Men's first group in order was: Arlet FS, Makar SP, Nikita (Backstreet Boys), Kao FS, Shun SP and Koshiro FS.
Kao had really nice jumps and he also fell a couple. After one fall he starfished a little while and continued with a big smile. Then couple moments later he fell again and even slided onto the board but didn’t hurt himself. It was a humorous moment. I think Kao doesn’t have difficulties with this ice so he got many succesful jumps done. I admired his really deep running edge.
Shun did good too, I love that tango SP it suits him well. Nice jumps some falling. One seemed quite nasty and he was holding his lower back after that. I hope it’s not something that a sauna can’t fix.
Second group in order: Kevin, Nikolaj, Matteo, Ivan, Liam and Jimmy. All FS.
I don’t have much coherent to say because I filmed Kevin’s runthrough for a friend and there was so much to see.
Kevin did good and seemed content. He practiced jumps after his turn and they went fine.
Nikolaj had both boots heavily taped, they seemed like a matching pair but I’m not 100% sure. When there was 10 minutes or so practice time left I noticed he had heavy padding in his behind. Like he stuffed two bath sponges in his pants.
Matteo seemed to practice and do more stuff in this practice than in Canada. I remember Kevin Reynolds say that usually he doesn’t do much. It’s always so satisfying to watch Matteo’s skating and my mind wondered to the magical night of EC mens’s Free Skate when he skated the lights and hearts out.
Matteo was smiling a lot during his runthrough.
Ivan was using his phone, maybe his coach was on the line. I haven’t seen Ivan’s programs earlier so I don’t know if he changed the ending or is he saving the dramatical dying on ice for the competition. Or is it in the SP?
I didn’t follow much Liam’s runthrough. Jimmy’s jumps were good or I just have blocked the bad ones out of my mind. I was waiting for the awesome step seq which he delivered.
During the last minutes they played Bee Gees Stayin alive and both Matteo and Jimmy danced to the beat when they were skating around the rink. It was funny, too bad I wasn’t quick enough to capture that on video.
Kao had really nice jumps and he also fell a couple. After one fall he starfished a little while and continued with a big smile. Then couple moments later he fell again and even slided onto the board but didn’t hurt himself. It was a humorous moment. I think Kao doesn’t have difficulties with this ice so he got many succesful jumps done. I admired his really deep running edge.
Shun did good too, I love that tango SP it suits him well. Nice jumps some falling. One seemed quite nasty and he was holding his lower back after that. I hope it’s not something that a sauna can’t fix.
Second group in order: Kevin, Nikolaj, Matteo, Ivan, Liam and Jimmy. All FS.
I don’t have much coherent to say because I filmed Kevin’s runthrough for a friend and there was so much to see.
Kevin did good and seemed content. He practiced jumps after his turn and they went fine.
Nikolaj had both boots heavily taped, they seemed like a matching pair but I’m not 100% sure. When there was 10 minutes or so practice time left I noticed he had heavy padding in his behind. Like he stuffed two bath sponges in his pants.
Matteo seemed to practice and do more stuff in this practice than in Canada. I remember Kevin Reynolds say that usually he doesn’t do much. It’s always so satisfying to watch Matteo’s skating and my mind wondered to the magical night of EC mens’s Free Skate when he skated the lights and hearts out.
Matteo was smiling a lot during his runthrough.
Ivan was using his phone, maybe his coach was on the line. I haven’t seen Ivan’s programs earlier so I don’t know if he changed the ending or is he saving the dramatical dying on ice for the competition. Or is it in the SP?
I didn’t follow much Liam’s runthrough. Jimmy’s jumps were good or I just have blocked the bad ones out of my mind. I was waiting for the awesome step seq which he delivered.
During the last minutes they played Bee Gees Stayin alive and both Matteo and Jimmy danced to the beat when they were skating around the rink. It was funny, too bad I wasn’t quick enough to capture that on video.
Hope you did too and get well rested before tomorrow!!
) ...who's accompanying their skaters competing at Junior Nationals this weekend? 
