Tony Wheeler
@tonywheeler.bsky.social
All things figure skating. Enthusiast of the sport for over 30 years turned historian. Youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler) dedicated to video archives. Comprehensive passion project also in the works. Let's talk skating!
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Tony Wheeler
@tonywheeler.bsky.social
· Mar 9
The Skating Session
Welcome to The Skating Session, a home for figure skating video archives.
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I have rebranded my Youtube as 'The Skating Session'. I still have hundreds of DVDs to go through, cut, and upload but I lost a significant amount of historical videos with a failed external hard drive. If you have DVDs or skating clips - let me know!
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
Posting all women’s free skate practice clips, in full, from the main rink. I have no idea where Feigin’s video went, but the 11 others who have skated are there.
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March 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Posting all women’s free skate practice clips, in full, from the main rink. I have no idea where Feigin’s video went, but the 11 others who have skated are there.
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First person in the arena? Feels right!
March 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
First person in the arena? Feels right!
I’ll be sharing as much as I can from Worlds both here and on the new Instagram account I set up- please follow!
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March 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I’ll be sharing as much as I can from Worlds both here and on the new Instagram account I set up- please follow!
www.instagram.com/theskatingse...
www.instagram.com/theskatingse...
I have rebranded my Youtube as 'The Skating Session'. I still have hundreds of DVDs to go through, cut, and upload but I lost a significant amount of historical videos with a failed external hard drive. If you have DVDs or skating clips - let me know!
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
The Skating Session
Welcome to The Skating Session, a home for figure skating video archives.
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I have rebranded my Youtube as 'The Skating Session'. I still have hundreds of DVDs to go through, cut, and upload but I lost a significant amount of historical videos with a failed external hard drive. If you have DVDs or skating clips - let me know!
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
www.youtube.com/@TonyWheeler
I have put up nearly 200 new skating videos on Youtube in the last few days, into mid-2000s now. During holiday, I dropped my external hard drive and the literal 20,000+ videos I had stored there are sadly no more. If anyone has archives (DVDs, files) let me know!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCDd...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCDd...
Tony Wheeler
A place for uploading historical figure skating videos. I've been a fan of the sport for over 30 years and am working as a historian on a massive skating project in my free time.
I'm happy to share m...
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February 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I have put up nearly 200 new skating videos on Youtube in the last few days, into mid-2000s now. During holiday, I dropped my external hard drive and the literal 20,000+ videos I had stored there are sadly no more. If anyone has archives (DVDs, files) let me know!
www.youtube.com/channel/UCDd...
www.youtube.com/channel/UCDd...
Thought Malinin's 4A of all jumps looked the cleanest today, and thought the 4Lz fall was definitely a << so it probably all balances out. I hate the safe 'q' calls though, because it protects base value on jumps and GOE, too.
And in no world is Malinin on the same PCS level as Aymoz.
#GPFigure
And in no world is Malinin on the same PCS level as Aymoz.
#GPFigure
December 7, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Thought Malinin's 4A of all jumps looked the cleanest today, and thought the 4Lz fall was definitely a << so it probably all balances out. I hate the safe 'q' calls though, because it protects base value on jumps and GOE, too.
And in no world is Malinin on the same PCS level as Aymoz.
#GPFigure
And in no world is Malinin on the same PCS level as Aymoz.
#GPFigure
Telemaque & Coulon have the IT factor written all over them. Nice to see at the junior level, and nice to see them standing out so much within these rigid ISU rules we've come to. Shades of voidy 1990's and early 2000's French skating programs!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 7, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Telemaque & Coulon have the IT factor written all over them. Nice to see at the junior level, and nice to see them standing out so much within these rigid ISU rules we've come to. Shades of voidy 1990's and early 2000's French skating programs!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Amber Glenn wins first GPFinal title for US women since Alissa Czisny in 2010. Mone Chiba wins Japanese Nationals part 1, Kaori Sakamoto finds her way back to the podium.
Good day of skating, and to the technical panel credit they seem to have.. somewhat but not completely.. woken up 😜
#GPFigure
Good day of skating, and to the technical panel credit they seem to have.. somewhat but not completely.. woken up 😜
#GPFigure
December 7, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Amber Glenn wins first GPFinal title for US women since Alissa Czisny in 2010. Mone Chiba wins Japanese Nationals part 1, Kaori Sakamoto finds her way back to the podium.
Good day of skating, and to the technical panel credit they seem to have.. somewhat but not completely.. woken up 😜
#GPFigure
Good day of skating, and to the technical panel credit they seem to have.. somewhat but not completely.. woken up 😜
#GPFigure
Top two Grand Prix Final competitors is big bullet point for Japan in determining World team. Since a minimum of two Japanese skaters will be on the podium here, lots on the line. Only skater guaranteed a spot is the winner of Nationals, but the mini-battle standings here mean a lot!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 7, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Top two Grand Prix Final competitors is big bullet point for Japan in determining World team. Since a minimum of two Japanese skaters will be on the podium here, lots on the line. Only skater guaranteed a spot is the winner of Nationals, but the mini-battle standings here mean a lot!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Hase & Volodin are going to make a strong argument for Olympic favorites I think. Miura & Kihara really off today, and I don't think their free skate works like their brilliant short. Special mention to Kam & O'Shea, who I thought should've quite possibly had highest composition PCS.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 6, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Hase & Volodin are going to make a strong argument for Olympic favorites I think. Miura & Kihara really off today, and I don't think their free skate works like their brilliant short. Special mention to Kam & O'Shea, who I thought should've quite possibly had highest composition PCS.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
No major opinions otherwise based on today. I think Guignard & Fabbri have the foundations, but the program loses me this year. Gilles & Poirier have my favorite choreography but something is really off with them this season.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 6, 2024 at 6:33 PM
No major opinions otherwise based on today. I think Guignard & Fabbri have the foundations, but the program loses me this year. Gilles & Poirier have my favorite choreography but something is really off with them this season.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Ice dance judging makes me rage most, I think, as someone who has read the full rulebook and I have a pretty good idea of what to watch. Lajoie and Lagha having the 'worst' skating skills of the group based on PCS assigned is outlandish as hell. They shouldn't have to 'wait their turn'.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 6, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Ice dance judging makes me rage most, I think, as someone who has read the full rulebook and I have a pretty good idea of what to watch. Lajoie and Lagha having the 'worst' skating skills of the group based on PCS assigned is outlandish as hell. They shouldn't have to 'wait their turn'.
