All That Skate Summer 2011

Outch, she looks awesome!

I’m sure she chose her own programs. Kiira skated really solid. She’ll be a contender this season.

Here’s Kiira’s programs for this season: “I Got Rhythm” for the Freeskate and a hip-hop version of “Carmina Burana” for the sp.

Maybe Kiira found a good rendition of “I Got Rhythm”. That first video above, by the way, is not “I Got Rhythm”; I don’t know who is singing what, it’s mislabeled. A good choice of music certainly improves the programme: last year, for instance Alissa Czisny had “elevator music” (probably in order to focus on her skating rather than the music) but this year she’s got “La Vie En Rose” so she’ll probably bring down the house in Paris. I think the girls may choose loud music with a heavy beat so they can hear the music in skating arenas which are not built for good acoustics. “Carmina Burana” was used for the soundtrack for that Civil War movie called “Glory”, it worked really well.

In fact, Kiira told in July in tv interview that she was in Canada to make a new FS with Shae-Lynn Bourne. She didn’t mention her SP at all so I assume it’s the old (and fabulous) one.

I read today from the newest number of magazine “Taitoluistelu” (Figure skating) that Kiira is keeping her old SP Over the rainbow. She also told she had had some problems with her old skates in July and her metatarsus was hurt. She couldn’t do flip and lutz properly so she has practised her new FS in August with easier triple jumps. She starts her season in Japan Open. Kiira and Laura were cover girls, looking beautiful as always.

I wish she could do all the jumps, it gives her more points eg. in skating skills but flip has been a problem many many times. Probably it’ s better to do easier jump with quality than mess the difficult jump. Possible jump collection could be then eg. 3T-3T, 3Lo-2T, 3S-2T-2Lo, 3Lz, 3Lo, 3S, 3T, 2A. Or if she makes lutzz well, she could make it in combination and solo jump. We’ll see! Can’t wait 🙂

You are right, I meant 3Lo-2T-2Lo sequence which was at last season quite strong. She could also try 2A-3T combination, I think!

It’s not Kiira’s decision; ISU gives the places to the skaters. And Kiira and many others were given two spots. I didn’t know it’s even possible to take part in three GP events!

OK, that’s interesting! The beginning of Kiira’s season is now quite hard: two times to Japan, Finlandia Trophy and Cup of Russia. Also the Finnish Championships in December. Hopefully she is in good shape now!

I did some research–injuries to the metatarsus are happening to football players because of the new lightweight football shoes, so they’ve developed a rubberized sock to wear. (The metatarsus are the five long bones right after the toe bones.) I’ve always wanted to invent an ice skating boot with shock absorbers to prevent injuries (inflamed bursa, microfractures, etc.). I even heard a rumour that at the last Worlds the Russians had invented a rubberized ice. –Rubber ice? Anybody ever heard of rubber ice?