The evil Surya Bonaly: figure skating sore loser

She scares me. I love her.

She'd cut a bitch's knee.

WE in danger, gurls!

She was my favorite

Glad we are discussing her instead of the basic bitches of today's women's figure skating.

Her mother was a piece of work too.

This reminds me of when a shocked everyone and won #3 over poor dear Viola.

Apparently she scored the same points as the gold medalist but a judges decision gave the gold to the basic japanese bitch.

I think you're right, R8. It was quite controversial at the time.

How do I pitch a TV show where Surya and Omorosa just stand there for a half an hour and slap each other?

The. Best. That backflip move is still stunning 20 years later.

Denise Bielmann had giant bush.

If figure skating was just a jumping contest, then she would have won a gold. Unfortunately for her, figure skating also requires something called artistic impression and choreography.

She was really like a female Elvis Stoyko who was also a great jumper but had no artistic ability whatsoever.

She was athletic but watching her skate was like watching a gymnast skate. Her middle name should have been Grace, that way she would have had it somewhere. I've seen boxers that were more fluid in the ring than her on ice and skates.

She was adopted!!!!!!!

She was amazing and along with Harding and Ito made skating exciting. Of course all 3 were shitted on by those puritan judges.

Exactly. They and that drunk, Oksana.

I loved her. That attitude! Those flips! The costumes!

Just a reminder, this was not the Olympics. It was the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships. And interestingly, the Bronze medal winner here was named Tanja Szewczenko (pronounced Tonya).

The same year at the 1994 Olympics was the Nancy Kerrigan vs. Tonya Harding nonsense. And as we all know, Oksana Baiul won the Olympic gold medal. Surya Bonaly came in 4th at the Olympics.

4th. Can you imagine?

Surya should've won in 1993, not in 1994.

1994 really was such a bizarre year for ladies skating.

As for Surya, I thought she added flare to the mix, but I really can't stand this revisionist history happening lately that is trying to paint her as some misunderstood skating pioneer, specifically referencing her race (and i.e. Racism) as the reason why she never won a world or olympic title.

Surya didn't win because she was a terrible skater. Period. She had absolutely no edges to speak of, and skated on the flats of her blades. No curves or glide whatsoever. That's not skating. You're just pushing around up and down the ice at that point.

To win 5 European titles and 3 world silver medals with her atrocious skating skills is a testament to how much the judges dealt her a fair hand. When she hit her jumps, she was always rewarded with high technical scores, but would alway get dinged on presentation (which was totally fair).

Backflip followed by triple salchow. Dick Button and Peggy Fleming liked it.

I crave her!

Yes, she was adopted and her white mother was a piece of work. A real skating mom, just like a dance mom.

Thank you R22! You said technically what I was trying to say non technically. You hit the nail on the head properly. She was not good, period. Athletic, yes but sloppy.

Now if you want to talk about the whole package, watch video of Ekatarina Witt. 1988. I hated her at the time but she was the gold standard.

LOVE Surya!

I remember an interview with Surya and her mother was next to her, and basically feeding answers to Surya as each question was asked. She wouldn't really let Surya answer on her own. That was creepy.

Her mom looks like she should be wearing a pointy hat and riding a broom.

Speaking of evil skating moms, I've always read that Tiffany Chin's was the worst.

[quote] She had absolutely no edges to speak of, and skated on the flats of her blades. No curves or glide whatsoever. That's not skating.

That'th not thkating, that'th typing!

Rink moms should be banned.

Damn, Jackson Browne is her mom?

More recent picture of Suzanne Bonaly:

Did Surya have a kid?

2016 article on Surya coaching in Minnesota:

It has just occurred to me that I have never actually heard Surya speak. I wonder what she sounds like.

French accent.

She's engaged to be married, but has had no kids yet as far as I know.

Why is she evil?

If anyone was evil, it is that homophobic cunt Scott Hamilton.

I used to think Kurt Browning was hot back in the day. He was balding on top but had an incredible ass.

Kurt skated like Gene Kelly danced.

Surya was a joke! She could barely skate. All of her technique came from gymnastics. She would literally come to a stop on the ice , do a gymnastics jump, land on her pick not the blade edge, THEN go back to her wobbly skating. It’s insane she won as much as she did and now she’s coaching?!

I thought she was fantastic, but figure skating is a subjective sport. The judges want graceful girls. But what other 4th place finisher is still causing debates 25 years later? She had something.

"She was adopted!!!!!!!"

But she did finally re-connect with her bio-parents.

Surya was the only exciting skater back in those days. Especially compared to those boring as fuck ice princesses.

And you guys need to give her a break. She was 20 years old in 1994.

Lets get you all on tape when you're 20 years old in a high pressure competition where you feel you were robbed in the scoring, and lets see how YOU react. She's only human.

Now you can tell she has matured very much, and she's doing great work teaching young girls.

She was too butch for figure skating. She should've tried golf or tennis.