Pairs SP, Friday 11/18/11

[Nadine]

Thought I would start it for all you pairs' lovers fans out there.

ps: I'm not one of them.

[Nadine]

I used to like this CAN pair (specifically her with her old partner), but not too much anymore since I learned about her personal life off ice, though I know it shouldn't affect the on ice skating, but hey I'm only human.

Nice program, but pedestrian split double twist, otherwise all elements landed and bluesy feel to it.

[BackStage Barbie]

I love pairs! I'm doing a LIVE play-by-play of the event right here http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com/...ting_2188.html

[Nadine]

Poor French Pair (btw whatever happened to the split triple twist!?! seems like nobody's doing it anymore :( ). Their lifts were ugh and their spins weren't much better either. Need tons of work.

[Nadine]

This Chinese pair has been the best thus far, and that's not saying much unfortunately. Seriously, this field seems to be made up of the D-LIST.

And this haunting beautiful music always make me want to cry; best performance by far was Michelle Kwan's to "The Red Violin"; did justice to both the music and the movie.

ps: finally, a split triple twist!

[ImaginaryPogue]

Dong/Wu were relatively clean but really boring.

[Nadine]

oops, spoke too soon, they're second, probably due to not being able to land the sbs jumps. :(

[Nadine]

Finally, some somewhat quality pair skating by the B/C list.

Nice split triple twist.