2018 Four Continents Mens FS

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

So proud of sweet Boyang!

He definitely is a sweet guy.

Though, I'm guessing now that he's one of the best in the World at this very moment, Sauron's eye will be diverted from Chen and onto him so to speak, and there will be plenty an orc trying to bring him down.

 

[da96103]

I told myself to take a small nap during the ice resurfacing but I just woke up nooooo But I'm so happy to Max did well! He'll always be one of my favorites

Never take naps when you intend to wake up, you'll just sleep through.

 

[Tahuu]

All the losses may fire up Shoma. He's the only one of the top 6 who hasn't win a major ISU championship.

 

[chopinskate]

All the losses may fire up Shoma. He's the only one of the top 6 who hasn't win a major ISU championship.

He needs to make his jumps not-sketchy before I can get behind a Shoma OGM.

 

[da96103]

One thing I am certain though, among the young ones, Boyang wins best costume both SP and LP.

 

[karne]

I told myself to take a small nap during the ice resurfacing but I just woke up nooooo But I'm so happy that Max did well! It's good to see him smile and have his confidence again, he needed it after what had happened at nationals He'll always be one of my favorites

You are lucky, really. The stream crashed out during Max's StSq. I didn't see anything until the ChSq. I'm sure my anguished screams made the neighbours think I was murdered or something

 

[CanadianSkaterGuy]

This Jin win has me even more psyched for the Olympics... it really could be anyone's game instead of the typical 2 faves battling for gold and the others scrapping for bronze.

And the funny thing is, I think some of them are holding back. Chen can add the loop, Uno can add the salchow. Jin could do 5 quads to match, as could Hanyu. It'll be interesting to see who pulls out all the stops.

 

[Skatefan15]

You are lucky, really. The stream crashed out during Max's StSq. I didn't see anything until the ChSq. I'm sure my anguished screams made the neighbours think I was murdered or something

Unfortunately/fortunately I have Icenetwork, which can also be a blessing and a curse.

 

[Tahuu]

He needs to make his jumps not-sketchy before I can get behind a Shoma OGM.

Shoma rarely gets < for his quads if he didn't fall. He got 4Lo< and 4F< here.

 

[Arriba627]

Unfortunately/fortunately I have Icenetwork, which can also be a blessing and a curse.

And speaking of Icenetwork, I have it too. Did everything appear slow to you? I mean, it seemed like everyone was skating slowly to me. Sounds kinda crazy, but I thought I was seeing things. Maybe my eyes are slow tonight?! Other than that, it was pretty good without a lot of buffering or anything else weird.

 

[chopinskate]

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Shoma rarely gets < for his quads if he didn't fall. He got 4Lo< and 4F< here.

I'd knock down the GOEs for those landings, too.

 

[MaiKatze]

He needs to make his jumps not-sketchy before I can get behind a Shoma OGM.

If Shoma wins the OGM with his 'sketchy' jumps, he'll hardly care if you got his back.

 

[bobbob]

Boyang was amazing here and he deservedly won. In terms of the Olympics though, he was barely above Shoma, and his room for improvement (5 points) is less than Shoma's (probably 20 points across both programs). I definitely think his Winning gap should have been bigger--Shoma could have easily won if his 4Lo wasn't called UR, which I'm glad it was. I think this is the first time Shoma got an UR on a quad he didn't visibly mess up on the landing of (usually he gets away with UR quads that have good flow on landing).

 

[chopinskate]

Nessun Shoma!

If Shoma wins the OGM with his 'sketchy' jumps, he'll hardly care if you got his back.

I'm sure he'll be glad for your defending him on GS, if he does.

 

[WeakAnkles]

Before anyone starts looking into their crystal balls or astrological charts or tea leaves or tarot cards about what WILL happen in Korea, you might be wise to look at the history books.

Ask Sarah Hughes.
Ask Alexei Urmanov.
Ask Torvill and Dean.
Ask Kurt Browning.
Ask Brian Boitano.
Etc. Etc. Etc.


Ice is slippery. It's the Olympics. Surprises happen.

 

[berry8]

Boyang was amazing here and he deservedly won. In terms of the Olympics though, he was barely above Shoma, and his room for improvement (5 points) is less than Shoma's (probably 20 points across both programs). I definitely think his Winning gap should have been bigger--Shoma could have easily won if his 4Lo wasn't called UR, which I'm glad it was. I think this is the first time Shoma got an UR on a quad he didn't visibly mess up on the landing of (usually he gets away with UR quads that have good flow on landing).

The Judging was so on point

 

[Arriba627]

Give it a rest guys. We get your message.

 

[karne]

Exactly. What we should be talking about is how the tone for the last group was set by Jason's magic and Max's fire. They made sure that whatever happened, we were going to see great skating in the last group.

 

[zebobes]

I was in the balcony of the arena, and I have a couple thoughts.

The reason why the announcer got stuck before announcing Boyang’s name is because I think the computer was stuck, so he had to wait for it to say Boyang’s name and start the timer.

Also, being unable to see as clearly from the balcony, I felt Boyang checked out of the performance until the step sequence, and checked out again during his two quad toe setups. The person sitting next to me was a Japanese student who loves figure skating and has been coming to Taipei for the past two years to watch figure skating, and we tried to guess who would win. Since we couldn’t see the technical score, we thought that Shona would win, while my friend who isn’t as versed in figure skating thought Boyang would win.

I love both of them, so I was happy no matter who won, but a local Taiwanese high school girl also sitting in our row started crying because Shoma lost.

All in all, lots of fun. I think I’ve been watching to much figure skating on YouTube, because I kept picturing a technical elements box appearing in the top left corner for my vision as I sat in the arena.

 

[MaiKatze]

Before anyone starts looking into their crystal balls or astrological charts or tea leaves or tarot cards about what WILL happen in Korea, you might be wise to look at the history books.

Ask Sarah Hughes.
Ask Alexei Urmanov.
Ask Torvill and Dean.
Ask Kurt Browning.
Ask Brian Boitano.
Etc. Etc. Etc.


Ice is slippery. It's the Olympics. Surprises happen.

I think for the men, since there is no clear 'dominating' favourite, any winner could be a surprise. It's definitely the most exciting competition of all the figure skating for me, because so much is possible, that someone who is a Gold candidate might end up sixth. I just don't see that in the other disciplines.