annzeepark914 March 31, 2022 Share March 31, 2022 I saw at another skating forum that Cain-Leduc will be in Stars on Ice at the San Jose site (that their names were just added at least for that location). 4 Link to comment
healthnut April 3, 2022 Share April 3, 2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5gZbEpRV5/?utm_medium=copy_link Jessica and Brian have ended their partnership. Lu/Mitrofanov have split, he’s skating with someone else. Chelsea & Danny also. If Ashley & Timothy and Alexa & Brandon retire we are left with Spencer and Emily. And we have three spots at Worlds next year…. Link to comment
justmehere April 3, 2022 Share April 3, 2022 Sad to learn this news. I liked them a great deal. 5 Link to comment
emmawoodhouse April 3, 2022 Share April 3, 2022 3 hours ago, healthnut said: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5gZbEpRV5/?utm_medium=copy_link Jessica and Brian have ended their partnership. Lu/Mitrofanov have split, he’s skating with someone else. Chelsea & Danny also. If Ashley & Timothy and Alexa & Brandon retire we are left with Spencer and Emily. And we have three spots at Worlds next year…. And Brian has announced his retirement. I wonder if Jessica will look for a partner. Is Danny O'Shea still available? https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb5vE7xPqZu/?utm_medium=copy_link Link to comment
healthnut April 4, 2022 Share April 4, 2022 1 hour ago, emmawoodhouse said: Is Danny O'Shea still available? Unless his tryout with Olivia Serafini was successful, he is available. And already trains with Todd & Jenni, you and I are thinking the same thing… 3 Link to comment
ChicksDigScars April 9, 2022 Share April 9, 2022 Just when the US crawls back into Pairs respectability, the partnership carousel starts again. Alexa and Brandon have not indicated that they're done, right? Ashley's multiple concussions are worry some, as far as Cain Gribble-LeDuc continuing. 7 Link to comment
healthnut April 9, 2022 Share April 9, 2022 Alysa Liu announced her retirement today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIvaQlvpZd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 2 Link to comment
redpencil April 9, 2022 Share April 9, 2022 Bummer. I'm glad she had that Olympics experience, and got the Worlds medal. Hopefully the young juniors can keep progressing (especially Levito). 7 Link to comment
Avaleigh April 9, 2022 Share April 9, 2022 3 hours ago, healthnut said: Alysa Liu announced her retirement today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIvaQlvpZd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= I'm sad to see her go. That being said, she should be so proud of everything that she's accomplished. I was hoping that she'd have another couple of seasons in her but I totally understand her wanting to move on from the sport. There's more to life than skating and I'm glad that she's excited about her next chapter. Considering how she was rumored for awhile now to not have been as happy to skate as she once was it seems like it's a good time for her to wrap things up. I also hope that she's been able to inspire some kids to get into skating. We need some new blood. Fingers crossed for Isabeau and Lindsay to keep improving. I hope Hanna and Amber stay in the mix too. Hanna's had some disastrous competitions but she can be so good! I want her to have that amazing performance at nationals next year. Alysa's story is one of many reasons why I don't think 18 should be the age limit for international competition. Raising the age to 16 (instead of turning 16 by a certain date in the calendar year) is a reasonable compromise. Not everyone wants to skate until they're deep into their 20s. If people like Alysa want to reach their goals at an earlier age and then go to college or whatever else they should be allowed to do that. 11 Link to comment
KittenPokerCheater April 10, 2022 Share April 10, 2022 I got the feeling that Alyssa had wanted to retire for a long time, so I am glad that she gets to go out on such a high note with the olympics and worlds. I wish her the best in whatever she does going forward. 5 Link to comment
Enero April 13, 2022 Share April 13, 2022 (edited) On 4/9/2022 at 1:03 PM, healthnut said: Alysa Liu announced her retirement today. https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIvaQlvpZd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= This is quite young to retire from skating. But others before her have done so after reaching their dreams. Moreover, it’s nice to see a ladies teen retire on her own terms for a change rather than been forced out due to injury or becoming obsolete to the club/country for whom they skate. I wish her great happiness and success with her future endeavors. Edited April 13, 2022 by Enero 7 Link to comment
HartofDixie April 14, 2022 Share April 14, 2022 Results link for junior worlds http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2122/wjc2022/ 1 2 Link to comment
Tippi April 16, 2022 Share April 16, 2022 Double yay for Ilia. This has been a breakthrough season for him. It will be interesting to see how he does in the upcoming year. Beautiful short program by Isabeau. 8 Link to comment
ChicksDigScars April 17, 2022 Share April 17, 2022 So, gold medals in three of the four disciplines at Junior Worlds for the U.S. Isabeau came in second in the free, but held on to her lead. The Browns won the ice dance gold. Bronze in Junior Women for Lindsay Thorngren. The top six in the Junior ladies were all US and South Korea. Surprising that Japan came in 8th and 10th. 4 Link to comment
emmawoodhouse April 17, 2022 Share April 17, 2022 How about some love for the Browns? 😀 7 Link to comment
