@glowNthedarkkid he did a quad toe in his freeskate, which he underotated, so he was marked down on his GOE. So I can't imagine him doing a quad triple double if he can't do that. Just saying...I like him, don't get me wrong, but I don't think this is the right jump.
He's a very enciteful guy. And a talented skater. Hard to believe that he started at 12 and is that good then and now. He's a skater that people need to listen to instead of believing what the media says about him.
I think that for most of russian figure skating fans (not just sport fans who switch their TV only beacuse of Olympics) that undermarks, this pervert judge that left Weir the 6th was more disappointment than Plushenko silver medal.
As much as i love Patrick Chan, Johnny Weir is absolutley talented. And im sorry to say that i dont udnerstand why patrick placed ahead of him... but i guess its ok. GO CANADA :}
I agree, he got underscored. He should have gotten at least bronze. What really gets me is how disrespectful Placenko was with his silver. They should have given it to Weir.
Well, Plushenko maybe said some things in the heat of the moment that he now regrets, however I do feel, on balance, that he should have won and obviously if you feel you were robbed you might feel a bit sore for a while. Can any of us truly say that we've always been gracious in defeat when we genuinely believed we should have won? I didn't have Lysacek in the top 3.He was slow, uninspiring and frankly boring.
I completely agree. Lysacek did really well in his long program, I will admit, but Johnny's performance deserved the silver, at least. He outdid Plushenko, especially in the long program.
@yi81 Didn't the audience boo his marks? Lots of people were saying how low they were, but Johnny was so gracious about it, which makes me want him to have been marked better even more! If he had been bitter or offensive about being marked down everyone would have been less sympathetic, but the fact he appeared to be marked down and then was so nice about it. I seriously admire him. Class skater, classy person.
Yeah, there was an OBVIOUS booing.... I even booed with the audience over the television. I love Johnny Weir. I love his skating and his personalities. I heard that new senior boy named Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) is fan of him too and got his costume designed by him! Johnny is the figure skater to be admired by next generation :)
@npe1 I completely agree. Johnny was just something special to watch, his grace, flexibility, and artistry just surpassed most other male skaters for me, including Evan.
It's true. People only see him crying after performances, or wearing his overdone outfits, or flicking his wrist when he talks and they completely ignore how completely effortless he can make skating seem. He does quads and triples without a bobble. I've never seen him fall. His footwork as as clean as I've seen any skater manage, and his spins are very good. If he conformed, he'd get solid 10s. But he doesn't, and he gets downgraded for being 'too gay'. It's such a JOKE!
cap,.... its just like in a primitive civilization now, in a stoneage, when people are not able to understand such a thing scientifically like beign gay, its just hypothalamus in brain is femalish in a gay man, and this makes the boy behave like a girl, its just proven scientifically and yet dinosauruses of today (all religious crapy people, all conservatives) understand nothing. its just sad... so sad... johnny is a great skater...
that's crazy that all judges and sport journalists they know for sure that the greates male figure skaters of 60s-70s and partially of 80s they were gays or bisexuals
And they are still GREAT, so pity Johny did not get Olympic medal
You're nuts if you think this is "easy" for ANYONE. Just look at the injuries typical professional skaters suffer through their careers. And the muscles needed: major back muscles to sustain all those archs and forward leans, MEGA core muscles for balance, and of course the leg muscles. Stamina too. I don't skate, but I dance, and you'd be amazed the amount of working out I have to do to develop the muscles to do spins and jumps (it's WORSE as a girl, because I don't develop muscles as easily).
Johnny can do it all, and is one of the most artistic skaters of all times.
Pressure in competition is something most of us humans don't confront. Doing a quad on TV in front of judges & zillions of people & competing with other great champions...
hard.
Doing it in practice, relaxed, and beautiful as Johnny is...
@MieMegaLove I'm a beginning adult figure skater, just starting work on my waltz jump and two foot spin. I can't wait to figure out which direction I'll be jumping and spinning "for sure." Right now, I can somewhat spin in both directions, and feeling more comfortable jumping right-y (although have jumped some to the left). Thank goodness my coach can jump and spin in either direction equally well. :)
I didnt believe it at first, but counting his head spinning on each jump it goes down 1 each jump and the second one is most obviously a triple so I am convinced finally that Johnny can do a quad/triple/double combo. BRAVO JOHNNY! I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!!
