Elise is still very much skating as far as I am concerned, there was a commercial with a little girl on during the olympics and that was her. Last I heard she has been training with Ravi Walia, but I'm not sure how permanent that was because she seems to move around a lot, but I think she's been in Canada for awhile? Her instagram is @elise.freezersk8er and she posts plenty of skating related stuff! As for the other girls, both Tamnhi and Haley made it to intermediate nationals and will probably compete in novice this coming season and try to qualify for nationals again. I don't know as much about Tamnhi, but Haley is very young and very talented, she is very powerful with great jumps, she just has trouble controlling them and being consistent. Madison won her regionals last season, but then got injured and couldn't finish the season. You can watch her short here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXyR345HM8E&t=118s . Had she made it nationals, she definitely would've been in contention to win, she is a strong skater. She trains with Hanna Harrell and her coaches and was a demonstrator at this years Jump on It Camp. I would expect her to have a big year in novice this season and wouldn't be surprised if she won it all.
Alysa Liu
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Elise is still very much skating as far as I am concerned, there was a commercial with a little girl on during the olympics and that was her. Last I heard she has been training with Ravi Walia, but I'm not sure how permanent that was because she seems to move around a lot, but I think she's been in Canada for awhile? Her instagram is @elise.freezersk8er and she posts plenty of skating related stuff! As for the other girls, both Tamnhi and Haley made it to intermediate nationals and will probably compete in novice this coming season and try to qualify for nationals again. I don't know as much about Tamnhi, but Haley is very young and very talented, she is very powerful with great jumps, she just has trouble controlling them and being consistent. Madison won her regionals last season, but then got injured and couldn't finish the season. You can watch her short here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXyR345HM8E&t=118s . Had she made it nationals, she definitely would've been in contention to win, she is a strong skater. She trains with Hanna Harrell and her coaches and was a demonstrator at this years Jump on It Camp. I would expect her to have a big year in novice this season and wouldn't be surprised if she won it all.
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And Madison Nguyen was at USFS High Performance Singles Camp in June. (ISP camp.) As were Alysa and Hanna, of course.
(Madison competed at Skate Dallas as a novice lady within the last couple of months.)
:agree: Yes, my impression is that Elise still is immersed in skating. IIRC, recently arrived in Canada for the latest in a series of extended visits to train with Walia.
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Someone asked her on Instagram if she was excited to become the next Mao Asada and she said that she’s not becoming the next Mao, she’s herself. I love this girl!
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I saw Alysa skate last night at the Ice Dreams show at the Westchester Skating Academy. As you can see, she is so tiny compared the other skaters but she's a powerhouse.
She did her short program and landed a 3A but she two footed it and it looked under. Other jumps were clean including a 3/3 in the back half.
Wishing her luck for the upcoming season!
She did her short program and landed a 3A but she two footed it and it looked under. Other jumps were clean including a 3/3 in the back half.
Wishing her luck for the upcoming season!
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Are advanced novice skaters allowed to do 3A?
I found the rules for Adv. Novice. I don't see anything banning them from the FS. So I assume she can do it.
https://www.isu.org/docman-document...ions/archives/474-isu-communication-2013/file
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Alysa said on instagram that one of her goals for this season is to land it internationally so I think it’s allowed in the fs
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And it looks like she could do 3A-2T if she really wanted to 
And, wow, FS rules for advanced novice kind of stink -- only 6 jumps, 2 combos, no 3 jump.
how about...
3A-3T
3A
3Lz-3Lo
3F
3Lz
3S
This would require her to get back the 3Lz-3Lo. But I think she's probably already thinking about that.
And, wow, FS rules for advanced novice kind of stink -- only 6 jumps, 2 combos, no 3 jump.
how about...
3A-3T
3A
3Lz-3Lo
3F
3Lz
3S
This would require her to get back the 3Lz-3Lo. But I think she's probably already thinking about that.
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Actually, on her instagram Alysa has said that Yuna Kim is her favorite skater/skating idol. I don't know where you're getting these sources from.
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Multiple times in her Instagram story she has said that she prefers Eteri over Brian (when asked) and that her favorite skaters are Eteri’s juniors — usually Sasha or Anna
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Why did this fan thread devolve into an Eteri vs. Brian/Yuna/whatever battle? [emoji58][emoji848]
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I mean I was just saying what I read on her insta one time
I think there's a difference between liking/being morivated by your peer skaters vs. having a skating idol, and I think people are confusing those concepts here. I'll pull up some instagram links in a bit.
IIRC, about Yuna, Alysa only said on instagram that her last year's FS costume is inspired by Yuna's Les Mis.
personally, I don't think Yuna fans should fixated too much on what youngsters idolize her or not. Yuna's greatness, her skating and her influence/legacy for future skaters speak for itself. From my personal figure skating event in-person viewing experience in North America, Yuna's influence is indeed really deep.
Skaters can get inspiration from many great skaters (peers or previous great skaters near or generations apart, even cross disciplines).
Back to Alysa, her answer to those tricky questions on Instagram is smart and appropriate for a 12-year old. And she is changing or adjusting her answers as she grows up.
I wish Alysa can have a great future in figure skating, and be remembered as the skater Alysa Liu.
personally, I don't think Yuna fans should fixated too much on what youngsters idolize her or not. Yuna's greatness, her skating and her influence/legacy for future skaters speak for itself. From my personal figure skating event in-person viewing experience in North America, Yuna's influence is indeed really deep.
Skaters can get inspiration from many great skaters (peers or previous great skaters near or generations apart, even cross disciplines).
Back to Alysa, her answer to those tricky questions on Instagram is smart and appropriate for a 12-year old. And she is changing or adjusting her answers as she grows up.
I wish Alysa can have a great future in figure skating, and be remembered as the skater Alysa Liu.
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If she can maintain her technical ability in the senior ranks, I think she will be the only lady to revive U.S. Figure Skating. And I think she should stay with coach Laura for as long as possible.
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Coach Laura is great! I'm loving these "underrated" coaches a lot more than the usual Raf, Tom, etc.
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A twitter user says that Alysa skated a clean long at Glacier with both her 3as!! She obviously won the event!
https://twitter.com/lennydamellon/status/1023430190473465856
https://twitter.com/lennydamellon/status/1023430190473465856
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Great for her! She obviously excels most at her FSs, so I hope they start to work on improving the SP score...
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Yep, I was there. She landed the 3A+2T cleanly, then stumbled just a tiny bit on the landing of the solo 3A, but otherwise clean as a whistle. Looking forward to seeing protocol sheets if they get posted.
