It is sad, but it is a fact.
Perhaps indeedIt is sad, but it is a fact.
Maybe with World gold, maybe with Olympic gold. In the US at least, that helps. As in Nathan. Vincent Zhou had Worlds bronze and was not attracting crowds.
Jumps don‘t help, people who know what a quad Axel is already know about Ilia.
if I had unlimited funds and smarts, perhaps I could figure it out.
USFS asked themselves "what would the Russians do?"It is sad, but it is a fact.
Maybe with World gold, maybe with Olympic gold. In the US at least, that helps. As in Nathan. Vincent Zhou had Worlds bronze and was not attracting crowds.
Jumps don‘t help, people who know what a quad Axel is already know about Ilia.
if I had unlimited funds and smarts, perhaps I could figure it out.
Nathan didn't attract crowds, which was a crime.If that were enough to bring in crowds, there would be crowds.
And there aren’t. Ilia is selected as the most accomplished US men‘s skater. But that in and of itself will not attract crowds.
From going to Nationals for several years, I can say the ladies are who sell the crowd out, including when Nathan was skating. From going to Worlds a grand total of one time - ladies are who sell out. That's in the US of course, but I'd think most of the people at SKAM would be American, though I'm aware people do come in from all over.It is sad, but it is a fact.
Maybe with World gold, maybe with Olympic gold. In the US at least, that helps. As in Nathan. Vincent Zhou had Worlds bronze and was not attracting crowds.
Jumps don‘t help, people who know what a quad Axel is already know about Ilia.
if I had unlimited funds and smarts, perhaps I could figure it out.
Definitely a US thing. (that women bring a crowd). In Canada, I would say that champions bring the crowd... When D/R would skate... crowd... when V/M would skate... crowd... when Patrick would skate crowd... when Osmond would skate... crowd... but someone else may have a different perception of it all.
Now whether I will be able to watch it given the hour and ISU gatekeeping... but maybe )
No idea... i don't even remember where it was LOL... was it missisauga? Yeah it was... but no idea how many people went.. This year it's in Vancouver. It's not downtown but near UBC. I am guessing some folks like @NanaPat or @lariko may go... Maybe they can give you an idea of how many people show up... I have no recollection of who was able to attend the Missisauga one... maybe @Arriba627 or @SnowWhiteWhat were the numbers like last year, do you know?
(Looking at the lists this year, SCI is very promising, quite a lot of the folk I like
Exactly. The French missed out getting their guys to the GPF last season, now they seem to know they have 2 potential finalist and is working to give them both the best assignments that will allow both Adam and Kevin to qualify.To me it is a very smart decision from the French Fed. Kévin is probably part of the decision too because indeed he is a 4th seed and he would have a say in which GP he would like after the first 3 seeds have chosen. At least, this is how I remember how the seeding works.
French GP "got" Ilia who is the 3rd seed... pretty much... that means that Shoma and Jun picked other events and Ilia was stuck with GP France.... but look at where is the 4th to 6th seed
Kévin somewhere else
Jason no GP
Kazuki not there
Keegan retired...
Lucas, with his 8th place finish at worlds is then the 6th seeded skater .. and Adam can definitely compete with him and any of the European guys since he beat them all at Euros.
I think it's a very smart move.
It's actually not a big surprise, as Wakaba and Rion are now training under the same coach (Koji Okajima). My only concern for Wakaba is her condition upon resuming the competitions: I don't think it's a good idea to rush into the more difficult elements, especially considering she's also prone to injuries.
My daughter and I have tickets for Skate Canada, but it looks like very few tickets have been sold overall. Maybe sales will pick up now that lineup is announced. I have been to three events in Canada so far, and every one has been packed. Only SCI was in Kelowna, and had Hanyu, and it was an absolute zoo.
should i ask Matteo for some of his dutch tea? we're both going to need it
I’m going to Skate Canada so I’m so excited to see them but I’m very underwhelmed by the overall line up for that competition. I don’t understand why Skate Canada wouldn’t have at least included LaLa or FB-S at their home competition. Skate America has C/B and Gr/Pa which makes sense!
Oh good spot! Oh no that makes me sad - I think they were def moving up to seniors.