I've always felt a great jump combo would be a triple axel followed by triple lutz. Its perfect, you land the axel on a back outside edge and you begin the lutz on a back outside edge, it would just be awkward to jump the opposite direction but wow how cool that would be to see it in action. toss on a double loop and you got the hardest combo. Even harder than a quad which is so common place now.
i was just wondering why he cant do the quad triple doeble combo like that in competition but then it make me realize why i cant land my triples in competition so i just was like ok...
oh thats cool!!! im working on triple flip, triple lutz, and triple axel. but i dont work on triple axel very often. i kind of just started working on it.
sure... well... how close are you to it? if you find your self under rotaiting, you are probably not staying on you left toe pick long enough so you can go to your right side and get into the rotation quick... um... idk if thats helpful to you cause idk how it looks and yeah.. want to end me a video? i can try to video my jumps and yeah..
thanx! i actually dont have a video camera. sals and loops are my favorite. i hate toe jumps! i looooove edge jumps. and wow, triple axel!!!!!!!! wat level are u?! im intermediate
oh really? i like all jumps but sals. they are a pain in the butt. HAHA well... its a little confeusing.
i just moved up to novice.
i skated for like 7 years but only once a week then one day i skated a public session and saw a girl doing axels(and at the time, i was only on a single toe loop) then i said i want to do that so when i turned 15 i started working on it then now im 17 and can do up to a triple lutz and working on triple axels.
no...=[ i was competing at centrals and i fell on so many things. =[ but i was sick and injured so whatever. my coach said i didnt have to compete because of that but i did anyways.
oh cool!!!!!!!! i struggle with sals... they arent my favorite. their my least. LOL i can give you tips... but idk how your jumps look like... want to send a video? i want to video my triples and upload it. but i always forget... =[
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Nothing means anything unless it gets landed in competition. Some skaters have done every quad except maybe the axel in practice, but if you can't do in competition, it means squat. And a 4-3-2 was a big deal like in 2001.. it's been landed quite a few times in competition by now. Plushy has since done the 4-3-3 a few times in competition.
I think it means something. It proves he's capable of landing not just a quad, but a quad combo.
Besides, he got credit for a quad at nationals, albeit not in combination. I think it's only a matter of time until he pulls off an entirely clean one, and then put it in combination.
Except it doesn't really set him apart from other skaters; most of the top men should be able to do it. 4-3-2 isn't a new thing either. Some people have landed the quad lutz or loop in practice-- but its not newsworthy unless its in competition.
True, but I like how he jumps much better than some of the other skaters who simply muscle through it, his seem more graceful. I think the grace of it might set it apart a bit.
oh it definitely does, and he has such edge quality, it's not all about the quad. he has a gorgeous triple axel-triple toe. he's a very unique skater. i think he's just beautiful :-)
Who's landed the quad loop in practice?? I'd love to see that! I've seen Elvis Stojko land the quad lutz in practice, but who else has done it cleanly (as in fully rotated)?
OK, but is this actually based on reality or are you just a crazy fan lol
I remember Plushenko trying the quad lutz, but aside from his usual toe-loop, that's it. Is there actual video or evidence of a real human being landing a clean quad loop?
actually he can do quad loops! he was in an interview and they were showing all of the quads he can do. he can do the quad salchow, toe, loop, and lutz. im actually not sure of the quad flip though
I wish I had seen that. Too bad he never pulled them out in competition. I'd imagine that the flip and the loop would be the most difficult to rotate 4 times...
When people want to count rotations they don't need to look at how easy it looks, how deep it is picked, or the quality of the body position, they just COUNT THE ROTATIONS. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . it is a quad.
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thats not a quad. its a 3/3/2 folks. a quad isnt just thrown in easily like this jump is done. most guys have to dig deep and their bodies lean forwards more. the only quads i've seen that dont lean are typically set up with obviousness beforehand and have to build up alot of speed.
shut up! i doubt you can't do one or even close to one. can't you just say that it was great? your jealous, and don't deny it. oh and yes, he has done it in competition before
lol...don't get al fussy; it's a legit question. I don't think I've ever seen him land one in competition. BTW; do you know that you really said: - I'm sure you can do one of those - when you said: "I doubt you can't do one."
