Fred's, (Used to be Barb's), Board

This is the 30th anniversary of Kurt's quad at the 1988 Worlds in Budapest - it was the very first successfully landed in competiton. Here's a video that includes both Kurt's success and previous attempts: https://youtu.be/kxpCu8wRv14

Yesterday Nathan Chen won the 2018 Worlds with a free skate that included 6 quads!!

Who could have imagined where things would go?

Some thoughts from Kurt via Twitter on this anniversary:

I sometimes feel that a cap on the # of quads is a good thing but then we would not see Nathan making jumping history with beautiful spins and footwork?

Maybe too many failed quad attempts put a dark cloud on the men’s long programs, but do we tell them not to go for it?
Their athletic abilities are so high that I am dumbfounded
Can the new multiquad era exist in unity with artistry?
Would restricting the # help the big picture?