2025 BC Super Series Summer Skate | Aug 14-17

[saine]

This is a fun program for Kayla.

 

[FlossieH]

Safe but secure from Kayla Halliday. What she can do she did pretty well.

 

[Skating Bobr]

yeah...and he almost did the from last to first LOL... impressive. Matthew, Alberta boy, did have two solid triple axels but it wasn't a technically exciting event.

The landings of those triple axels were gorgeous

this event was quite disappointing.. but at the same time, it's hard to beat our juniors at Cranberry

I'm just catching up on Cranberry Cup Juniors and Seniors, the USFS stock music is painful. Why do they do this? ISU doesn't, right?

It's a Benoit Richaud program, I don't think any of the commentators explained the story behind it.

I only realized it was a Benoit program during the step sequence... and I liked the footwork, just wish the rest of the program looked more like that

 

[FlossieH]

Elegant skating from Ann-Marie Heikkenin. I think she might have been more suited to a classical piece, though.

 

[crystalspin]

I know im nosy but I do like in usa streams you can hear the coach talking to the students about their skate. I'm curious.

 

[crystalspin]

At least on stream, Ginevra does seem quite a bit faster than the last few skaters and at least connecting to the music. Who needs jumps anyway?

 

[FlossieH]

That was interesting. Ginevra Bellentani doesn't quite look like a Champs skater, somehow. Had she trained somewhere else before?

 

[crystalspin]

This music was making me sleepy then when it kicked into Shania Twain, Emily seemed to really get into it. I love when a skater is actually smiling not just faking it to the judges.

 

[FlossieH]

This music was making me sleepy then when it kicked into Shania Twain, Emily seemed to really get into it. I love when a skater is actually smiling not just faking it to the judges.

The Kelowna skaters tend to be good performers. I sometimes wish we could take the technical focus of Champs and the performance of Kelowna - we'd probably end up with a really good skater.

 

[saine]

Is something going on with Kassidy's music? That sounded really off.

 

[crystalspin]

Very acrobatic choreo from Kassidy. Not sure I liked the music it was very busy. I actually tried to see if I somehow had something playing on another tab.

Amy's FS was one of the few I really liked from Glacier Falls, I'm glad I screen recorded it. I actually watched that again this morning to see how it would compare to today. Excited to see her next.

 

[FlossieH]

3Ts not working for Kassidy today, but otherwise a good skate.

 

[FlossieH]

Amy can be so good - if only she could find consistency...

 

[crystalspin]

Amy really is a great performer, it sucks the jumps just weren't all there today. Even with falls, I'm still impressed. I'm ignorant on Canadian skating, but I'm guessing Connaught skaters are also known for components over technical? Next time the jumps will happen!

 

[crystalspin]

I like Uliana's jumpsuit. Only one pop and some shakier landings. I think the TBD is between her, Gabby, and Kaiya. I wonder if there's a challenger they could go up against each other for the spot.

 

[FlossieH]

Much better than last month for Uliana.

 

[saine]

Good jump math day for Uliana, that was good getting the 3F-3T after missing the opening combo.

 

[FlossieH]

Amy really is a great performer, it sucks the jumps just weren't all there today. Even with falls, I'm still impressed. I'm ignorant on Canadian skating, but I'm guessing Connaught skaters are also known for components over technical? Next time the jumps will happen!

I would say that Connaught tends to give skaters a reasonable balance, but they have quite a few at the moment who are inconsistent.

 

[saine]

I like Uliana's jumpsuit. Only one pop and some shakier landings. I think the TBD is between her, Gabby, and Kaiya. I wonder if there's a challenger they could go up against each other for the spot.

They could have a skate-off at High Performance Camp, that should be around the end of the month.

 

[soccerjc77]

2 competitions up to the 166 points benchmark for Uliana, good job !