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2016 US Nationals Senior Pairs SP

Aaron/Settlage~ Graceful white costumes with navy accents. Her posture- :luv17: Nice twist and throw. Another fall on the SBS Salchows. LOVE their expression and flow. Very nice despite the fall.

SBS Salchows seem to be the killer move today. They've taken out almost everyone so far.
 
I've noticed this before, but John Coughlin is a great commentator. Knowledgeable, interesting, and keeps mostly quiet during the actual program. :agree:
 
Kinda sucks how I can watch the Russian and Japanese SP events at their Nats live (that is halfway across the world) but in my own country I have to rely on quick hits or pay 50 dollars for an unreliable online streaming service...
 
YES JUMPSUITS! I don't even care how they do, they're my automatic favorites behind my hometown girl :luv17:
 
Haha what a fun program for Caitlin and Ernie! Love watching them skate. Pity about the tech issues.

Edit: Oh, and that end spin into the over-the-back is too cool.
 
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B hates this pair for all the same reasons I love them.

Too bad about the throw- it looked like she landed it, but her skate just caught on the ice.
 
Haha what a fun program for Caitlin and Ernie! Love watching them skate. Pity about the tech issues.

Edit: Oh, and that end spin into the over-the-back is too cool.

To me this is them in a nutshell- always fun even if they're never quite there technically. I do hope they'll be able to improve some over the summer- it would be great to see them go clean.
 
Yeah I really hope Caitlin and Ernie can do stronger on the technical elements in the free/stick together. They have so much potential and star quality in spades. Would be great to see them keep develop together!
 
Fields/Stevens~ Coughlin says they took this year as a no-pressure year to try something new with costumes, music, and theme. Thus the purple/black jumpsuits! I/WSA represent! Lots of speed and skating skills like I expect from my hometown peeps (not biased at all....). The throw looks like it almost had more power than she expected and she didn't check in time. Intentional double Salchows- maybe safer today. Look forward to really good things from them.
 
So happy to see so much love for Caitlin and Ernie, they're so much fun, so different from everyone else, and have charisma in spades.
 
The US need SBS jump camp!

Hey Tom and Delilah... how about adding a pairs SBS round to this years Broadmoor Open Jump contest. Might be away for the teams with good ones to show off and get noticed and give some good old fashioned competitiveness to everyone.
 
F/S have among the best basic skating skills among the US Pairs but they need to upgrade the jumps and other elements to be a top 5 US Pairs team which they can be.
 
Costumes!

Smith/Rice- Black and silver art deco dress with a fluffy feather/fringe skirt. He's a waiter

Fujimoto/B-R- Blue dress that darkens down to the black skirt, silver accent beading. Black button down for him.

Kane/O'shae- Burgundy one shoulder dress with subtle sparkls. He's in matching button down with a deep v neck

Y'all know what Chris and Alexa look like. Bright violet lipstick and all.
 
What's going on with Chris today? He looked really stiff/off balance in the death spiral and then fell on the SBS.
 
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