2018-19 State of Japanese Ladies skating
I can't stand Meagan Duhamel so i missed that xD but yeah Wakaba is one heck of a fantastic skater! powerful and graceful at the same time. I'm completely in love with her. I don't know if the 3A she's so seriously working on right now will pay off tho. That footage of the summer camp with her 3A attempts was pretty scary and not really promising. I feel like she'd benefit from trying to have more difficult combos instead of the 3A. But
IF she ends up getting a 3A, i'll be incredibly happy. I was pretty bitter about her not going to the olympics and i really want to see her shine this season; team Japan in general, i want to see all these girls come and kick us all in the face and i hope those dumb judges will finally stop robbing them of their PCS points
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Oh, why don’t you like Duhamel? I like her commentary in TSL, it’s as knowledgeable as it gets. I find her very honest and direct. I also love her strong personality.
Anyway, nervermind Duhamel!
I too hope judges can be a bit more generous with the Japanese ladies this season. Wakaba should get some reputation points now, right? If that’s how this works for others.
I’m worried about Rika though. Even if she lands the jumps, if she doesn’t get a PCS boost it will be tough for her. I think her GOEs won’t be high at the jumps. I saw some improvement in her spins in the summer shows. I think they worked on that. So she should get good GOE on spins and stepsq and that choreo sq in the FS is perfect!! The only problem will be the jumps.
She’ll need good PCS to be really competitive.
I’m still upset about her SP. Why didn’t she keep Dickson??? At this point I’m thinking she should recycle her Kung Fu short. I didn’t see any growth from that SP to Wilson’s SP. It’s too comfy comfy! From La Strada to Beautiful Storm I’m seeing real growth, trying something new, evolving artistically. The SP is kind of a let down for me. It looks juniorish. She could’ve skated that program in her first junior season, that would’ve been nice. But for her Senior debut???? Don’t think so!
I hope the judges won’t agree with me though.
I think Wakaba would benefit from having a 3A, I hope she can pull it off if not this season then the next.
It is said Sakamoto is also working on it or want to. She’s another one I think could totally land a 3A! Her double is so good!!!
I’m already imagining Japan Nationals filled with 3A attempts, more than any other Nationals. [emoji23]
PS.: sorry for the mild rant. [emoji23]
