1913 World Ladies & Pairs Figure Skating Championships & Mens Nordic Games

[@Dhor16]

it's both hilarious and frightening to see how much the sport has progressed in 100 years. what we'll be watching in another 50, I can't even fathom.

[@katieaviss543]

Dhor16 even how much it has progressed in 20 years is amazing

[@nataliemendelsohn1317]

Air Skating instead of Ice skating perhaps?

[@normamimosa7295]

Can't think what we will be watching from Sweden in fifty years? Start listening to current affairs in Sweden, and you will quickly grasp the future picture.

[@hattiem.7966]

Women can do triples now and skate in shorter dresses!! :P

[@soniquecat4745]

why bring "sweden is doing badly" propaganda to a FIGURE SKATING VIDEO?

[@Marmalade000000]

Wow! It's such a privilege to see such vintage footage of early figure skating. It's amazing how the sport has progressed over the years!!

[@melaniexoxo]

I'm sad that these people are gone. How they would react to figure skating today!!

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

The music sort of evokes that feeling, also. It serves as an audible reminder that every skater depicted in this video has passed away. It's like traveling through a time machine.

[@kdrama5962]

Priceless footage of a time when you actually had to do figures in Figure Skating. I just love the clothes , they make the skaters look so elegant!

[@stonew1927]

Good point. And here I thought figure skating referred to their bodies, lol

[@ginaginagina.]

I know that in roller skating they still do figure circles.

[@magentaMegi]

Yes, a priceless time when as a lady, you had to appear proper, wear long skirts and hats in public.

[@nancyfintak2728]

Kdrama 59 I think the heavy, head-to-toe clothes made it extremely difficult to do much of anything. Looks like Victorian influence very much in play here.

[@kdrama5962]

The clothing is Edwardian era. The fabrics would be wool, cotton, linen... layered to keep them warm. Even with the heaver clothing, I still think they skated with athleticism, and style.

[@LorenzoNW]

Would love to see Kim Yuna go back in a time machine, hit the ice as 007, and watch the expressions on their faces.

[@emilywatt6393]

LorenzoNW ahahaha

[@irrelevance3859]

Imagine seeing Bonaly back flipping on ice though. It would truly blow minds

[@txlip9131]

Let trusova

[@anubistiger]

They'd probably think she's a demon and kill her.

[@meltemdemrin3467]

She probably would be acused of witchcraft.

[@nataliemendelsohn1317]

This is amazing, and the skating performance is very beautiful, i was so surprised by 0:13, the woman hooks her ice skate into the ice, twists around herself and then makes 3 small 'hops'. I've never seen that move before in my life, and also the thick decorated winter clothes they are wearing makes the ice skating so beautiful. Thank you so much for uploading this, you have opened my eyes.

[@semiramisbonaparte1627]

right! that move (:13) immediately touched me for some reason..simply amazing, im obsessed!

[@jewlia7909]

It looks like some kind of back pivot variation, but the small hops are Chaines turns like in ballet, but just put on ice. Still common today!

[@poorthing]

@@jewlia7909 maybe not 'commonly' seen but still a variation may be seen on occasion. I liked it!

[@e2theeyepie]

I'm totally LOLOLOLOL!-ing at the male skater who kept photobombing the pairs medalists in their posed presentation shots. :D

[@benblandford3835]

same! haha

[@rmd99]

e2theeyepie I was thinking the same thing!

[@jss302]

Wait for it..wait for it... 2:21 lolol

[@iloveluhan9307]

😂😂😂😂

[@cindycarter4441]

e2theeyepie 😂🤣

[@fairmaiden513]

Wow they were so good! I wonder what they would think about today's figure skaters. Scott Hamiltons backflip would blow their minds.

[@jessicacole8404]

Damn!!! Love the footage but the sound tracks depressing. It's so cool though to see the Olympics look so...simple

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

Depressing and repetitive.

[@erinjohnson1124]

This wasn’t at an Olympic Games, it was the world championships.

[@tonyrossi3151]

Back when sports were a past time and no one had the time or resources to train non-stop for 4 years. It was simply done for enjoyment and an escape from the harsh realities of life.

[@carolhutchinson7763]

Some of this is school figures. They eliminated those in the Olympics 20 years ago. School figures caused spectators to get angry and bewildered when great free skating performances got low scores because of previous low school figure scores, which a lot of spectators didn't even know existed. Also, a lot of spectators bought tickets to those thinking they were going to see real ice skating and instead saw the most boring event in the Winter Olympics. One man said it was "like watching grass grow."

[@janiceian1767]

Finally a program I might be able to do!

[@victoriachism4741]

Back when figure skating meant "skate the figures". I miss that part.

[@princesslisamarie7860]

Victoria Chism like as in numbers? I am unfamiliar with this.

[@653j521]

Like as in geometric shapes they were to make on the ice, the 8 shape, the circle shape, in a specific way. It is to figure skating what playing the scales is to learning the piano. It was decided that there is no more sense to performing the figures at a world competition of ice skating than there was playing scales at a concert.

[@victoriachism4741]

But do they still train figure skating (the figures)? Or do they go straight to jumping?

[@princesslisamarie7860]

K Kr oh, ok thanks

[@disanthropi]

Victoria Chism They teach you figures to learn the basics of skating. Is obviously not necessary to make perfectly precise figures anymore, but they're still there (or they were when I was learning)

[@suemeyer8989]

Thank you for sharing this vintage film-how interesting to think about those skaters of the past and how thrilled they seemed to be having fun on the ice.

[@edmundgeswein]

Those paragraph figures were kind of wild back in those days.

[@rmd99]

Looks like they were skating their figures! Great footage!

[@SnowCrasher]

Can't believe this was over 100 years ago. Precious footage.

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

107 years old---107лет😊

[@kjl9960]

Haunting, yet so beautiful.

[@sk8rjer]

Wow...over 100 years ago!! Awesome indeed!! I love it!!

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

107years ago (107 лет)🙃

[@blinderII]

2:11 ...they look down and realize she forgot to put her skates on, hoping the judges don't notice...oops...lol. Great old clips! Thanks!

[@denniserrolhawley2762]

Very nice video!!!! I LOVE ice skating!!!! THANKS FOR UPLOADING!!!!

[@marypatriciawarming4548]

Thank you, I'm sharing this widely. Simplicity and charm wins!

[@653j521]

Then came Sonja Henie in the short skirts she could wear because she began on the world stage as a child, and her jumps and spins, and her theatricality and charisma, and the rest, as they say, is history.

[@misslennonmccartney]

What's the background music? I'm really interested.

[@JRS814]

Wow time has really changed, none of these skaters did any jumps, lifts, or stunts, noticed how the men cleaned the ice, no machines, just brooms

[@653j521]

J S We didn't see the part of the program that would have had jumps, spins, etc. All we saw were the school figures and a bit of ice dancing that included one moment of a man boosting up a woman into the air. www.jacksonskates.com/html/jumphist.html#axel for list of firsts for various jumps. skateguard1.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-history-and-evolution-of-spinning.html for spins including the Jackson Haines spin in 1906 by a woman in an ankle length skirt that must have been very dangerous. Women like Isabella Butler were physically handicapped by the layers they were forced to wear, including a corset, but they did well in keeping up with the men who had far more freedom in every way. The professional skaters, particularly in the US, Canada, and UK, both men and women, were allowed to make their skating exciting and entertaining, in ice shows, in Vaudeville, in silent movies, between hockey games, in a nightclub, indeed anywhere a creative person could make an iced surface. This was the era that saw many men and women enthusiastically embrace the new technology and societal changes in order to make a splash in the world. To them, watching society matrons doing the minimum of what might conceivably be considered a sport while wearing the maximum, was old-fashioned before 1913 rolled around. skateguard1.blogspot.ca/2016/03/isabella-butler-figure-skatings-best.html skateguard1.blogspot.com/2015/01/mabel-davidson-skatings-first-female.html skateguard1.blogspot.ca/2013/06/spotlight-on-madge-syers-mother-of.html

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Lift at 1:25-1:27.

[@martinripley5981]

I guess costume design was a pretty dark affair back then...

[@0217ldp]

I guess it being outside and wind blowing, they weren't too warm. And it was quite puritanical back then.

[@useridgaf-p6b]

Costumes were not part of the competition. If you notice they are also all skating "figures" it was true figure skating. It is nothing but money making by the communist association and the political motives that govern the NWO ISU.

[@mitchgrube2480]

Costume design has nothing to do with athleticism. today figure skating is a sad sad parody and nothing more than theater. Disney on Ice did it all better.

[@dustigenes]

Mitch, you think it was better 100 years ago?

[@magentaMegi]

No, not really. That was the current fashion of dressing in public and as far as I can tell it was outdoors....but much of figure skating stems from ballet. At that time, you could have gone to a classical ballet performance, just as you can today.

[@sunkim2413]

Looks like a storyteller! Flying on the time capsule!!! Thank you for uploading!

[@nancygraham4726]

It certainly was all about the edges, wasn't it.

[@B___T985]

They're tracing compulsory figures.

[@jonnarobinson7541]

Thanks! very interesting historical footage.

[@erio2erio]

Thank you so much! for the precious video upload!

