Your opinion on Skate Canada

[nolangoh]

Similar to my last thread, let's share our opinion on each discipline with a short phrase or an emoticon!


Men: :scratch3: (there was not much memorable for me)

Ladies: :eekn: :giveup:

Pairs: :disapp: (not exciting at all...)

Ice Dance: on Anna and Luca! That first lift and the last lift! Omg the last lift was magical! how did they do that? I could watch it a million times! I was a bit moved. Also Anna continues to win the Best Dress Award

 

[SarahSynchro]

Men: Pop-n-Splats, the sequel. Also, mad props to Kevin Reynolds on his first GP medal

Ladies:

Pairs: Yu and Zhang: pleasantly surprised that the new partnership is going well!

Dance: Piper and Paul, holy crap. I am still reeling from their amazing free dance last night. Good as gold to me.

 

[Nathan13]

Men: :disapp: hwell:

Ladies: (Mirai) :roll5: (the tech controller)

Pairs: :agree: and

Dance: Chock and Bates winning the FD :hap85:

 

[lyndichee]

Men: I was disappointed. This was the event I was looking forward to the most.

Ladies: The technical controller was brutal. It kind of takes the steam out of the competition considering the crowd was really happy there weren't a lot of falls.

Pairs: I hate that I love Yu/Zhang so much. While she was forced by the federation, she looked so relieved to know that their partnership has potential. Yu seems to really love Meagan and Lubov as she followed Meagan around and she tried to lift Lubov when hugging her on the podium. I got to speak with them and asked Zhang for a photo together with Yu and he seemed very nice to her. She seemed to warm up immediately after the FS because she wouldn't make eye contact with him during practices/warm-ups and just looked down and nodded when he spoke to her. I hope that Yu will achieve great things because I couldn't stop watching how beautiful she was.

Dance: Complete opposite of most people but I loved V/M and C/B programs. I think once V/M practice more, the performance will be very intimate and moving. C/B had weird music but Madison really sold the program for me. I'm not a fan of C/B at all but I don't get the hate going on for them. They are unmatched (Evan is much a better skater, Madison sells the program) and they are a little slow but good performance overall.

Best lifters of the night go to Paul Poirier and Jean-Luc Baker, both so smooth and strong.

 

[chuckm]

I was dismayed by what I felt was engineered judging, which in every discipline except ladies, ensured two Canadians on the podium. It couldn't be pulled off in ladies because Chartrand was in 6th after the SP and the tech team couldn't find enough nits in Tuk's and Miayahara's FSs to move Alaine up to 3rd.

I especially felt bad for Denney/Frazier who skated even better than they had last week, with two clean skates, but got lowball scores so that they were kept behind Iliuschechkina/Moscovitch, with falls. D/F had a chance to make the GPF final with a medal, but not now. And I/M, with 11 points, have no chance at the GPF at COC against three strong Chinese teams---no home ice for them there.

I was looking forward to the men, which turned out to be the most disappointing. Yuzuru obviously is still having problems with his sore foot, and can't perform at his best, but what is going on with Chan? Was he not practicing at all while coachless? He seemed to be totally lacking in stamina, folding halfway through the FS, doubling and singling jumps in the second half. Yet he got HUGE PCS scores much higher than Yuzuru's, and shockingly high GOEs from some judges for the doubled jumps. The tech team, which was incredibly vicious with the other men, handled Kevin Reynolds with kid gloves, even though Reynolds is a habitual underrotator and flutzer. Kevin got just one UR, on the jump he fell on.

I hope Hanyu skips SC next year and comes to SA, where he'd get a warm welcome and no skewed judging. We loved Shoma Uno this year and would love Yuzuru even more if we had the opportunity to host him.

In Dance, I loved Chock/Bates' FD even more than their SD, which I liked a lot. They deserved to win the FD and came near to taking the whole thing (V/M won by just 0.82 and Scott did not look pleased). You have to wonder how this competition would have turned out had it happened on neutral ground.

 

[Skater Boy]

Men: I was disappointed. This was the event I was looking forward to the most.

Ladies: The technical controller was brutal. It kind of takes the steam out of the competition considering the crowd was really happy there weren't a lot of falls.

Pairs: I hate that I love Yu/Zhang so much. While she was forced by the federation, she looked so relieved to know that their partnership has potential. Yu seems to really love Meagan and Lubov as she followed Meagan around and she tried to lift Lubov when hugging her on the podium. I got to speak with them and asked Zhang for a photo together with Yu and he seemed very nice to her. She seemed to warm up immediately after the FS because she wouldn't make eye contact with him during practices/warm-ups and just looked down and nodded when he spoke to her. I hope that Yu will achieve great things because I couldn't stop watching how beautiful she was.

Dance: Complete opposite of most people but I loved V/T and C/B programs. I think once V/T practice more, the performance will be very intimate and moving. C/B had weird music but Madison really sold the program for me. I'm not a fan of C/B at all but I don't get the hate going on for them. They are unmatched (Evan is much a better skater, Madison sells the program) and they are a little slow but good performance overall.

Best lifters of the night go to Paul Poirier and Jean-Luc Baker, both so smooth and strong.

Who is V and T in dance? I am trying first names and last and haven't figured it out unless you meant Virtue and Moir?

 

[lyndichee]

Who is V and T in dance? I am trying first names and last and haven't figured it out unless you meant Virtue and Moir?

