2015 JGP Riga Cup Pairs SP Aug 27

[matmuh]

i agree! and they were a bit slow and lift wasnt great but that throw sal was great!

 

[Layback11]

Stream was glitching. Got it back on in time to hear the Russian team skating to what sounded like a car wash operating in a windstorm...

 

[Sugarpova]

boo the fall
but great music & great programm

 

[matmuh]

Re Russian team, 1st position in their lift was weird to me and isnt Flip mandatory as single jump for pairs as well??

 

[TMC]

The Russian ninjas were cool!!! Awesome ending poses!

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

I remember last season we saw a partnership that we thought just did not look right because the guy was built like a tank and the girl was tiny.

Was it this Russian couple (Borisova / Sopot), or am I thinking of another couple?

I just can't remember!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[sequinsgalore]

Ekaterina BORISOVA / Dmitry SOPOT (RUS)

Music: Ninija by Maxime Rodriguez

Red dress / black jacket, pants - both with gold dragon/chinese motif

3Tw - nice
2A - she twofoot << and falls, he hand down
4Li - nice position
3STh - ok, bit forward
PCoSp3p
StSq
BoDs

Some good elements, need more expression

SP: 29.32+21.45-1.00 = 49.77, 1/2

 

[Layback11]

Oh dear, what is that girl wearing?!? It looks like a practice jacket and booty shorts!

 

[matmuh]

I remember last season we saw a partnership that we thought just did not look right because the guy was built like a tank and the girl was tiny.

Was it this Russian couple, or am I thinking of another couple?

I just can't remember!

CaroLiza_fan

i think he said its their 1st JGP season

 

[Layback11]

Aww, it's code name Vivaldi...I love the piano guys, but the costumes make it kind of hard to look at.

 

[TMC]

Hang on - isn't flip the compulsory jump this year? Or is it flip OR 2A?

 

[Pika]

Re Russian team, 1st position in their lift was weird to me and isnt Flip mandatory as single jump for pairs as well??

Flip mandatory ? That sounds quite crazy !

 

[cheerknithanson]

I like the costume! It's different! And a kind of different I like.

 

[Tastetherainbow]

Hang on - isn't flip the compulsory jump this year? Or is it flip OR 2A?

Compulsory jump for pairs this year is 2F or 2A.

 

[Layback11]

The giant purple legwarmers are kinda growing on me...actually, I kinda want a pair

 

[yyyskate]

missed first few couples.

 

[TMC]

Flip mandatory ? That sounds quite crazy !

Last year a double or triple Lutz was mandatory....

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

i think he said its their 1st JGP season

The complicating factor, though, is that a lot of us watched Russian Nationals as well.

Well, if it was this pair, it is becoming more acceptable looking (just like Peng / Zhang did).

Their compatriots after them weren't bad either!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[TMC]

Compulsory jump for pairs this year is 2F or 2A.

Ah thank you! It adds a bit more variety I guess, so it's all good

 

[sequinsgalore]

Alina USTIMKINA / Nikita VOLODIN (RUS)

Music: Code Name Vivaldi by The Piano Guys

Light purple romper with legwarmers / matching grey shirt, black pants

2A - he turnout
3Tw - solid
4Li
BoDs - too high
3STh - solid
PCoSp3p
StSq

Again problems w/ sbs jumps, but some nice elements

SP: 27.28+19.50 = 46.78, 2/3