Let's just hope that he can be consistant enough this year to land in competition and kick Lysacek's ass! Maybe he'll surprise us all at Nationals this year- who knows?
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
This is just perfect.. He did a quad combo beautifully in the 2007 Nationals warm up along with the 2006 CoR warm up as well for anybody interested in seeing a video. They are both uploaded on youtube.
Does anyone have a slow-motion version of this, or know the place where I could download one? I'm very excited for Worlds . . . if he has a quad combo -- there's no doubt that he could be the next World Champion! :)
If you need slow motion to tell, you have no business telling others what it is. it's a Quad, triple, double combination. I fail to see the ambiguity.
What's the matter with being skeptical especially when he makes so many excuses not to do it in competition? Unless he does it in competition, it's worthless!
That's not what I have issue with. I have issue with you telling people, quite ignorantly, that it's not a quad when it is. You simply aren't informed enough so please, stop preaching.
How immature are you? The issue is whether this is a quad or not. I could care less what your other issues are, and I'm sure nobody else here is interested. If you're going to post, do it to rectify the issue and preach crazy elsewhere.
Yes, it was downgraded... though I haven't watched his freeskate from Worlds in awhile, I remember being surprised... I think the quad from Nationals and the quad from Worlds were about the same quality, but the one from Nationals was given credit as a quad.
Perhaps, though I am pretty sure that at least one of the quads he's tried internationally was fully rotated, but he didn't get credit for the full rotation.
That's not a quad -- it's a tripe toe, triple toe, double loop. Count the rotation by the number of times you see his face during the first jump of the combination.
I like this
partyanimal778776787 2 weeks ago
@glowNthedarkkid he did a quad toe in his freeskate, which he underotated, so he was marked down on his GOE. So I can't imagine him doing a quad triple double if he can't do that. Just saying...I like him, don't get me wrong, but I don't think this is the right jump.
noey1965 1 month ago
I think it's a triple triple double, I didn't know he could do quads.
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glowNthedarkkid 1 month ago
@noey1965 he did a quad toeloop at the 2006 world championships, which i'm pretty sure is where this video was taken
glowNthedarkkid 1 month ago
i really wish he would have put a quad in one of his programs.. i know he could have landed it!
chapstickgurl1 4 months ago 2
What a GORGEOUS combination. He makes all jumps look so easy.
officeaddict33 5 months ago
Yup Johnny rotates the opposite way of most skaters.
Like Rafael Nadal...antoher uber-genius who is naturally right handed has made millions & millions of dollar playing tennis left-handed.
Love Johnny. Love Rafa. They do what they do --- backwards.
esquibelle 6 months ago 2
wow this girl can jump.
princessjo86 7 months ago
@princessjo86 i think its a guy...
SusanLpsTV 7 months ago
@princessjo86 its a guy...JOHNNY weir...there are a lot of male skaters...
lenakaykay2144 6 months ago
In my opinion>>Yes Johnny Weir is better style than Lysacek
pelicanus11 9 months ago 4
Wow, perfect!
Kiki3141592 10 months ago
The way he took his time throughout that combination and still had the speed, only something Johnny Weir can do.
AnAsianNamedJose 10 months ago
Johnny is so full of 'awesome' it's insane. :)
BriannaBanana1 1 year ago
He's a very enciteful guy. And a talented skater. Hard to believe that he started at 12 and is that good then and now. He's a skater that people need to listen to instead of believing what the media says about him.
filipinoICEsk8ter 1 year ago
Guys, it **WAS** a 4-3-2. Look closely!
espinaca79 1 year ago
That was a triple, sorry to break it to you.
RustDemon79 1 year ago
perfect.!!!