Whoops, clearly lack of sleep here. Yes that was my mistake

Yes Virtue/Moir. I am going to be deported from Canada despite being born here.

 

[Skater Boy]

Skate Canada in general had a far more competitive group of skaters which says a lot because I was impressed with Skate America. Generally everyoneis rough as it is early in the season. The push to up the technical side seems to mean clean skates will be rare. The ladies haven't pushed as hard as pairs or men but as perusual there are still problems in that event. Dance is rather meh, other than V and M looking in trouble and perhaps a surprise in Gilles and Poirier this whole event was "whatever".

Pairs - Nice showing by the Americans and Lubov and Dylan. Could be the end of K and S.

Dance - Good improvement from C and B. V and M were okay but very shakey. G and P were undermarked and the real stars.

Ladies - Med was solid and consistent though not perfect as was Satoko. Exciting to see Osmond get it together after years of injuries.

Men - Splatfest which we should get used too with this dramatic push for quads.

 

[Skater Boy]

Whoops, clearly lack of sleep here. Yes that was my mistake

Yes Virtue/Moir. I am going to be deported from Canada despite being born here.

LOL - I just wasn't sure because people here have all sorts of slang and acronyms. I am guilty of never knowing the spelling of names but maybe we need to put the names in full.

 

[Biellmann]

Every year at this time i have this beautiful song "blame canada" in my head and i don't know why :think:

 

[Biellmann]

Anyway, people can't expect from skaters to be perfect at the first competition in year, especially men. Do you want them to peak to early in the season? Well, then be ready for a disaster at worlds

 

[Arriba627]

Just a bit surprised to not see Denney and Frazier on the podium for pairs. They had a great skate, better than the Canadian pair that fell. Guess I just love Denney's grit with coming back after that ACL injury. I think she is just so happy to be back skating, and it shows. Love the Somewhere in Time music.

 

[Yatagarasu]

Men: Mess; happy for Hanyu's LP but for the love of everything holy, skip this next year and go to SA if nothing else is an option; enjoyed Misha's LP very much.

Ladies: So not happy about Rika Hongo, other than that I thought it was a good one

Ice dance: None in particular

Pairs: Absolutely love, love Zhang and Yu. I did not expect that, particularly post the SP but they've got a new fan now. I am really looking forward to how far they go once they get a few more months under their belt at least. World's should be fun.

 

[chuckm]

Just a bit surprised to not see Denney and Frazier on the podium for pairs. They had a great skate, better than the Canadian pair that fell. Guess I just love Denney's grit with coming back after that ACL injury. I think she is just so happy to be back skating, and it shows. Love the Somewhere in Time music.

I questioned this on the SC Pairs FS page and was told "the audience didn't like their boring FS". I felt it was more that the audience didn't want them to finish ahead of the Canadian pair and so withheld their applause. Canadian audiences can be very partisan. I can recall Davis and White performing their (eventual) OGM winning FD in Canada to an impassive crowd. Only a few Americans in the crowd stood and applauded them. The remaining audience members sat grimly unmoved.

 

[Arriba627]

I hope Hanyu skips SC next year and comes to SA, where he'd get a warm welcome and no skewed judging. We loved Shoma Uno this year and would love Yuzuru even more if we had the opportunity to host him.

Japanese men have won the gold at SA 9 out of the last 12 years. And last year Shoma took the silver, not too far behind Max Aaron's gold. I think Yuzu would have a great time at SA and would probably continue the Japanese men's gold tradition there!

 

[chuckm]

Anyway, people can't expect from skaters to be perfect at the first competition in year, especially men. Do you want them to peak to early in the season? Well, then be ready for a disaster at worlds

This wasn't the first competition of the year.

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Men: Mess; happy for Hanyu's LP but for the love of everything holy, skip this next year and go to SA if nothing else is an option; enjoyed Misha's LP very much.

Sorry for the off topic - I'd love Yuzu to come to France next year. One, it would be possibly my only chance to see him live that season, second, he usually does well in Europe. And I'm sure France still loves him too! :luv17:

 

[Yatagarasu]

Sorry for the off topic - I'd love Yuzu to come to France next year. One, it would be possibly my only chance to see him live that season, second, he usually does well in Europe. And I'm sure France still loves him too! :luv17:

Oh I very much agree! France was my first choice last night when I brought this up, it would be so wonderful :luv17: though I can imagine the fight for the tickets as it's then close to all of us in Europe who'd run for it but if it is for convenience of being close to home as some mentioned later, then SA over SC!

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Oh I very much agree! France was my first choice last night when I brought this up, it would be so wonderful :luv17: though I can imagine the fight for the tickets as it's then close to all of us in Europe who'd run for it but if it is for convenience of being close to home as some mentioned later, then SA over SC!

True about the 'close to home' advantage, but next season GPF is in Japan, so he doesn't have to travel that much between NHK and GPF. So maybe there's a bit more space for traveling more before
And the fight for the tickets would be worth it! :luv17:

 

[ice coverage]

... I can recall Davis and White performing their (eventual) OGM winning FD in Canada to an impassive crowd. ...

Where/when exactly did Davis/White perform their 2013/14 FD in Canada???

The GPF was in Japan that season, so it was not then. I'm stumped.

http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/team/davis_white
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00006260.htm
http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpf1314/