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Yes, loved that fluff piece and about time they did one on Daisuke! Oh, and he did the whole thing with "attitude" - like the way he skates the short program

Thanks so much for the information, Shattepoint and Carol.
Wow, did he look like Hip-Hop star???
I like his voice in English a lot.

Thanks for the information and your impressions swandie, Shatterpoint, and Carol! I saw this clip on ESPN too! I was so surprised and happy to see it because ESPN has never done a pre-made clip/fluff piece about Daisuke before! Daisuke was super cool in it. He wore casual/normal clothes and had a regular hairstyle, but his actions were very hip-hop like. The commentator Paul Wylie also kept saying how the hip-hop cyber swan program is "one to be remembered/is very important for this season."

I recorded this on my tape too, but I don't know how to upload it from video tape to online. I'm not very technologically advanced. Does anyone know how to do this or can give some basic tips?

ESPN didn't interview Daisuke after he won NHK though (they did with Tomas). Naughty naughty.

Thanks very much for information!!!

I love listen Daisuke speaking in English... so I can understand him!
I'm looking for this video on web... If I find it, I will upload it...

GO DAISUKE!!!

UMgal wrote:

ESPN didn't interview Daisuke after he won NHK though (they did with Tomas). Naughty naughty.

Yea, I was hoping for an interview too! I did enjoy Tomas' though. Hopefully, they'll do one with Daisuke at the Grand Prix Final.

Daisuke Takahashi Fluff - 2007 NHK (ESPN)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=oWZQXCt6ZlA

Hi kuro14! Welcome to DTFF!!
And thank you letting us know Dai-chan's fluff.

WOW! Dai-chan has very different personality in this fluff. Yay! He's cool indeed.

Hi, kuro14, welcome to this bord!
Thank you so much for the link for the fluff.

Hahaha!!! Sorry, this vid makes me a big laugh.
D...Daisuke is very different of what he is as usual.
But he is so cool!!

Hi kuro!!! Welcome on Daisuke forum!
Thank you very much for the link!

OMG!!!
Maybe some people say his footwork is cool... I agree with you all... I think HE is cool!!!

GO DAISUKE!!!

Hi kuro! Welcome to the forum and thanks for the video...I was hoping someone would upload it.

Love this fluff!!!
Thanks for sharing, kuro14!

Hi kuro14 Nice to meet you

The video Same as Leode, I laughed a lot Really different from his usual interview in Japanese Cute Thanks for the video link

Wow greaaaat fluff!!! He is so cute when he speaks english <3

i love this fluff, it's amazing!
and i agree with you all, he is cool!

This is cool! Good producer/editor! This is why I love ESPN!

Well, I have poor listening skill... Anybody pls help me...

What did he say exactly between "People say my footwork is cool" and "I stole couple of moves. I think it's cool. Check it out"

Thank you!

He said, "But this season, I'm bringing (although I'm hearing 'blinging') the hip-hop to the ice" and then "I learn by watching and I stole a couple of moves"

Hi Swandie,

Ohhhh.... Thank you sooo much!!!

kuro14 wrote:

Daisuke Takahashi Fluff - 2007 NHK (ESPN)
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=oWZQXCt6ZlA

Hi, I've just seen these posts and this is a HQ vid of this fluff. Enjoy

http://www.savefile.com/files/2123317

Let me write down again what he is saying in it
" Some people say my footwork is cool. But this season I'm bringing the hip-hop to the ice. I learn by watching and I stole a couple of moves. I think it's cool. Check it out!"

But I don't quite understand the last sentence"I stole a couple of moves" What does it mean? Why does he use the word "steal"?
Could someone explain it?

dilemma, he meant it as a figure of speech and not literally. He's simply saying that he transferred some of the moves he learned to his choreography.

swandie wrote:

dilemma, he meant it as a figure of speech and not literally. He's simply saying that he transferred some of the moves he learned to his choreography.

Thank you, Swandie, I'm just always thinking too much

Hi dilemma and swandie,

If it's not the common usage of the word "steal" in English, I think Dai-chan thought what he wanted to say in Japanese and then tranlated it into English in his mind. Becaue we frequently use the word "steal" in Japanese to express learning someone's skill or technique by just seeing it, not by being taught.

But actually Dai-chan took hip-hop dance class in NYC with Nikolai for a while before he tried hip-hop on the ice.

miyu, it's pretty common to use "steal" that way in English but your explanation makes a lot of sense.

Thank you, Swandie and miyu. I'm not a native speaker of English and I did not know "steal" can be used that way. Thank you for your explanation