Have you guys seen this intermediate skater??? [Archive]

Dana Marie

08-26-2003, 11:04 AM

She's adorable! From what it looks like in this pic, she has an AMAZING spiral, esp. because she's Intermediate!
spiral (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_5106289)

blondeanglskate

08-26-2003, 11:08 AM

Ive never seen her but ive always thought she was cute from those pictures and the pictures of her that used to be up that were a bit older .... :D she looks good!

skatepixie

08-26-2003, 11:43 AM

how old is she?

totalsashafan

08-26-2003, 03:22 PM

OMG what a cutie! I'd love to see her perform, she looks liek she's very flexible!

Thea

08-26-2003, 04:52 PM

shes unbelievably amazing~!

SashaTarafan

08-26-2003, 06:00 PM

What a cutie! Wonderful positions, I love that beillman spin!!

SashaFanatic

08-26-2003, 06:17 PM

yea really how old is she? Shes a good skater!

~GoSasha~

08-26-2003, 08:27 PM

That's excellent, I've never seen her before, she looks like a mini Sasha!

Thea

08-26-2003, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by FanFanFan
That's excellent, I've never seen her before, she looks like a mini Sasha!

I agree. I hope she will become someone
we see in the future. Its sad how some of
these kids die out!

ICESKATERDUDE

08-27-2003, 12:45 AM

Wow!!!! Got Flex?! DId anyone else notice she's not grabbing the balde right with her right hand for the biellmann? I don't think it is a hanging crime but it makes it a lot harder than it needs to be and for no extra credit.I hope we see her on tv! *edit* Look at these pics (http://swpskating.com/nationals.html)from nats they are awesome, especially the ones of Sasha, I mean look at this ina! (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1750_192362534) :p :D

SashaFanatic

08-27-2003, 07:31 AM

:suprised: I remember the nats, it was fun fun! Very nice pictures :cool:

loveskating

08-27-2003, 10:31 AM

Oh, thanks so much! That is so great to see! Look at that extension on her spiral! She clearly is inspired by Sasha, as she is doing an side catch spin like Sasha's, and I love that...I love it so when a skater builds on the best and then can even be better than that, in the future. Its kind of what humanity is all about, really, in each and every endeavor, such as skating, learning and building on what others before you have accomplished.

Again, thanks, and I look forward to seeing much more of her!

TigressLioness

08-27-2003, 10:37 AM

Cutie!

Ashley

08-27-2003, 11:12 PM

I don't know about you, but 'round these parts we'all grab our blades with our right hands.

Thea

08-28-2003, 04:35 PM

how did you find her

ICESKATERDUDE

08-28-2003, 04:37 PM

So do I unless I'm doing a cross biellmann. She is using a weird hand grip, her elbow's should be facing forward or at least that's how Denise did it and she inveted (or at least poplularized) this spin. if you look closely she's grabbing it like a chinese spiral (the thing that Elena Liashenko did at the beginning of her spiral sequence at World's Sp) and making it a lot harder for her. But if she can do it that way it certainly looks cool it just seems like it could be judged as bad techinique or bad positioning, like doing a y-spin and grabbing the toe, your doing a y-spin and it's still difficult, its just not the way most people do it and its not aesthetically normal. I'm just weird like that though! :rolleyes: :p

Thea

08-28-2003, 04:46 PM

Yea I see what you mean. When I do my biellemann I am pretty sure that my elbows are face out. So if my arm was face down the outside parts are the part that are forward when I spin. AH Soooo confusing. lol

Wyliefan

08-29-2003, 01:15 PM

My gosh, she's teensy!! How old is she? I couldn't find her age listed on the page -- maybe I just missed it.

sasharules

08-29-2003, 09:06 PM

wow look at the similarities in their skating
sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002lalique/long/dushenka-4.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_5106289)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002skatecanada/long/ap-3.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_4511801)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002skatecanada/short/ap-2.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_5040427)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002lalique/long/dushenka-1.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1750_245539555)

adrianchew

08-30-2003, 02:57 PM

Caroline Zhang is skating at Golden West this weekend...

http://www.skatingforums.com/showthread.php?threadid=9933

Initial round she came in 1st in her group...

Intermediate Ladies Initial Round (Top 4 to final round)
Group A:
1. Caroline Zhang All Year FSC

blondeanglskate

08-30-2003, 04:28 PM

Originally posted by thea_sk8er88
how did you find her Im sure she just found her by browsing Dave Amorde's page. Go here: http://www.swpskating.com -- he features many skaters in the Southwest Pacific Region :D

SashaFanatic

08-30-2003, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by sasharules
wow look at the similarities in their skating
sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002lalique/long/dushenka-4.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_5106289)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002skatecanada/long/ap-3.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_4511801)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002skatecanada/short/ap-2.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1751_5040427)

sasha (http://www.sashafans.com/media/gallery/2002lalique/long/dushenka-1.jpg)

caroline (http://store3.yimg.com/I/prodigion_1750_245539555)

:suprised: cool :D

Skatingfreak

08-31-2003, 01:13 PM

Yeah, i found her by browsing david amorde's page. I like seeing pictures of different skaters and what they can do...and my eyes popped out when I came across her. But she definitely has alot of similarities with Sasha...I hope she doesn't get a serious injury from doing all those difficult moves that early...both Sasha and NNN had problems because of the difficult moves they were doing at such a young age...a back injury and undergoing hip surgery at like, 15, is NOT normal. I know there are alot of injuries in skating, but sometimes moving too fast isn't a good thing. I hope this girl takes good care of herself.

ICESKATERDUDE

09-01-2003, 01:14 AM

OMG!!!! I saw her today at the Golden West Championship. She is so amazing! I swear that if someone where to disect her she would have no spine!! Her double axel double loop was really nice and her spins were phenomenal! Her spiral was in a split but her torso was kinda droopy like Bebe's was at Nats. I am sure we can expect great things from this one in the future. But she's so small its scary, you could step on her and not know it! (Of course, she's so flexible it probably wouldn't hurt her!!!) :p :p :p :p

Lanie

09-01-2003, 01:37 AM

You went to Golden West? I hate you, Steve, LOL.

Anyway, yes, very similar to Sasha! :D How cute. The grimace on the Y-spin is hysterically adorable. I want to pinch her cheeks.

AvrilSasha26

09-01-2003, 10:22 AM

Caroline is such a cutie! And she's sooo good too. I think she could easily became the next Sasha. Also check out Kimberly Meissner
http://www.skateygirl.com/nat2003/NoviceLadies/meissner/
She's good too and was on T.V. at Nationals when they showed the exibitions.