What's New; Perfection

KRMA-TV (Television station : Denver, Colo.) · October 1970

Featuring skating champion Tim Wood and his instructor Ronald Baker, this film focuses on the art of figure skating. Filmed at Colorado Springs in the Broadmoor Hotel's World Arena, considered the country's top figure skating school, it shows the discipline and total commitment needed to become a figure skating champion. It goes on ice with Wood, currently Senior Mens World Champion, with Baker, one of the world's most distinguished figure-skating teachers, and with his two students Bobbie Chadd and Gail Hamula, for practice sessions, individual classes, and demonstrations. (Young skaters spend a minimum of six hours a day, six days a week, twelve months a year, practicing free skating techniques and thousands of hours mastering "school" figures. Precision in forming figures and perfect patterns on unmarked is necessary to win any championship.) The film uses stop action photography to illustrate the skater's precision and skill. Tim Wood is seen demonstrating some of the different types of figures and how they are formed and performing figures, splits, turns and spins. What's New: Perfection was produced and directed by James Case of KRMA, Denver for National Educational Television. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche) What's New is a children's series that ran from 1961-1973. The early seasons typically consist of multiple segments, each from an ongoing series on a specific topic. Each segment was produced by a separate educational broadcasting station, and the linkage between the segments was produced by WHYY and hosted by Al Binford. In episodes from later seasons the format varies more, with many episodes focusing on one story or topic throughout the entire 30 minutes. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)