Men: Best triple Lutz?

[Neenah16]

Best: Boyang
Second best: Kolyada

 

[mau]

Kolyada has the best Triple Lutz, while Boyang has the best Quad.

 

[mrrice]

Ever? Brian Boitano and Patrick Chan.

 

[LucyH]

Kolyada - 3Lz
Jin - 4Lz

 

[Danibellerika]

Kolyada - 3Lz
Jin - 4Lz

I'll cosign this. :thumbsup:

 

[Yuzuruu]

Kolyada - 3Lz
Jin - 4Lz

:agree2: 100%

 

[Tutto]

Clearly Kolyada's 3Lz is the biggest https://youtu.be/Px-6NRKG4lg?t=28m35s but it's not my personal favourite because it can go a little bit off axis. In every other respect it is marvelous.

When I watched it live I thought for a moment he doubled - the height was so huge that 3 rotations were sort of lost there - he had a room for another two I think. As Julia commented once 'he launches like a rocket into space'

 

[Globetrotter]

Answer is pretty obvious for current active men skaters - Jin Boyang for 4Lz. Han Yan and Kolyada both have very very good lutz as well although I give better weight to the former as his toe pick and little pre-rotation looks more impressive. If we go back historically, Tatsuki Machida and Brian Boitano stand out as having awesome lutzes technically.

 

[FCSSp4]

Boyang and Kolyada have show stopper lutzes. Really amazing. I also like Hanyu's that has a unique delicacy to it, very light and elegant.

 

[Ares]

Boyang, Kolyada

+ Rippon

 

[gioccia]

Kolyada

 

[draqq]

Jason Brown doesn't do it anymore, but his backward Y-spiral into a tano 3Lz in his Riverdance program was out of this world.

 

[Baron Vladimir]

Rippon - based on (the most interesting/good) position in the air, if he decides not to be active anymore, than Kolyada (based on the best height and distance)

 

[s_parks]

boyang, absolutely perfect technique- italian eurosport described it best. kolyada and others are good as well but not quite as flawless with the toepick and position.

 

[gsk8]

Thanks for all the contributions! Polls are now up and ready! Remember, these are for active competitive skaters. Vote on the skater who has the best technique for the triple Lutz.

 

[gsk8]

Looks like Kolyada and Jin are almost tie in this category!

 

[Crossover]

I should've voted for Han as there is no vote yet for him. He has a great and beautiful 3lz.

 

[charlotte14]

I voted for Boyang because he landed the 4lz more often than Misha then I realize this thread is on 3lz lmao.

 

[Shayuki]

Kolyada has absolutely perfect technique on Lutz and his 3Lutz is also the biggest Lutz out of all men. Of course, he fails the 4Lutz very often but that's not an issue when discussing the 3Lutz.

 

[zounger]

Kolyada's Lutz, you tape it and send it among the Vitruvian Man and etc. to space, in case there is an extraterrestrial life to give them know what Lutz is.