I'm guessing Kristine Musademba will be on the podium, as she seems to be quite consistent this season.
oleada, I much prefer Riazanova & Guerrerio's FD to Chock & Zuerlein as well. I can't see R/G finishing behind them, I think they're in the fight for gold. And I think the Shibutani's could finish ahead as well (at the very least their FD is much nicer, I just don't see Phantom and Christine anywhere in C/Z's FD).
And the R&G OD is very, very good indeed.
The SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final for 2008-09 will take place in Goyang City, a suburb of Seoul, Republic of Korea, from December 11-14, 2008.
The United States placed 12 entries in the JGP Final, the most since the 2006-07 season, when they won nine of the 12 medals.
The Hubbells FD is sort of recycled Samuelson / Bates of last year-another Italian song. It did nothing for me. I haven't seen the Hubbell OD. I could see them coming behind R&G, even though I am not a huge fan of James Bond programs, R&G do well with this one. And the R&G OD is very, very good indeed.
I don't see it either! Their FD has like no face to face holds until the final step sequence (not that many dances have many face to face holds recently...) but there's so much side-by-side skating and very little transitions.
And I completely disagree with the writer of this article in placing Krasilnikova & Bezmaternikh over Iliushechkina & Maisuradze.
Maybe they should have used Polyvetsian Dances or Tosca. Boring for me, but what else?Yeah, just from listening to the music it sounds like a recycle of Samuelson/Bate's FD from last season, and I may be one of the few who was absolutely bored by it. But IMO the Hubbells are more dynamic than S/B, so maybe they can do more with it. I was quite partial to last season's FD to Apocalyptica, even if they never did perform it up to par.
What exactly are 'generic' dances? Aren't the trained by Spillband?but I find Chock & Zuerlein very lacking in relation to each other on the ice. They need that to make their rather generic dances work.
What exactly are 'generic' dances? Aren't the trained by Spillband?