Tai Babilonia and Randy Gardner-1979 Worlds (1 of 2)
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Strong, beautiful performance. The swan lift is my favorite.
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Their artistry, technical elements, chemistry....you just cannnot even compare to anyone else out there. Just pure magic.
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Beautiful, Lovely and a very powerful skating program!!
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The cameraman must have really loved Tai b/c for a lot of shots it's like he forgot she was skating with someone else and was just filming her.
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I love to watch the older videos, before they threw out the 6.0 system of judging. Now, there are so many required elements that there isn't any time for choreography of any kind. I mean, there are linking steps and transitions and jumps and spins that are slowed down and so many required changes of edge and position that "artistic Impression' just isn't possible. It's like watching the same elements over and over, in different order as each skater TRIES to make something of one big hot mess.
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Without a great speed, without double axels SBS, without triple twist, she got great pre-rotation on throw 2A, with so many asynchronous moments (especially 3:31)... also remember more difficult throw triple loop (done by Baess/Thierbach). Marks 5.4-5.6 - absolytely right, and 5.9 (?!) - wrong! Yes, americans could win only due to Rodnina and Zaitsew absence here.
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Extensions and Araian pulls are suberb!
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Just wonderful. Thank you so much for posting this. I was 8 years old when I watched this the first time. Pure artistry.
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@WHATTHEBUCKSHOW Have You Got A Video Up Today?
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amazing!!
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I wish every skating pair today would watch this video and see how it used to be done!!! I mean, how many times I could say it, but it is as though artistry nowadays is COMPLETELY thrown out in favor of jump this and jump that. I mean, are there any pairs out there doing star lifts or cartwheel lifts? And don't let me start talking about the Arabian pulls Randy & Tai were able to do. I mean, I'd take this performance any day over the stuff they're doing now. Man, do I miss the good old days!!!
Novelwit2000 3 years ago 11
Those magnificent Arabian pulls and superb Ina Bauer sequence make up for the horrendous music cuts. Can't believe its been almost 30 years!
FergusMcDopey 3 years ago 4