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Post by JustJuls on May 20, 2018 3:48:22 GMT
Who likes Ice Skating?
This is the place to discuss it if you do!
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Post by Critical on Jan 22, 2019 9:14:25 GMT
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Post by springmaiden27 on Jan 22, 2019 21:24:31 GMT
This is so sad for everyone involved. I actually said “oh no!” when I read about his death. Yes, he was going through a very tough time that was going to get tougher. But, I’m sure this is not what the potential victims wanted when they reported him to SafeSport.
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Post by Critical on Jan 29, 2019 2:18:46 GMT
IIRC several posters were questioning why everyone was making such a big deal about Nathan Chen at last year’s Olympics. This is why: youtu.be/4q9GFtiSrYcHis total score was over 50 points more than Vincent Zhou, who came in second. If he can stay healthy and focused, I think he’s the guy to beat in 3 years.
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Post by springmaiden27 on Jan 29, 2019 5:30:36 GMT
The men’s competition was so exciting! Nathan is incredibly talented and can go up against Yuzuru Hanyu legitimately. Nathan’s expertise is forcing the other guys in the USA to up their game. The top three were just fabulous, and the newer guys see what they have to do get on a World or Olympic team. The next three years are going to be soooo good in this discipline.
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Post by Critical on Jan 29, 2019 7:36:17 GMT
The men’s competition was so exciting! Nathan is incredibly talented and can go up against Yuzuru Hanyu legitimately. Nathan’s expertise is forcing the other guys in the USA to up their game. The top three were just fabulous, and the newer guys see what they have to do get on a World or Olympic team. The next three years are going to be soooo good in this discipline. For sure  Really, he could have beaten Hanyu last year too. I added up his short program score from Nationals in 2018 with his long program score in PyeongChang and that score would have won the gold (his score at World's last year would have beaten him too). His Nationals total this year was his highest score yet and was nearly 25 points higher than Hanyu's at the Olympics. I think Nathan just couldn't handle all of the pressure and expectations for him to win. He'll be older and more seasoned in Beijing and I think he'll be the one to beat. LOL about him being "older" - he'll be 22  Theoretically, he could have two more Olympic Games in him.
How cute was Alysa Liu!? All of 13 and now she's the youngest Ladies champion in history. That kid jumps like it's nothing AND she's pretty good artistically too. Often those little ones are like jumping beans, but aren't so graceful. She's got both.
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Post by Critical on Feb 1, 2019 8:37:32 GMT
I missed some of the competition this weekend because I was traveling. I'm just now watching the men's short program OnDemand (from a Chicago affiliate, inexplicably). SO glad to see Jason Brown getting rid of the schtick with the pony tail and the gimmicky routines. I do think he needs to revise that haircut though. Every time he skates backwards, the back of his hair flips up and it looks like that Kate Gosselin "Let Me Speak to the Manager" 'do. Probably not the look he was going for With the World Championships coming up, I hope they've revised the rules about elements in the long program. IMO, the bonus points in the back half of the program really ruins the flow of the routines and it was what gave those Russian girls the win at the Olympics. Yes, they were very good, but the worked that rule to get the maximum amount of points with programs that were dull. It was like "glide around, spin, do footwork sequence" for the first half and then "jump, jump, jump, jump" in the second half. Meh. I hope they've revised the rules and required skaters to have more balanced programs. They should have to do a certain number of jumps in the first half of the program.
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Post by Critical on Dec 8, 2019 2:56:29 GMT
Nathan Chen just won the finals of the ISU Grand Prix with (I believe) a record score - over 30 points higher than Yuzuru Hanyu. Both of his programs were excellent, but Nathan’s free skate was one of the best I’ve ever seen. Just incredible!
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Post by Critical on Jan 27, 2020 2:36:43 GMT
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Post by Bearcata on Jan 27, 2020 23:31:40 GMT
Have many hours of ice skating to watch, American Nationals and European.
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Post by springmaiden27 on Jan 28, 2020 16:25:29 GMT
All of this is figure skating...fortunately and unfortunately.
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Post by MissScarlet on Jan 30, 2020 23:37:00 GMT
Jerks & predators are everywhere. Even in seemingly wholesome places.
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Post by Bearcata on Feb 1, 2020 2:09:03 GMT
Finally finished all the NBC and NBC sport center figuring skating. OK I don't watch all of it but well over 10 hours. I can't believe how good the American female single skaters were. Both the short and long program were fantastic and Mariah Bell skating to Hallelujah was throat choking awesome. I must admit who ever the director was for all the US National skates did a fantastic job of being up close but not too close and just far enough away that you could really see what the skaters were doing and also how well they were covering the ice. I cannot say the same for the European championships. The camera was simply too far away to the point it was hard to see the skater. What was the point. I was shocked how good the depth of field was of the American females vs the European. I loved the US Nationals woman's long program as each skater was better then the previous one and almost everyone stayed on their feet. I was not even that impressed with the top three Russian girls. Yes, they are all technically proficient however only Alena Kostornaia, has a bit of heart and soul in her program. The other girls,Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova, you take away their jumps what is left? Them skating from one end of the rink to the other getting set up to jump. I liked some of the other European girls performances especially Emmi Peltonen and it was too bad she fell as her long program looked well put together, a good combination of choreography and jumps.
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Post by tilden on Mar 12, 2020 14:29:58 GMT
The ISU has cancelled the 2020 World's Figure Skating Championship, which were to be held in Montreal. The soonest they could be rescheduled would be October, and that would run right into the start of the 20-21 season, so it's quite possible that they won't be rescheduled at all.
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