[@boondocks8002]

We've come a long way baby! This was cool.! Thanks

[@reevesmom]

THANK YOU FLOSKATE! Wonderful!

[@barbarajolley6578]

Beautiful footage. It is like a time travel. World Championship 1913:). Most of the careers of these champions ended with WWI.

[@sanhuang4343]

Wow so basically skating the figures meant continuously skating a figure 8... This documentary really shed significant light to how people skated many years and how far we’ve come since...

[@michaelvaughn169]

While all the figures originated from and were variations on a figure 8, there were approximately 40 figures in total that were eventually skated in competition. Each one utilized a different foot, edge, and/or direction. It took tremendous discipline and skill to master the figures.

[@kathleencurtiss2757]

The ladies in their hats ! Loved the figures....and the chap who "photobombed" the posing pairs !!

[@ddivincenzo1194]

Thank you for this amazing footage.

[@dgcmusi]

Incredible footage...

[@PecanSandees23]

WOW!!! This was great!! I can figure out skating in the longer skirts, but those hats??? Amazing!

[@ryohn5468]

Those hats were adorned with feathers, flowers, decorations. Animal furs were more common then. Fashion was very dark though it seemed but more colorful during dances and formal events.

[@AnneBarschall]

Fascinating! They sure didn't get a lot of space, did they?

[@pinkpolly88]

Wow. Those were some seriously hard figures! And so small!

[@XYZUNKNOWN]

Thanks for uploading.

[@ancamg]

WOW, this was before WW I! Amazing footage! 105 years ago! Sad, but beautiful!

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

107

[@janyshendrickson3833]

I remember doing figures at 5 a.m., in complete silence, with nothing but the sound of your blade slicing through the ice. It was very Zen-like. I have no idea where you get this film from, but it is wonderful. Thank you 💖

[@floskate]

There is nothing like the sound of your blades moving through the ice. It's so beautiful.

[@londawarren8278]

Fascinating!

[@EVZYL]

Those were the days!

[@catherinebreitfeller669]

So quaint ! How times change. ❤️❤️

[@lydwinaofschiedam2685]

Unreal!! Thank you!

[@EmilyTienne]

How salacious! Revealing a bit of ankle like that (I think I’m about to faint).

[@brettshair3151]

the male figure skater who photobombed deserves a medal

[@hattiem.7966]

This obviously is a soccer or some kind of outdoor stadium.I imagine a hotel is in this spot now.

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

I like the guy in the back stealing the show while the first-place pairs dancers are posing, doing some impressive spinning in the background, LOL.

[@andreareiter9895]

Amazing! Thank you for posting. By the way, what was that gorgeous music in the background?

[@tammyann8534]

The men and women are mostly shown doing school figures which are no .longer learned. Thank God! The pairs look like they are doing compulsory moves.

[@Ms7Summits]

Lovely - yet all I can see is those horrible social restriction on 'ladies'. This almost felt like conduct unbecoming for lifting a leg - Thank God things have changed. Thanks for this amazing footage ;-)

[@Fran-xu9ic]

The figures... I love it

[@lori5455]

Fascinating....................

[@BP-xv7fj]

Just imagine 100 years ago a bunch of lads doing figure skating. How cute

[@Spinus-]

Победители этих первых соревнований, в основном, из Швеции и Австрии, но сейчас фигуристов из этих стран даже не видно на крупных соревнованиях. Этот спорт больше не популярен в Вене и Стокгольме?

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

И в германии мало

[@adammahdicheniour2917]

Hello, I am Adam a film student and wanted to ask if it was fine for us to use this footage for my student documentary! Hope to hear back from you soon :)

[@fab42355]

It's amazing we can see this history

[@GunsNRoses1123]

Weird figure skating used to be painting figures in the ice with your skates, it feels like such a strange thing to compete in, I'm sure it's very difficult and you need a skill for it though. I think the history is important but good that it has and is evolving.

[@ex-cabincrew]

My gosh - what would they think of today's routines, speeds and costumes!

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

Probably that the future has lost all sense of common decency and morality. While they obviously erred on the side of caution, the figure skating routines of today-costumes, choreography and music-sadly get more and more risqué every year.

[@amelia507]

imagine nathan chen rolled up and pulled out a 4F and then just left lmao

[@grytlappar]

That was quite amazing. And so very lovely. No jumping it seems-it really was FIGURE skating. (Though in Swedish it's called _konståkning,_ which loosely translates to 'art riding'. (The 'riding' part is a little weird, but I reckon ice skates are method of transportation, much as a bicycle is.) But let's say art skating; as a word, it's nice to have the artristy aspect in the name of the sport, isn't it? Sets the tone.

