2018 Skate America: Ladies' Pregame chat and predictions

[GS Forum Staff]

Pre-game chat and predictions for 2018 Skate America for the Ladies

Entries as of 10/5/18

Loena HENDRICKX	BEL
Alaine CHARTRAND	CAN
Laurine LECAVELIER	FRA
Marin HONDA	JPN
Satoko MIYAHARA	JPN
Kaori SAKAMOTO	JPN
Elena RADIONOVA	RUS
Sofia SAMODUROVA	RUS
Polina TSURSKAYA	RUS
Starr ANDREWS	USA
Bradie TENNELL	USA
Megan WESSENBERG	USA

 

[CoyoteChris]

(Just Checking in as I Just returned for a few weeks before I am off again on another motorcycle trip but will be back by Late Sept)
So glad to see many of these skaters again. Will try and get a pic with Marin! Looking forward to this event and Four Conts. Should we start a thread of GS attendees for this event?

 

[nguyhm]

(Just Checking in as I Just returned for a few weeks before I am off again on another motorcycle trip but will be back by Late Sept)
So glad to see many of these skaters again. Will try and get a pic with Marin! Looking forward to this event and Four Conts. Should we start a thread of GS attendees for this event?

Yes, please start a thread for GS attendees. It's 2 months away and coming up very fast.

 

[CoyoteChris]

Arrrgggghhhhh...only two weeks to go....gotta get out of motorcycling touring/camping mode and get into making my folder for the trip over the Cascades.
Looks like a good group! In fact, I am excited about all 4 disiplines....that and the comp gets me away from Ranch work!

 

[figurefan0726]

I’ll be going to the Ladies SP. I’ll be sitting in section 119 along with my friend.

 

[figurefan0726]

Polina, Bradie, Kaori, or Satoko for the win! Would love to see Polina and Kaori qualify for the GPF. Bradie will definitely be the crowd favorite here!

 

[PaulE]

I expect Bradie and Satoko to do well here but I am really rooting for Kaori to do well too. I love the smooth flow of Kaori's skating. She reminds me of two old favorite skaters of mine, Shizuka Arakawa of Japan and Susanna Poykio of Finland. They both seemed to me to have soft knees and wonderful flow into and out of their jumps.

I am also looking forward to watching Loena and Marin in person for the first time. I also hope that Alaine Chartrand and Elena Radionova have good skates here—I have enjoyed watching them live in previous competitions and feel sad for their recent struggles.

 

[CoyoteChris]

I expect Bradie and Satoko to do well here but I am really rooting for Kaori to do well too. I love the smooth flow of Kaori's skating. She reminds me of two old favorite skaters of mine, Shizuka Arakawa of Japan and Susanna Poykio of Finland. They both seemed to me to have soft knees and wonderful flow into and out of their jumps.

I am also looking forward to watching Loena and Marin in person for the first time. I also hope that Alaine Chartrand and Elena Radionova have good skates here—I have enjoyed watching them live in previous competitions and feel sad for their recent struggles.

We may have to chase Marin around the concourse but we need a pic with her and maybe we can catch Kaori too!

 

[Harriet]

Fingers crossed Laurine can replicate or even improve on her spectacular results from French Masters here! Her SP wasn't streamed from Villard-de-Lans, so I"m really looking forward to seeing it for the first time here.

(...maybe she has been stepping up her training on the 3A again following the Masters and might be willing to give it a try?)

 

[Azikin]

Would love to see Polina and Kaori qualify for the GPF.

Me too. But... :think:

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Hey Everybody

Just letting you know that if you want to make formal predictions on more positions than just the winner, the 2018 edition of the Senior Grand Prix Predictions Game has now started. And for this season we have a new home over in The Edge.

Here are the links:

2018 Senior Grand Prix Predictions Game (Rules)
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?76205

2018 Senior GP Game HALL OF FAME!
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?76206

2018 Skate America: Predictions Game Round 1
https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?76207

Let the fun begin!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Sam-Skwantch]

Judges have been tough on rotations this year. Are they going to decimate Satoko? Last year she got thru Skate America unscathed but the trend and new scoring system seem to be shifting away from a leniency on rotations and instead we’re seeing it in GOE. Not somewhere I’d expect her to excell. Maybe her program presentation will be enough to charm the judges and even distract the TP

All the best to her regardless...I’m looking forward to seeing her programs which I’ve not yet seen. I’m not sure where to put her on my predictions....Loena is looking fierce :think:

 

[Azikin]

Loena is looking fierce :think:

Yeah, I think Loena has a good chance to beat all the Russians here.. maybe even fight for the medal..

 

[elektra blue]

Judges have been tough on rotations this year. Are they going to decimate Satoko? Last year she got thru Skate America unscathed but the trend and new scoring system seem to be shifting away from a leniency on rotations and instead we’re seeing it in GOE. Not somewhere I’d expect her to excell. Maybe her program presentation will be enough to charm the judges and even distract the TP

All the best to her regardless...I’m looking forward to seeing her programs which I’ve not yet seen. I’m not sure where to put her on my predictions....Loena is looking fierce :think:

as much as i love loena, i don't think she'll be able to beat satoko. the russians are another pair of shoes she can place above at least 2 out of 3

 

[Spirals for Miles]

Elena has definitely been struggling, so Loena will likely beat her. Polina is more of a mixed bag, but if URs are called here (and they might be, to lower Satoko's risk to Bradie) then Loena will probably go ahead of her. Sofia I wouldn't count out, though, she's new and fresh and ready to impress but I am biased of course

 

[CoyoteChris]

Thanks to the GS forum staff for posting the music. Much of it I dont recognize, like Marin's, but I watch her FS, which I do like the music to and her interpretation, I can put a name to a tune. Some day, I can just click on a song and my computer will just play it...."Computer, please play "Invierno porteno"

 

[CoyoteChris]

OK, I am a bit confused as usual. While making my SA program, I was putting in the Personal bests and see that some are very low. Kaori's SP is 49.91? This must mean under the current (2018) ISU rules???

 

[figurefan0726]

OK, I am a bit confused as usual. While making my SA program, I was putting in the Personal bests and see that some are very low. Kaori's SP is 49.91? This must mean under the current (2018) ISU rules???

Yeah, since the scores were completely redone.

 

[figurefan0726]

Rooting for Polina and Kaori!

 

[Azikin]

Someone actually voted for Radionova? :scratch3: