Figure Skating

[absnow54]

6 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Anyone getting a bit frustrated with Chock and Bates? I know they're getting great scores and results so there's no need to change, but I feel like their programs have gotten stale. I'm tired of Madison making the same sexy faces and arm waving. 

I feel like Carreira/Ponomarenko and Green/Parsons are more interesting, if not as consistent.

Chock and Bates are obviously bidding their time for the Olympics next season so they can finally get their individual medal and retire. I imagine they’ve been channeling all of their creativity into next year’s routines. 

3 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

eta Ashley is reporting that Jason is not petitioning. Bye 3 spots. 

Andrew Torgashev might be able to pull off a top 10 finish. He had a decent showing at his Grand Prix assignments this season. 

[Salacious Kitty]

5 minutes ago, absnow54 said:

Chock and Bates are obviously bidding their time for the Olympics next season so they can finally get their individual medal and retire. I imagine they’ve been channeling all of their creativity into next year’s routines. 

Andrew Torgashev might be able to pull off a top 10 finish. He had a decent showing at his Grand Prix assignments this season. 

Torgy hadn't skated yet when I posted. If he can pull that off at Worlds, that would be most excellent. 

Also, Jackie Wong tweeted about an hour ago that Jason hadn't said anything either way about petitioning. So, I guess there is a chance that he'll be the third guy. 

[TwoBitUsherette]

7 hours ago, Is Everyone Gone said:

Anyone getting a bit frustrated with Chock and Bates? I know they're getting great scores and results so there's no need to change, but I feel like their programs have gotten stale. I'm tired of Madison making the same sexy faces and arm waving. 

I feel like Carreira/Ponomarenko and Green/Parsons are more interesting, if not as consistent.

I'll admit I'm tired of all the top teams right now - C/B, G/F, and G/P. I foolishly assumed most, if not all, of them would have retired by now. It feels like they've all stalled out creatively and are just treading water until the Olympics.

[Is Everyone Gone]

1 hour ago, absnow54 said:

Chock and Bates are obviously bidding their time for the Olympics next season so they can finally get their individual medal and retire. I imagine they’ve been channeling all of their creativity into next year’s routines. 

I get that, but I still wish they'd come up with something different other than Madison making sexy O-faces and waving her arms around.

[Salacious Kitty]

 

[specialj67]

I still enjoy Chock and Bates, but their programs this season are not doing it for me. There are individual cool moments, like the slide move in their FD that really covers a lot of the ice, but they don’t add up to overall interesting programs (in my opinion).

Andrew T seems to be having a pretty good season so far; his scores have been steadily improving all season. If he does what he’s capable of, he could finish in the top 10.

[Is Everyone Gone]

I have a question. I notice that many of the times skaters do those knee slides yet their tights don't rip. Are skating tights much thicker than regular tights?

[ChicksDigScars]

22 hours ago, MaryMitch said:

I've always liked them - I actually like watching her expressions. It was nice seeing their moms in the audience.

I prefer Madi's face to a certain Canadian pair whose female partner has her mouth open like a blow up doll "O" all the time. Not naming names...

I saw a photo of the podium in the post dance presser. Evan was there. Not Madi. C/P and G/P were all there. She must have really been sick to not go. If she had the ick that has been making the rounds, that I had this past week, I don't know how she actually skated. That shit busted right through my Covid/RSV/flu/pneumonia shot firewall, too. 

I laughed when Anthony slammed right up against the judge's table in that dramatic move, and even Terry yelped. And is it me, or is Adam Rippon ALSO now referring to Terry as "Terrance?"

I thought that the ladies podium worked out. SO many people online with the "but Alysa didn't fall, she was robbed," argument. Uh yeah, but did you see how exhausted she was at the end? Did you see her fall out of her spin because she was too tired to keep up? Amber's 3A was ridiculous (in a good way). Aside from the fall, she was fast and more sharp. And she received the proper 1 point deduction for that fall. I think it was the correct placement. 

So, has Alysa cut off her overbearing father? Is she free of him? I'm hoping so, but she is still only 19 so Pops could still be in the shadows. 

I didn't see it online, but did they put Kam and O'Shea on the World team. It's wouldn't actually surprise me, being their results this year overall. 

 

[Is Everyone Gone]

13 minutes ago, ChicksDigScars said:

So, has Alysa cut off her overbearing father? Is she free of him? I'm hoping so, but she is still only 19 so Pops could still be in the shadows. 

Idk if she's cut him off but she's older now, and probably less completely under his thumb. It's like there were a lot of rumors that Nathan Chen's mom was extremely overbearing and pushy, and that it wasn't until he went to college and became more independent that he started pacing himself the right way.

[iMonrey]

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And they named Kam/O'Shea over McBeath/Parkman in Pairs.

That pisses me off. I mean, I get it, but I strongly disagree with it. It's not like they had a few minor errors here and there, they really fell apart. You have to earn it, and prove you can perform under this kind of pressure.

19 hours ago, Salacious Kitty said:

eta Ashley is reporting that Jason is not petitioning. Bye 3 spots. 

It's not incumbent on Jason Brown to go to Worlds every year so we have three spots for men. He's gotta retire some day, we need new skaters to take his place. And ultimately, the third spot is just going to . . . Jason Brown. So if no one else finishes is the top 10, we'll just have two skaters, instead of two skaters and Jason Brown. I'm fine with that.

Does one fall "prove" that Ilia Malinin is human? Or does he fall on purpose to make us think he's human? 🤔

[Is Everyone Gone]

No, Jason Brown was just added to the worlds list.