2025-2026 Canadian Figure Skating

[4everchan]

A 14 yo skater from Thailand who trains in LA without ultra c passed Paradis playfully. So Paradis didn't even place the highest of all the skaters without ultra c this time. When did Paradis have a good skate? Even in the SP he struggled to land 3-3 combo on just 3 jumping passes.

Nationals. I saw it with my own eyes He was brilliant. At Cranberry cup he scored over 200 points to take the bronze. He can do better and he has done so repeatedly.


Hiro (the guy from Thailand) is an incredible talent. I wouldn't use him in comparison. First, it's not fair to Hiro. Second, it doesn't mean anything to compare skaters. It's a dangerous approach : for instance one could also compare Li and Nakata and say how awful Li skated compared to Nakata today... Skaters need to be compared to their own abilities. Today, Paradis did poorly. I agree with you. Does it mean he is a terrible skater, definitely not. He is usually better than that. I wouldn't be surprised if being only 4 points off the podium in the SP got to him.

 

[soccerjc77]

Anthony Paradis FS : I like the program, but I think that the costume is not the best color for him. Since that he talk about storm in the story of the program. I suggest him to change the color of the costume and make him the color like Rika Kihira beautiful storm costume. It would be so much better with this type of color in him :

 

[saine]

Nationals. I saw it with my own eyes He was brilliant. At Cranberry cup he scored over 200 points to take the bronze. He can do better and he has done so repeatedly.


Hiro (the guy from Thailand) is an incredible talent. I wouldn't use him in comparison. First, it's not fair to Hiro. Second, it doesn't mean anything to compare skaters. It's a dangerous approach : for instance one could also compare Li and Nakata and say how awful Li skated compared to Nakata today... Skaters need to be compared to their own abilities. Today, Paradis did poorly. I agree with you. Does it mean he is a terrible skater, definitely not. He is usually better than that. I wouldn't be surprised if being only 4 points off the podium in the SP got to him.

With Paradis, I noticed that he tends to be stronger in the free domestically rather than internationally. Cranberry Cup has been the exception two seasons in a row. This was a free skate he struggled with at NextGen as well.

 

[4everchan]

With Paradis, I noticed that he tends to be stronger in the free domestically rather than internationally. Cranberry Cup has been the exception two seasons in a row. This was a free skate he struggled with at NextGen as well.

The reality is that we still are looking for the one consistent boy here... There is so much talent but none of our boys so far, have delivered clean programs regularly. I hope for Grayson that he can be the exception to this rule.

I agree that at Nationals, Anthony managed the energy of the crowd to his advantage, both years he medaled in senior, without a triple axel... So here, my only explanation is that he got nervous looking at the prize instead of focusing on his own work. At the same time, considering he had issues with spins... I am going to look for his vlog post to see what happened there.

We often forget the toll of traveling so far away on these kids. It could be fatigue. It could something he ate. It could be so many things... but of course, I am not looking to find excuses for him. I just wished that he could live up to his own expectations because he is spectacular to watch when he is on.... which is a rare thing to see, especially in juniors.

 

[FlossieH]

I didn't watch this... thankfully. The protocols are not fun to read but it's not just Anthony who had a bad skate... The score cards are filled with markings for many of the top guys.

Anthony fell on his opening combo, which doesn't usually happen... and he did go and tried the 3a, which he has often popped. He fell. After two big falls like this, he tried to change his program around doing a 3f-3t instead of what he usually does 3f-eu-3s... etc.
To me, the confirmation that it was nerves or being completely out of it comes with the last element : getting a V for him on a spin means he was really skating poorly in the LP... So it's not just the jumps. Now, this is just me reading the score card. I am not ready to watch the LP based on what I have read but I think it's something else than poor jumping ability. Are Li and Ebihara also poor jumpers ? They did better but their protocols are also filled with marking. Sometimes, it happens in a final flight. Nerves get to everyone...

To be honest, the whole of the men's event was poor. Anthony has equalled his best ever JGP placement with what I think was probably the worst skate I've ever seen from him. I am not sure whether he was maybe ill. It wasn't just technical errors - the performance wasn't really there either, and that isn't like him.

 

[FlossieH]

Nationals. I saw it with my own eyes He was brilliant. At Cranberry cup he scored over 200 points to take the bronze. He can do better and he has done so repeatedly.


Hiro (the guy from Thailand) is an incredible talent. I wouldn't use him in comparison. First, it's not fair to Hiro. Second, it doesn't mean anything to compare skaters. It's a dangerous approach : for instance one could also compare Li and Nakata and say how awful Li skated compared to Nakata today... Skaters need to be compared to their own abilities. Today, Paradis did poorly. I agree with you. Does it mean he is a terrible skater, definitely not. He is usually better than that. I wouldn't be surprised if being only 4 points off the podium in the SP got to him.

