Exhibition online!!
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Caught the first half of Mao's Exhibition. She skated to Por Una Cabeza.
She smiled lots more than she usually does! Did a triple flip, but I think she doubled a loop? Jumps aside, I thought it was a very nice exhibition! Loved Kozuka's as well, except the feed was breaking up all over the place.
She smiled lots more than she usually does! Did a triple flip, but I think she doubled a loop? Jumps aside, I thought it was a very nice exhibition! Loved Kozuka's as well, except the feed was breaking up all over the place.
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It may have been a problem with the sound on Eurosport but that was probably the as quiet an audience as I've ever heard at a gala, even for D/S and Brian Joubert. Did anyone else get the same impression?
Did Takahiko Kozuka show up in jeans? He certainly managed to avoid anything costumy yet again.
Did Takahiko Kozuka show up in jeans? He certainly managed to avoid anything costumy yet again.
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Did Takahiko Kozuka show up in jeans? He certainly managed to avoid anything costumy yet again.
I think that's a part of his charm.:agree:
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What did Brian skate to?
EDIT: Techno music, it sounds familar but the name escapes me right now.
EDIT: Techno music, it sounds familar but the name escapes me right now.
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You're right! :-(
I was there myself.
The audience was AWFUL!!!!
At the beginning, to be fare, we had to put up with all the dull French skaters, which explains the lack of enthusiasm at the beginning.
But afterwards the show was simply fantastic. The people in the audience clearly didn't know how to cheer on a great skater, how to show appreciation. They didn't even know that after a great peformance one is supposed to stand up (in the whole of the arena we must have been twenty to do so!!)
I don't know what it's like in other countries, but this year at the TEB, I noticed that real skating lovers attended the competition, but less attended the exhibition. One thing that really annoys me is that there's LOADS of old people and families who attend exhibitions here, people who have no real love for the sport/ice, but just see it as something pretty they watch on tv. (No offence to olde people, but it's true).
Paris réveil toi!!!
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"Sandstorm" by a guy that I think is called darude -will check.
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What a shame... Good thing you were there, and some other skating fans to appreciate the performances
. The skaters deserve it, especially when you consider some of them have CoR in just a few days and doing a gala is hardly great preparation for a GP, even if it is fun.caroline
Caroline Zhang's beautiful gala performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95J6YTjkgw
She needs to stick to melochonic music instead of chirpy 'sleeping beauty' type.
Mao Asada's gala performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z98KSAl1BA
Caroline Zhang's beautiful gala performance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n95J6YTjkgw
She needs to stick to melochonic music instead of chirpy 'sleeping beauty' type.
Mao Asada's gala performance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z98KSAl1BA
Caroline didn't seem slow at all during the exhibition. And her spiral, wow, that was almost Kwan-like. Funny how her edging and overall skating skills seem so much better in exhibition than in competition. And that was a gorgeous lay-over camel.
Mao was...<3.
Mao was...<3.
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Lovely gala performance by Caroline. Nice to hear the Eurosport guys compliment her skating and recognize her talent instead of focusing only on her poor jump technique.. Thanks for the link.
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Sad to have to meet like this..
Hello Group,
Firstly, I would like to thank the very kind person who posted the link to the Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire, from Paris, France. Unfortunately, I was too late to catch the skating today. It is sad that the ISU cares so little about the fans that they are putting us through this. Do they really expect that we will pay Ice Network our cold hard cash during these trying times, just to have to huddle our families around a little lap top on the kitchen table? If we have to pay don't we deserve to watch it sitting on our couches and easy chairs?
Needless to say I am upset.
NanThe SkateFan
Hello Group,
Firstly, I would like to thank the very kind person who posted the link to the Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire, from Paris, France. Unfortunately, I was too late to catch the skating today. It is sad that the ISU cares so little about the fans that they are putting us through this. Do they really expect that we will pay Ice Network our cold hard cash during these trying times, just to have to huddle our families around a little lap top on the kitchen table? If we have to pay don't we deserve to watch it sitting on our couches and easy chairs?
Needless to say I am upset.
NanThe SkateFan
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that's the girl i expected to see at the competitions. Nice speed, her skating seemed very secure and comfortable, while in the event itself she looked like she was overthinking everything.
Lovely.
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ITA. And although she's still got that mulekick, IMO her jumps looked more secure in the exhibition as well. The speed was better too; she definitely looked like she was overthinking it in the event but well, that can happen to anyone.
Here's to hoping her jumps are better at Nationals!
Does Icenetwork have exhibition on-demand? I thought they don't cover any of the GP exhibitions. Or at least I don't know how to access them.
I saw the low-quality Youtube version of Caroline's exhibition over a poor internet connection. But even so it was just exquisite. She was always precocious in her artistic expressions (especially in the exhibitions), but I think here she seemed more connected with the audience and the music, more sure of her performance, and most importantly, she showed a lot of *joy* in her skating that was missing from her competitions. Plus, she's developed some feminine curves, just a hint and she doesn't exaggerate it at all, but that growing femininity is starting to shine through. This exhibition showed the Caroline that I fell in love with, who's been missing now for many months. No, even better, it shows a more mature, blossoming Caroline who's better than ever.