TheBlissfulKiss 1 year ago
it was 4-3-2 he could've made the double loop into a triple but i guess not?
urSTUDmuffin 1 year ago
it's quad double double
drolederic 1 year ago
@drolederic it's a 4-3-3 look closer
brstith 1 year ago
@brstith yeah right......dont tell anyone let it be our secret
agata521 1 year ago
@brstith 4-3-2, I meant
brstith 1 year ago
@brstith
FAIL
4-3-2 noob
ImmaculateRecovery 1 year ago
how come he didnt do the quads at the olympics? i thought he couldnt do them, but seeing this, he's great at it
rumpole33 1 year ago
@rumpole33 i practice at the same rink as him sometimes! And i saw him try a quad be4 the olypics and it wasnt to pretty
devonport1029 1 year ago
@devonport1029: i see, that's a shame. if he could have done it, he would have at least placed 3rd, maybe, instead of 6th.
is it because he doesnt have a lot of leg muscles? i know he has some, but he's awfully thin.
rumpole33 1 year ago
I think that for most of russian figure skating fans (not just sport fans who switch their TV only beacuse of Olympics) that undermarks, this pervert judge that left Weir the 6th was more disappointment than Plushenko silver medal.
ulloi08 1 year ago 3
He is absolutely the most beautiful skater the sport has ever seen.
BettinaBalser 1 year ago 3
amazing
smellab1000 1 year ago
As much as i love Patrick Chan, Johnny Weir is absolutley talented. And im sorry to say that i dont udnerstand why patrick placed ahead of him... but i guess its ok. GO CANADA :}
fionatheninja 1 year ago 3
His Quad was so easy..Good luck, Jonny, from Russia. And see you soon at Pljushhenko show 31.03.2010 in Moscow!!!!!
0Tanja0 2 years ago
I guess Johnny will feel upset if he hear some of his fans saying he should have taken the silver medal instead of Plushenko...
sikaivy 2 years ago
He is like, my gay boyfriend haha
skittles4me1 2 years ago
I much prefer Johnny Weir to Lysacek. Johnny was terribly under marked in Vancouver, how they could have put Chan ahead of him is a mystery.
npe1 2 years ago 98
I agree, he got underscored. He should have gotten at least bronze. What really gets me is how disrespectful Placenko was with his silver. They should have given it to Weir.
mrsbemis 2 years ago 13
Well, Plushenko maybe said some things in the heat of the moment that he now regrets, however I do feel, on balance, that he should have won and obviously if you feel you were robbed you might feel a bit sore for a while. Can any of us truly say that we've always been gracious in defeat when we genuinely believed we should have won? I didn't have Lysacek in the top 3.He was slow, uninspiring and frankly boring.
npe1 2 years ago 7
@npe1
we all know lambiel and weir got robbed more than plushy, who did not execute jumps beautifully.
jzrnsk 2 years ago
I completely agree. Lysacek did really well in his long program, I will admit, but Johnny's performance deserved the silver, at least. He outdid Plushenko, especially in the long program.
GoldenEggProductions 2 years ago 7
@npe1
I totally agree with you....
Judges pushed Chan ahead of him just to let him do exhibitions...
and plus, he is Canadian and Olympics was done in Canada....
what a bullshit.... Well... Audience knew his marks were way too low.
yi81 11 months ago
@yi81 Didn't the audience boo his marks? Lots of people were saying how low they were, but Johnny was so gracious about it, which makes me want him to have been marked better even more! If he had been bitter or offensive about being marked down everyone would have been less sympathetic, but the fact he appeared to be marked down and then was so nice about it. I seriously admire him. Class skater, classy person.
subtlemagic 10 months ago
@subtlemagic
Yeah, there was an OBVIOUS booing.... I even booed with the audience over the television. I love Johnny Weir. I love his skating and his personalities. I heard that new senior boy named Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) is fan of him too and got his costume designed by him! Johnny is the figure skater to be admired by next generation :)
yi81 10 months ago
@npe1 I completely agree. Johnny was just something special to watch, his grace, flexibility, and artistry just surpassed most other male skaters for me, including Evan.
laneylikewhoa 8 months ago 4
skillz
abousloppy 2 years ago 3
It makes me so angry how the news tries to de-legitimize his accomplishments and only focus on how "flamboyant" he is! He is so much more than that!
