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2015 U.S. Nationals practice reports

MK's Winter

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Feb 9, 2009
Hooks are when the skater lands and their landing foot hooks around sharply, which is usually a telltale sign of an UR since they have to come around extra quickly. Mirai's 3T was most definitely at minimum UR in that clip of not actually <<...

Thank you for explaining!
 

SashaJuliaSpins

Final Flight
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Jan 10, 2014
Ah, I loooved Adam's Finlandia LP. More than Jason's T&I, and I am a Jason uber. I loved the choreography, the music cuts, the way that Adam appeared to float with the music.

In the GPF game, I put Adam in the top 5, maybe the top 4, of all his competitions. And we know how that turned out for me.:drama: I wouldn't change your predictions yet.

But Adam's forthright admission that his GP season "sucked" makes me love him again.:love:

I switched him with Chen already:drama:...I can't do this any more [insert emoticon of me being almost physically sick here]
I love his skating, but am not so sure about his consistency...El henry, why do you have to say something? Now I am doubting my decision again!
 

Mrs. P

Uno, Dos, twizzle!
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Dec 27, 2009
I switched him with Chen already:drama:...I can't do this any more [insert emoticon of me being almost physically sick here]
I love his skating, but am not so sure about his consistency...El henry, why do you have to say something? Now I am doubting my decision again!

You still have a few hours left to change your mind. :)
 

el henry

Go have some cake. And come back with jollity.
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I switched him with Chen already:drama:...I can't do this any more [insert emoticon of me being almost physically sick here]
I love his skating, but am not so sure about his consistency...El henry, why do you have to say something? Now I am doubting my decision again!

I am sorry, I did not mean to single out your quote, it happens it was the last one of the "OMG Adam with a quad lutz" posts. :biggrin: With which I totally agree how impressive that is. I hope Adam skates well, and with all due respect to Ricky, Max, and Jeremy, I like his quads better and they fit in the program better. And I certainly like Adam better than Nathan.

just adding the :drama:;)
 

SashaJuliaSpins

Final Flight
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Jan 10, 2014
I am sorry, I did not mean to single out your quote, it happens it was the last one of the "OMG Adam with a quad lutz" posts. :biggrin: With which I totally agree how impressive that is. I hope Adam skates well, and with all due respect to Ricky, Max, and Jeremy, I like his quads better and they fit in the program better. And I certainly like Adam better than Nathan.

just adding the :drama:;)

I forgive you although I was not upset:biggrin: It just makes the drama more palpable! I am probably going to change it again! Oh the joy and addiction of result prediction!:laugh2:
 

WeakAnkles

Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 1, 2011
You still have a few hours left to change your mind. :)

Oh that's just EEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL. :)

Don't listen to her SJS. Go with your gut feeling. During the GPF I DIDN'T go with my gut that Liza would win and if I had I could have won the whole GP Prediction shebang. So I've learned my lesson for next year! :)
 

LisaM

Medalist
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Nov 30, 2014
Has anyone seen Hawayek/Baker? Wondering if they have any adjustments in their dances. :)
 

SashaJuliaSpins

Final Flight
Joined
Jan 10, 2014
No way. I watched again, perhaps a slight UR on last jump of combo but certainly not half a turn in any of those jumps!

Yes, I am referring to the last jump. It could be human eye inaccuracy causing me to see it as larger than normal. It would be great to see it in slo-mo!
 

Scovies

Final Flight
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Jan 10, 2014
It looked very UR to me, even from far away on low-quality video. Her landing foot turns a significant amount on the ice. TSL has tweeted that she's been hooking a lot of her landings this week. This isn't looking good. :/
 

80sskatergirl

Rinkside
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Mar 13, 2013
It looked very UR to me, even from far away on low-quality video. Her landing foot turns a significant amount on the ice. TSL has tweeted that she's been hooking a lot of her landings this week. This isn't looking good. :/

TSL isn't even there. They tweeted that from a "source". Who knows who their source is. That video is terrible quality and without slow mo replay it's impossible to tell. I'm going to be optimistic this week!
 

gkelly

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Jul 26, 2003
That video of Nagasu? I can't even tell what the first two jumps were since they seem to start after the takeoff. The landings seemed to be backward but I don't know where they took off. The triple toe in the combo definitely looked hoocked on the landing, possibly by up to 180 degrees.
 

katmari

Final Flight
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Feb 21, 2014
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Tweeted this morning:

Ryan Bradley @RyanSBradley
Someone forgot to tell @jasonbskates and @Adaripp that a 7:45am practice was supposed to be difficult. Both were on point all morning
8:47 AM - 22 Jan 2015
 
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