2016 NHK Trophy Pairs FS

[hippomoomin]

What happened to Narumi Takahashi? Did she retire?

 

[Crossover]

Such an improvement for COC! I'm so happy for them!

Indeed. They were on and seem like content with their performance.

 

[Tastetherainbow]

W/W went with soft romance, but what they excel in are happy programs. I want Xuehan's sunshine smile from start to finish; it'll also earn bonus PCS points

 

[bartlebooth]

Although he's Japanese American, Alex Shibutani is 6 feet tall. So that still counts, right?

My take is not that there are not tall Japanese boys, rather that they choose other sports.
Shibutani was born in the US, where there is a more varied tradition (lately, at any rate), and I think he and his sister chose skating together - I mean they skated together since they were children?

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Xuehan WANG / Lei WANG

119.66/185.32 1/4

 

[ancientpeas]

And I wouldn't say 1.74 is tall. I'm 1.65 and I'm certainly not tall. Most male pair skaters are over 6 feet it seems.

 

[glorybox6]

Mari's dress is giving me flashbacks to Tanja Szewczenko circa 1997.

 

[rollerblade]

I still can't believe there's a 10 year different between the Wangs.

 

[SarahSynchro]

A little bit of Xuehan flying in the air,
A little bit of W/W screwing up their sbs spin.

Keep those lyrics coming!

 

[hippomoomin]

It's so amazing perfect that he is super tall and she is short, speaking of siblings, that's a huge variation.

My take is not that there are not tall Japanese boys, rather that they choose other sports.
Shibutani was born in the US, where there is a more varied tradition (lately, at any rate), and I think he and his sister chose skating together - I mean they skated together since they were children?

 

[SarahSynchro]

I still can't believe there's a 10 year different between the Wangs.

Really? I'm shocked. I never would've guessed that.

 

[glorybox6]

lol these generic zombie apocalyptic-sounding voiceovers :hpull:

 

[ancientpeas]

No voice overs!

 

[hippomoomin]

Huh~~~ voice over again???:disapp:

 

[ruffledgrouse]

Jumps... is not a strong point for the German, is it?

Or throws.

Or SBS spins

But music selection is

 

[SarahSynchro]

My take is not that there are not tall Japanese boys, rather that they choose other sports.
Shibutani was born in the US, where there is a more varied tradition (lately, at any rate), and I think he and his sister chose skating together - I mean they skated together since they were children?

Fair enough. :yes: That's all true of the Shibs.

 

[begin]

this is the soundtrack of my nightmares

 

[solar]

Robotic voice overs?

 

[ancientpeas]

This music is giving me the feels. The bad feels.

 

[bartlebooth]

It's so amazing perfect that he is super tall and she is short, speaking of siblings, that's a huge variation.

All my siblings are tall - guess who's the shortie in my family?