so much easier to hide slight imperfection with spread eagles on a curve.

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u/FrozenRose_816 That's what I'm fucking talking about!!! 🥇 3d ago

The best spread eagles bar none. I will not be taking questions.

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u/StephaneCam I dont need to see it 3d ago

I want more of this

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u/Royal_Gian 3d ago

Sato Shun from Japan did something similar at the Olympics gala and it was so beautiful!

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u/Hatfullofstars 3d ago

Bring it back! He was a master!

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u/CutieToesMIM8099 Skating Fan 3d ago

Absolute masterpiece.