ShootingStar7123 2 years ago 85
It's true. People only see him crying after performances, or wearing his overdone outfits, or flicking his wrist when he talks and they completely ignore how completely effortless he can make skating seem. He does quads and triples without a bobble. I've never seen him fall. His footwork as as clean as I've seen any skater manage, and his spins are very good. If he conformed, he'd get solid 10s. But he doesn't, and he gets downgraded for being 'too gay'. It's such a JOKE!
capnquack 2 years ago 16
cap,.... its just like in a primitive civilization now, in a stoneage, when people are not able to understand such a thing scientifically like beign gay, its just hypothalamus in brain is femalish in a gay man, and this makes the boy behave like a girl, its just proven scientifically and yet dinosauruses of today (all religious crapy people, all conservatives) understand nothing. its just sad... so sad... johnny is a great skater...
vicko77 2 years ago
@vicko77 Femalish???? what a scientific word!
raynen2003 1 year ago
@raynen2003 i like the made-up words... its just too intelectual, just leave it :D.
vicko77 1 year ago
@capnquack
that's crazy that all judges and sport journalists they know for sure that the greates male figure skaters of 60s-70s and partially of 80s they were gays or bisexuals
And they are still GREAT, so pity Johny did not get Olympic medal
ulloi08 1 year ago
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LOVE IT. !!!! Weir is in his Wonderland.
More great listening to "Wonderland" at Hollywoodswan90 on YouTube. SWEET!!!
musiconfusioni 2 years ago
I just can't get over how fantastic this guy is. He makes it look so effortless - and I know it's not!!!
sparkwheel 2 years ago 14
That was an amazingly graceful effort! So relaxed and fluid!
aussiepassion 2 years ago 11
You're nuts if you think this is "easy" for ANYONE. Just look at the injuries typical professional skaters suffer through their careers. And the muscles needed: major back muscles to sustain all those archs and forward leans, MEGA core muscles for balance, and of course the leg muscles. Stamina too. I don't skate, but I dance, and you'd be amazed the amount of working out I have to do to develop the muscles to do spins and jumps (it's WORSE as a girl, because I don't develop muscles as easily).
Arrghigiveup 2 years ago 11
There's nothing 'easy' about figure skating-for anybody.
WheresMyKoppy 2 years ago 15
@IowaBabe13
Oh, ya. Thanks.
HadachiHyomaru 2 years ago
that was amazing
checkkittoutt 2 years ago 21
Hey actually did a Quad toe loop, triple toe loop, double loop.
Elbembu2 2 years ago
Quad lutz, triple flip double loop. Can someone please comment if I got that wrong, thank you.
HadachiHyomaru 2 years ago
WOW hes amazing i tried a single and i fell i thought it would be easy becasuse johnny makes it look that way but trust me its not lol ROCK ON JOHHNY
justmyluck141 2 years ago 12
soooooo good. love you Johnny!
evan lysacek is great too, very powerful and precise...but no one touches johnny! well...except other men LOL!
Gambitgirl1974 2 years ago 13
I love Evan but Johnny has this artistic aura that's soo capturing lol
puddlemini 2 years ago 14
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that's in practice boys and girls. I can quad-triple-double in practice.
donadthegonad 2 years ago
@donadthegonad - I doubt that at your advanced age you can even reach down to lace your own skates, much less "quad-triple-double".
MrJasonMercer 2 years ago
wow, amazing!!!
lowfuellevel 2 years ago 6
Holy mother of god he made that look easy.
officeaddict33 2 years ago 15
Johnny can do it all, and is one of the most artistic skaters of all times.
Pressure in competition is something most of us humans don't confront. Doing a quad on TV in front of judges & zillions of people & competing with other great champions...
hard.
Doing it in practice, relaxed, and beautiful as Johnny is...
Thanks for posting!
esquibelle 2 years ago 23
that was wonderful !
Skatinbabexoxo 2 years ago 4
i never realized he's a lefty skater
girlygirl127 2 years ago
He learned to do quad? Really? WOW! Super :)
OxygeneLady 2 years ago 3
he's my favorite male skater!
GoGettas311 2 years ago 8
Huh. is it just me or does he rotate clockwise? that's so interesting!
RubikCuber1 2 years ago 7
He rotates the opposite direction of most figure skaters, I rotated in that direction when I skated too. =)
Shatterpoint 2 years ago 12
Yeah, I thought so. That's really cool and unique! :D
RubikCuber1 2 years ago
aww why dont u skate anymore? were u good?
demirox93 2 years ago
@Shatterpoint I do as well. I was a nightmare for my coaches!
laneylikewhoa 8 months ago
@Shatterpoint
Nooo most skaters are righties. Johnny is a lefty. Like me! ^_^
MieMegaLove 7 months ago
@MieMegaLove I'm a beginning adult figure skater, just starting work on my waltz jump and two foot spin. I can't wait to figure out which direction I'll be jumping and spinning "for sure." Right now, I can somewhat spin in both directions, and feeling more comfortable jumping right-y (although have jumped some to the left). Thank goodness my coach can jump and spin in either direction equally well. :)
jfluter 3 months ago
@RubikCuber1 He's always rotated clockwise.
