Thanks, KinoriH, for finding that link. I don't know what the rules are for stopping a program but they seemed to have accepted the problem, and let them continue. It's funny, that costume deserved to be cut up into lots of tiny pieces. The worse costume I've ever seen in fact, on anyone, ever. I was wondering how the older man got hold of a pair of scissors so quickly! But through it all, Max behaved like a gentleman (not surprisingly).
The rules for stopping a program are saying that the skater must approach the judges and explain what the problem is. After that the judges decide if they can continue from when they stoppd. They almost never let skaters start their profram from the beginning.
max's instincs were right. What I love about him is that he truly cares about the health/saftey of his partners. He almost never puts them at risk.
and his expressions in the K&c... i can't even.