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Mao Shimada is just a dream. Not her best by any means, but she has such glorious carriage and use of her arms and hands. Wada and Nakai both wonderful and complete the 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 sweep. Yihan Wang has such good jumping technique. So pure. All of the women should be proud of the skates today!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 6, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Mao Shimada is just a dream. Not her best by any means, but she has such glorious carriage and use of her arms and hands. Wada and Nakai both wonderful and complete the 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 sweep. Yihan Wang has such good jumping technique. So pure. All of the women should be proud of the skates today!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Wada wiped out when she hit the ice yesterday, and today she almost wiped out in the leading steps before the ice 😂
December 6, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Wada wiped out when she hit the ice yesterday, and today she almost wiped out in the leading steps before the ice 😂
Fantastic junior mens short program. Vaclavik opened so well, think his change-foot sit didn't count because hop on the first half of it lost balance & made him shift, which then stops the element. Yanhao is just fantastic! Jacob Sanchez has such a charm, and Rio Nakata had so much flair!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 6, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Fantastic junior mens short program. Vaclavik opened so well, think his change-foot sit didn't count because hop on the first half of it lost balance & made him shift, which then stops the element. Yanhao is just fantastic! Jacob Sanchez has such a charm, and Rio Nakata had so much flair!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
Not picking on Amber Glenn, especially as she seems full-aware that she got lucky today, but there were some awfully strange calls across the board (including others and their rotations and edges). But here’s a ‘clean’ 3Lo. Watch the ice fly up.
December 5, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Not picking on Amber Glenn, especially as she seems full-aware that she got lucky today, but there were some awfully strange calls across the board (including others and their rotations and edges). But here’s a ‘clean’ 3Lo. Watch the ice fly up.
Great pairs competition at the #GPFinal. Miura and Kihara's program is 1000x better than anything else they've done. She was short on the 3T for sure, but it's pushing 80 points if clean. Hase and Volodin continue to deliver. She's always been so solid in SPs! As close as it can get!
#GPFigure
#GPFigure
December 5, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Biggest takeaway from junior rhythm dance is that seniors need to get the second pattern back. I love that each partner has to take lead once. You can see the difference in skating skills much more evidently than throwing a choreo sequence in where top skaters get ++++ GOE.
#GPFigure #GPFinal
#GPFigure #GPFinal
December 5, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Junior Rhythm Dance Required Elements:
Two paso doble pattern sequences. One in which man performs man's steps, and other reversed - the woman performs the man's steps of the pattern
Dance lift, up to 8 seconds in length
Midline or diagonal no-touch step sequence
Twizzle sequence (at least 2)
Two paso doble pattern sequences. One in which man performs man's steps, and other reversed - the woman performs the man's steps of the pattern
Dance lift, up to 8 seconds in length
Midline or diagonal no-touch step sequence
Twizzle sequence (at least 2)
December 5, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Junior Rhythm Dance Required Elements:
Two paso doble pattern sequences. One in which man performs man's steps, and other reversed - the woman performs the man's steps of the pattern
Dance lift, up to 8 seconds in length
Midline or diagonal no-touch step sequence
Twizzle sequence (at least 2)
Two paso doble pattern sequences. One in which man performs man's steps, and other reversed - the woman performs the man's steps of the pattern
Dance lift, up to 8 seconds in length
Midline or diagonal no-touch step sequence
Twizzle sequence (at least 2)
December 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Required Elements - Junior Women's Short Program:
Double or triple flip
Jump combo: minimum of double+double jump, no quad allowed
Double Axel (no triple allowed here)
Flying camel spin
Spin in one position: sideways/layback spin or sit spin
Spin combination w/ 1 change of foot
Step sequence
Double or triple flip
Jump combo: minimum of double+double jump, no quad allowed
Double Axel (no triple allowed here)
Flying camel spin
Spin in one position: sideways/layback spin or sit spin
Spin combination w/ 1 change of foot
Step sequence
December 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Required Elements - Junior Women's Short Program:
Double or triple flip
Jump combo: minimum of double+double jump, no quad allowed
Double Axel (no triple allowed here)
Flying camel spin
Spin in one position: sideways/layback spin or sit spin
Spin combination w/ 1 change of foot
Step sequence
Double or triple flip
Jump combo: minimum of double+double jump, no quad allowed
Double Axel (no triple allowed here)
Flying camel spin
Spin in one position: sideways/layback spin or sit spin
Spin combination w/ 1 change of foot
Step sequence