Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
Men - Takeshi, Jeff Buttle , Matt Savoie
Ladies - Michelle, Jenny Kirk , Jen Robinson Fumie, Shizuka
Pairs - Shen & Zhao, Langlois & Archetto
Dance - Naomi & Peter , Tanith & Ben ,
"When I'm skating, I feel like an eagle - the way I can soar across the ice like a bird on a wing. When everything is just right, there's nothing I can't do."
Todd Eldredge - Hallmark Salute to Gold 10/01
ANABELLE LANGLOIS/PATRICE ARCHETTO!! (love them!)
Katie Orscher/Garrett Lucash (they're improved a lot)
Elizabeth Putnam/Sean Wirtz (they were a fun time to watch)
Ice Dance:
Naomi Lang/Peter Tchernyshev
Tanith Belbin/Benjamin Agosto
Megan Wing/Aaron Lowe
Elena Grushina/Ruslan Goncharov
Mens:
Timothy Goebel
Scott Smith (just because he's from Boston!)
Ladies:
Michelle Kwan
Jenny Kirk (another Boston person at heart)
Angela Nikodinov
Jennifer Robinson (sweetheart!!)
Ann Patrice McDonough
I'm big on the North American skaters...if no one could tell
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Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
Most of my favorites have now retired from eligible skating, too, but I still have a few left:
Men: Takeshi Honda and Jeff Buttle
Ladies: Strangely enough, I don't really have a favorite eligible ladies skater right now (and I seem to be one of the very few skating fans out there who doesn't). I like a lot of programs from the current eligible ladies, but none of them really stand out as a favorite, though...but considering how many flame wars on other boards have broken out between fans of ladies' skaters, maybe that's not such a bad thing. I am hoping to see great things from Joannie Rochette this season, though.
Pairs: Langlois and Archetto...great to see so many other fans of theirs on this board, too! It's a shame neither of their 2003 Worlds programs were televised in the U.S.--definitely their best performances of the season (maybe ever) and, IMO, deserved even higher than 5th place. Hopefully they'll get the respect they deserve this season, though!
Dance: Unfortunately, now that B&K and (possibly) D&V have turned pro, I don't have too many favorite eligible dance teams anymore. I just don't like the way eligible ice dance seems to be going these days...too many over-the-top dramatics and not enough actual dancing. I do really like Belbin and Agosto, though--they seem to be one of the few ice dance teams out there with a style truly their own.
Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
If Alexei is still elligable....
Alexei, Takeshi {I think he's very underrated even with his winnings} Jeff Buttle
Sasha Cohen...there's someone else....but for the love of God I can't remember her name, lol.
Megan Wing and....errr I'm drawing a blank on her partner's name}
and as for pairs....I can't think of anyone right now.
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Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
Pairs: Langlois and Archetto are top of my list for sure. Putman and Writz and Shen and Zhao
ladies: Jennifer Robinson, Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen, Fumie Suguri, Annie Bellemare and Joannie Rochette.
Men: Takeshi Honda, Jeff Buttle, Fedor Andreev and Timothy Goebel... I wish I could say Kurt and Steven but I can't
Dance: Now that Bourne and Kraatz retired dance will so not be the same but there are a few I still like: Belbin and Agosto, Wing and Lowe, Debreil and Lauzon
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Kurto is the man!
"No garlic bread before Ice Dancing!"
- Victor Kraatz
Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
bella77, Megan's partner is Aaron Lowe. And I'm in the same boat as jcspkbfan where ice dance is concerned ... it's been so overly dramatic and frenetic for so long now that, other than Shae and Vic and a couple of other teams, I watch it only casually. What made teams like Torvill and Dean & Wilson and McCall so great was that they actually danced on ice!!
Thanks, lol. I do agree that most of the ice-dancing teams are a little too dramatic for my tastes. I think that's one of the reasons why I like Wing & Lowe....I find them so carefree on the ice. They stand out to me and they're so much fun to watch.
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Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls go to Montreal.
Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
I can't believe I forgot about Ben Fearra (sp????????) I realize he's not very consistant yet, but there's a certain energy in him that I really think is special. I like him alot.
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Good girls go to Heaven. Bad girls go to Montreal.
Anabelle Langlois & Patrice Archetto... whoo whoo!
Tiffany Scott & Phillip Dulebohn
(wow... I don't have many anymore )
Dance:
Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Aggosto
Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov
(Ice Dance is my least favorite disipline... not because I don't like it... I just don't like a lot of the "choreography")
Ladies:
ANGELA NIKODINOV
Sarah Hughes
Irina Slutskaya
Jenny Kirk
Elena Sokolova
Jennifer Robinson
Men:
Alexei Yagudin(though he hasn't competed lately, and seems to be fading from that area of skating )
Timothy Goebel
Michael Weiss
Matt Savoie
(it's amazing that I like more ladies than I do men... normally Ladies has very few on the list LOL)
Re: Favorite Amatuer Skaters
My list!
Men: Timmmay!
Takeshi despite the whole Riverdance thing.
Ryan Jahnke
Ladies: AP McDounough even if she did go over to the dark side
Sasha Cohen
Michelle Kwan
Jen Robinson..a recent addition
Fumie Suguri or as I call her Foamy Sugar
Pairs: Shen and Zhao: as long as Hungbao is not wearing leather
Langlois and Archetto
Dance. Albena and Porny Maxim
Belbin and Agosto
Naomi and Petah: do they still count
I'm in search of myself? Have you seen me anywhere?
I just don't like the way eligible ice dance seems to be going these days...too many over-the-top dramatics and not enough actual dancing. I do really like Belbin and Agosto, though--they seem to be one of the few ice dance teams out there with a style truly their own.
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