Caroline Zhang Pearl

[500tania]

Well...She is half asian...What do you expect?

[Bajekitty]

Amazing indeed

[roshni13rahman]

ouchhhhh my back.....(^_^)

[nightswimmer99]

Every rib in my body would splinter if I tried that, even at her age.

[HorseIceskatingBlog]

WOW! Thats what I'm learning in skating now and its so great to picture yourself doing it!

[thecutieforlife]

I'm almost 14 and I can barely even bend backwards. I'd probably split in half trying that

[HowsaBowsaYowsa]

I have to admit this is a beautiful and difficult spin. It is like a small snippet of Sasha Cohen. What ever happened to Caroline though. She seems to be declining.

[gentrysnavat]

@HowsaBowsaYowsa She's completely out of the sports due to injuries

[EEDiazL]

A far cry from what she is today.

[43agnieszka]

dude..

[kamwrites]

This spin kills me. 

[MrMiimii62]

OH MY GOD !!!!

[naturescloud]

omg i cried.. yey!

[gabriel90tiamo]

bravissima...

[ChocolateLoverROFL]

i'm feeling for some pretzels now...

[jfluter]

The back of her head almost touches her backside....dang!

[NumbaOneCliqueGirl]

Three words. W. O. W.

[uncopied]

Whhoa ;)

[pelicanus11]

SHHHEEEEEESSSHHHHHH!!!!!!

[catychaty]

Woah! Talk about flexabilaty!!

[hatelovinglove]

Holy heck! I love this move.... Wish I didnt quit skating after I broke my ankle

[VampireknightgrlKiwi]

I don't think most people (and some skaters) fully understand how difficult spins are, especially this one. Do you have any idea just how much flexibility and strength is needed for this spin? Probably 1 out of 1,000 skaters will be able to do this spin, and well at that.

[jfluter]

@VampireknightgrlKiwi I'm just a beginning adult skater, and I can barely do a two foot spin, let alone a pearl!

[withacherryontop22]

I find her last position more impressive than the pearl!

[VTC1000HP]

That's not wonderful , She's just Asian :D

[MsLala2cute]

that was very nice

[uwoeric]

In addition to the insanely difficult position, her centring is also perfect.

[supersouleaterfan]

How come mostly all the korean and chinese figure skaters are the best at doing thngs lke ths? But wait. Wat race is she? Her last name seems and looks lik shes korean to me.

[2ndAveLine]

@supersouleaterfan She is of Chinese origin. Zhang, spelled as is, is not Korean. And though her extreme flexibility is a nice trick, it's nothing to be proud of since it's not really a mark of good spinning or skating skills, though she is a good spinner. If you really want to see a special spinner, look up Lucinda Ruh. Def. not Chinese nor Korean ;)

[miiiqq]

that was AAMAZING

[jipureij]

wow!!!! beautiful positions amazing flexibility !!!

[jfluter]

Does she have any bones in her spine? Goodness, that spin was AMAZING!

[xxellababiixx]

piss! :O

[pleb1234554321]

woah:O amazing and thats a shareen dress:L

[Gloriihh]

Level 10 please :D

[franzie10]

i love how her body slowly rises as she goes from the pearl to beillmann...it looks like a fountain or something...it's so beautiful! :)

[Rperfilyev]

@franzie10 yeah! I think too. ^^ really, amazing!

p.s. Mirai Nagasu has also beautiful spins!

A coach Ch. Wong teached Nagasu and Zhang to do good spins, imho

[izzysk8ter1]

i think she still has her spin. I LIKE YOUR DRESS!

[NessaLoveWoahxP]

Wow to have your head that close to be ice skate blade is pretty scary.

[2cool2talk23]

pretty dress

[Judith21123]

owww that looks like it hurts a lot!!!!!!! but that is such a lovely spin (:

[audreyeatworld]

That's one of the most amazing layback spin positions I've ever seen.

[yoyaya007]

oh shit i ve never seen such a perfect and beautiful spin

[wednesday55]

Amazing. I could only dream to be able to do that.

[lolmonkey98]

she looks like she's twelve or something.....

[feraina1]

Such gorgeous positions, and she's so centered and fast! She does not even move an inch while going through all these crazy position changes. Incredible!

[AmericanGirlStarLove]

Whoa, it looks so cool!

[slavaro1992]

Today, Caroline is much worse. This spin is so strong and beautiful!

[rangerma5]

That must be very bad for her spine?

[giulyedlover]

sha deserves every single points they gave her. that's perfect.

strnght, effortless, very good speed and no travelling. that's perfection.

[MyRenan13]

It's SOOO beautiful!!

I ever cry when wacth this video...

Caroline Zhang,you are the best skater!

You open the world of Figure Skating for me... I love you.

[MyRenan13]

It's a perfect layback and a biellmann spin. Caroline Zhang,you skating like a princess on the ice. Just beautiful...

[BassieCutler]

holy crap

[Shiruame2]

How can someone dislike this video? It's gorgeous! :)

[lucylikeslollies]

AMAZING!!!!

