2013 Junior Worlds Men SP

[sequinsgalore]

He ZHANG (CHN)

Music: Minnie the Moocher (from Blues Brothers soundtrack) by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Sing Sing Sing by Louis Prima

2A - commentators says he planned 3A
3Lz+3T - e, foot down early
CSSp
3F
FCSp
StSq
CCoSp

Some invisible flaws, but nice presentation.

SP: 31.64 + 28.78 = 60.42
in 5th (out of 30)

 

[Mirunna]

Jason Brown is a gorgeous skater. And he nailed the 3A, too bad about the combo. Will lead, and by some margin I guess

 

[karne]

*running around in circles shrieking* BEST YET! BEST YET! BEST YET! GO JASON!

 

[sequinsgalore]

Jason BROWN (USA)

Music: The Question of U by Prince

3A - looked nice
3Lz+2T - turn in-between
FCSp
CSSp
3F
StSq - very creative and detailed
CCoSp

Nice to see him land the 3A, but shame about the combo.

SP: 36.62 + 33.44 = 70.06 (SB) - solid score

 

[Icey]

am I in error in thinking the set-up time for his 3x is a little too long?

 

[karne]

Okay. I'm breathing again now.

The 3A was fantastic. He telegraphed it a bit, but once he was in the air I never doubted he would land it!

Shame about the combo...but lovely 3F.

I freaked a bit during his last spin, and I think he might have lost control of it a fraction in the layover. He just seemed too laid-over, like he was going to fall, and somehow he saved it, but I figured he might have messed it because his changes weren't with the music after that.

Anyway, he leads, and IMO, there's only one skater left who can take that from him, and that's Josh.

 

[Kutien]

JWC 2013 Ryuju HINO SP

 

[Ziggy]

Brown's SP is just absolutely astounding. The attention to detail is incredible and the quality of everything he does is excellent.

Shame about the combo (his timing was a little late on the lutz) but still, this was a great performance.

And now stupid Eurosport is showing us repeat of Pairs SP instead of Samarin...

 

[Mirunna]

am I in error in thinking the set-up time for his 3x is a little too long?

You are right but considering this is a fairly new jump for him the most important thing is to land it. Which he did. Once he'll get more confident with the jump the set-up will probably be much shorter.
His PCS are to close compared to the rest IMO

 

[Kutien]

JWC 2013 He ZHANG SP

 

[karne]

am I in error in thinking the set-up time for his 3x is a little too long?

He does telegraph it a fair bit, but that's not unexpected when you consider how new the jump is for him. Once he nails it down firmly and is comfortable landing it, the entry will get shorter, and soon enough I imagine he'll start using some of the creative entries he used to have for his 2A.

 

[Kutien]

JWC 2013 Jason BROWN SP

 

[sky_fly20]

He's improved his PB by 7.55 points!

his pcs wasnt that good either, Kolyada is not a stable skater

looks like we might see a Top 3 all Ameircan Boys in the SP

 

[Kutien]

JWC 2013 Shoma UNO SP
JWC 2013 June Hyoung LEE SP

 

[karne]

looks like we might see a Top 3 all Ameircan Boys in the SP

I think Jason's blog would be in all capslock if that happened.

 

[Icey]

Something did seem to go wrong with one of Jason's spins. Did he fall of an edge or something?

 

[gmyers]

his pcs wasnt that good either, Kolyada is not a stable skater

looks like we might see a Top 3 all Ameircan Boys in the SP

I know you think it should have been petrov but kolyda won jr nationals and didn't do that bad!

 

[sequinsgalore]

Joshua FARRIS (USA)

Music: Suite for Solo Cello No 1 in G Major: Prelude by Yo-Yo Ma

3A - nice clean w/preceding brackets
3Lz+3T
FCSp
3F - forward, held on
CSSp
CCoSp
StSq

Nice solid skate... should take the lead easily

SP: 41.45 + 34.39 = 75.84 (PB)
in 1st (out of 32)

 

[karne]

NAILED IT! Great work Josh!

I can't see anyone else beating that!

 

[Icey]

Josh is the only one to make it into the 7's in pcs.