2017 Four Continents Pairs SP

[ancientpeas]

Alright.. be verrrry, verrrry quiet. Dog is back.

 

[4everchan]

this thread is slow... which means another drink... oh oh... i don't think my liver will forgive me for this.

 

[xeyra]

Oh, this group is way more colorful than the last.

 

[Tastetherainbow]

A 66 is low for them.

This is just an aside, but remember when Sui/Han skating at their best scored in the 66s in the SP in the beginning of the 2014-2015 season? Now a 66 is considered as "really bad" for Chinese pairs! How far we've come

 

[4everchan]

4everchan commentary is sponsored graciously by The Botanist, Scottish gin

 

[SarahSynchro]

Have you ever tried getting school children to sit down for hours?

Ok so I was at the Ontario University Athletics' Varsity level figure skating championships this afternoon in Niagara Falls, solely to watch the synchronized skating event. It was only 45 minutes long, but do you think my 8 year old could sit still for longer than ten seconds? The answer is no, she was all over the place. Good lord.

(Varsity figure skating is big in Ontario universities, for those who don't know)

 

[ancientpeas]

You better be careful drunky.. someone is going to liberate their favourites from your harem.

 

[SarahSynchro]

i'm going to say it..because i can: Cain and leduc have crappy music this year. I put a spell on you and the prayer? Next year will it be phantom and feeling good?

kill it all with fire!!!

 

[shiroKJ]

I love this song The lyrics always makes me sad though.

 

[SarahSynchro]

because he is a harem wannabe

Tell me what you want, what you really really want

 

[hippomoomin]

Why Japan keeps on investing foreign born pair skater, when they won't sponsor his citizenship？

 

[xeyra]

I low-key love their contrasting costumes.

 

[rain]

I really like the costumes of this couple. Tasteful, yet striking.

 

[skylark]

Their twist is really good, and so is their throw. They are a strong team overall and probably would have scored in the 70s without the botched spin. A 66 is low for them.

All this is true, and I usually adore that program. It didn't connect with me tonight for some reason ... which may well be me. I guess I'll chalk that performance up to another of my complaints with the scoring system. Something that disrupting to the program is bad, to me, and the fact that tech points override it is problematic for me, whatever the rational answers.

to everyone for your answers. :

 

[sequinsgalore]

8 Sumire SUTO / Francis BOUDREAU-AUDET (JPN)

Music: Sakura (Spring Blossom) by Naotaro Moriyama, performed by Andre Rieu

Black/white reverse costumes

3Tw
3S - she turnout (maybe <), he hand down
3STh
5ALi
FCCoSp - unison off
StSq
BiDs

Some smaller errors, but solid pair elements

SP: 31.85+28.29 = 58.14 (PB), 3/8

 

[Tastetherainbow]

The Japanese really know their music well. Love the music, decent performance! Much better twist too!

 

[SarahSynchro]

FRANCIS is so delicious he and Mervin should come back to Canada... I hear Justine Brasseur needs a new partner

Can somebody hose this guy down?

 

[NanaPat]

Love the costumes. Love the music. Love their skating.

 

[Mrs. P]

They smashed their PB by six points! Good for them!

 

[shiroKJ]

Why Japan keeps on investing foreign born pair skater, when they won't sponsor his citizenship？

Its hard to find guys willing to do pairs in Japan so its a last resort kind of thing. And their citizenship requirements are really strict...I think exceptions are rarely made. Something completely out of JSF's hands.