Ice skating is an amazing sport to watch. Couples ice skating is even better.
When partners get on the ice, you never know what will happen. They toss each other up in the air and do all sorts of amazing tricks. Ice skating is harder than it looks, and those who make it look easy are really talented.
If you have ever ice skated before, you know exactly how difficult it can be. Keeping your balance to stand is one thing; taking off, gliding across the ice, controlling your body, and then stopping seems almost impossible.
A brother and sister team seems to have mastered the sport.
Sinead and John Kerr are Olympic ice skaters that love to put on a show. They always have amazing choreography and also have amazing costumes. They are very talented, and more importantly, they have fun on the ice.
They performed a routine called the Scottish Dance at the 2008 Worlds. Their performance was one of the best. The audience seemed to love it, and the team couldn’t have been happier with the way it turned out.
For their costumes, John wore a Scottish jacket and kilt. Sinead also dressed in a Scottish dress.
Of course, their costumes had more bling and sequins than most Scottish outfits do. Their music was also a traditional Scottish song.
Since skating combines a lot of gymnastics and dance moves, there were many different Scottish dance moves put into the routine. At times, it’s hard to tell if you are watching the team dance or skate. As soon as they start to glide across the ice, it becomes clear that they are about the put on a great show.
The audience was on the edge of their seats as the brother and sister skated around the rink.
At some points, he lifted her above himself. At others, they were kicking their legs over each other’s heads. They are clearly capable of doing a lot of hard tricks.
It seems like the parts the audience liked the best were when they were having fun and dancing across the rink. As the music picked up, so did their skating pace, and before long, they were flying around the rink and doing some fancy stepping in the process. Most skaters try to keep their skates on the ice as much as possible, but John and Sinead seemed to keep picking their feet up and high stepping with the music.
The audience cheered and clapped as they performed a flawless routine.
At the end, the audience gave them a standing ovation. They seemed to be happy with their scores at the end of the competition. Their performance was great, but their attitudes were even better. They seem to really get along with each other, which is rare for most brothers and sisters.
Working with a sibling every day would be difficult, especially when you are trying to make it to the Olympics and win a gold medal. You would really have to trust your brother or sister to allow them to toss you up in the air and spin you around on the ice.
John and Sinead definitely have a strong bond, and they work really well together on the ice.
They had some of the best freestyle routines on the ice, and they are always high energy. They are capable of executing flawlessly choreographed routines that are entertaining and even exciting at times. They aren’t the traditional couple skaters, but they sure do know how to skate and put on a great ice show.
They retired from competition skating in 2011.
Their ability to entertain the crowd has helped them find careers as performers on “Stars on Ice” and at the Ice Theatre of New York. They also made an appearance on the show “Glee.”
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