#alina stepanova

[russianglitter]

This is Stepanova’s FX from May. + bars / beam

(posting bc I know most are unfamiliar with her)

[aleksandra-ivan]

[skate-the-onion]

2019: A Retrospective (part I)

(part II here: x)

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figurka_match: На соревнованиях мы видим отточенные и идеальные прокаты, собранных спортсменов и максимальную сосредоточенность 💪🏻 Тем интереснее заглянуть на тренировки 👀 Собрали для тебя тренировочные фотки, листай 👇🏻 #фигурноекатание #figureskating #матчфигурка

(16.08.2020)

[figureskatinggifs]

Which figure skater would you be quarantined with according to your birth month?

[solraneth-archive]

Day 2 of GPF 2019:

Saw 4A attempts live, died inside every time

Kazakova/Reviya first after rhythm dance in juniors!!!!! I love them

Gabi and Guilaumme are even more fabulous than I expected

Just give Sasha and Vanya a medal already

Ladies’ event stressed me the fuck out

But Alena and Alina were amazing!

So sad for Boikova/Kozlovskii

But very happy for Mishina/Galliamov, I love their FS

WENJING SUI THE EMPRESS OF MY HEART!

[alena-kostornaia]

a_gallyam: Closing banquet 🇯🇵

[moon-soo-ah]

All on Ice at the 2019 European Championships Gala Exhibition

[lelya-ra]

20.April Sasha&Vanya will participate in Team Eteri Skaters Show (Krasnodar). I’m so freaking happy about reunion with Alina ❤

Also I like that Tarasova-Morozov & Davis-Smolkin will be there too! Cute. Also I hope for a TV translation later.

[shslartie]

Does anyone want recaps and “Programs to Watch” from JNats and RNats?

Cuz I took hella notes and scores, and watched all of the competitors.

I’m just heckin tired cuz I’ve been watching figure skating since like 2am oops.

[fleetwoodhag]

My Thoughts on Grand Prix Helsinki 2018 (Ladies SP and Ice Dance RD)

LADIES

the announcer is REALLY enjoying his job and i’m here for it

i love hearing the loudest cheers for the home country girls, emmi and viveca. this helsinki crowd in general is just amazing. they’re so supportive of every skater whenever they fall. 

i saw on twitter that daria panenkova’s last name in finnish - “panen kovaa” means “i fuck hard” and i couldn’t stop thinking about it

i was watching the stream on my laptop and the loud sirens of rika hongo’s music started playing and my sister in the room went “wait someone’s skating to that???” love her energy though, it was a nice change of pace

loena hendrickx’s spins are so fast and so centered and her flexibility !!! queen of spins. i’m glad she was able to bag that well-deserved bronze sp medal. I can see her really becoming a huge podium contender in the next few years

as much as i love alina, i think her team really let her down with this short program. It was so hard to be engaged in the program when each song would last for about 10 seconds and then glass-shatter-transition into the next one. It’s unfair for people to say alina doesn’t emote during her programs and really feel the music when she doesn’t really have the opportunity to do it. an uncharacteristic pop on her combo but nothing too drastic. i haven’t seen her carmen fs in full but i’m positive it’s the stronger of her two programs so she should be fine 

my stream died just as stanislava’s program started and then came back on just as she ended so i didn’t see anything from her program...but that’s a nice dress and she looks so good

my heart was just broken for kaori. she looked so good on the warmup. her flow on the ice was just so smooth and effortless. it was painful seeing her after her performance. it takes a lot of spirit to be able to keep yourself from breaking down when you still have half a program to complete, so big props to her. i have confidence that she can make a comeback from 7th to podium. if zhenya could do it then so can she. stay strong kaori!

i have to say my winner for best performance of this event has to go to yuna shiraiwa. i didn’t know who she was going into this but she wasn’t just the cleanest, she also had this genuine joy on her face while she was skating. so effortless and so fun to watch. if she pulls out a solid and clean free skate, she can finish on the podium. 

ICE DANCE

i’m really not a huge fan of the genre the isu chose for this year’s rhythm dance. the latin one last year left so much room for each team to be able to have their own style, but with tango, it’s just so difficult to stand out. also, isn’t it quite unfair for brother-sister teams? no wonder the shibs decided to sit this one out

i’m getting a BIG liza tuktik energy from betina popova with their similar attitude on the ice and even their similar physical features. it’s her birthday btw, happy birthday betinka!

i was shocked to see that anthony ponomarenko was only 17...not with that mustache sir

oof guignard and fabbri getting screwed by the music guy not once but twice...anyway, i’m just glad it wasn’t another bird and that the interruption was before their program started and not smack in the middle

i love hurtado/khaliavin so much and really want them to succeed. i first saw them in the olympics and there was just something that drew me in amongst even the more established ice dance teams. sara just has this fire in her that not only is so evident in her fabulous facial expressions, but also in the way she moves on the ice. kirill has these sort of goofy facial expressions but they’re very cute and endearing, and the both of them combined just feels so cheerful and i get such a positive energy when they skate. the rhythm dance was good but not as hard hitting as their santana short dance from last season that initially drew me into them. it has room to grow. i’m going to really be rooting for them in the free. vamos sara and kirill!

wow. alexandra stepanova and ivan bukin. this team. i have to admit, i didn’t pay much attention to them before but this season...there’s just something different and it’s not just the fact that they’re probably russia’s number 1 ice dance team right now. their movements are just SO BIG and SO EXTENDED and SO POWERFUL. not only that but both of them are so into the characters they’re playing i just didn’t want the program to end. this has to be my pick for no.1 ice dance team this season. i know they probably aren’t regarded as one of the top 3 teams but they just have something special that i can’t really find a connection to with other teams. they’re the total package and i hope they win worlds

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Saifulina, Akhaimova, and Stepanova training in Massilia! Gerasimova just flew out today.

[aleksandra-ivan]

[skate-the-onion]

In celebration of 600 followers, here is Tumblr text post memes + Worlds shenanigans, pt. I!

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isufigureskating: 🔙 Before the Grand Prix Final starts there's still plenty of time to check out some of the amazing pictures from NHK Trophy ! 📸

Which one is your favorite? 😍 #GPFigure #FigureSkating

(26.11.2019)

[peacocksonice]

few more banquet pics from various IGs