Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini - 1984 Worlds Pairs LP(UKTV)

[mlc2005]

They are great, and this is a great program. But I have to say it makes me appreciate the transitions and intricate foot work that the pairs of the 90's on have had... This was certainly not a very "artistic" skate at all.

[oofahman]

I just LOVE them!!! one of my alltime pairs teams!!! :)



[bemar1972]

Here we have a classical example - judges owned by the WESTERN (not Eastern) Bloc of six countries (6 from 9).

Programs of Valova/Vasiliev was much more interesting - so many innovative moves, spirals, sequences, many original positions in the spins and lifts, all invented by great Tamara Moskvina!

[joe11880]

I just watched the clip for Valova/Vasiliev and there is no comparison outside the individual side by side jumps. Underhill/Martini's performance is polished, incredible triple twist/throw salchow, spins, death spirals, choreography, throw double axel is second to none and lifts are far superior to Valova/Vasiliev. The judges in those days were owned by the Eastern Bloc countries so Canada caught a break. Could have been a repeat of what happened to Sale/Pelletier in the 2002 Olympics.

[bemar1972]

@joe11880 Oh no, don't tell about Eastern Bloc! Here was 9 Judges: 1. Claire Ferguson, USA, 2. Peter Moser, SWI, 3. Sally-Anne Stapleford, GBR, 4. Mikhail Drei, URS, 5. Frances Dafoe, CAN, 6. Junko Hiramatsu, JPN, 7. Gerhardt Bubnik, TCH, 8. Günter Teichmann, GDR, 9. Eugen Romminger, FRG

So ONLY 3 judges from socialist countries absolutely impossible to be blocked!

[Benben35]

This is one of those magical performances that we rarely get to see nowadays. They didn't have side by side double axels or triple toe loops but the lifts, throws were second to none! This is a timeless performance, pure magic!

[icarus628]

Man when they screwed up they screwed up, but when they were at their best their fluidity and performance is nothing short of breathtaking.

[martinw1906]

And Barbara Underhills daughter died in an accident. So sad.

[bemar1972]

Only home ice and Valova/Vasiliev mistake help it to win. No side by side difficult jumps, only week 2Flip. And two 5,9 for technical merit? I want to ask, if this pair do the triple toeloop like Valova/Vasiliev, judges must to give it 6.2 or 6.3? :))

[Thalia38]

They were magic on the ice. I love this video. They'll always rank among the best ever.

[385Mercedes]

I was there-and we were all standing up for the last minute!!

What a night!

[b2367]

Beautiful programme!

[gingergeri]

This brings back wonderful memories. My friend Donna and I went to every minute of the '84 Worlds and 25 yrs. later I can say this was THE most exciting live sport event I've ever seen. The feeling in the building that night was absolutely electric!

[Onawawgirl]

I watched this performance live on television, and was on the edge of my seat.

[bardtoob]

That was a lovely Life Spiral.

[diiiiiiiinamite]

I absolutely adore this programme. It's one of my all time favourties, with wonderful commentary from the late great BBC figure skating commentator Alan Weeks. I've lost count of the number of times I've watched it over the years. It always gives me goosebumps.Their interpretation of Gershwin's music was pure class and the crowd got behind them to bring Underhill & Martine home to gold. Fantastic!!! Many thx for posting.

[Derkyllis]

I love this! I wish we would see more of this kind of footwork and jump sequences in pairs today. Also great lifts -- why don't more contemporary pairs do these?

[elnabels]

Terrific