SeanC April 18, 2022 Share April 18, 2022 5 hours ago, ChicksDigScars said: The top six in the Junior ladies were all US and South Korea. Surprising that Japan came in 8th and 10th. Japan's junior women have been struggling all quadrennial. The hopes are all on Mao Shimada to turn things around when she becomes age-eligible next year. Seeing Levito skate after Shin, the other Korean girls, and Thorngren just highlighted how bad her jump technique is. She shouldn't have won, on that basis alone. I still recall being dazzled by the Browns' JGP debut back in 2018, with that awesome blues free program that ended up having to get changed because it didn't have a change of rhythm and was never as good again. They've had an up-and-down quad (including their original coach turning out to be a sex offender), so I was happy for them to get a big win here. And very glad for the Canadian teams, especially Nadiia, who is from Ukraine originally and had to junk their original free dance for this season because it was a musical homage to the Russian Army, something that she obviously lost all taste for in recent weeks. Too bad that Wesley couldn't hold his podium position after the short program, but he should take this as valuable experience for the home Junior Worlds next season. 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 19, 2022 Share April 19, 2022 I am very impressed by the Browns. Not just their skating style, but also their choice in music. I've been a curmudgeon re: sappy music chosen by today's skaters, but the Browns (so far) have very good taste. Very mature in music and skating style. Wish I could hear Dick Button's take on these two. 1 Link to comment
healthnut April 20, 2022 Share April 20, 2022 Here’s Mischa Mitrafanov and his new partner Hazel Collier at a show. I’ll reserve judgement until I see a real program but at she can land a triple jump so that alone could put them in the mix in the US. I, too, really loved the Browns. I’m bummed for Katarina & Jeff and the twizzle fall, I would’ve liked to see how those two teams would’ve fared head to head. Speaking of ice dance, they made a bunch of changes for next year, adding a “choreographic assisted jump” and they nixing the pattern step. 2 2 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 21, 2022 Share April 21, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 8:38 PM, healthnut said: Here’s Mischa Mitrafanov and his new partner Hazel Collier at a show. I’ll reserve judgement until I see a real program but at she can land a triple jump so that alone could put them in the mix in the US. Speaking of ice dance, they made a bunch of changes for next year, adding a “choreographic assisted jump” and they nixing the pattern step. Hmmm...sounds like ice dance is getting closer to pairs, in a cautious way. They already borrowed the pairs spin (& look better doing it than the pairs teams, IMO). Now they want to get into jumps. I thought TPTB were planning the jumps to be like what Charlie White loved to do...just an exuberant jump all by himself. But an "assisted jump" doesn't sound like this. Link to comment
emmawoodhouse April 21, 2022 Share April 21, 2022 They've actually made changes to the pairs spin so it's less like pairs. I read the rules, but I was totally confused, so I can't define the changes. 😳 1 Link to comment
Good Queen Jane April 21, 2022 Share April 21, 2022 (edited) Dance seems to change the elements every year. I was confused by all the slides on the ice everyone did last year until I read that "choreographed slides" were added as an element. Also, my reading of the changes is that the Seniors will still do a pattern, just that they get to choose which pattern they will do within the required Rhythm (which is Latin). If I'm right, that kind of defeats the purpose of the pattern, which was having everybody doing the same moves so they could be judged on who did them best (like figures). Very confusing! I'm convinced that only 10 people in the world understands the scoring in Dance. Edited April 21, 2022 by Good Queen Jane 4 6 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 22, 2022 Share April 22, 2022 Guess I'll be grabbing the remote a lot during the Latin RD segment this coming season (all that concertina whining drives me up the wall). Link to comment
HartofDixie April 25, 2022 Share April 25, 2022 https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/story/_/id/33802518/international-skating-union-strips-russia-hosting-grand-prix-figure-skating-event-due-war-ukraine 7 Link to comment
Enero April 25, 2022 Share April 25, 2022 3 hours ago, HartofDixie said: https://www.espn.com/olympics/figureskating/story/_/id/33802518/international-skating-union-strips-russia-hosting-grand-prix-figure-skating-event-due-war-ukraine Unfortunately this could all be moot if a Russian is elected President of the ISU in June. If the war is still going on at that time, I'd hope members of the ISU would think better of electing a Russian sympathizer as president, but you never know how things will go in these types of situations. 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 25, 2022 Share April 25, 2022 It seems like Tallinn is a favored skating site these days. It could probably take over the Cup of Russia. 1 Link to comment
KittenPokerCheater April 26, 2022 Share April 26, 2022 It's very cool that they are having Skate America in the NorthEast where it is not Boston. Does anyone know when the assignments come out? I'm still so sad about the american pairs roulette that continues to twirl from one partner to another. It seems like Tallinn is a favored skating site these days. It could probably take over the Cup of Russia. (There's a dark joke about Russia taking over Tallinn here, but I can't find it). :( Link to comment
HartofDixie April 26, 2022 Share April 26, 2022 16 minutes ago, KittenPokerCheater said: It's very cool that they are having Skate America in the NorthEast where it is not Boston. Does anyone know when the assignments come out? Sometime in June. Link to comment
