Best Quality and Biggest Flaw

[TripleAxelQueens3]

I remember vaguely there was a thread like this much long ago, but I’m going to steal the idea because I can’t find he thread. Anyway... no skater is perfect, even if you want them to be. What are your favorites best qualities and biggest flaws?

Here are mine:

Alina Zagitova
BQ: jumping ability, tanks and rippons
BF: rather rushed movements, borderline lutz edge

Masha Sotskova
BQ: elegant, beautiful lines, correct jumping technique, good deep edges
BF: slow (in spins, in jumps and in steps)

Marin Honda
BQ: performance quality, SS
BF: prerotated jumps, small jumps

Boyang Jin
BQ: 4Lz, ability to smile after a disastrous program
BF: still lacking in SS a little

Alena Kostornaia
BQ: Skating skills, maturity, consistency, beauty, artistry, spins, jump height
BF: prerotated jumps, lutz edge, lack of quads

What are your favorite’s best quality and biggest flaw?

[ElSoteroLoco]

Wakaba Higuchi
BQ: Triple Lutz/Triple Toe loop combo; her genuine emotion
BF: seems she battles with inconsistency (i hope will change with her experience)

Nathan Chen:
BQ: Cool, Calm and Collected demeanor
BF: the Triple Axel

Vincent Zhou
BQ: his eagerness to be better
BF: under rotations on his quads

Deniss Vasiljevs
BQ: his skating skills are majestic for his age
BF: No quads

Shoma Uno:
BQ: his presentation and performance
BF: inconsistency

Alexei Bychenko
BQ: The way he attacks his jumps! Fearless
BF: he is seen as not artistic (i think differently...lol)

[Bluediamonds09]

Fun thread!

Trusova: best quality: effortless jumps, unique programs👍😁; biggest flaw: labored spins and not so good flow and ease across the ice.

Vasiljevs: best quality: spins and performance abilities; biggest flaw: inconsistency

Cain/Leduc: bq: spins, lines, performance; bf: inconsistency, technical aspects, URs.

[gonewiththewind25]

Evgenia
Best Quality: Mental strength and grit, Very emotional and artistic
Biggest Flaw: Not a true Lutz (so happy she's working on it though)

Alina
Best Quality: Jumps, beautiful rippons
Biggest Flaw: Rushed movements, kind of lacking in the skating skills department, posture on crossovers

Kolyada
Best Quality: Height and Length on jumps, gorgeous 3A, strong posture
Biggest Flaw: Consistency, gets a bit inside his head on the jumps

Aliev:
Best Quality: Musicality, Artistic, Delicate
Biggest Flaw: The jumps are very on/off

[DSQ]

Shoma UNO: BQ - Great intensity, commitment to jumps and he’s fearless.
BF - seems like he saves every one of his jumps which affects the quality of the performance, so bad technique?

Fear/Gibson: BQ - Great energy, great unison, both skaters show each other off equally on the ice.
BF - Need to work on their Pattern Dances ASAP.

Mikhail Kolyada: BQ - Beautiful skater, artistic and emotional. Captivating to watch.
BF - Inconsistent.

Marin Honda: BQ - Beautiful skater, artistic and emotional. Captivating to watch.
BF - Inconsistent. (I like having my heart broken I guess )

Yuzuru Hanyu: BQ - Technical mastermind, where others fall he corrects his mistakes like they never happened. The best transitions in the business, his programs don’t look as cluttered as some others. He clearly loves skating.
BF - Lack of rhythm comparatively. Tends to skate to similar style programs and repeats choreographic elements.

[Roast Toast]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

[Jeanie19]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

Please do more. It's funny.

[SarahSynchro]

Mirai Nagasu:
Biggest quality: her perseverance and positive attitude since her disappointment of the 2013-14 season, when everyone was basically telling her to retire.
Honourable mention: her 3A
Biggest Flaw: she has the speed of a tortoise.

Carolina:
Biggest quality: those lines, yo.
Biggest flaw: no consistent aresenal of triple jumps, especially 3-3s

Liza:
Biggest quality: the return of the 3A.
Biggest flaw: choreography? What the heck is choreography? Honourable mention: mumus.

Tarasova/Morozov
Biggest quality: having the quintessential skating style of classic Russian pairs
Biggest flaw: Nina Mozer

Nathan:
Biggest quality: YOLO quads, when he lands them
Biggest flaw: YOLO quads, when he splats

[tokoyami]

Yuzuru Hanyu:

Best Quality: his ability to inspire so many people

Biggest flaw: those darn ankles

pls help me I'm still so emo

[Ic3Rabbit]

Mirai Nagasu:
Biggest quality: her perseverance and positive attitude since her disappointment of the 2013-14 season, when everyone was basically telling her to retire. Honourable mention: her 3A
Biggest Flaw: she has the speed of a tortoise.

Carolina:
Biggest quality: those lines, yo.
Biggest flaw: no consistent aresenal of triple jumps, especially 3-3s

Liza:
Biggest quality: the return of the 3A.
Biggest flaw: choreography? What the heck is choreography? Honourable mention: mumus.

Tarasova/Morozov
Biggest quality: having the quintessential skating style of classic Russian pairs
Biggest flaw: Nina Mozer

Nathan:
Biggest quality: YOLO quads, when landed
Biggest flaw: YOLO quads, when he splats

Are you saying this about Mirai after seeing her skate multiple times or even once in person, or is this based off of watching on tv or stream?

[jenm]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

duuuude hahahahhahaa
Alina and Satoko ones are on point XD

[cohen-esque]

Are you saying this about Mirai after seeing her skate multiple times or even once in person, or is this based off of watching on tv or stream?

I would agree with it based on both.

[FanFan3256]

......We all have our strength and weakness....working on our flaws makes us better people...

[lanceupper1114]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

Amazing

[DSQ]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

Loved this.

[plushyfan]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

[Fluture]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

Omg, I love this! It‘s so accurate and still funny! Please make more of these!

[Ichatdelune]

Satoko Miyahara
Biggest quality: unmatched musicality and attention to detail
Biggest flaw

Alina Zagitova
Biggest quality: beautiful rippon flip right on the music
Biggest flaw

Maria Sotskova
Biggest quality: wonderful straight back and general posture
Biggest flaw

Carolina Kostner
Biggest quality: purity of edges and turns
Biggest flaw

Ashley Wagner
Biggest quality: engaging showmanship
Biggest flaw

This is fun!

This is unmatched.

[Atlantis]

Yuzuru Hanyu

BQ: jumps of beauty, spins of beauty, musical, flexible, light as a feather, best costumes in the mens field fight me
BF: likes recycling way too much, poor posture when tired

Daisuke Takahashi

BQ: best dancer on ice, controls his body lines like no one else, even disastrous skates are masterpieces
BF: not so good spins, injury caused underrotations

Yulia Lipnitskaya

BQ: the best spins in all eternity, very charismatic
BF: her skating career brings me to tears

Stephane Lambiel

BQ: true artist on ice, creative programs, unique spins
BF: jumps rarely look effortless

Alena Kostornaia

BQ: ss, graceful as no one else, beautiful lines, can sell a program even from Daniil
BF: does she have them??

[SarahSynchro]

Are you saying this about Mirai after seeing her skate multiple times or even once in person, or is this based off of watching on tv or stream?

Just livestreaming and television, never in person. I’ll take your word for it if she’s a lot quicker in person. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Mirai fan and I wasn't bashing her. Just from my perspective on a screen, she slows down considerably the further she gets into a program.