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Well rfisher was right, the ladiezzzzzzzzzzzzz put the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in the flight. I saw the first skater in the final flight and fell asleep
also, it seems like skate America had much more of an audience then skate Canada, which is surprising.
Yeah that wouldn't have worked as there was quite a delay on the CBC feed.What?
It was called 3F!q.Generous.
It got reviewed up to a 3.She might be all hyper about the final combination spin. It only came in at level 2.
Should have been <It was called 3F!q.
Also my main issue was that the CBC Gem TV stream couldn't be stopped or started later, it was a live only thing. Oh, well.Yeah that wouldn't have worked as there was quite a delay on the CBC feed.
Random thoughts (finally got the Peacock replay to load….grrrr):
Loved Rina M.’s back outside counter into the forward spiral out of her double axel! Love those kind of beautiful moves. More please!!
I really enjoy Kaiya’s skating, but like many, that music is a super vanilla awful choice. I think Scott Davis has gotten much more handsome as he has gotten older.
Starr did the program with more sass and attack earlier this season. Program is fierce for her, but she has got to attack more for it to really be effective. Always one of the best dressed.
Laura Naki Guttman is reminding me of Sonja Hilmer. Always bringing unique and interesting programs. I’m trying to remember who did this music before????
Lindsey is sooo much improved in every way, except the slowing down the jumps and under rotating. Otherwise she is a wow with the beauty of her skating. Every spin and move is in great position and performed to the fullest. That full split Bielmann . Her program and packaging is gorgeous. Hair and makeup perfect. So fit. She really looks all grown up now. Maybe she could work on jumps with Malinina?? She could give Isabeau a run for her money, but Isabeau usually gets her jumps around, despite her not as aesthetic take-offs. Didn’t know about the back fracture!
Love the Pina program for Audrey Shin. She needed to perform it here with more personality, which I’ve seen her do earlier this season. Love the costume and her braided hair. I always like her skating but wish she could one time not underrotate (besides that one time at covid Skate America).
Oh Maddie…..Score was way high for three jump mistakes.
Chaeyeon Kim. Not my cup of tea (yet). But she gets the job done on the jumps when others don’t, so props to her. But please learn to point those toes and express the music.
Rinka’s dress is great. Otherwise I find her skating kind of forgettable, though mostly technically quite strong.
Kaori. That double axel is the best of any woman. A thing of technical beauty with the strong flowing edge. Always has me wondering why she can’t do a triple axel with her power and that technique. She never does a lutz and it is the most obvious inside edge lutz of all the ladies to me. Every time I see it I think what a good flip it is and then the commentator says lutz. Bugs me no end that she is not fairly called on that. She would probably still win if she was, so why don’t they? This style of music is not the best for her. She’s a power music girl. And I still think her spin positions are mostly not very aesthetic. But she really has no challengers right now.
I miss Kavaguti. One courageous lady.Nice to see that Yuko Kavaguti's school of toe-point has a new student in Rino Matsuike.
I actually enjoyed this more here than the last time I saw it, and she's on a completely different level from every other skater here
I do want Thorngren to fix her jumps because she has made huge strides in presentation. She has the most potential of any US lady after Levito.
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and yes, starr has to have more command and divaness for this program more like she had at Kings International
The singer posted an Instagram story about an hour ago after Sandra Bezic tagged her in the clip ("Such incredible talent ... THANK YOU for using my song for your routine"): https://www.instagram.com/venusworldofficialThorngren, Lindsay
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Music: Windmills of Your Mind by Venus