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Figure Skating and Acrobatics Video - With No Ice!
Kimberly Olson-Wheeler is on a stage with no ice, but she is wearing inline figure skates. In this video, she performs beautiful figure skating combined with acrobatics. This unbelievable performance is a must see!
Patrick Swayze Does Couples Roller Figure Skating
Many people do not know that the late actor, Patrick Swayze, was an accomplished artistic roller figure skater. He was featured in the 1979 roller disco movie "Skatetown USA." In this video clip, he performs pair skating with roller figure skating national champion, April Allen.
Dalilah Sappenfield's Pair Skaters Helped Disabled Public School Children Skate
Dalilah Sappenfield's pair skaters helped developmentally disabled children from Thornton, Colorado's Mapleton Public Schools ice skate on April 28, 2009.
Video Montage of Figure Skating Champion Sasha Cohen
Figure Skater Sasha Cohen won a Silver Medal in the 2006 Winter Olympics and she is the 2006 United States Figure Skating Ladies Champion. This video montage highlights her skating.
Sk8Strong Off-Ice Figure Skating Training DVD Demo Video
Sk8Strong Inc. has produced off-ice strength and core training DVDs especially for figure skaters. This YouTube video includes sample clips of the exercises that are on the Sk8Strong DVDs.
Video Showing How to Do Hair for Figure Skating in a Perfect Bun
This video demonstrates how to make a perfect bun for figure skating. It shows how to make a "donut bun."
Double Axel Video
In this video, a figure skater demonstrates a double Axel jump.
Video Montage of Brian Joubert French Figure Skating Champion
Brian Joubert is a five-time French figure skating champion. He also won the silver medal at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships and he won the European Figure Skating Championships. In 2007, he won the men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships. This video montage shows some of his skating and also some high and low personal moments.
Janet Lynn - 1972 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships Video
Janet Lynn was the United States National Figure Skating Champion from 1969 through 1973. She won an Olympic bronze medal in 1972. This is a video of her winning performance at the 1972 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships.
Video of Silent Coach Figure Skating Training Aid
The Silent Coach figure skating training aid makes it possible for figure skating coaches to not have to shout corrections across the rink as they teach skating lessons. This video shows the device in action.
Video of Paul Wylie's 1992 Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medal Performance
Paul Wylie won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games in Albertville, France. This video shows his Olympic figure skating silver medal performance.
About.com's Figure Skating Guide Jo Ann Schneider Farris Skating on Skis
Cross country skating on skis is easy for figure skaters, since the motions used are very similar to stroking on the ice. With the skis about 45 degrees apart, the "skating skier" glides on one ski and lifts the other ski up, then shifts his or her weight to the other ski while pushing off from the ski that was first glided on. This video clip shows About.com's Figure Skating Guide Jo Ann Schneider Farris demonstrating how easy skating on skis is.
Debbie Weinstein Minter Does an Original Figure at the 2008 Colorado Champs
Years ago, beautiful designs were skated on clean ice in the shape of a figure eight. These complex designs were called figures and that is why Figure Skating is called FIGURE Skating. In 2008, US Figure Skating Gold Medalist, Debbie Weinstein Minter, performed an original figure that included many figure skating turns, loops, and edges. This video shows her artistic and original "figure performance." She named it "Compost Heap" becuase it had a "little of everything all mixed together."
Video Montage of Ice Capades
This video montage shows fifty years of Ice Capades memories. Famous figure skaters of the past and present appear in this video. Sadly, Ice Capades no longer exists.
Video of Barbie Smith
Barbie Smith placed 4th in the World Figure Skating Championships in 1977. Smith showed much promise and had a successful competitive skating career. She was the 1975 U.S. National Junior Ladies figure skating champion. She was also the silver medalist at the 1977 U.S. National Figure Skating Championships in the Championship Ladies division. This video shows her performance at the 1977 World Figure Skating Championships which took place in Tokyo, Japan.
Memories of Champion Figure Skater Barbie Smith
Barbie Smith was considered one of the most talented figure skaters in history. In this video, YouTube User, K9henrydog, has put together memories of Smith. It is known that she performed with the Ice Capades in the mid-1980s, but after that, she left figure skating, and just seemed to disappear.
Video of Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner - 1973
Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner became figure skating legends. This video shows them when they were young kids winning the 1973 U.S. National Junior Pairs figure skating title.
Video of 1961 US Ice Dance Champions Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce
Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce won the 1961 US National figure skating Championships in ice dancing. This video shows their gold medal winning performance. The ice dance team died in the 1961 plane crash where the entire U.S. figure skating team perished.
Video Clip of Lynn-Holly Johnson in the Figure Skating Movie "Ice Castles"
Ice skater, Lynn-Holly Johnson, starred in the 1978 figure skating movie, "Ice Castles." This YouTube video clip shows the last ice skating performance in the movie. The actress plays a skater coming back to compete although she is blind. The audience does not know she is blind until the end of the movie and the story has a heartwarming and happy ending.
Video of Figure Skater Jeremy Abbott
Some people say that Jeremy Abbott may win Worlds or the Olympics. This video shows the talented figure skater in action.
Video of Ice Skating on the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink Electoral Map
On Election Day, November 4, 2008, a map of the United States was scribed into the ice surface of the Rockefeller Center ice rink. During the day, skaters enjoyed ice skating over the map. Later that night, as the election results came in, the states were painted blue or red. This video shows people skating over the historical map.
Carol Heiss - Video of the 1960 Olympic Figure Skating Champion
Carol Heiss reigned as the figure skating champion of the United States from 1957 through 1960. She went on to win the Olympics in 1960. This is video shows her 1960 gold medal performance which took place in Squaw Valley, California, USA.
Video of World Professional Skating Champion Lorna Brown Skating to Poetry
Lorna Brown is a British and World Professional ice skating champion and a world and Olympic figure skating coach. This YouTube video shows her skating to "L'Apres Midi D'une Faun" and also with her poetry.
Video of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's Bolero Free Dance
Olympic Ice Dance Champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean did a free dance performance at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo that is remembered as a legendary performance. They skated to Maurice Ravel's Boléro and received nine perfect 6.0 scores. This video shows that legendary performance.
Video of Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent Landing the First Throw Quad Salchow
On November 17, 2007, U.S. pair skaters, Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent landed the first quadruple throw Salchow at a figure skating competition. This video clip records that moment in figure skating history.