Tallywad Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Wow. 17 year old US skater Ilia Malinin executed a flawless quad axel! https://youtu.be/ZnDOHnAt6_w + sync, + sam.fitzpatrick, thomas and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryskater Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Watched Skate America on TV. His quad axel was unbelivable. He not only got all the way around but executed flawlessly. It's impossible but he did it. Many, many years ago when I skated a double axel was a highlight of male free skating. I could barely do a single. Needless to say I didn't last long. Still miss true artistry in skating. It really doesn't exist anymore. John Curry, Robin Cousins, Brian Boitano. I'll never forget Boitano's Olympic short program to Meyerbeer which was like a young man showing off on a pond. Even wiping the snow off his blade. A wonderful piece of theater on ice. Always reminded me of Ashton's "Les Patineurs". These days most long programs look the same - 3 jumping passes, some spins and footwork to kill time until they get to the bonus time then 4 more jumping passes. So boring the even at 4 minutes I'm thinking "When will this end." BSR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Back when Yuzuru Hanyu was reportedly working on the quad axel, I thought it wasn't humanly possible. Well whaddya know ... the revolutions are so fast I can't even keep count. Only on slow-mo can I see the 4.5 revolutions. + MysticMenace and thomas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I won't even put past this new generation of skaters to see them do a Quad-Quad combo jump or quint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSR Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 13 hours ago, JoeMendoza said: I won't even put past this new generation of skaters to see them do a Quad-Quad combo jump or quint. A quad-quad combo? Impossible! A quintuple? Impossible! Oh wait, that's what I said about the quad axel? *EmilyLitellavoice* Never mind. jerryskater, thomas and + MysticMenace 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ MysticMenace Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I think Ilia has shown on some TikTok / instagram stories some successful quad-quad combos already... jerryskater and BSR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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