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Offline 4711

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That guy with the huge leg extention...
« on: March 24, 2013, 02:13:39 AM »
I need a little help.

back in the late 80s, early 90s there was this one skater who had this amazing leg extension in the spiral (I am assuming a backward one, since he stuck the leg out in skating direction'

For the life of me I can't remember who it was.
I have narrowed it down to Petr Barna and Victor Petrenko, but could be way off.
The programs I did have time to watch didn't feature it.
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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2013, 05:28:36 PM »
Paul Wylie had a nice spiral:



Here's his 1992 Olympic performance that starts with several slow spirals, and then has a spiral into a triple flip (at about 1 minute in):

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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2013, 06:56:09 PM »
That's a lovely picture of Paul Wylie.
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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2013, 07:32:58 PM »
he is a delightful skater (looked like Micheal J. Fox...) but he wasn't it.
I mean this guy stuck his leg up out front, nearly in a split....

back to youtube, I am sure I missed somebody...
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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2013, 10:27:29 PM »
wouldn't be shawn sawyer would it?
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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2013, 08:30:58 AM »
What about Toller Cranston?  His extension was phenomenal.  I don't know if he skated in the 90s but he skated professionally in the 80s and medaled at an Olympics in the late 70s.

Spiral at 2:05 of this video, though I've seen photos of even better ones

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Re: That guy with the huge leg extention...
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2013, 11:46:03 AM »
Sawyer is to young, Cranston too old  :(

Literally, the skater was at the top of his game in the time frame from '88 to '92.

But thanks for the suggestions. more awesome skaters to watch!  :)
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