I second those who think that this is her best program yet. 
I don't know if the marked difference between her competition and exhibition skates reflect more on her mental attitude toward competitions or on CoP. CoP demands skaters to fill their skating with complicated transitions and excruciatingly contorted straight-line footwork sequences that are never straight-line anymore. For someone like Caroline, who obviously has the kind of delicate physique that befit subtle artistic expressions better than explosive power, CoP doesn't give her the breathing room to build up speed and skate with fluidity. Someone else remarked earlier that she simply doesn't get a chance to do many x-overs in her programs. In contrast, she has the luxury of using them in exhibitions to build up speed and express soft, lyrical parts, so it is both faster and more musical. I think CoP, with its mathematical precision and strong biases in terms of what constitutes "good execution", really kills diversity in skating, not only in terms of spins, spirals, and footwork sequences individually, but skating styles in general.
As always, I think if and when Caroline retires from competition, she will be in hot demand for show skating, and may even help revive the struggling industry in the U.S. Sometimes it's hard to remember what beautiful, innovative skating looks like, since there's so little show-skating on TV now, and CoP strait-jacketing skaters all into the same mold.
I saw the low-quality Youtube version of Caroline's exhibition over a poor internet connection. But even so it was just exquisite. She was always precocious in her artistic expressions (especially in the exhibitions), but I think here she seemed more connected with the audience and the music, more sure of her performance, and most importantly, she showed a lot of *joy* in her skating that was missing from her competitions. Plus, she's developed some feminine curves, just a hint and she doesn't exaggerate it at all, but that growing femininity is starting to shine through. This exhibition showed the Caroline that I fell in love with, who's been missing now for many months. No, even better, it shows a more mature, blossoming Caroline who's better than ever.
I second those who think that this is her best program yet. I don't know if the marked difference between her competition and exhibition skates reflect more on her mental attitude toward competitions or on CoP. CoP demands skaters to fill their skating with complicated transitions and excruciatingly contorted straight-line footwork sequences that are never straight-line anymore. For someone like Caroline, who obviously has the kind of delicate physique that befit subtle artistic expressions better than explosive power, CoP doesn't give her the breathing room to build up speed and skate with fluidity. Someone else remarked earlier that she simply doesn't get a chance to do many x-overs in her programs. In contrast, she has the luxury of using them in exhibitions to build up speed and express soft, lyrical parts, so it is both faster and more musical. I think CoP, with its mathematical precision and strong biases in terms of what constitutes "good execution", really kills diversity in skating, not only in terms of spins, spirals, and footwork sequences individually, but skating styles in general.
As always, I think if and when Caroline retires from competition, she will be in hot demand for show skating, and may even help revive the struggling industry in the U.S. Sometimes it's hard to remember what beautiful, innovative skating looks like, since there's so little show-skating on TV now, and CoP strait-jacketing skaters all into the same mold.
here is a youtube link in high quality version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBH7Csmr-8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoBH7Csmr-8
Does Icenetwork have exhibition on-demand? I thought they don't cover any of the GP exhibitions. Or at least I don't know how to access them.
I saw the low-quality Youtube version of Caroline's exhibition over a poor internet connection. But even so it was just exquisite. She was always precocious in her artistic expressions (especially in the exhibitions), but I think here she seemed more connected with the audience and the music, more sure of her performance, and most importantly, she showed a lot of *joy* in her skating that was missing from her competitions. Plus, she's developed some feminine curves, just a hint and she doesn't exaggerate it at all, but that growing femininity is starting to shine through. This exhibition showed the Caroline that I fell in love with, who's been missing now for many months. No, even better, it shows a more mature, blossoming Caroline who's better than ever.
I don't know if the marked difference between her competition and exhibition skates reflect more on her mental attitude toward competitions or on CoP. CoP demands skaters to fill their skating with complicated transitions and excruciatingly contorted straight-line footwork sequences that are never straight-line anymore. For someone like Caroline, who obviously has the kind of delicate physique that befit subtle artistic expressions better than explosive power, CoP doesn't give her the breathing room to build up speed and skate with fluidity. Someone else remarked earlier that she simply doesn't get a chance to do many x-overs in her programs. In contrast, she has the luxury of using them in exhibitions to build up speed and express soft, lyrical parts, so it is both faster and more musical. I think CoP, with its mathematical precision and strong biases in terms of what constitutes "good execution", really kills diversity in skating, not only in terms of spins, spirals, and footwork sequences individually, but skating styles in general.
As always, I think if and when Caroline retires from competition, she will be in hot demand for show skating, and may even help revive the struggling industry in the U.S. Sometimes it's hard to remember what beautiful, innovative skating looks like, since there's so little show-skating on TV now, and CoP strait-jacketing skaters all into the same mold.
