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Joshua Farris broke his ankle DURING his skate today!? http://www.flutzingaround.com/2011/01/joshua-farris-broken-ankle-during-skate.html
in the way he is too slow and his feet are rather clumsy. I only say that because you talked about SS. Dont make me speak negatively!I said I love him, didnt you see all the goats I sacrifsed all day?in what way does he make KVDP look like Chan? Kevin's cute, but dull... (I do like watching him skate when his jumps are on though). Oh, well, wait... I think Chan is dull too, so yeah next to Ryan everyone's dull!
Okay, I want to toss this out there again.
Ryan Bradley tacked on a double toe to his second quad to ensure that he got credit for a combo.
He didn't - the protocols list it as a 4T+Seq.
If so, that double toe should be considered another jumping pass, right?
If that's true, then his final jumping pass doesn't count.
His final jumping pass is a 3F that got him 6.83 points
He won by 6.44 points.
Can someone explain where I'm wrong? Maybe the protocols I'm looking at are wrong?
... giving him credit for the 4t2t would give him an extra 3.4 points, fwiw.
Joshua Farris broke his ankle DURING his skate today!? http://www.flutzingaround.com/2011/01/joshua-farris-broken-ankle-during-skate.html
Send both Miner (sp) and Abbott to 4CC. whoever ranks higher there gets to go to worlds. that's what the Russians did with I/K and R/T, right--let Europeans decide? I like Miner and Dornbush, but why should Bradley's win be more controversial than Alissa's US title #1?
If all USFSA cares about is #spots for next year, Abbott not at his best will likely still score better than Dornbush at his best. ETA Oops I mean Miner. ^_^ But that's true for Dornbush as well.
If that's the case, then he had an illegal jumping pass that should have received zero credit.
Ryan had the worst skating skills by far of all of the men tonight. As well his levels for the spins were not there. Where did he get the points? Sympathy votes for sure.
Send both Miner (sp) and Abbott to 4CC. whoever ranks higher there gets to go to worlds. that's what the Russians did with I/K and R/T, right--let Europeans decide? I like Miner and Dornbush, but why should Bradley's win be more controversial than Alissa's US title #1?
If all USFSA cares about is #spots for next year, Abbott not at his best will likely still score better than Dornbush at his best. ETA Oops I mean Miner. ^_^ But that's true for Dornbush as well.
in the way he is too slow and his feet are rather clumsy.
I'm more surprised that they didn't give him the 2 toe at the end of the second quad. That makes no sense to me. If it's not part of the quad, isn't it another jumping pass? If so, Dornbush should be the National champion.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2011/68096/results.html
Looking at the protocol, I thought the judges were very fair with him on the GOE of his TES, I would have scored him very similarly on the GOE of his elements. The Tech Panel appears to be doing a fair job as well, I see no evidence of sympathy points on the 1st mark. Level 2 on the Step Sequence, Level 2, 3 and 4 on each of the three spins. The Tech Panel also refused to count his 2nd Quad as a combo even though he had a double toe there as his stumble disrupted the flow and they think he added an extra step for it to be called a jump combo, which is another -20% on the base value. Though they did give him the 1st Quad at full value, which was borderline of being under-rotated so Bradley got a little break there.
So why did Bradley got such good TES score? His planned content was very challenging and had high base value. Although he didn't execute them well, he didn't downgrade or UR his jumps - he executed 2 Quads and 2 Triple Axels, plus one of every other kind of Triple from Lutz down to Toe Loop. So he has the full repertoire of the Triple jumps covered. In short, my quick analysis of the his TES score indicate the panel did a very fair and thorough job, something I would be personally willing to vouch for their integrity, without a doubt. \
hmmm I don't think of them as clumsy, just not pointed...
I will agree, though, that his SP's footwork made me wish it were more like Kurt Browning's. Now HE would have lit a fire on the ice with his feet to that music.