2025 Skate Canada: General Info and Pregame Chat

[Jontor]

you can't just say things like that and don't show any photographic evidence

Oh no...that would be too much information. This is a respectable forum...

 

[FlossieH]

What were Skate Canada thinking? Don't they know they should schedule the competitions around lunch time so that we Europeans can watch it comfy in the evening.

Now I will have to watch the whole thing in my turtle PJs!!

The 11 pm start does have the advantage that I can get back from band in time! I will admit that the finishes are rather late here, though.

 

[FlossieH]

I am lost. Why are people talking about Estonian time? What does that have to do with Canada and Saskatoon?

 

[saine]

I am lost. Why are people talking about Estonian time? What does that have to do with Canada and Saskatoon?

They're talking about Eastern Standard Time (EST). Daylight savings ends on November 2 for most of North America, except in Saskatchewan that observes Central Standard Time all year. This is why there's been discussion of time zones.

 

[4everchan]

I am lost. Why are people talking about Estonian time? What does that have to do with Canada and Saskatoon?

Lol.
Eastern Standard Time. Not Estonian

 

[TontoK]

as the authority on cacti matters i can confirm you like the one that is going to compete here. he's not just any cactus, he's cactus royalty, the one true king of european cacti, his majesty Sasha Selevkactus. the younger one he's the pretender to the cactus throne and a child of darkness, he usually does spooky programs.

As a fellow Michal Březina stalwart from way back in the day, I can attest that no one can question your cacti-spotting credentials. They are unmatched.

I've hitched myself to heartbreak more than once, but you, my dear, have an absolute gift.

 

[NanaPat]

8:30 PM on Saturday for the men's short, yes!

But I still can't wrap my brain around why the time difference is only two hours if on Saturday evening we are still on EDT in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Saskatchewan is on MST. My brain is small.

What? I'm seeing 1:25 pm PDT, which should be 4:25 EDT.

 

[el henry]

What? I'm seeing 1:25 pm PDT, which should be 4:25 EDT.

Well I'm glad you posted, I was looking at the time zone converter for the thread and not the actual schedule. You are right, 2:25 Saskatoon time translated to 4;25 Pennsylvania time.

Still good.

 

[Jontor]

Well I'm glad you posted, I was looking at the time zone converter for the thread and not the actual schedule. You are right, 2:25 Saskatoon time translated to 4;25 Pennsylvania time.

Still good.

Still good? Here in Europe it is still middle-of-the-night-time.

 

[TwinnerA]

I’m so glad I live where the time doesn’t fall back or spring forward! Take a guess where that is.

 

[NanaPat]

By the way, I just checked the CBC schedule and they have changed the Sunday times by an hour, compared with the schedule I printed out a couple of weeks ago.

It seems like the CBC had a problem with the time change! Interestingly, it wasn't that they did the old time change for Sunday, but they overcorrected for Saskatchewan not being on daylight time.

 

[NanaPat]

I’m so glad I live where the time doesn’t fall back or spring forward. Take a guess where that is.

Arizona? But not on Navajo Nation land.

 

[Mathman]

Hawaii? (No need because it is close to the equator.)

 

[CoyoteChris]

Well I made it to Saskatoon this afternoon and am now ensconced in the Comfort Suites next to the SaskTel Centre. It appears to be sort of out in the sticks (or boondocks). The places to eat within walking distance are a Husky truck stop restaurant, a Tim Hortons, and possibly a food counter at Costco. At least the hotel serves breakfast. I’m hoping there might be some reasonable sandwiches or something at the venue.

I was able to get good flight connections by taking a ferry to Victoria BC and flying from there via Vancouver on Air Canada. When I checked flights for some friends in the U.S. it appeared they could probably fly to Europe faster than they could fly here.

Have fun, my friend. Skating is good for the soul. Today the sun clawed its way to 28 degrees above the Horizon in Spokane (24 degrees in Saskatoon). Except you couldnt see it for the ice fog here. After SkateCanada, and Japanese Western Sectionals, I am headed to San Diego and a cruise to Mexico for a week. I need you to cheer very hard for our fav skaters in the NHK, which I will watch at a later date. I come home just in time to watch SA on demand.. Safe travels to both of us.

 

[CoyoteChris]

I'm pretty sure I went to that exact Tim Hortons before I left Kelowna after Skate Canada 2019! I believe I had an Impossible breakfast sandwich, which leads me to another good point about Tim Hortons: it has a nice selection of vegetarian food!

PaulE and I went there for SC in 2014. Its a great place for a skating event. Not far for us at all to drive. I have been through there on a bike in the summer and I was amazed both times how polite the drivers were.

 

[saine]

The kiss and cry is a bit haunted.

 

[Tutto]

I think Mihhail is nice looking too.

I think Alexander has that devilish charm about him that makes him ohh so very attractive. The youngest one just hasn't got it - sorry!

 

[saine]

For commentary, it looks to be Chris on the ISU feed.

 

[4everchan]

For commentary, it looks to be Chris on the ISU feed.

I'll watch CBC then

 

[labgoat]

Aleksandr Selevko is the handsome guy that medaled at Europeans. He will also be at Skate Canada this weekend. I can confirm he is handsome, I ran into him at Worlds 2024 and got to tell him that I really liked his short program. (But he is taken, from what I have heard...)

I thought I remembered reading that he and Emily Chan are dating