figure skater tier ranks EVERY skating movie & show

[@cathydingg]

Hello friends! Please subscribe if you enjoyed this video (more videos to come soon!) and comment below what movies/shows would go in YOUR personal "S-Tier" ⛸✨

[@katnisschen1949]

Yuri on ice is THE REASON that got me into skating as an adult it is just so inspiring - Yuuri, the most relatable character ever exists 😭😭😭😭

[@cathydingg]

100% agree!! So inspiring and a relatable wholesome bean

[@maliajayy]

Now I wanna watch it lol where can I watch? Is it on Crunchyroll?

[@katnisschen1949]

@@maliajayy yes!

[@kthy31]

Netflix canceling Spinning Out after one season is my villain origin story

[@glking1]

Yes! I need to see what happens with the mom. That ending!

[@cathydingg]

HAHA real

[@Barrybbensonbestbee]

Right

[@denisavermesova5547]

Exactly :`O I love the series.

[@savannah115]

Right? I don't even bother watching Netflix shows until they are over anymore, because I've been burned too many times lol

[@Dorian_Nox]

Yuri on ice may or may not got me into figure skating 😌😌

[@CocoRegardless]

😃yeah

[@Anna-y7c2z]

It got me into it lol ☺️

[@loly2400]

Me too lol😭

[@Kittypaw2]

LOL SAME-

[@AngelPlaysRobloxYT]

loool

[@star-miubin]

I genuinely don't know which would be my villain origin story - Ice Adolescence getting cancelled after 7-8 years of waiting or Spinning Out being canceled after 1 season.

[@cathydingg]

HAHAHA truly

[@donnarosebusa3863]

...Yuri on Ice Season 2 is officially cancelled too...

[@DracoMhuuh]

I'm doing a PhD in physics. Can confirm it does not help with actually performing any figure skating moves

[@elizabethf3837]

It all depends on to what extent you've been able to apply that physics to analyze skating moves. For example physics explains the relationship between edge radius of curvature, speed and lean; how spins are centered (and why they start with a 3-turn); why over-rotation on Axel takeoff leads to under rotation of landing; how checking works; in general why we hold our shoulders and rotate them the way we do; how counterbalance of the free leg works; and how/where we may gain power by pushing against the ice on one foot without putting the other foot down. Plus many more things, I'm sure.

[@DracoMhuuh]

@elizabethf3837 the point is that knowing why a move works doesn't really help you actually perform it. You have to practice to be able to learn that, there's no substitute. Being able to compute the forces and whatnot is pointless. It's actually quite frustrating knowing why it should work when your brain and body are too scared to try or you can't quite perform it yet

[@cathydingg]

@@DracoMhuuh HAHA dead 😂

[@aurelia8828]

i watched yuri on ice in 2021 in the peak of the pandemic and i hated it after i first watched it but i was so full of passion and love for the sport but felt so envious that the sport wasn't as popular since i lived in a tropical country. i moved countries where ice sports were definitely more popular and i coincidentally rewatched the entire show and it all came back to me. yuri's passion genuinely made me get up and go to a learn to skate class and i'm enjoying it so much. it's only been a few months and I'm still working on crossovers but it's the best thing that ever happened!!!

[@cathydingg]

@@aurelia8828 so happy to hear that you were inspired to start! Wishing you the best of luck in your journey!

[@kittenuniverse1327]

One of my little sisters friends trains under Tanya's coach and has gotten to skate with Tanya, that woman is over fifty and still landing(I think) all her doubles, it's genuinely impressive.

[@cathydingg]

Seriously wild! I think some people are just so gifted!

[@Xie_Huan]

Yuri On ice will forever be the most special to me, it got me into figure skating, i rewached it in the pandemic and became obssesed again with figure skating but i thought i wouldn’t be able to do it until i could pay it by myself, but things happened and my dad told me that he could pay it, it’s been almost a year after that, i started figure skating classes one day after my 18 birthday, 8 of january of 2024 and i have never been happier, i practice a lot, and i will have my first competition in march, i will skate to history maker, because i needed to skate to a Yuri On Ice song for my first season competing. I feel that i’m doing well for the time i have been skating and i love both of my coaches. I just love this sport and as someone who thought wasn’t good at anything it feels so good when i’m able to do good in figure skating. I have never been happier and is all thanks to Yuri On Ice

[@cathydingg]

Congrats for starting your journey!! So proud of you! Hoping that some of my videos on this channel can be of help to support your journey

[@kiko219]

Surprised at how many movies I’ve seen! I LOVED Ice Princess and Ice Castles as a kid. Yuri on Ice, though, had me in a chokehold. It came out my senior year of college and collegiate track career. That first episode with Yuuri crying in the bathroom from the pressure was SO relatable. Just like me fr moment lol. Definitely thought multiple times that if Yuuri could attempt a quad in the second half of his program I could run a fast 800 at the end of a pent 😤 I wonder if it’ll be even more relatable now that I know more about figure skating 😆 Anyway, thanks for making this video! Gonna have to check out some of the movies/shows I haven’t seen! ✨

[@cathydingg]

Glad you enjoyed it! And agreed- I love when media shows not just the ups of the athlete experience and journey but also the downs of the self- doubt, impostor syndrome and setbacks and kudos to the pieces of media doing that out there

[@newjns]

I just saw Viktor and clicked 😻

[@rosaazure]

Pair skating with hockey player trope - Canada had a reality show for six years about pairing figure skaters with hockey players.

[@cathydingg]

Yup! That's on the list!

[@dadabetic]

in the 2nd Mighty Ducks, they flip the Hockey Player-to-Figure Skater trope when Ken Wu (a former Olympic figure skater) joins the Mighty Ducks hockey team. LOL

[@cathydingg]

WHOA crazy trope reversals- kinda love that haha

[@lillygraygray4018]

omg I LITERALLY wanted to consume figure skating media so this video is PERFECT timing

[@cathydingg]

YES! Let us know which one you ended up choosing to watch!

[@heyheyvicky1498]

17:50 „they named one of the characters Axel“ well, not me thinking about Yuri On Ice‘s 3 girls Axel, Lutz and Loop👀

[@cathydingg]

Oh dear HAHA

[@emiliavachon]

gonna defend the cutting edge here because the timeline between when he gets recruited and when they win olympic gold is actually about two years which is obviously still unrealistic but a lot more passable than most other hockey player turned figure skater stories. we also see that he spends all day just figure skating with no day job which certainly helps

[@DazaiBerry]

After watching Yuri!!! On ice i started teaching myself figure skating!

[@cathydingg]

Amazing!! So glad you started your journey! Hope it is going well!

[@DazaiBerry]

@@cathydingg Thank you!! I Hope that one day you will become the numer one figure skater!! MHAW! 🤍

[@rosemary709]

here's a list of all media mentioned with their respective tiers movies: • Blades of Glory [A] • I, Tonya [S] • Ice Princess [B] • Ice Castles [A] • The Cutting Edge [B] • Champions [B] • On Thin Ice [B] • A Promise Kept [S] • Ice Angel [D] • Go Figure [C] anime: • Yuri on Ice [S] • Ginban Kaleidoscope [D] • Medalist (tbr) [A] shows: • Spinning Out [C] • I Have Nothing [S] • Zero Chill [D] documentaries: • Meddling [S] • Freeze [B] • On Edge [B] • Tessa&Scott Show [B] • Be Good Johnny Weir [B] • Javier Fernández. Rompiendo el Hielo [B] • The Ice King [A] reality shows: [C] • Skating with the Stars • Dancing on Ice • Battle of the Blades • Skating with the Celebrities

[@tattooedkittykat]

Medalist actually is coming out in January for winter anime season! Im super excited for it since I adore figure skating. Also the one cool thing about Yuri on Ice is the production team worked with tons of real skaters to capture skating/the moves used in the series. Those guys definitely did their homework! ❤

[@PeachyBoris]

I think I was the commenter who suggested this, thank you Cathy! ☺️ An interesting movie you missed is Carmen on Ice- Katarina Witt starred in this figure skating/opera/dance mashup.

[@cathydingg]

Yes you were!! Thank you for your suggestion! OOO I will check that out for sure! Katarina's Carmen program for sure lives in my head rent free all day everyday

[@canislupa]

When I was little I was absolutely obsessed with this made for tv movie musical I had on VHS called Snowden on Ice. Snowden is a magical snowman and the movie starred Ekaterina Gordeeva, Scott Hamilton, and Kurt Browning. So if anyone wants some 90s figure skating nostalgia, I highly recommend it.

[@IngridVPR]

Yuri!!! on Ice is my everything💙

[@ud5n]

There's also Ice: The Movie (2018 on Amazon video, loved this movie), The Petrichor, Ice Girls, Kiss and Cry, Free Skate Also for Zero Chill nobody is named Axel, it's Archie 😅 The brother isn't sent to a hockey academy, he is picked to be a player on a professional team.

[@Aura-yi8sz]

UNDERRATEDD! LUV YURI ON ICE

[@skating4life-x]

In Russia there was a movie called Лед in English ice about an ice skater it was made recently

[@alisfun2186]

actually It’s not a such good movie. I’d suggest to watch “The last axel/ Последний аксель» series. The current russian figure skaters carried out jumps in it. And also Evgenia Medvedeva participated in one of scene.

[@sandrasepaniak3229]

My partner and I watched ice princess a few months ago, and we both agreed that the plot would be 1000% improved if they made the main character and Hayden Panettiere's character gay.

[@cathydingg]

HAHA real

[@pattiarrison6590]

Actually, I used to skate with a man who was a hockey player turned ice dancer, so it can happen. And don't forget--Kurt Browning played hockey while also figure skating for many years! Anyway, I'd love to hear your opinions on various figure skating novels.

[@cathydingg]

THE MOVIES ARE BECOMING REAL! haha

[@JEMTenor]

Prepared myself but I was still not ready for the Go Figure slander lol - it’s my ultimate comfort movie from childhood and I still quote holy Kristi Yamaguchi daily ahaha

[@JEMTenor]

Also LOVE the Cutting Edge remakes with Christy Carlson Romano… same hockey player tropes but there’s one where the girl is the hockey player turned pairs skater

[@eljj7968]

Haha same, love it. It's ridiculous but in the best way, such an adorable movie.

[@lilacfields]

literally no one has heard of Go Figure and it makes me so sick!!! it was one of my favorite disney original movies as a kid

[@Kittypaw2]

yuri on ice was the only thing that got me to keep on going with figuring skating after i got told i wasn’t good 😭

[@cathydingg]

Don't let ANYONE tell you, you aren't good enough!! You got this- I believe in you!

[@Kittypaw2]

@@cathydingg thxxx

[@elizabethstranger3122]

This was a really fun video😊 the movie ice Princess was what first got me into figure skating when I was a kid. I actually started skating at the age of 14, which is also considered old, but I didn't care, because I was just so obsessed with skating❤ I still watch figure skating videos every day on KZbin. There are two Chinese series all dramas that involve figure skating that I would recommend: 'Skate into love' and 'To fly with you'. I really wish that someone would make a cute romantic k drama where the main character is the figure skater. 😊 I also really wish that there were more movies about solo male figure skaters!

[@leezyleezzz8604]

I heard there was a Russian show called The Last Axel that looks pretty messy and has a cameo! And a new movie that came out based on Katarina Witt.

[@cathydingg]

@@leezyleezzz8604 HAHA of course it was Russian

[@CheyenneSedai]

as a Spanish speaker it took me a moment to understand you were saying rompiendo el hielo.

[@cathydingg]

@@CheyenneSedai LOL I sincerely apologize it has been a while 😅

[@TT-ce9sm]

The very first figure skating movie I watched was My Sergei. I'm surprised it's not mentioned here.

[@CanonSkyrissian]

when will we get a figure skating romcom where the guy is the skater and the girl is the hockey player

[@cloudcure]

Now we are talking, generally been waiting for someone to talk about this!

[@cathydingg]

Thanks for watching!

[@grunklestan603]

I really enjoyed Spinning Out because it was basically Effy Stonem on Ice, lol

[@Ice62004]

I know it sounds craaaazy but I really, reaaaaaalllly recommend Ginban Kaleidoskop it’s sounds crazy but its really, really good🥺

[@Angelika5378]

Yuri on Ice: my absolute favorite anime. I'll never forgive mappa for canceling the movie! Also the definitely kissed! They freaking got engaged by the end xD

[@x_jax_x]

If you want another figure skating anime, I would suggest Skate Leading Stars. Its not bad, not very realistic (they are doing quintiple jumps occassionally), but the plot is decent and its pretty well made. Not to the standard of Yuri on Ice, but its good. Oh yeah, it group figure skating competitions (5 or so skaters put together a short and free skate program and compete).

[@cathydingg]

OH WHAT damn haha anything can happen in the anime world apparently

[@sarahb77756]

Battle of the Blades is actually pretty good! It’s pro hockey players paired with well-known Olympic-level pairs skaters and ice dancers. The performances are way better than the other two shows where the contestants are various types of celebrity with a higher learning curve. Plus it just oozes Canadian pride, which is fun!

[@cathydingg]

True! That show is Canadian through and through!

[@Google-U]

Yuri on ice was on TV every week at the time. I enjoyed it because many of the characters resembled the current players at the time. Conversely, the author said that the new figure skating anime(Medalist) starting next year will not be associated with real-life skaters. I haven't read the manga, but it's highly rated, so I'm looking forward to it.

[@emmybm15]

It wasn't mentioned in the video but I quite enjoyed the biopic film about Torvill and Dean that ITV did, it was quite good I've watched it at least twice 😅 Will say the documentary series Freeze that BBC did, which was mentioned in the video, was really cool ❤ Loved this video and so I'm absolutely subscribing ❤ Think "Yuri!!! on Ice" rejuvenated my already big love of figure skating (I do have a preference for Ice Dance though 😅) Love from the UK ❤

[@cathydingg]

Thank you for watching and subscribing! Appreciate you

[@rawwwry]

there is a french tv film "De feu et de glace" (Of fire and ice) that was made in 2009, and the main character is played by an actress who actually did figure skating when she was younger. It's very stereotypical, big injury, meet a new coach, succeeds at the national championship type of movie but i quite liked it when i was a child

[@cathydingg]

Oooo will check it out!

[@MAG-111-11]

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[@AnuGrahit-111]

Да, хорошая мысль 👍

[@cathydingg]

OMG aw hello! That was such a sweet and creative comment- thank you for watching and subscribing- I always appreciate that so much and thank you for the suggestion! Looking forward to making more videos to come so stay tuned!

[@MAG-111-11]

@@cathydingg✨Thank You ❤ That’s so sweet….⛸️

[@laylawolf3454]

Death Parade also has a skating scene in episode 11. I would like to see you react on that scene too

[@shohamhadad5033]

there is the documentary”Medvedeva VS. Medvedeva” which captures the story of evgenia medvedeva’s career and why she quit so early when she could achieved more. the story about the scandal with her coach and Alina Zagitova and how figure skating damaged her spine (and legs if I remember correctly)

[@cathydingg]

Oh WOW - didn't know that even existed! Will check it out for sure

[@bekus3170]

Where can I watch it?

[@shohamhadad5033]

@@bekus3170 to be honest I don’t know I just read an article about it a number of months ago and saw the trailer.

[@elizabethfrootloop7814]

Look up Blades of Courage movie from the 1980s. It is in many ways realistic but also full of tropes. Available on KZbin.

[@cathydingg]

@@elizabethfrootloop7814 thank you for suggesting!

[@PecanSandees23]

I actually purchased that movie years ago on eBay. Best $5.00 I ever spent. 😀

[@Ezraspainter]

As someone who has a playlist of every figure skating movie and show I know, this helped me out lmfao

[@e.i.3077]

4:56 the thing is, these movies usually sell the idea that the characters are gonna be competing at nationals/worlds/olympics so yeah, 16 IS very old for that.

[@DaveCalungsod]

MEDALIST IS HERE?!!! Edit: *celebrating cuz she likes it💖 *also the girl's rival's coach is so goddamn fineeee

[@cathydingg]

@@DaveCalungsod HAHA anime skating coaching are always so goddamn fine 😂

[@wholockoncerinthehouse7784]

Hear me out. There's no debate. They kissed, and that's it. I don't wanna hear otherwise.

[@cathydingg]

HAHAHA

[@riverstardis8745]

fr. the only people still trying to debate it are either homophobic or have no media literacy. or both.

[@CanonSkyrissian]

yeah for real, a hug wouldn't have made all the viewers in universe go all O.O

[@Anamika00004]

Yes they did!!!🥹😭🖤🖤🖤

[@ashleygrazutis4203]

I personally agree with a lot of your thoughts regarding skating show and movies: Personally, I would put Ice Princess in at least A tier if not S tier. I have a huge bias towards Ice Princess because I started taking figure skating seriously due to that movie since I wanted to become Casey when I grew up. While how fast she got good was not realistic at all, I think the way the other characters were portrayed was mostly accurate. How protective the parents are of their skaters, the interactions between the skaters for the time, the expenses, the training methods, the social life and sacrifices you have to make as a skater, the scoring system, how competitions look, how you have to test to compete, what regionals and sectionals looks like, the skating culture as a whole I feel they did a very good job portraying for it being made in 2005. Yes, some things were overblown for dramatics (like we don’t skate sectionals in spotlights on tv, but I understand they wanted to make it more dramatic), but looking back at that movie now, I appreciate how accurate they portrayed the sacrifices we make and how serious and intense the culture is. Blades of Glory, while nowhere near accurate is always a comedic classic in my household. Would personally rank it B. Ice Castles I don’t remember enough to rank accurately, but love the story, so probably would put it in A. I Tonya I watched on a plane going to Spain. I didn’t think much of it. Would probably go in B for me. The cutting edge movies I was never a fan of, I would put them in C. I’ve never seen any of the anime’s, so cannot really rank them, but agree that any movie where there is body switching, is just too much for me, so put any of those reincarnation movies in D. I totally forgot about Go Figure. The 9 year old would put that movie in B only because of how much I liked anything Disney Channel at the time. For documentaries, I loved Ice King as I love watching John Curry! I would put ice king in S. I forgot about Rompiendo el Hielo. I really want to see that one as I love Javier Fernandez! Spinning Out I would put in S for all the reasons you mentioned, but I see it the other way. Yes it’s super messy, but it makes me want to keep watching it because of how messy it is. It keeps me interested while Zero Chill was so boring to me, I would put zero chill in D. I remember also when skating with the stars came out and agree 100% with you. It was interesting at first, but with skating under spotlights being hard to film, how long it takes for someone to get decent at skating and all the injuries that were happening that took many teams out in the first 3-4 weeks, it would never look as good as dancing and would be much harder to keep interest with. I would rank these shows B only because it’s skating. Thank you for all of your opinions on these shows and introducing me to some new ones I’ve never heard of before. I’ll have to check them out 😊

[@cathydingg]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!!!

[@Anna-y7c2z]

I subscribed!!!! I love figure skating but I'm just a beginner 😅

[@cathydingg]

@@Anna-y7c2z you got this! You can do it! I share a lot of videos and resources here for beginners so feel free to check those out if helpful!

[@freya._.yhhhhh]

Fun fact: zero chill was filmed at the rink I go to lol x

[@Huixinwaisum520]

It's always montreal and it's always either Lutz or Axel they fall on 😭

[@cathydingg]

HAHA REAL

[@Dragonfly20233]

Nancy Kerrigan is 10 years older than I am but when I was a teen and skating at a fairly high level when the whole Nancy/Tonya and then Nancy/ Oksana Olympics were going on my mom was at a very high level in USFSA governance and she once told me she had to attend a dinner with Nancy and that she had never met a more full grown brat in her life. That her mom was there too and she was even like that to her own mother.

[@lonelylove131]

The ginban kaleidoscope hateeee :( They never actually switch bodies he just hunts her

[@iceskateismylife2769]

There is also anime series skate leading stars. In summary hot guys in cute outfits skating in groups amd the plot is kinda good

[@cathydingg]

HAHA I'm dead- great synopsis "hot guys in cute outfits"

[@Anamika00004]

Ok they totally kissed💅🏽 🦋 (Like think about it. Victor is totally a hugger and a cuddling person, and has hugged Yuuri on camera multiple times. Why would Yuuri's fam go 😧😯🙄☺️😳😨 if it was just another hug? )

[@vasilisashakurova743]

I really liked “Sonya. The white swan”. It’s about Sonya Heny

[@JenPeis]

My favorite yuri on ice fun facts on the topic of accuracy are a) yuri was based on real life figure skater yuzuru hanyu, b) they recorded real figure skating audio for this show, and c) the routines are realistic to the point where people have learned and performed them which is absolutely amazing

[@daretodream9765]

Yuri on ice WAS NOT based on Yuzuru Hanyu. It was based on another real life skater Tatsuki Machida. All the Hanyu references are just because he's more popular and successful but his personality and life story are completely different from Yuri's

[@JenPeis]

@ oops my bad! Someone else told me that and it was easy to believe. Also, side note, there was really no need to be aggressive with that correction

[@daretodream9765]

@@JenPeis OK, sorry. I'm just tired of that stereotype, tbh. Have a nice day))

[@donnarosebusa3863]

I was like, ah, a super niche video, nice lets listen and then I realized I know a lot of these titles omg.

[@daretodream9765]

My dream is to see a good movie about male single skating (maybe a biopic), all the FS movies are about women/pair skating, rarely ice dancing

[@cathydingg]

OOOO I agree that would be so interesting

[@JiRune138]

Oh, you didn't include the Pretty Rhythm and Prince of Rhythm franchises, granted the skating aspect if much more on the backburner.

[@vistaavis1211]

There is also anime called "death parade" it have figure skating content in it

[@MaddyReads3520]

This was a super interesting video. Does anyone know, if someone did this for books?

[@Meilandru]

One of my favorite anime is KaleidoStar, and while the main premise is a magical cirque, there is a short figure skating arc in the second season. Totally unrealistic, from skates to trapeze, definitely high on the "do not try this at home" level.

[@aurelle8187]

Zero chill being last is heart breaking

[@tsergal]

I, Tonya is one of my favorite movies at all

[@emilymgemily]

i clicked on this video to ensure yuri on ice was recognized as the S tier masterpiece it is.

[@C.f.by-Lialia-A.R]

Can you please write a list with the name of the movies

[@Love_skatincc]

Hiii, ive never been this early but i need help, its my sisters first figure skating competition in April , she’s going to be eleven and she’s not sure what song to chose, do you have any recommendations

[@cathydingg]

@@Love_skatincc hi! Of course happy to help! Which musicals does she like by chance? That’s a good starting point- I think the greatest showman has been a popular one that would have good age appropriate selections! Never enough by Loren Allred is a beautiful piece! If you can tell me a bit more about her preferences I can make more recommendations- hope that helps!

[@Love_skatincc]

Thank you so so much, she loves the greatest showman but I think she wants a happiest maybe mor eupbest song

[@Love_skatincc]

Upbeat

[@GeeNoniGee]

The REAL King of Men's Figure Skating was Toller Cranston. Watch his old specials, he was THE Pioneer. Best to ever do it.

[@gileneusz]

0:52 No matter what, I would die anyway 🥲 6:33 Jesus have mercy... 🥺😭 I'm going back to chess 😊

[@amandas2168]

There is one called kiss and cry but its more about a real skater who got throat cancer more about her then skating

[@michellejacobs2758]

What about Harley and Katya?

[@JordanCapwell]

It would be helpful if you could list all the shows and movies your referenced so it’s easier for us to look up and watch rather than having to try and reskim through the video!

[@carlyhope]

They are making a biopic about Ondrej Nepela in my country. Not sure if you are aware of him but he was a big deal at least in Europe at his time and is still in my country. He was also gay and most probably died from complications from AIDS. It was before my time but I'm really curios about the movie.

[@floveury]

11 is no way too old to start skating, even competitively! chaeyeon kim who is one of the top female skaters right now only started skating seriously at 10 years old :)

[@lydiaellison2068]

I’m so sad Kiss and Cry didn’t make it on the list!

[@cathydingg]

omg never heard of that one before! Will check it out!

[@Cyno_.]

Yuri on ice getting me into ice skating Olympics

[@CrimsonRoseDancer]

I’m with you on the Netflix series. How tf is pairs less scary than singles? She’s scared of jumping so she turns to having someone throw her, hold her extended above their heads while spinning, and doing camel spins right next to her? Yeah, I’m throwing the BS flag on this one.

[@cocoa_cake]

Spinning Out should hvae been in S tier

[@jessicajacobs2347]

Yes, I totally agree!

[@luizavalerie]

Who is still waigting for season 2/movie of Yuri on ice 😭? (I am, even though I'm not into anime etc. etc. anymore)

[@Google-U]

Yuri on ice film has been announced as cancelled and there has been no announcement of a season 2.Yuri anime team seems to have been disbanded😭

[@charliewilcox6429]

you forgot to talk about Harley and Katya - an Australian Pairs skating team documentary on how she was Russian and him Australian and their sudden success ultimately resulting in her suicide.

[@jimlucas7062]

Aww really nice list, but sad that "harvey and katya" isnt on it. Amazing new netflix documentary about them.

[@cathydingg]

Oooo will check it out!

[@felicialovesnkotb]

Harley and Katia wasn't on the list. It's A documentary about Australian pair skaters, Harley, Windsor and Katya Alexandrovskaya. It's a sad story but definitely worth a watch. FYI Tai Babilonia's name is pronounced like "tie" not "tay".

[@eljj7968]

You missed my fave movie haha, Ice Girls (has Elvis Stojko in too which is cool) - one of the more realistic and charming skating movies among a bunch of crap lol. Why can't we have some normal skating movies... I want the skating version of Bring it On. I do love Ice Princess though. Insanely unrealistic, but also responsible for getting so many of us into figure skating. Also, just fyi, Tai's name is pronounced 'tie' not 'tay' :)

[@cathydingg]

@@eljj7968 thanks for letting me know about Tai! And oh my after all my Reddit research I still ended up missing a couple 😂

[@oatmilktea90]

Being bipolar and starved for good representation, I loved Spinning Out. As far as I remember it was a really accurate portrayal of my disorder, and it hit home hard. The messiness is the point, and I could, unfortunately, relate so well, outside of the sport. As a side effect, I got interested in watching figure skating :) too bad it was cancelled

[@nicholasm5586]

All the comments about YOI getting them into skating.... meanwhile I started because of Blades of Glory lmao

[@cathydingg]

HAHA what a way to get into skating

[@laurar7087]

you missed the entire mighty ducks series :(

[@jackmaul5668]

Super late comment, but medalist has 0 romance storylines for the mc and talks even about mental health and physical health in greaaat deals it's so refreshing 😭

[@johntousseau9380]

I absolutely loathe the hockey player turned male pair skater trope. I'd love to see a movie where they try that shit and it utterly fails because it would.

[@Angelika5378]

Kiss and cry is not on the list?

[@CocoRegardless]

lol you just ressurected my memory of watching go figure at like 12 y/o🤡

[@cathydingg]

@@CocoRegardless what a throwback 😂

[@piros100]

I seem to recall having seen a movie that has the same story line, just gender swapped. The guy is the figure skater who brakes up with his partner and they recruit a hockey player girl to be his new partner and rhey win gold together. I just can't remember the title, I saw it on TV and nor from the very beginning...

[@ninnik]

They DO kiss, but they cut out the scene 😒 You can probably find it on youtube.

[@magnus_anb]

ok i dont know if that counts as figure skating media, but a while ago i saw like a french or german movie about an old man who used to be a figure skater. hes kinda racist and overall a shitty person and then illegal immigrants move in into his apartment house and the son is sent to him bc the parents are out and he finds the old guys medals and wants to try skating (they have a language barrier) and then the old guy takes him, teaches him and makes him compete in the like rinks personal junior championships and in the end the old man sort of starts seeing the world differently and isnt that racist anymore, but the immigrant family have to leave because their illegal passports were found out

[@AbeNoSeirei]

I would love to watch it! Do you remember the name?

[@runae7368]

Oksana Baiul was 14 when she won the Olympics. At the time she was the youngest skater to win gold.

[@cathydingg]

Seriously incredible story

[@daretodream9765]

14? I heard she was 16..

[@daretodream9765]

Lipinski won at 15 in 1998 and was known as the youngest Olympic champion in singles

[@runae7368]

@@daretodream9765 yes you are right. I probably got the two confused.

[@ZarrocLP]

Imo Zero Chill very fun if you don't take it too seriously. Yuri on Ice has to be my favourite one!