Johnny did everything different. He came to skating older & with no money. He was born to do it.
To me, he's one of the most beautiful skaters/athletes/artists I've ever seen.
esquibelle 1 month ago
WOAHH!!! DAYUMM!!!
cakeface555 2 years ago
whoa! that was so effortless. I wish he would finally do it in competition.
tinymavy 2 years ago 2
Sasha Cohen and Johnnny Weir are my favouritez 4 life
Skatinizmylife 2 years ago 3
DAMN that man is the most beautiful skater EVER!! he is my favorite :)
6our6vampire6hearts 2 years ago 6
I didnt believe it at first, but counting his head spinning on each jump it goes down 1 each jump and the second one is most obviously a triple so I am convinced finally that Johnny can do a quad/triple/double combo. BRAVO JOHNNY! I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!!
plankboi 2 years ago 4
that was good !
abitwilightfanatic 2 years ago 2
I am only doing a double Axel and double Lutz, but I had always wondered if I can do it as a clockwise/counter-clockwise combo.
It is theoretically legitimate, but nobody practically tried, and I've had trouble just landing a counter-clockwise Lutz by itself.
TimHowardII 3 years ago
I've always felt a great jump combo would be a triple axel followed by triple lutz. Its perfect, you land the axel on a back outside edge and you begin the lutz on a back outside edge, it would just be awkward to jump the opposite direction but wow how cool that would be to see it in action. toss on a double loop and you got the hardest combo. Even harder than a quad which is so common place now.
plankboi 2 years ago
well johnny does all his jumps "the other way." it is like being left handed. Some people roatate one way, some feel more comfortable the other way.
tinymavy 2 years ago
why cant he do it like that in competition... wait... never mind... dont answer that... =]
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
wat?
gcucolo11 3 years ago
LOL nothing...
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
no rlly, wat
gcucolo11 3 years ago
i was just wondering why he cant do the quad triple doeble combo like that in competition but then it make me realize why i cant land my triples in competition so i just was like ok...
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
haha, same. but im working the double axel and triple sal. got any tips for me?
gcucolo11 3 years ago
oh thats cool!!! im working on triple flip, triple lutz, and triple axel. but i dont work on triple axel very often. i kind of just started working on it.
sure... well... how close are you to it? if you find your self under rotaiting, you are probably not staying on you left toe pick long enough so you can go to your right side and get into the rotation quick... um... idk if thats helpful to you cause idk how it looks and yeah.. want to end me a video? i can try to video my jumps and yeah..
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
thanx! i actually dont have a video camera. sals and loops are my favorite. i hate toe jumps! i looooove edge jumps. and wow, triple axel!!!!!!!! wat level are u?! im intermediate
gcucolo11 3 years ago
oh really? i like all jumps but sals. they are a pain in the butt. HAHA well... its a little confeusing.
i just moved up to novice.
i skated for like 7 years but only once a week then one day i skated a public session and saw a girl doing axels(and at the time, i was only on a single toe loop) then i said i want to do that so when i turned 15 i started working on it then now im 17 and can do up to a triple lutz and working on triple axels.
i know... im super weird. =] LOL HAHAHA
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
that is kinda weird. did u make it 2 nationals!!!
gcucolo11 3 years ago
no...=[ i was competing at centrals and i fell on so many things. =[ but i was sick and injured so whatever. my coach said i didnt have to compete because of that but i did anyways.
dayydreamerxd 3 years ago
oh cool!!!!!!!! i struggle with sals... they arent my favorite. their my least. LOL i can give you tips... but idk how your jumps look like... want to send a video? i want to video my triples and upload it. but i always forget... =[
xxxlilgansta100 3 years ago
AWESOME! I LOVE YOU JOHNNY!