To be honest, even Nakata was poor today compared to what he can do. I only watched just over half the event, but only two skaters of the skaters I saw had 'good' skates compared to what they can do: Simon Sun (HKG) and Hiro Kaewtathip (THA).

 

[saine]

The reality is that we still are looking for the one consistent boy here... There is so much talent but none of our boys so far, have delivered clean programs regularly. I hope for Grayson that he can be the exception to this rule.

I agree that at Nationals, Anthony managed the energy of the crowd to his advantage, both years he medaled in senior, without a triple axel... So here, my only explanation is that he got nervous looking at the prize instead of focusing on his own work. At the same time, considering he had issues with spins... I am going to look for his vlog post to see what happened there.

We often forget the toll of traveling so far away on these kids. It could be fatigue. It could something he ate. It could be so many things... but of course, I am not looking to find excuses for him. I just wished that he could live up to his own expectations because he is spectacular to watch when he is on.... which is a rare thing to see, especially in juniors.

With Grayson, he had consistency issues last season with adding the 3A. This season he's more consistent with it and it's showing. It may change when he is ready to add in the 4S that he's working on. With David and Eddy, they're adding in a quad so I'm expecting that they won't be clean in the free skate regularly. Rough in the short term, but it's what they need to do for next season when they age out of Juniors.

With Anthony, it is the difference between how he does internationally and domestically that stuck out for me. It may be easier to compete domestically when he can podium without a 3A and can afford a mistake, but at a JGP he would need to be absolutely clean. His total score at Bangkok wasn't too far off what he did at Riga last season, even with a similar combined TES at both events of 77.

I think there are some high expectations for him based on how he was able to podium at Senior Nationals twice without a 3A. Hopefully it'll back off, it's a lot to put on a Junior who is working on getting the harder jumps.

 

[4everchan]

With Grayson, he had consistency issues last season with adding the 3A. This season he's more consistent with it and it's showing. It may change when he is ready to add in the 4S that he's working on. With David and Eddy, they're adding in a quad so I'm expecting that they won't be clean in the free skate regularly. Rough in the short term, but it's what they need to do for next season when they age out of Juniors.

With Anthony, it is the difference between how he does internationally and domestically that stuck out for me. It may be easier to compete domestically when he can podium without a 3A and can afford a mistake, but at a JGP he would need to be absolutely clean. His total score at Bangkok wasn't too far off what he did at Riga last season, even with a similar combined TES at both events of 77.

I think there are some high expectations for him based on how he was able to podium at Senior Nationals twice without a 3A. Hopefully it'll back off, it's a lot to put on a Junior who is working on getting the harder jumps.

I agree there should be less pressure or expectations but we do want them to do well... The pressure goes with the privilege... The privilege of competing, the privilege of getting a fan base, the privilege coming with past results. It's sport after all. Anyone doing something at the elite level will feel it... Even school kids deal with it. Sure, there is no Golden School Forum where students are being compared for their math results but if I am 100% against ill comments, observing results with an objective mind, and maybe even a tough love kind of way, is fine with me.

I wouldn't necessarily compare scores for Anthony with last year because the 3axel quest was really new back then and he was just popping a lot... He clearly started to skate better later in the season... Maybe he is just the kind of guy who will peak in January every season. I mean, who has, in the last few years, medaled twice at National juniors + twice at Nationals seniors.

 

[RatedPG]

Gabrielle Daleman withdrew from the Colorado Springs Invitational, hopefully nothing injury related

Looking ahead for another fun topic of discussion, this is where the SCI TBD candidates should be competing next:

Souvenir Georges-Ethier - Fee Ann Landry, Justine Miclette (likely not a candidate, but could get herself a Challenger, I need some Quebec Senior Women with Challenge byes or switching to Ontario)
Skate Alberta Podium Pathway - Breken Brezden
Nebelhorn - Katherine Medland Spence, Kaiya Ruiter

If Daleman has more competitions scheduled in September in the US, it won't come up until the start orders are posted a day before it starts. The spot should be decided later in the month, I'm thinking after Nebelhorn since Medland Spence didn't compete in the summer due to injury.

Interesting

Right now, I see Uliana holding on to the TBD spot. It is interesting to me, that she isn’t even competing this month. With her two 170+ domestic event wins, I don’t see them giving it to anybody else, unless they score over 170. Maybe, the barrier is lower for international events

If Gabby doesn’t compete, to me the spot is now between Uliana vs Kaiya vs KMS (Nebelhorn seems to be the battle and what skate Canada is waiting for).

I see Fee Ann, Breken, and Justine competing simply to get a Challenger spot now.

 

[saine]

I agree there should be less pressure or expectations but we do want them to do well... The pressure goes with the privilege... The privilege of competing, the privilege of getting a fan base, the privilege coming with past results. It's sport after all. Anyone doing something at the elite level will feel it... Even school kids deal with it. Sure, there is no Golden School Forum where students are being compared for their math results but if I am 100% against ill comments, observing results with an objective mind, and maybe even a tough love kind of way, is fine with me.

