Kevin was the revelation of the season for me, after seeing him in person at Skate Canada. I feel that he’s truly a skater’s skater (like another of my all-time favorites, Matt Savoie), and has an innate artistic sense of movement that wasn’t taught. When he’s able to successfully combine his ever-developing technical arsenal, which does include a decent quad, with his artistry, it’s just magical. I think he’s really turned a lot of heads this season, so despite not skating his best at Worlds, this was a very successful season for him. I can’t wait to see what he has in store for us next season!
Autumn Classic SP https://ok.ru/video/1251622521353
Yay thank you! Have downloaded for safekeeping... okay to pass it on to the ACI videos thread? (the youtube one being muted)
He did brilliantly!
Second was Kevin Aymoz who had the crowd firmly on his side as he recorded a big personal best.
The Frenchman, skating to Prince's 'A Question of U', landed a quad toe loop and a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination before just stepping out on his closing triple Axel.
But this marked a leap forward for the energetic crowd-pleaser who smashed through the 90-point barrier for the first time with 94.76.
Afterwards, the 22-year-old told reporters that he was "really happy" with his performance:
"I was so stressed because it was the first competition of the season and a new program. You're thinking if it's going to give something to people and they're going to be happy to see it so I just wanted to 'give the show' and do what I did before.
"It's really fun to skate this program and even if I do six falls - maybe not six falls - people are going to remember the program and not the falls." - Kevin Aymoz
He also admitted that he "regretted" his new bleached-blond look.
"It was the worst thing I did in the world. I tried to dye it grey. It was beautiful for three weeks, a beautiful grey, silver. And after, the colour disappeared and my hair's still blond because I bleached the hair. I can't wait until the end of the competition to cut my hair!"
Autumn Classic SP https://ok.ru/video/1251622521353