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I was indulging in a tad of hyperbole. . But for me, the skill involved in steps and spins *is* technical.
No one would disagree with this. But the way you presented it made it seem like you made a different point there, especially taking into account what the point of the article and the thread was.
But I don’t think I’m going to convince anyone, I just wanted to put out there that “how the sport has always been” depends on how you look at it.
I don't think so. The tenets of the sport have been clear. It always did use to encourage the technical and the artistic. What someone chooses to value is entirely up to them, however. I think it's harder for the skaters to achieve both at the same time, and therefore they should be made to achieve both, but that doesn't mean they should be shunned for working their way up by being good at one of those aspects.