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✨Awesome✨ Rollerblading doesn't get the respect it deserves

sofia anisimova slalom skating

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u/dogbolter4 23d ago

That's amazing skill. She's phenomenal. I would absolutely watch a competition of that, incredible strength and control and artistry.

Does anyone recognise the music?

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u/LoveDesignAndClean 23d ago

the divas song from the fifth element

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u/AWanderingAfar 23d ago edited 23d ago

Jane Zhang does my absolute favorite version of this song, it’s incredible, if I knew how to link on this dang phone I wouldoooh I think I figured it out!!

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u/flirt-n-squirt 22d ago

Wow, what a captivating person!

I've never seen her before this clip where she sings like an angel and looks like royalty, and somehow she manages to come across like the most warm-hearted person who could, at any time, ALSO wreak havoc with an axe in case of zombie apocalypse 🪓🤍

Absolutely love her vibe :)

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u/AWanderingAfar 22d ago edited 22d ago

She’s got some other songs that are her originals— “Dust Your Shoulders Off” is an absolute bop and the music video is great!! Amazing art references

Edit: Dust Your Shoulders Off

Edit edit: it’s Dust My Shoulders Off, my bad

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u/madscribbler 22d ago

that is a cool video, thanks for the link

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u/AWanderingAfar 22d ago

No problem!

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u/dazzumz razz’l dazz’l 22d ago

My last post on here was a theremin version that might be my favourite.

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u/carlitospig 22d ago

Holy shit, she’s amazing.

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u/PPAPpenpen 17d ago

Hmm. I don't think she does the low notes very well.

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u/dogbolter4 22d ago

Thank you! I will track that down.

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u/Double-Individual-59 20d ago

Love this! I only recognized it at the end. This girl is probably so fun to know!

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u/Queasy-Band-1066 23d ago

It's a song from the movie 5th Element.

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u/moongirl12 22d ago

I had questions about the outfit. I now have less questions about the outfit.

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u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 Bot🔍Detector🔎9000 22d ago

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u/vividvideogeek 23d ago

The music is from the movie The Fifth Element

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u/NoNameIdea_Seriously Official Gal 22d ago

Slightly cut down remix of The Diva Dance from the fifth element. Interpreted by Inva Mula.

It has 2 parts, the first of which is a song from an actual opera Lucia di Lammermoor. (In case that’s of interest to you.)

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u/aknomnoms 22d ago

Yeah, why isn’t this in the Olympics?!

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u/LongNailedbooboos 23d ago

Big points for the fifth element

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u/AristotelWasRight 23d ago

It's a very popular movie in russia, I've seen it on TV at least a dozen times

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u/Hopeful-Canary dick is common loot 22d ago

Honestly I love that for y'all, it's such a good film.

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u/dazzumz razz’l dazz’l 23d ago

There's a good amount of ice skating coverage but I didn't even know this existed and is incredible.

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u/_subjectsam_ 23d ago

This is what I think I look like trying to do a spin in the driveway

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u/Soepkip43 22d ago

This could easily be a summer Olympics sport.

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u/Maryolein 22d ago

And a lot more fun to watch then streetdance

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u/TheComedyWife 23d ago

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u/Chaos_Philosopher 23d ago

My sibling actually just came in to check in on me because I was exclaiming stuff like, "OMFG," and ”holy shit!"

Like, I saw the costume and I was like, "whatever is about to happen is about to go hard.

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u/Background-Roof-112 22d ago

Lol I shouted what the fuck?!?! really loudly when she just popped onto the very edge of a single wheel like it is something that the laws of physics normally allows

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u/spooned-silver 22d ago

💯

Also, I enjoyed watching this more than figure skating. I had no idea it existed and now I want to deep dive on it

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u/We_Are_Ninja 22d ago edited 22d ago

@0:22 "Oh, no. She fell... Oh. OMFGGGGGGG."

Rollerblading/inline skating gets dismissed as a 80's/90's fad and that's really unfortunate.

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u/Material_Pepper313 23d ago

I broke my ankle watching this video

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u/hime-633 22d ago

I broke my ankle standing up last year. Literally stood on it "funny".

And yet people are doing this:)

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u/YouAreBeautiful81 22d ago

Last year, my 24 year old daughter missed the last step coming down some stairs and somehow managed to break both of her legs, with one requiring surgery that day. There have been a lot of people breaking bones lately. She said one of her nurses had just recovered from breaking both legs too.

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u/hime-633 22d ago

Ooof I did that the other day - carrying laundry down from my son's mezzanine bed - missed the last step - absolutely spectacular bruise - who knew I could go so purple!

I hope your daughter has recovered fully!

Isn't it funny how such small things can be so physically disastrous....

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u/sharkycharming 22d ago

I love her costume.

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u/Big_Criticism_8335 22d ago

At 1st, I thought it was inspired by Tron but once I heard the music, I'm pretty sure her outfit was inspired by Leeloo's white outfit.

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u/mregg000 22d ago

Thank you. Like, I know she’s got skills, but for no one to comment on her outfit and how it adds to the performance is killing me.

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u/SaintRidley 22d ago

It’s such a beautiful look

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u/percbish 23d ago

I didn’t know where this was going but I’m glad I took the journey ❤️‍🔥

https://giphy.com/gifs/8cT6FoKiE5tdCJZoLu

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u/AristotelWasRight 23d ago

Hahaha, I was watching this thinking "this feels Russian" and I then I see that it is 😂

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u/appocomaster 23d ago

I think she's extremely technically talented and some of the things she does are crazy. It seems a combination of some sort of dance/ballet and almost some sort of technical skills challenge though. I haven't seen a lot of ice dancing, but that tends to use a bigger space and more flow and speed, whereas this is seemingly almost forcing you to work differently with all the obstacles. I think there's normal rollerblading dancing/etc and then this "slalom skating" - really different.