Gedevanishvili 3 years ago
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Nothing means anything unless it gets landed in competition. Some skaters have done every quad except maybe the axel in practice, but if you can't do in competition, it means squat. And a 4-3-2 was a big deal like in 2001.. it's been landed quite a few times in competition by now. Plushy has since done the 4-3-3 a few times in competition.
kitkat9288 3 years ago
I think it means something. It proves he's capable of landing not just a quad, but a quad combo.
Besides, he got credit for a quad at nationals, albeit not in combination. I think it's only a matter of time until he pulls off an entirely clean one, and then put it in combination.
Shatterpoint 3 years ago
Except it doesn't really set him apart from other skaters; most of the top men should be able to do it. 4-3-2 isn't a new thing either. Some people have landed the quad lutz or loop in practice-- but its not newsworthy unless its in competition.
kitkat9288 3 years ago
True, but I like how he jumps much better than some of the other skaters who simply muscle through it, his seem more graceful. I think the grace of it might set it apart a bit.
Shatterpoint 3 years ago
oh it definitely does, and he has such edge quality, it's not all about the quad. he has a gorgeous triple axel-triple toe. he's a very unique skater. i think he's just beautiful :-)
gcucolo11 3 years ago 3
Who's landed the quad loop in practice?? I'd love to see that! I've seen Elvis Stojko land the quad lutz in practice, but who else has done it cleanly (as in fully rotated)?
Arinozian 3 years ago
evgeni plushenko can do all of the quads!
gcucolo11 3 years ago
he can't do a quad axel
aclearblurr93 3 years ago
well except that of course. if he landed that it'd be all over the news! when miki ando landed the first quad by a lady it was all over the news
gcucolo11 3 years ago
yeah that's true.
aclearblurr93 3 years ago
OK, but is this actually based on reality or are you just a crazy fan lol
I remember Plushenko trying the quad lutz, but aside from his usual toe-loop, that's it. Is there actual video or evidence of a real human being landing a clean quad loop?
Arinozian 3 years ago
actually he can do quad loops! he was in an interview and they were showing all of the quads he can do. he can do the quad salchow, toe, loop, and lutz. im actually not sure of the quad flip though
gcucolo11 3 years ago
I wish I had seen that. Too bad he never pulled them out in competition. I'd imagine that the flip and the loop would be the most difficult to rotate 4 times...
Arinozian 3 years ago
yess.
gcucolo11 3 years ago
When people want to count rotations they don't need to look at how easy it looks, how deep it is picked, or the quality of the body position, they just COUNT THE ROTATIONS. 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . it is a quad.
visceraltuning 3 years ago 3
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thats not a quad. its a 3/3/2 folks. a quad isnt just thrown in easily like this jump is done. most guys have to dig deep and their bodies lean forwards more. the only quads i've seen that dont lean are typically set up with obviousness beforehand and have to build up alot of speed.
plankboi 3 years ago
leaning forward is a horrible thing to do and u shouldn't drive your toe in the ice either. it's not good. it's all about how much knee bend u get.
gcucolo11 3 years ago
check again.
aclearblurr93 3 years ago
gawd. *sigh* he's really good, i wish i could be that "fluid" on the ice!
snowemerald 4 years ago
he's BRILLANT.
LopsidedCircle 4 years ago 2
Wow! I hate Johnny Weir, but I have to say that was beautiful!
SkaterGal724 4 years ago 3
omg why do u hate him?
gcucolo11 3 years ago
WOW!! YAY JOHNNY!
dreamaginny 4 years ago 2
WOW! Why don't we see this in a competition??? You can do it, Johnny, so go and kick their a**** the world's!!
L8T8I8 4 years ago 2
johnny makes EVERYTHING look easy...if he gets through all his programs cleanly at worlds everyone else better watch out!
starrz2nite 4 years ago 5
I love this...you can see his hands are still poised the entire time...unlike Plushenko, who has barely any artistry.
carahatestrig 4 years ago
i think plushenko is a beautiful skater but not necessarily in an artistic way. he has his own form of artistry
gcucolo11 3 years ago
that is so gorgeous!
gcucolo11 4 years ago
was this a warm up for a competition or a practice?
gcucolo11 4 years ago
he probably has one of the nice quad i ever seen. but thats just my opinion.
xxxlilgansta100 4 years ago 2
thats like the perfect quad ever! it's flawless!!!!!
gcucolo11 4 years ago
Amazing. That's as clean as it gets. He made that look very easy.
amexred 4 years ago
i know rite!!!
gcucolo11 4 years ago
ok it's a quad....but can he land it in competition?
squirrelmilk 4 years ago
shut up! i doubt you can't do one or even close to one. can't you just say that it was great? your jealous, and don't deny it. oh and yes, he has done it in competition before
gcucolo11 4 years ago
lol...don't get al fussy; it's a legit question. I don't think I've ever seen him land one in competition. BTW; do you know that you really said: - I'm sure you can do one of those - when you said: "I doubt you can't do one."
