2009 World Figure Skating Championships~LA.

Thanks a bunch for the videos Batsuchan, they were all fantastic to watch!

Thanks a lot, Batsuchan!

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Yep, I guess I do cheer kind of loudly...

Oh!! THanks Batsuchan!! Those are awesome videos! That way, we can really feel how it was out there!!

I'm glad you all enjoyed the vids!

I've also posted the Mao vids on youtube now (under hard to find tags):

3A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reMsPnIhxNQ

FS runthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtsnevvUbCE

If you guys want to share the vids with people outside the forum, would you please give them the youtube links? I really only wanted to share the actual files with you wonderful people on the forum. Thanks in advance!

Is that you cheering in all of the videos, Batsuchan?

I bet Mao could tell that one of her biggest fans was watching her practice, just by the volume of the cheering!

Thank you for sharing the videos with us! I'm all for cheering loudly for athletes to support them.

chineseteacup wrote:

Is that you cheering in all of the videos, Batsuchan?

I bet Mao could tell that one of her biggest fans was watching her practice, just by the volume of the cheering!

Hehehe, yeah, that is me! I could start to see why the lady in front of me would flinch every time I cheered.

I hope Mao was encouraged by our cheering! She never seemed to notice or acknowledge the cheering, but there was one time in one of the practices when Mao was having trouble with the 3Lz - popping or doubling it - and when she finally rotated a triple, I cheered *really* loudly, and I think TAT may have looked over.

Batsuchan!!!
Thank you for sharing those videos! It must be like a dream to be right there...so close to Mao!!! And seeing her do that triple axel right in front of you. I can't even imagine how that must feel. You should have given TAT a thumbs up or something xD

Mao's 3lutz in Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s0Ru56elgE

Edit: the same user posted a lot of practice clips also!

bibi wrote:

Mao's 3lutz in Practice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s0Ru56elgE

Edit: the same user posted a lot of practice clips also!

Too bad Mao couldn't show it in the competition.
I hope she will have confidence in 3lutz cuz when she lands it, its really beautiful!!!!

That triple lutz has really come a long way - great job Mao for continuing to work on it! Her lutz has that *snapping* motion going on too.

Tono's jumps remain brilliantly cat-like and soft, and we get to see Miki's phenomenal practice sessions too.

Pics!
http://davecskatingphoto.com/photos_2009_worlds.html

Ok, guys, at long last, here are my pics from Worlds!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/batsuchan83/Worlds2009InLosAngeles?authkey=Gv1sRgCIeTkLqIqcGkAQ&feat=directlink

Unfortunately, we weren't able to use flash, and my camera is old and crappy, so quite a few of them are hard to see/blurry, but I hope it gives you a feel for the event from the spectators' point of view!

And since the pics of Mao/Kozu at each others' practices are really hard to see, here are just those pics in higher quality:
http://picasaweb.google.com/batsuchan83/juTKkB?authkey=Gv1sRgCL7U6aqw2brIaA&feat=directlink

(Too bad I couldn't get any pics of them together! )

Enjoy!

ha, I guess we were very close to each other in Friday's practice coz I also have a photo of Koz signing autograph for fans almost from the same angle. Our seats are a little bit lower than yours. And I am also wondering that the girl appearing her forehead in this photo http://picasaweb.google.com/batsuchan83/juTKkB?authkey=Gv1sRgCL7U6aqw2brIaA&feat=directlink#5329131469436565778 is missaero,haha

A big, big for the pics and the blurb for every single one of them, too!

I shouldn't be surprised to hear this by now, but it really is fascinating to know that Mao hardly stops during practice...Shizuka mentioned this too when Mao first came up to seniors - how Mao will start with crossovers and barely take a break as she went through several elements (which she discussed in detail during the talk show with Takeshi and Rena Inoue).

And Cinquanta certainly is everyone's favorite!

clovera wrote:

A big, big for the pics and the blurb for every single one of them, too!

I shouldn't be surprised to hear this by now, but it really is fascinating to know that Mao hardly stops during practice...Shizuka mentioned this too when Mao first came up to seniors - how Mao will start with crossovers and barely take a break as she went through several elements (which she discussed in detail during the talk show with Takeshi and Rena Inoue).

And Cinquanta certainly is everyone's favorite!

I'm glad you enjoyed them, clovera!

Yes, watching Mao practice was really fascinating. The way that she could just keep going and not lose focus - that was really impressive. But I guess it shows you just how much stamina she has! Otherwise she wouldn't be able to handle those steps in "Masquerade Waltz"!

It was also really neat because it showed how in-synch Mao and Shanetta/TAT are. She doesn't even need to talk to them - all she needs from them is a nod or a little gesture/correction as she skates by.

Genius, I tell you, genius!

thanks for your pictures

Sorry if this is quite late but I received this link where BUCK talks about his thoughts on the 2009 Worlds and he mentioned MAO....http://www.buckhollywood.com/world-figure-skating-championships/