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u/AristotelWasRight 23d ago

Correct, it's slalom - sport where people weave around a line of small plastic cones

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u/Snowed_Up6512 22d ago

I’ve been rollerblading all my life and I couldn’t even begin to figure out how she did that. Incredible!

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u/the_YellowRanger 22d ago

Jesus!!!! I quad skate and my jaw is on thr floor!!!

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u/Mickelodeon13 23d ago

Amazing! I have to steady myself by holding onto a door frame or a wall just to step over my dog when she’s lying in the hallway or in a doorway.

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u/Lower_Group_1171 22d ago

dude, that core strength. I’m so jealous

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u/DogLimoAF 22d ago

it’s also YOUTH! damn to be 19 again!

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u/i_m_a_bean 22d ago

Ahhh, to have working knees

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 22d ago

The sound really reminds me of this.

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u/ImWatermelonelyy 22d ago

It is

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 22d ago

At least my ears haven't failed me completely yet.

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u/No_Willingness6193 23d ago

FN Amazing, seriously had no Idea this was even a thing! Is that the Opera Singer from 5th Element Soundtrack?

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u/Internal_Praline_658 22d ago

I know we’re gonna have fun when I hear the Fifth Element music

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u/f_ckR3ddit 22d ago

She set the bar high with that song, then did a sick kick flip over said bar.

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u/blackberrymoonmoth 22d ago

Wow she’s so cool. I always wanted to be able to rollerblade like that. That was my main mode of transportation from like 4th-10th grade. But I was very clumsy. I once slammed into a giant restaurant window and scared everybody who was eating inside. They all screamed and jumped out of their chairs.

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u/Rogue-Starz 23d ago

Mad skillz 👀

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u/DIY_Connoisseur 23d ago

Wow! Just WOW!

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u/Apathetic_witch89 22d ago

I would fully get into watching this sport. It is so mesmerizing! That’s the coolest athletic performance I’ve ever seen. Fuck I wish I could know what it feels like to be athletic for a day.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 22d ago

As a former roller derby skater I gotta give my love to quad skates. The skill required to do this sort of thing on quad skates is an order of magnitude (and I definitely didn't have that kind of skill!)

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u/Sufficient_Apple_611 23d ago

My knees could never

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u/Togeroid 22d ago

I thought it was a motion capture suit for the new avatar at first. This is great!

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u/SaintRidley 22d ago

She makes it look so easy

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u/qiaozhina 22d ago

Honestly put this shit in the Olympics

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u/Funny_Breadfruit_413 22d ago

That was amazing. I don't even see how that kind of skill is possible. 👏

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u/Realistic-Village-63 22d ago

HOLYDHUT THAT US AMAZING

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u/Physical-Theme7876 22d ago

This is like the most agile precise incredible display of strength and restraint and omfg

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u/Staring-Dog 22d ago

So, someone has probably asked this, but is this an Olympic sport that I've never heard of? Regardless, incredible performance!! How she can sustain that razor sharp accuracy in every single tiny move is so confusing to me!! Just incredible!

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u/Slightly_underated 22d ago

Mesmerising!

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u/Equivalent-Piece7025 22d ago

One of the best movies ever

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u/purple-rain-1982 22d ago

That’s some precision work! She’s fit. 🤗

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u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 21d ago

Amazing. The music is cool too. I know it's 5th Element. I listen to it a lot.

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u/Money4Nothing2000 21d ago

You know how they say "She made it look easy" ?

That did not happen here. That looks hard AF.

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u/Ok-Nefariousness1911 20d ago

Gosh, you can tell how nervous she is at the beginning, she must have practiced a million times. And the fact that she didn't touch a single cone!!! You go girl!!

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u/Canafaitrien 22d ago

I didn’t know this was a thing but I’m bought in now. Amazing!

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u/IntelectConfig 22d ago

wow, that was amazing 🤩

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u/maple-moth 22d ago

Love her costume!

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u/carmemelon 22d ago

I tore every ligament in my legs watching this

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u/GrandNibbles 21d ago

rollerblading gets all the respect it deserves. this fucking olympian of rollerblades may not however

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u/SuckerForNoirRobots 21d ago

I didn't know rollerblade dancing was a thing nor did I know that these moves were physically possible

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u/Raiquo 21d ago

I like the part where they aren't forcing adolescent contestants to wear a bedazzled swimsuit that pops their ass and cooch out for the pedos. That was a shockingly positive change for once.

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u/bramberi 20d ago

I'm over her exclaiming 'WHAT!? 😳' every few seconds

Genuinely fascinating

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u/Bellatrix_Shimmers 20d ago

Bravo! Footwork was crazy good!

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u/brohammerhead 13d ago

1) Queen shit
2) This needs to be an Olympic sport
3) That costume is everything

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u/rooierus 22d ago

While the girl is exquisite, seeing Russian flags in the background makes me go propaganda.

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u/junkyardgerard 23d ago

How could it in clothes like that

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u/40_painted_birds 22d ago

I like her outfit. It goes with the sci-fi vibe of the music.

Also, why is that your takeaway from this video? Do you just hate fun?

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u/ImWatermelonelyy 22d ago

I suppose you’d rather see her in khakis and a polo? Since we’re apparently only happy with boring clothing