Masquerade Waltz

A Winter's tale.

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mao’s last dance // mao’s last dancer

[resssistance]

Mai after her winning free skate at MK John Wilson Trophy 2022

photo by Joosep Martinson

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Mai Mihara reacts to her free skate score » 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy

[yuzu-all-the-way]

‼️BREAKING NEWS‼️

Nobu's unretiring!

[cheryls-blossomed]

Okay, but Rinka, Starr, and Young medalling at Skate Canada… this podium is what dreams are made of 🥹

[wisteriarosea]

From here

[wisteriarosea]

Not brian saying “skate from your heartl” 😭😭😭

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2022 Carnival on Ice - October 8, 2022 Ekaterina Kurakova → Music from “Pirates of the Carribean”

[rabidline]

2022 Carnival on Ice - October 8, 2022 Ekaterina Kurakova → Music from “Pirates of the Carribean”

[music-art-sport-and-more]

The media and fans brainwashed people into believing that the Russian skaters ( aka Eteri skaters) are the only thing that matters and that other skaters are not worthy to watch, but it's such a blessing that the Russians are gone, now we can pay attention to those with better skills, technique, artistry and programs.

We can enjoy diverse talents, we have the strong Japanese field, each skater with quality skating, the Korean add a new talent to their list every season, we have queen Loena from Belgium, princess Ekaterina for Poland, we have the firecracker Isabeau from the USA.

Let the games begin

[allekha]

Katya and Amber taking a picture together at the gala practice 😊

[cosmical777]

Jason Brown and Brian Orser sing Happy Birthday to Jun!!!

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Shoma visited Mao's Beyond ice show!

I love how Shoma values each of Mao's shows, if he cannot appear in person he always still sends a big flower bouquet.

(there is obviously no footage of the ice show directly in the linked video but enjoy some cute Uno puppy content 😊)

[f-ferrari-forever]

In light of recent figure skating events, I am manifesting Mao Asada’s glorious comeback in the Free Skate from Sochi 2014. That’s all, that’s the post.

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Difficult Turns and Steps in Mao Asada's Madama Butterfly Step Sequence at the 2016 World Championships, Part 2/2

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert by any means; I just do these analyses for fun!

LFI to RBO to LFI Double S-Step (CW-CCW) + Left foot cluster: LFI Bracket (CCW) + LBO Counter (CCW) + LFO Twizzles (CCW) + LBI Loop (CCW)

The gif was too long for Tumblr, so I had to split it in half.

Right foot cluster: RBO Bracket (CW) + RFI Counter (CW) + RBI Loop (CW)

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carolina kostner italian flagbearer 2006→2018

opening ceremony of her first olympics // closing ceremony of her last

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First quad jumps in men’s figure skating:

Quad toe loop: Kurt Browning (CAN), 1988 World Championships Quad salchow: Timothy Goebel (USA), 1998 Jr. Champion Series Final Quad lutz: Brandon Mroz (USA), 2011 Colorado Springs Invitational Quad flip: Shoma Uno (JPN), 2016 Team Challenge Cup Quad loop: Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN), 2016 Autumn Classic International Quad axel: Ilia Malinin (USA), 2022 US International Classic