[ilovecatsforever1]

wow i have noticed how lucky i have been to be on the same ice as her

[lutz84]

this has to be a level 5! with GOE +10

[soupyhater]

FUCKING AMAZING. Best spin I've EVER seen.

[WeeGal159]

that looks kinda disturbing in a way

[MusicGoddessDivine]

Wow. Just.... wow

[witherwings14]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!

[949494949949494]

io so fare di meglio

[PinkyMarika95]

madonna mia !! io pratico qst sport da quasi 9 anni ma una cosa del genere me la sogno!!

[kaytee0077]

this is really good!!

i made a montage to her! look on my profile!! :)

i wish i could do a pearl, just a haircutter for me :)

[stellona97ich]

gaahhahahahahhaahahahahahahaha­hah

[Figureskatinggirl11]

OMW!!! THAT IS AMAZING! :D

[pegahRE]

it looks like she lost her head for a sec lmao!

[mudbloody]

OOOOOOOOOOOMFG. Well, I've seen this performance a thousand times and it's never failed to get such a Rx from me. lol.

[dvdneely]

just amazing!

[Vanyaloth]

omg that's crazy! Wish I had that kind of flexibility!

[ButterflyChanel]

MITICA!

[GiulyGiu19]

bravissima! Magnifica! <3

[sixflagszmanxD]

only a 14 year old spine can do that lol

[yalda96]

@sixflagszmanxD Go check out sasha cohen i'm sure she's not 14...

[Sapphira514]

@sixflagszmanxD im 15 nd iv done that...i injured myself after that tho :P

[zurieljoshua]

@sixflagszmanxD She's still doing it! So I guess its not age as much as super powers.

[irschok]

@sixflagszmanxD

Back flexibility like this is normal in rhythmic gymnastics. Even gymnasts older than 25 can do it. You only have to stretch extremely hard from a very young age.

[luvdaearth4ever]

@irschok yes... but can you do that while spinning on ice that fast

[thewannabepotato]

wow..this layback is just amazing...she's so young and talented.

[kianoconnell]

they should make a new lvl just for her! lvl 5! LSp5! She deserve this since that's the best layback anyone has seen ever!

[lucylovesyoutoo]

omg! that was awesome!!

[ImmaculateRecovery]

AMAZING!!! best layback bielmann in the world

[Uglefanatikeren]

Level4 + all judges giving GOE+3. Does not get any better than that, and that just means perfection...

[queenice2]

Eww that's nasty XD bending back that far.... But it's still amazing!!! lol

[lovelygirl12v]

i wish i could do that she was amazing i would have been dizzy :D

[dvdneely]

a truly unique and amazing move. this is the ingenuity i like to see in a world where so many skaters seem to do the exact same moves. bravo Zhang!

[xxtuxxx]

level 4 +3 from every judge. I don't feel like thats done often. Its perfect.

[Gedevanishvili]

I agree. Awesome.

[hihiomg8080]

DISTURBING!!! haha wow She's an amazing skater! But why did she call it the pearl? Why not the zhang or something that states that caroline zhang created this spin!

[synchroboy]

because she wasn't the first person to do it...it was actually done in the 80's by a few swiss skaters, and early nineties by nathalie krieg who also has the world record for the fastest combination spin...i'm not exactly sure who the first person to do it was but caroline's is pretty amazing...

[xxflyingsoulxx101]

no there is 1 girl at the rink i go to (just 4 fun i can't skate) that can do it.....but it's an amazing thing...but before ppl start dissing me it IS a very hard thing to do and caroline zhang is very talented. the reason y girls r doing it now is cuz she brought this new move into figure skating....

[ozzyoz424]

i love the kelsi katch it is such a gracefull spin the one at the end

[waddleduckie1]

Just forget it idklove. You can't do it. Caroline Zhang is the only girl who can do it.

[EscoIceSk8]

actually no. i've seen some skater doing it in LA.

[chimchar817]

prove it..

[weirdo918]

DISTURBING. yet very pretty

[darcyadele]

that is friggin awesome :))))

[sgjake21]

I'm interested in seeing her spins when her body actually matures... we'll see if she will have the same flexibility.

[Lucithen]

thats almost scary! wow, so flexible! O_o gorgeous layback and biellman

[weirdo918]

DISTURBING!!! haha wow she's amazing

[sripeat]

not just the flexibility it must take a lot of strenght to lift her whole body up from that position into a beilman cause she starts out so low. that is a beautiful spin and the best i've seen.

[RBCI]

that's so incredibly INSANE.. she's so flexible... crazy.. yet so amazing!

[fadstar14]

OMG I want her spine!!!

[akeem527]

can sme 1 spin like that without being on ice ?

[abrilgzz]

omg, she is sooo fast and what a beautiful position

[Gedevanishvili]

Yes, she's awesome.

[iv4etoK]

what flexibility...wow

[MyChemicalDai]

omg what a gorgeous layback!!