Mittengirl April 26, 2022 Share April 26, 2022 Any word on when Team USA finds out when/what Olympic medal they will receive? Link to comment
Rootbeer April 26, 2022 Share April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Mittengirl said: Any word on when Team USA finds out when/what Olympic medal they will receive? The last I heard, no decision was expected until July or August. 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 27, 2022 Share April 27, 2022 Did I miss the announcement for location of Skate America 2022? Link to comment
emmawoodhouse April 27, 2022 Share April 27, 2022 52 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said: Did I miss the announcement for location of Skate America 2022? Skating Club of Boston. 1 Link to comment
annzeepark914 April 29, 2022 Share April 29, 2022 I was watching some SOI videos & wondered who's wearing the big white feathers during an Elton John medley group skate? Also, are all the skaters who competed this season skating their competitive programs, or is it just Nathan? Link to comment
emmawoodhouse April 29, 2022 Share April 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said: I was watching some SOI videos & wondered who's wearing the big white feathers during an Elton John medley group skate? Also, are all the skaters who competed this season skating their competitive programs, or is it just Nathan? Jason is skating Sinnerman, and I believe Vincent skates his Vincent program. 1 1 Link to comment
HartofDixie May 1, 2022 Share May 1, 2022 On 4/28/2022 at 11:14 PM, annzeepark914 said: I was watching some SOI videos & wondered who's wearing the big white feathers during an Elton John medley group skate? Also, are all the skaters who competed this season skating their competitive programs, or is it just Nathan? It's Evan! Most of the skaters are doing one program and their gala program. In the 2nd half Nate is the final skater (doing Rocketman) then the finale is an Elton John medley. 1 1 Link to comment
emmawoodhouse May 1, 2022 Share May 1, 2022 Ilia's getting close on the quad Axel. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdBjXlkMgS4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 3 Link to comment
annzeepark914 May 1, 2022 Share May 1, 2022 39 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said: Ilia's getting close on the quad Axel. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdBjXlkMgS4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= I don't know whether to cheer or express concern. Isn't the quad Axel the toughest on a skater's body? Nathan doesn't do it & he's got hip issues. I wonder what orthopedic specialists think of this jump. 4 Link to comment
emmawoodhouse May 1, 2022 Share May 1, 2022 2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said: I don't know whether to cheer or express concern. Isn't the quad Axel the toughest on a skater's body? Nathan doesn't do it & he's got hip issues. I wonder what orthopedic specialists think of this jump. Triples took out Tara at a very young age. I'd say that all the advanced jumps are going to eventually cause damage unless one retires early. Link to comment
NUguy514 May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 5 hours ago, emmawoodhouse said: Triples took out Tara at a very young age. That's because her jumping technique was utterly horrendous. 3 5 Link to comment
absnow54 May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 17 hours ago, annzeepark914 said: I don't know whether to cheer or express concern. Isn't the quad Axel the toughest on a skater's body? Nathan doesn't do it & he's got hip issues. I wonder what orthopedic specialists think of this jump. The 3A has always been Nathan's worst jump, so I'm not surprised he never went for the quad. 3 Link to comment
Domenicholas May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 And now that Fanyus are upset because only Yuzuru Hanyu should be able to land the 4A. 8 Link to comment
annzeepark914 May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 1 minute ago, Domenicholas said: And now that Fanyus are upset because only Yuzuru Hanyu should be able to land the 4A. It's kinda scary how many people are so OTT obsessed with a sports figure. This has to be a psychological abnormality. Is it a young female thing? 2 Link to comment
ChicksDigScars May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, Domenicholas said: And now that Fanyus are upset because only Yuzuru Hanyu should be able to land the 4A. You know, I'm sure he's a very nice guy. Seems to be. But the obsession with him drives me batty. I follow the topic of "figure skating" on Twitter and instead of seeing tweets involving all of skating, it's just tweets of fucking obsessed Fanyu's. It makes me wish he'd just retire. 9 Link to comment
emmawoodhouse May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 1 hour ago, annzeepark914 said: It's kinda scary how many people are so OTT obsessed with a sports figure. This has to be a psychological abnormality. Is it a young female thing? No, lots of little middle-aged ladies are on his bandwagon. It's not just tween girls. Link to comment
Jeddah May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, Domenicholas said: And now that Fanyus are upset because only Yuzuru Hanyu should be able to land the 4A. I love Hanyu, but can he land one? I don’t think I’ve seen him come close to the one Ilia did. 2 Link to comment
Avaleigh May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 35 minutes ago, emmawoodhouse said: No, lots of little middle-aged ladies are on his bandwagon. It's not just tween girls. Yep. He has male fans too. Link to comment
Lady Whistleup May 2, 2022 Share May 2, 2022 Nathan is not a strong edge jumper. His best jumps are the lutz, flip, and toe-loop. So he wouldn't have gone for the quad axel anyways. 2 Link to comment
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