[@jamiekohler5127]

To think that Sonja Henie herself was only a year old at the time of this competition is mind-boggling

[@62kit45]

so neat to see this !

[@Pookasoul]

Figure skating today is a completely different sport. Compulsory figures was actually still performed and judged in Championships and were the biggest part of the total score for years after freestyle became more popular and incorporated into the Olympics. Nowadays Compulsory figures aren't performed anymore in competitions and it's all about technical and artistry.

[@khummitkeshinro246]

At what point did they start wearing less clothes? These persons look so graceful and one can see what they r doing

[@michaelvaughn169]

Many people credit Sonja Henie for the change from long dresses to short skirts. She was allowed to get away with wearing much shorter skirts because of her youth -- she won her first Norwegian championship at age 10.

[@irenedavo3768]

Wow!

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

Вау😉

[@christinepage1523]

You would never guess that a competition was taking place, and how those ladies managed to skate in such long dresses is amazing, but it looks like they didn't have many jumps, it was just skating around in circles. I wonder what they would think of today's skating competitions?

[@fullbarneystinsoness]

Shoutout to the one dude who photobombs every single time 😂

[@jmsessn]

wow the ladies skate legendary despite that restrictive clothing wow.

[@ZilchFan66]

I wonder if they still are required to do the figures. Like skating an eight pattern. They used have to do it for completion thus the term - figure skating. But I don't know if it is a requirement still.

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

No it is not.

[@ZilchFan66]

Thank you :)

[@plum8810]

awwww it seems like back then all they did was skate around in circles haha

[@clod8]

I love how the married women goes by her husband’s full name.

[@magentaMegi]

Really? Why? It's an outdated term formally used in English invitations, what is more interesting to me how the figure skating named women as ladies and that hasn't changed, but back then, the men's event was gentlemen.

[@fatima1009]

The long dresses, and the black skates the ladies wore!

[@GetBenched2010]

Torval & Dean look so young here!

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

Skating costumes have come a loong way(by being alot shorter) from 1916!

[@stephaniebridges8407]

so lovely. Something has been lost in today's figure skating.

[@zoeemiko8149]

Most of what you're seeing the skaters do are the compulsory figure 8's. It's only been in the last few years those were eliminated from competitions. I agree with you, something remarkable was lost when those were tossed out the door. Skaters had to show such precision and control to pull off the compulsory 8's. Now they're only judged on freestyle skating. It's so sad.

[@653j521]

Figure skating only existed in part of the world. Ice skating is what everyone else did.

[@lauradowling1604]

tamara andre the compulsory figures are gone. I remember when I was skating in the 70s those were so challenging and took real skill!

[@brain8484]

seems standing on one leg was considered a high mark

[@whipchick90]

Wow and I thought I was old lol!!

[@Piapia650]

I actually miss seeing figures in figure skating. This is great footage

[@luwan6439]

Name of the song anyone?

[@yasuhironakayama4211]

until ~1970, figure skating had compulsory part. There are judges watching accuracy of skating in this video..

[@62kit45]

wow !

[@ЛарисаНаничкина]

Да

[@alexisnotokay_1041]

Imagine them all being reincarnated today and getting to watch yuzuru hanyu and evgenia medvedeva.... imagine what they would think!

[@staffanlindstrom576]

Ladies´ skating was ladylike then, restrained and elegant.

[@karensmith1859]

You gotta be kidding me... that’s it? No triple toes or triple nails or whatever triple they call nowadays

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

lol

[@ginabataille1796]

Those days, people were skinny

[@hattiem.7966]

And didn't eat as much or eat junk food!

[@normamimosa7295]

What's that expression? We've come a long way baby!

[@magentaMegi]

Yes, used for marketing for a brand of cigarettes, right?

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

And often in the wrong direction.

[@КатеринаБокк]

Они заложили основу сегодняшнего ФК

[@4piglite]

This was the competition? Oh how far we’ve come. Nowadays this scene would play out in just about any mall ice rink. Lol

[@МиссисМарпл-з8в]

Кто первый придумал проводить соревнования по фигурному катанию и когда в России соревнования по фигурному катанию начали проводить

[@emmanuellelaurent5541]

Dave Laliberté

[@lamiah.2938]

Lol how'd they film something this OLD.

[@stonew1927]

The progenitors! Love em... It's a shame they did away with compulsories.

[@drake87]

Dear lord they just dont know what will happen in the world..

[@iadiff]

Я вижу мертвых людей (Ц) к/ф "Шестое чувство"

[@MrKA1961]

... and then came Dick Button, and with him came the Big Bang in skating... :D

[@robyngarfish]

I hate how their legs were always bent! I don't know why, but that makes it look so ugly to me.

[@faithfink2962]

Movie of torvill and dean