all 3 of those jumps appeared to have hooks on the end of them :/
Agreed. Oh Mirai.. :no:
all 3 of those jumps appeared to have hooks on the end of them :/
Practice Notes: Brown SP runthru: 3axel(ur?), 3flip3toe, 3Tanolutz - looks confident
Practice notes: Rippon 4lutz(ur,2ft), clean 3axel, 4lutz(ur,fall); Hochstein clean 4toe after lots of 3toes
Practice notes: Rupp SP runthru: 3axel(stepout), 3flip3toe, 3Riplutz
Practice notes: Rippon 4lutz(ur,fall), 4lutz(rotated,fall), 4lutz(rotated?fall); 2 clean 3axels for Brown
Practice: Rabbitt FS runthru: 3lutz, 3axel(fall), 3flip, 3sal3toe, 3flip2toe, 3sal, 2axel2toe2loop, 2axel
Practice notes: make no mistake, Adam Rippon just landed 4 triple axels out of 4 attempts
Practice notes: Hochstein clean SP runthrough: 3lutz3toe, 3axel, 3flip
Practice notes: beauty of a 3axel from Rippon, also 3Riplutz3toe
FACTOID: Adam Rippon hit 8 of 8 triple axels that I saw, he was a jumping maniac today, no clean 4lutz though
Josh Farris SP practice videos from Thurs are on Jennifer Comeaux's blog:
She also has photos of Josh and others from practice -- plus competition photos of many others.
Joshua's spins here are simply STUNNING Even on par with Jason's I would say...Josh Farris SP practice videos from Thurs are on Jennifer Comeaux's blog:
She also has photos of Josh and others from practice -- plus competition photos of many others.
Joshua's spins here are simply STUNNING Even on par with Jason's I would say...
Just watched the run-through of Gracie's and Hannah's shorts sans sound via the feed golden411 shared.
Gracie skipped the triple/triple and her layback but did everything else and looked strong out there. Seeing a single cam wide shot you really get a sense of the speed she uses in this program and how much she fills the ice. Maybe it's because this is the second season out she's doing this program, but I was really surprisingly struck but her display of musicality even when the sound was mute on the feed. She's not a skater I typically associate those things with but at least with this program you still get a sense of the rise and fall in the music through her body language, speed, energy. It's far from my favorite program, and say what you will about the material Lori and Frank give her, but there's so much quality all around this program from the construction to the execution.
Hannah also skipped her combo but it looks like she did everything else well. By contrast, watching her short without music I was struck by how one note it is. Granted she's skating to firebird, and in the short it's much harder to create a rise and fall in the short time with all the elements (and I think Lori is especially good at constructing dynamic short programs) but the whole program was skated with the speed and energy of a "Michelle just nailed her second lutz now it's time for the footwork" moment.
I think the construction of Gracie's program is more affective. As a viewer you're given somewhere to go, rather than starting at top speed and trying to maintain it. It's funny I didn't anticipate to be comparing and critiquing the programs like this, I just noticed what a great opportunity it is learn something about choreography and how programs get built in comparison to how programs get scored when you watch without the music.
I'm so happy to read that Rippon's 3A looks consistent