2024 Grand Prix de France Men's Free Skate

[Yogi]

Watching Camden is kind of painful. So he is working a full-time job now, right?

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

2. Camden PULKINEN
Solitude, Outro by M83, choreo by Marie-France Dubreuil

2T
3Lz+3T
3A+1Eu+3S (on a tight curve on the sal)
3Lo (holds on)
FCSp3 (very forwards on upright, nearly loses the spin and slow, and he might lose the spin depending on tech panel review)
StSq3
2A
3Lz+2A+SEQ (steps out)
2F
CSSp2 - looks like he didn't get low enough in some of the positions
ChSq1 -.50 (tries to do a slide and slips)
CCoSp4

SP: 64.48 (11th)
FS: 129.12 (2nd)
TOT: 193.60 (1st)

Oh dear... Camden's grabbing his ankle before the program even begins, please don't let him be injured. He's such a gorgeous skater - this program is going to be spectacular when he skates it clean. As it was here, the opening was gorgeous but he really lost steam towards the second half of the program - I do wonder if there was an injury because there were some really uncharacteristic errors that looked like under-training and lack of practice.

 

[elektra blue]

That's the position he had in the first jump

and in his first spin too

 

[snowflake]

oh well

 

[Arigato]

He is such a beautiful skater in practice with SLB, but blows it in performance so often. It's a shame.

 

[museksk8r]

Watching Camden is kind of painful. So he is working a full-time job now, right?

Yes, the balancing act is not going well.

 

[elektra blue]

before the cactusing really starts, would anyone like chocolate?

me!

 

[yuumagical]

I love the quality of Camden's skating, even when the jumps aren't there... *sigh*

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Camden, there is such a thing a biting off more than you can chew.
You may have to think hard about what you want out of life and sport.

Agree. Camden's job sounds like more than a 40 hour per work commitment. He looks undertrained here, cactusing aside, and I think he's about reached the limit of what he can accomplish in elite skating. I suspect he fades away from the competitive scene after this season. He is a beautiful skater though, when he's on.

 

[jgg220]

Two men into the event, I've lit a prayer candle, opened a bottle of scotch, and dusted off my finest ceramic cactus in the glass menagerie in my living room.

 

[CellarDweller]

something for @elektra blue to use when @4everchan starts to act up.

 

[moonvine]

François has a nice looking coach Anyone remembers Romain Ponsart ?

I do.

 

[4everchan]

Camden, there is such a thing a biting off more than you can chew.
You may have to think hard about what you want out of life and sport.

I very much agree with this. It's obvious he is not ready for this. I saw it all too often with my recently retired son Conrad... and he was better prepared.... though he was at the end of his degree and looking forward to his future career... but this is for me, unacceptable. You commit or you do not. I like Camden very much, but not a half-committed Camden...

 

[4everchan]

something for @elektra blue to use when @4everchan starts to act up.

 

[cailuj365]

That was rough, even for Camden. When there's negative GOE with spins and the choreo sequence, there's an issue. He looked extremely tired three elements in.

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Forza Nik! Keep those needles in check.

 

[labgoat]

Watching Camden is kind of painful. So he is working a full-time job now, right?

And skating. Having tried this myself plus grad school, I know where this leads. This leads to exhaustion and for me the start of a string of cases of bronchitis, pneumonia and other illnesses that numbered 25!

 

[snowflake]

Why does Camden look so happpy??

 

[elektra blue]

something for @elektra blue to use when @4everchan starts to act up.

thank you

forza Nik!

 

[4everchan]

before the cactusing really starts, would anyone like chocolate?

lol.... you think it hasn't yet started LOL ?

You are such a funny lad.