1hipster1 4 years ago 2
Maybe squirrelmilk has a point; it is a perfectly legitimate question!
cololover07 4 years ago 2
he's never actually landed it cleanly in competition, he's only two-footed it in competition.
aclearblurr93 3 years ago
yea, but even two footed its still amazing. im sure it'll be even better this upcoming season
gcucolo11 3 years ago
true. he'll always get better, i just know it.
aclearblurr93 3 years ago
Let's just hope that he can be consistant enough this year to land in competition and kick Lysacek's ass! Maybe he'll surprise us all at Nationals this year- who knows?
kurtyslover16 4 years ago 2
dude this is a PERFECT quad
djesusofskate007 4 years ago
It's technically a Quad but he pre-rotated on his toe-pick quite a bit...
Zuranthium 4 years ago
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
casker04 5 years ago
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
casker04 5 years ago
hey, It's a quad for sure. You don't need the slow-motion video, you just need media player for seeing it's a quad. Count rotations with Freezing frame it. Then You'll see it's definitely a quad.
casker04 5 years ago
This is just perfect.. He did a quad combo beautifully in the 2007 Nationals warm up along with the 2006 CoR warm up as well for anybody interested in seeing a video. They are both uploaded on youtube.
xFiGHTF0RL0VE 5 years ago
The video was taken in the fall of 05 I think and I'm pretty sure it was a quad, otherwise it would have looked even easier for Johnny.
Shatterpoint 5 years ago
Does anyone have a slow-motion version of this, or know the place where I could download one? I'm very excited for Worlds . . . if he has a quad combo -- there's no doubt that he could be the next World Champion! :)
deus709 5 years ago
If you need slow motion to tell, you have no business telling others what it is. it's a Quad, triple, double combination. I fail to see the ambiguity.
carminoff 5 years ago
What's the matter with being skeptical especially when he makes so many excuses not to do it in competition? Unless he does it in competition, it's worthless!
deus709 5 years ago
That's not what I have issue with. I have issue with you telling people, quite ignorantly, that it's not a quad when it is. You simply aren't informed enough so please, stop preaching.
carminoff 5 years ago
How immature are you? The issue is whether this is a quad or not. I could care less what your other issues are, and I'm sure nobody else here is interested. If you're going to post, do it to rectify the issue and preach crazy elsewhere.
deus709 5 years ago
If being able to tell that 4 rotations = quad is crazy, then call me crazy. If your version of sanity is blindness, then have at it.
carminoff 5 years ago
wasn't his quad underrotated in worlds this year so it got downgraded to a triple? At least he medaled though...
chopin212 3 years ago
Yes, it was downgraded... though I haven't watched his freeskate from Worlds in awhile, I remember being surprised... I think the quad from Nationals and the quad from Worlds were about the same quality, but the one from Nationals was given credit as a quad.
Shatterpoint 3 years ago
That has most likely to do with them being stricter internationally than nationally.
Uglefanatikeren 3 years ago
Perhaps, though I am pretty sure that at least one of the quads he's tried internationally was fully rotated, but he didn't get credit for the full rotation.
Shatterpoint 3 years ago
That's not a quad -- it's a tripe toe, triple toe, double loop. Count the rotation by the number of times you see his face during the first jump of the combination.
deus709 5 years ago
its a quad compair the speed of the rotation to the triple afterwards
mann55 5 years ago
Yeah, definitely a quad. He would open up much earlier if it was a triple. Wow, beautiful!
uwoeric 5 years ago
mhh I am not sure the first jump is a quad.
tschaikowski 5 years ago
when was this video taken?
bellaboo21 5 years ago
wow!
coolluga 5 years ago