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- Apr 1, 2014
So true, and so sad. Under the current scoring system no skater will lift a finger unless he gets a tenth of a point for doing so.
When Dick Button was skating he took great pride in upping the ante in terms of difficulty every season, even though he was going to win anyway.
1948 1st double Axel. (Also first flying camel spin.)
1949 First 2L0+2Lo combination.
1950 First 2Lo+2Lo+2Lo combo. (He did not get 1.70 points for each one, he just thought it was cool.)
1951 First 2A+2Lo combination and first 2A+2A sequence.
1952 First triple jump.
OT -- Speaking of 1948, was this the first 'Tano (aka, the Rada)?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bHRVndot0&t=1m35s
I beg to differ
In Let's Go Crazy, both Yuzu's sit spin and camel spin had extremely difficult entries that would normally qualify as a feature that would earn a level on the spin, but he was only allowed to use the feature once, so his second difficult entry received no points. AKA he was doing it for purely artistic value, and IMO the entry matched the music perfectly. This tumblr post gives better detail on the entries (and is also where I learned this information) as well as gifs
Many would say that Yuzu's 3 quad layout could win any competition and certainly his score from 2015 with 2+3 quads has not been broken yet. Seems like judges are saying that if he's consistent, he would win against the current field. He could've worked on consistency, but he upgraded his jumps instead, which destabilized his jumps, leading to inconsistency, loss of titles, no consistency PCS boost, etc. Why? Because he wants to push himself and the sport.
So I do heartily disagree that not one single skater nowadays values artistry and upping the ante unless it was for winning's sake :agree: