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Am I going to get distinction If I do them like you?

Олег привет! Мы как-то виделись в Орландо пару раз, мой новый тренер Сказал смотреть только твои видео у него советская школа фигурного катания. Спасибо тебе за твой труд и видео они очень классные.

this is harder than axels

I’ve been enjoying your videos. Are you finished making videos for The Book of Proof?

Isn't it a toad

I love the opening pan down from darkness into light. You should also be a cinematographer. Very interesting to watch. Loved how you said you weren't going to rest on your laurels right as you did a close-up of some laurels😅. That's awesome that you're taking proofs. I struggled with that class at first too but in the end I felt like it did the most out of all my math and engineering classes to settle my feet on solid ground, being conscious of what all my assumptions were. A lot of the issues you describe training for ice skating I think can be solved by moving to Alaska. That's my plan anyways - so I can live by an outdoor lake and go skating whenever for however long I want. That and be a seaweed farmer. Vaya con dios

I've found I keep my balance better hydroblading with no hands (with upper body turned to the outside) or one hand than I did with two hands. With two hands I always end up falling off of it or not being able to get up because my weight shifted too much to my hands but I'm trying to fix it.

Please explain example 1.14

This is so freaking good!

Today I ate ice trying this, learned not to rush it. Ended making 3 or 4 clean....it is a great feeling. :) Took me months of drills to be able to even attempt them.

Practicing this, I note most of the turn comes form your torso and arms going ahead of the turn, not your legs. Now checking in the video I see that is the case.

That fog is really cool! Totally does look like a scene out of a horror game. My hat's off to you -- I need to lose at least 30lbs myself but I just hate running. Dance Dance Revolution was the only cardio I could ever enjoy and keep up, but as I get older and heavier it's a bit too high impact. Ice skating is the next best thing but it's hard to do it often enough to lose weight.

Nice and cood ❤❤❤

I'm glad you're ok. Be careful out there.

That area you went is a part of my normal jogging loop (when it's not below freezing out, haha)! You definitely chose the best spot for your jog, and I'm sure the rare cold weather we are having made it even more memorable. Enjoy your time in Portland! :) Also, if you're still in the area and looking to ice skate at all, there's a seasonal outdoor (covered) skating rink near the waterfront just south of that area that I think is open for another week or so. They are trying it out to help bring more people downtown. Besides that, there's the Lloyd Center rink, Winterhawks Skating Center, Mountain View Ice Arena, and Sherwood Ice Arena, and The Rink Exchange further south in Eugene. We're spoiled with a pretty good number of rinks here!

This was more useful than I think you might realise- your subtle emphasis on consistency in one’s own life is a reminder people don’t often hear these days. Thank you for this!

It’s so lovely hearing you speak on this. You make some very valid points & you have a refreshing way of highlighting what I feel are some of the critical issues that will either make or break a relationship & you make it make sense. I also loved your comment that “nobody rages as well as I do”!! Fantastic. 👍🏻

This is going to be very cool! Is there anything you don’t do well? How are your knees, incidentally? Good form, sir!

Oleg, why don't you make skating videos?

Are you Autistic?

Hi! How many laps around Magnolia equals a mile?

I’m going to subscribe & donate so I get to use this for my CrossFit workouts…

THIS IS GNARLY!!!

Your lungs are in great condition, by the sounds things!

You got this!!! Rewatch crew! Oh man that’s tough.

This is pretty cool!

Thanks for sharing. Good luck with all your adventures

Difficult decisions you've making, dear Oleg. I wish that you skate as much as you can because it's so fun and good both mentally and physically. And you are an ice dancer- what about solo ice dancing for interest ? Have a happy new year , what ever you do, studying , coaching , running <3

I think it would be better if you were running in the neighborhood.

Good to know that you're still coaching. Otherwise giving up figure skating completely (stop going on ice at all) would be such a huge waste after so many years of investment in ice time and coaching fees. Figure skating is a very cruel sport, too much investment in time and resources yet too little financial/material returns. Even top athletes don't really have a long (or profitable enough) career. I am happy for you that you've found an alternative professional route in landscaping and computing studying. Thank you for your old videos on elements, they are very well made and truly precious gems. All the best for your future endeavour. Happy new year!

Thank you!!

You're exactly right, Oleg, our needs and priorities change with time and this is OK. It's not like you'll never skate again, it's just that skating isn't taking you to where you need to go at the moment and so you have to reallocate time appropriately to achieve your life goals. You're a goal-oriented person, you pick your goals well, and you have the determination to succeed. I'm very excited for the new tools you will add to your box, and remember you are adding new tools and not throwing away old ones.

There's an art to disagreeing that we seem to have mostly forgotten. People live online in information bubbles and echo chambers for so long that they take the collective opinion for granted. The thing I wish people would understand is that no idea is holy or untouchable and it's quite healthy to have ideas be challenged and criticized constructively. That is the way that ideas improve and if you're at an impasse it's OK to respectfully agree to disagree. The solution to the problem of disagreement is never going to be to retreat further into the bubble and ignore and humiliate differing opinions.

you homeless or something now

Here’s a hint for number 49: The x and y variables in the set definition aren’t the x- and y- coordinates in your chart. Your points are (x, x+y). Try rewriting the set definition by replacing x and y with a and b. Then plot the points (a, a+b), keeping in mind that b is only integers.

Nice, nice root exercises :)

Nice exercises :) You're doing fine. Check the power of power exercise 9. Math is fun <3

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Hey Oleg. Sounds like an interesting idea and the skating videos could be really cool. I’m not into gaming so have not seen much gamer streaming, but Louis Rossmann does something like this while repairing Macs, and natalielawyerchick does one for court videos… both of which are very interesting. I personally find the live online interaction awkward, and prefer to watch recorded videos (some social phobia!?). Coding/math ones might be popular, especially if you are one of the only ones doing that. Hope that everything is going well with you, with work, school, etc.

You should get the degree. You are interested in programming, it will be another accomplishment that opens doors with no obligation to walk through them, and it will make you an even more interesting person. You will be proud of yourself for accomplishing this goal, especially knowing you had to work much harder than others to achieve it. I know this because I lived it and I recognize the drive in you.

Excellent detailed coaching as usual but marred by the loudness of the music, which is very distracting. Background music contributes nothing to the lesson and here it borders on foreground music, with the lesson lurking in the background. The aim should be to provide instruction not to make art films.

An excellent video. I wish I had had this model to inspire me when I was skating 40 years ago. Too late now, alas.

Dear Oleg: I have watched this video for over an hour.

Play the video at 0.25x speed and you can see the magical pose that Oleg holds twice in each cycle. At 1:26 he does the 3 turn and then holds the pose, then at 1:29 he does a cross over and holds it again. It's an X shape, with the skating knee bent, free foot off the ice, tjhe entire body leaned into the circle, the skating foot way outside the body with the shin, thigh, hips, torso and head all leaning into the circle, and the free leg extended out of the circle like a counter balance. This, more than anything, is the crucial "flying" move of this routine.

The usual tips apply. Rise up for the 3 turn, hold those edges, control arms from shoulder blades, and for gosh sake what ever you do don't hit that bucket.

I mean OK, you're you, but really, I've watched a lot of ice skating, a lot, and this is just one of the most magical routines I've seen.

Here are some questions: When did you move to PA? Why? Where did you live before that?

Great video. Not according to my "don't waste my time" and "step by step instruction" preferences, but I still really liked the video. I'm from Houston, I've seldome seen snow, that winter wonderland content was glorious!!! I actually learned a lot, which is not to say that I will ever be able to do any of it. I see how you are rising up for the three turn and then falling back down onto the edge. That, in addition to relieving weight on the blade during the turn, creates an extremely graceful "floating" effect. I see how hard you are leaning on that backwards edge and holding it for an extended glide. The way you lean your body while on that backwards edge creates a "flying" effect there. That is the most magical moment of your routine. I see how you are sparying ice while holding that backwards edge/glide, and in your intro I can see the clean curved trace and snow spray, so I can recognize from your figured trace what you were doing at that point oif your intro. The way you rise up and fall like that, combined with the way you hold/move your arms, creates a "jump" effect, making the exit of your 3 turn look like you are landing a jump, and you have that "floating back to the ground" effect that I love. I also see how high you are holding your arms and a swan shape and I see you puffing up on the head high pose to make yourself bigger. I've noticed before with your partner how agressively she uses her ankle to angle the blade to its edge, and you are doing that here as well. While most CZcams coaches stress the "press down, rise up, press down" technique for the three turn, in actual demonstration some don't seem to be doing that. They are so good they don't have to do that, they make the 3 turn look so effortless. I have been lax on that myself. "I don't need to do tbat. That's just extra needless effort. I'm beyond that. The coach doesn't do that. That's too hard. That doesn't feel easy or comfortable." But your video has taught me how crucial is that rise/fall, not only to make the 3 turn happen, but to give it that floating/jumping effect. I have learned your lesson, I will make that "rise up" an integral part of my 3 turn from now on.