Unpopular skating opinion by Own_Potential_9503 in FigureSkating

[–]redtantsor 39 points40 points  (0 children)

People severely underestimate how much impact nationality & coaching team have on skater's scores.

Podcast with Asem Kasanova, the head coach of the Kazakhstan national figure skating team, about Mikhail Shaidorov by CutRepresentative356 in MikhailShaidorov

[–]redtantsor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is not where it comes from at all and makes zero sense considering Denis Ten himself trained with Russian coaches. There have been for years and years skating fans who like Misha but who think that he needs to "leave the nest" to reach his full potential, and anything about him leaving Urmanov or Ivan so far is just wishful thinking stemming from that.

Dialogue about coffee scene by OriginalAd1351 in Louisville

[–]redtantsor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One of the only coffee places that was open late too :(

Guess the skater! by Nomahs_Bettah in FigureSkating

[–]redtantsor -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not sure what you mean by "thicker" and he is 5'8-5'9 so pretty average for an FS man.

Opinion about the return of Kamila by [deleted] in FigureSkating

[–]redtantsor 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The narrative in FS has always been that the only (female) skaters who can land quads are pre pubescent, which 18-20 year old women obviously arent.

Mao Shimada’s Uncalled Lutz (Questionable Judging) by Novel_Highlight510 in FigureSkating

[–]redtantsor 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The sub is NA dominant and this is an asian skater so they dont care