Men - Free Program

[Tigger]

Stickle...In a word...Pretty much!! Naps during the early flights help greatly BTW. Even so, after enjoying the coverage on CBC CC for the better part of the week, there is this gigantic wall looming up in my near future that I'll be crashing into soon.

Oh, but it's been fun!! 2:30am huh? It's 5:21am here in Northeastern Ontario and I was up for most of the OD's too. Like I said...Naps help.

 

[wxyz1234533]

how many jump combos can a skater do in the free program?
only 3??

 

[Tigger]

He's on the ice for warm up, so I'd say it was just a rumour.

 

[guinevere]

Thanks Tigger, glad to hear it.

 

[essence_of_soy]

I think this is the first event since the Nagano Olympics that Australia has got something in a similar time zone. Don't think I'd have the strength like the rest of you to stay up half-way through the night.

Glad Nobu landed that 3a/3t/3l

 

[Tigger]

You're welcome!!

Pretty decent skate from him too.

 

[stickle]

I think this is the first event since the Nagano Olympics that Australia has got something in a similar time zone. Don't think I'd have the strength like the rest of you to stay up half-way through the night.

You're in Australia following figure skating??? Are you a transplanted north american or something?

 

[Rosaleen]

13 Sergei DAVYDOV BLR
Music: Don Quixote white shirt with bronze corest effect /
Some appropriate chor / 3a3t is nice / down this end for another 3a little swingy on landing but clean / and he's using his music with a bit of chor / 3z2t forward on the z / flying spin didn't really see it / and more chor / 3f2t2t / 3l / 3s / music builds now for strt steps and crowd is clapping of course - steps interrprt the music quite well and flow with it / combo spin with good sit pos & tuck and layback then upright outside edge / change of music and / 3t / 2a / sit ch sit with edge / O ftwrk is kind of slow and simple and into combo spin to end the program and he'll be very happy with that - looks almost too tired to be happy about it /

PB 134.64 TES 68.69 PCS 63.64 tot 132.33 gr tot 203.05 4th in free 3rd overall

 

[Zuranthium]

This is the second year a row that Oda did too many combinations. I don't get it; what is is smoking? The rule is retarded in the first place (the entire extra combination should not be given 0 credit, just the extra jump(s) that turned it into a combination) but he shouldn't be making such careless mistakes.

~Z

 

[Rosaleen]

14 Yannick PONSERO FRA
Da Vinci code soundtrack black with deep red V in front /
3a started to lean in the air and he fell / 2z hand down pitched forward / 3s / back sit is fast with good pos ch sit front is good as well / 2a / and a music change to slow and some chor and into O ftwrk that is nice & curvey and with music but not sure of difficulty / 3a2t - nice one - nice air pos / back cam starts combo spin with excellent speed & pos ch to front also with good speed & pos / 2f hop turn 3s / death drop to nicely done / 3z 2t2t / strt ftwrk is dynamic and with music / 2a / sit spin to end the program /

PB 120.55 TES 60.95 PCS 63.92 ded 1.00 tot 123.87 new pb gr tot 192.63 6th in free 5th overall

 

[stickle]

Rosaleen, have you heard if Jeff is going to try a quad in his LP? A couple of writeups in the papers here have hinted that he might.

 

[essence_of_soy]

You're in Australia following figure skating??? Are you a transplanted north american or something?

Hahaha....I feel like that sometimes.

Glad you asked actually, so that I can shamelessly promote the site I run in conjunction with IFS magazine. Here's the link.

 

[Rosaleen]

15 Emanuel SANDHU CAN
Music: When strangers meet, legends / yellow & white
Quite a few bars of music before he starts and very nice chor to the plaintive sounding music / 4t fell not sure if rot / music beat picks up and some chanting / 3a fell (at least he didn't pop it) / spread eagle and some ftwrk into 3z3t / I think he just singled what was to be a 2a / and I didn't really see the spin / music slows again and the tinkly piano is back and some chor / 3a leaning out of the circle landed on inside edge and free foot down quickly / O ftwrk expresses the music well / upright change spin is ok / 3f2t / 2l / 3s / dancing in the corner and into strt steps that really work with the music and are interesting / deathdrop to sit with variations and into combo spin with gorgeous etension on camel ending in open leg upright /

PB 152.74 TES 56.23 PCS 64.94 ded 2.00 tot 119.17 gr tot 188.59 7th in free 7th overall

 

[essence_of_soy]

If I ran for the scotch every time Emmanuel skated, I'd be Brittney Spears by now....why does he torment me, so.

 

[stickle]

Oh Emanuel, Emanuel. Couldn't even come through on the one bad, one good performance this year.

 

[Rosaleen]

16 Alban PREAUBERT FRA
Music: Mike Hamer, Swing Kids, The Mask
This is a fun quirky program - hop he skates it well / some chor to start / 4t right on beat of music - step out / and now we have sax 3a3t2t - nice / there's chor all the way through this so I'm not going to write it every time there's some / 3z / and moving to the music / 3a leaning going up hand down step out / flysit spin is good / and now we're into the mask and some dancing and the crowd is clapping and into some great expressive O ftwrk that never stops / death drop with variations / and some more acting and into can't remember the name of it but some great acting 3f / 3f2t / 3l fell out of the landing / 3s landed right on beat / sit ch sit spin is maybe a little slow but good pos / and some great strt steps right with the music / combo spin starts with a little bit of a weak camel but the rest is excellent ending in headless /

PB 140.34 TES 68.32 PCS 65.22 ded 1.00 tot 132.54 gr tot 202.60 4th in free 4th overall

 

[Rosaleen]

17 Christopher MABEE CAN
Big Band Medley, pearl Harbour soundtrack brown vest & pants with cream shirt
Some nice chor to the bluesy music to start / 3l / some chor / 3a landed on his heel and fell / 3z2t / deathdrop to drum beats is good with low pos and some chor / music changes to pearl harbour and some emoting type chor / singled axel takeoff wasn't good / 3f fell out / 3z / strt steps to snare drums is well done expresses the music well / 3s3t / a bit of chor and he knocks on the door 2a from nowhere into sit ch sit that is fast on the front and the swing music picks up and crowd is clapping for exhuberant O ftwrk / deathdrop ch sit /

PB 130.56 TES 59.09 PCS 65.96 ded 1.00 tot 124.05 gr tot 195.38 7th in free 6th overall

 

[essence_of_soy]

I wonder if Nobu will do a Zhang and Zhang and move into the top 5 or so?

Certainly looks that way so far or as we say in Australia, he could pull a Bradbury.

 

[Rosaleen]

18 Tomas VERNER CZE
Requiem for a Dream /
4t3t just beautiful / 4t (planned 3f2t there) / 3z / 3s / and a pause in front of the judges and change in music / 3z2t2l / jumps are coming too quick for me to note anything else / music slows and softens and some chor now / 3a / the jumps are so beautiful / 3l landed with arms crossed in front of him / combo spin that I didn't really see / O ftwrk flows well with the music and changes / back sit ch sit with good pos and speed as the music starts to build again and into strt steps that intensify with the music and use whole body the clapping is really loud / 3 f rot but landed with hands down and stepped out - classed as a fall / and a combo spin to end /

PB 136.13 TES 84.30 PCS 72.50 ded 1.00 tot 155.80 new pb gr tot 226.25 1st in free and 1st overall

 

[Rosaleen]

Rosaleen, have you heard if Jeff is going to try a quad in his LP? A couple of writeups in the papers here have hinted that he might.

haven't heard anything at all