I wouldn't necessarily compare scores for Anthony with last year because the 3axel quest was really new back then and he was just popping a lot... He clearly started to skate better later in the season... Maybe he is just the kind of guy who will peak in January every season. I mean, who has, in the last few years, medaled twice at National juniors + twice at Nationals seniors.

With expectations for skaters, I do think they need to be realistic. That's where I'm coming from with Anthony. Some of the expectations for him may be unrealistic with where he is at technically at this point.

If he is someone who peaks at Nationals, it's still good for his career. Top 5 get funding grants, so it helps to peak there.

 

[saine]

Robert Brodie writes about Lauriault/Le Gac and their move to IAM Ontario:

'It felt like it was like home'

Their move to the London area has already been a roaring success for Canadian ice dancers Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac

rwbrodiewrites.substack.com

Also he does mention that Lajoie/Lagha withdrew from Nepela to focus on Budapest Trophy, no injury was involved.

 

[4everchan]

With expectations for skaters, I do think they need to be realistic. That's where I'm coming from with Anthony. Some of the expectations for him may be unrealistic with where he is at technically at this point.

I agree. I saw him coming back from injury... so I am just happy to see him develop.

If he is someone who peaks at Nationals, it's still good for his career. Top 5 get funding grants, so it helps to peak there.

For most of our skaters in singles, considering the lack of world championship/olympic spots Canada gets, top 5 at Nationals is great.

 

[saine]

Interesting

Right now, I see Uliana holding on to the TBD spot. It is interesting to me, that she isn’t even competing this month. With her two 170+ domestic event wins, I don’t see them giving it to anybody else, unless they score over 170. Maybe, the barrier is lower for international events

If Gabby doesn’t compete, to me the spot is now between Uliana vs Kaiya vs KMS (Nebelhorn seems to be the battle and what skate Canada is waiting for).

I see Fee Ann, Breken, and Justine competing simply to get a Challenger spot now.

I didn't include BC Autumn Leaves since it technically isn't in September. Uliana isn't entered for it, or Denis Ten Memorial, so I'm wondering if she'll be at Budapest Trophy.

If she is there, then Skate Canada needs to give her an actual Challenger since it isn't one this year. They have it listed as a Challenger on the assignments page even though it isn't one

 

[4everchan]

Robert Brodie writes about Lauriault/Le Gac and their move to IAM Ontario:

'It felt like it was like home'

Their move to the London area has already been a roaring success for Canadian ice dancers Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac

rwbrodiewrites.substack.com

Also he does mention that Lajoie/Lagha withdrew from Nepela to focus on Budapest Trophy, no injury was involved.

Nice article about Lauriault Le Gac

but I wonder why LaLa would prefer going to Budapest over Nepela. It's a week apart... One is a challenger, the other is not. Strange.

Also, I am not so sure Charlie and Cayden are in such a good place to earn JGPF but let's hope I am wrong

 

[4everchan]

Canada added two silvers this weekend on the JGP circuit
Desrochers Trasher in pairs
Anderson Dawson in dance

Victoria finished 8th with only one mistake across both programs on her debut ! Bravo
Anthony finished 6th. He had a good SP but the LP... (i only watched the score card and I don't feel like watching the skate)

Very good debut as well for the Carandiucs and Beau and Vlad !

Congrats to our skaters. Canada is at 9 medals now with 3 stages left + JGPF

 

[saine]

Bashynska/Perron are entered for Skate Ontario Sectional Series October, representing IAM Ontario. As far as I can tell, they're based in France, so it could be an indication that they are representing Canada.

That's not confirmation of it, that'll be the November Sectional Championships entries if they're representing Canada.

Now confirmed that they are intending to compete for Canada!

Bashynska and Perron look to chase new dreams under Canadian flag

Nadiia Bashynska and Noe Perron When Canadian ice dancer Nadiia Bashynska's phone lit up with a text from her friend, fellow skater Corey Circelli, she

www.goldenskate.com

 

[4everchan]

So... for those who may have missed the GS article.

Nadiia and Noé Perron plan to represent Canada after all.

 

[4everchan]

Now confirmed that they are intending to compete for Canada!

Bashynska and Perron look to chase new dreams under Canadian flag

Nadiia Bashynska and Noe Perron When Canadian ice dancer Nadiia Bashynska's phone lit up with a text from her friend, fellow skater Corey Circelli, she

www.goldenskate.com

OK.. I literally posted this at the same time as you LOL

 

[4everchan]

Medal table after JGP Thailand

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan​	7	2	1	10
2	Canada​	3	4	2	9
3	United States​	2	1	5	8
4	South Korea​	1	4	1	6
5	China​	1	2	1	4

 

[Colonel Green]

With them training in France I thought that seemed like a strong indicator of which country they planned to compete for. Glad to not being losing Nadiia after all.