#ice skates

[wildchildskyhigh]

[proserpina-markham]

𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔭𝔯𝔞𝔴𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔬𝔲𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔧𝔢𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠 𝔣𝔬𝔤.

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Pair of womens ice skates by Champion.

Date: ca. 1920

[crashingonneptune]

(Alysa Liu)

[blondebrainpowered]

A couple dancing on ice skates on Whitestone Pond, Hampstead, London, 1933.

[saddam-shozi]

[pawnyouoff]

”5 quads this” “5 quads that” omg yes Sasha completely revolutionized women’s skating with her 5 quads in cruella at beijing, but using the amount of quads to argue that she should’ve won is just insane.

r we forgetting that figure skating is a points based sport with the final result being a combination of the free and short program scores?? people are so intent about her 5 quads and forgetting the fact that the short program still exists.

Sasha’s short program during that season had always been her worst component. since women cannot do quads during the short, her technical level is lower without the quads, and not to mention that triple axel. sasha fell on her opening 3a basically every single competition she did, and she fell at the olympics too. her short was littered with falls, step outs, and was overall not a clean performance. (this is also how aliona was able to beat both Sasha and Anna without any quads since she could use her 3a in the short program, gaining more points)

going back to the 5 quads, sasha actually placed 1st in the free program. she placed 4th in the short and 1st in the free, while Anna placed 2nd in short and 2nd in the free, giving her 1st place. whether you believe anna's score was inflated, it doesnt change the fact that sasha still fell out of her 3a.

i think this is less about "artistry vs technique" and instead about consistency. anna had two clean performances while sasha had a rougher short. cruella and her 5 quads were not enough to make up for her lost points on her short. i honestly believe that if she just did a 2a or a different triple, she could've gotten gold.

i love anna and sasha both very much and sasha's quads and determination has completely changed figure skating. i'm just so tired of seeing people focus solely on the quads and even saying anna didn't deserve to win, while completely forgetting about WHY she got a lower score.

[lyl1pad]

Random thought, but I feel like Clark Kent would honestly be so good with an ice skater girlfriend. Just imagine she's attempting newer moves, and he's floating above (obviously not in public..) holding her hand so she can graph them out before attempting them. AND if she's about to eat shit he'll just catch her. You just KNOW that man would never skip a competition. Anybody? Anyone?👀👀👀