Men's Free Program, Sat. Nov. 12 at 10:55 pm EST

[emma]

I did purposefully leave out the word transitions...anyway, maybe it's just me.

 

[Art&Sport]

You've awoken my curiosity, so I did some research. Do you know when exactly did Jeremy first announce his programs? The earliest article I could find was from IceNetwork (can't link to it) in July, while Tomas announced his choice of Sing, Sing, Sing in May (run this article through Google Translate: http://others.sport-express.ru/reviews/13618/). Not sure about Kevin or Javier, though....

Interesting. Not sure of the exact date Jeremy announced -- but word-of-mouth within the sport is always a possibility before anyone announces. Nobunari has a similar swing theme in his fp. Re: predominance of black costumes -- must be Evan's influence ... with his black designer outfits at the Olympics.

 

[Spun Silver]

Doesn't anyone want to talk about the skating?

 

[jChamp]

Dear Lord...It felt like Menshov's program lasted about three hours. Clearly not his day....

 

[blue_idealist]

I did purposefully leave out the word transitions...anyway, maybe it's just me.

I find his skating a bit like Buttle's, except without the sophistication of choreo.. maybe that will come in time. He's kinda like Brezina too.

 

[Art&Sport]

Influence aside, I think Contesti pulls his suspenders much better than Jeremy does. ...

Homologate, LOL.

LOL, it must be the Italian in him -- love the expressiveness of the Italian language.

 

[Blades of Passion]

Buttle's programs actually didn't have as many direct transitions as people make it out to be. What he had was great movement and highlights inbetween the jump elements. In terms of transitions right into jumps it was only like 2 of his jumping passes in his World Championship skate.

Miner's program this year doesn't do much for him. He does have transitions before 3 jumping passes, though, and that amount might increase at Nationals.

 

[evangeline]

Doesn't anyone want to talk about the skating?

I would if there was a live stream for Canadians. I'm just sitting here waiting for Youtuber (Youtubette?) NikaQuest to upload his/her videos.....

 

[Violet Bliss]

Influence aside, I think Contesti pulls his suspenders much better than Jeremy does. What was great about his program was the way he performed it, staying in character throughout and pulling in the audience while landing the jumps. Very enjoyable.

Homologate, LOL.

Yes, let's homologate Contesti's suspender pulling.

 

[blue_idealist]

*Sigh* the videos don't seem to be coming up as fast on youtube. Maybe the user just doesn't like Machida and Menshov.

 

[ranjake]

Doesn't anyone want to talk about the skating?

Mine is a bit too pixilated to see the scores- or I would post them. My screen is cut off, too- so I can't tell much. Sorry. I wish we could see more- I love the details.

 

[jChamp]

What a disappointing second group :/

 

[herios]

Doesn't anyone want to talk about the skating?

Some of us we are not as fortunate like you to watch it live, we are catching up delayed, so in between we are chating.

 

[Spun Silver]

Meltdown for Mroz. A fall and 4 pops before I couldn't watch any more. He looked so unhappy coming out to skate - did he have a bad warmup? Something wrong? Poor guy.

 

[emma]

Crap!!! My feed died and I totally missed Mroz. Go Taka and Dai!

 

[Art&Sport]

Yes, the free program tends to weed out the pretenders to the throne (or rather, the medals). Sorry for Mroz, but he needs a lot of help with artistry.

 

[Spun Silver]

Crap!!! My feed died and I totally missed Mroz. Go Taka and Dai!

That was actually a good skate to miss. It's not fun to watch someone suffer.

 

[herios]

What a disappointing second group :/

The best are yet to come

 

[evangeline]

Hm, could it be that Miner may medal?

 

[hikki]

What's with Mroz always looking like he couldn't be arsed? Kinda reminds me of James Franco at the Oscars. Good looking yet dull!

Go Kozuka!!