Interesting topic. I remember from time to time watching European Championships with my grandmother, it was the time when Elena Glebova was competing for Estonia, so I'm guessing somewhere between 2008-2010 is when I started to watch some competitions. Laura Lepistö was one of my early favourites.
I remember 2010 Olympics ladies free skate and Yuna Kim winning, but I was not really involved back then, didn't know much about the scores. I started liking Evgeni Plushenko after he won Eurovision in 2008 with Dima Bilan so I also sometimes followed him - I was crushed when he had the restriction on competing and very happy when he won Europeans in 2011. I also remember waking up in the middle of the night to watch 2013 worlds because of Yuna Kim.
I think 2014 Sochi olympics was the changing moment for me. I watched a lot of skating then. The next season after that 2014-2015 would become the first season when I decided to get more involved and started watching GP series. A year later I was completely into it - I watched almost all senior competitions and familiarised myself with the older ones, learned more about the scoring. It was also then when I got more into pairs (loved V/T and later S/M) and ice dance (because of Shibutanis), which I didn't really find engaging before. 2016/2017 was the first season I got into junior skating.
It has been a very step-by-step journey for me. First I was just a casual fan, then some of my favourites made me watch more, now I'm watching almost everything. When in 2014 Olympics I didn't yet understand much about the scoring and didn't know all the skaters then by 2018 olympics I was a self-proclaimed expert and woke up 3am for 2 weeks to cheer on all the skaters. And I'm only getting more involved in skating, can't wait for the olympics in 20 years when I can tell everyone about the memories of 2018 Olympics and how the grass was greener back then
I remember 2010 Olympics ladies free skate and Yuna Kim winning, but I was not really involved back then, didn't know much about the scores. I started liking Evgeni Plushenko after he won Eurovision in 2008 with Dima Bilan so I also sometimes followed him - I was crushed when he had the restriction on competing and very happy when he won Europeans in 2011. I also remember waking up in the middle of the night to watch 2013 worlds because of Yuna Kim.
I think 2014 Sochi olympics was the changing moment for me. I watched a lot of skating then. The next season after that 2014-2015 would become the first season when I decided to get more involved and started watching GP series. A year later I was completely into it - I watched almost all senior competitions and familiarised myself with the older ones, learned more about the scoring. It was also then when I got more into pairs (loved V/T and later S/M) and ice dance (because of Shibutanis), which I didn't really find engaging before. 2016/2017 was the first season I got into junior skating.
It has been a very step-by-step journey for me. First I was just a casual fan, then some of my favourites made me watch more, now I'm watching almost everything. When in 2014 Olympics I didn't yet understand much about the scoring and didn't know all the skaters then by 2018 olympics I was a self-proclaimed expert and woke up 3am for 2 weeks to cheer on all the skaters. And I'm only getting more involved in skating, can't wait for the olympics in 20 years when I can tell everyone about the memories of 2018 Olympics and how the grass was greener back then