- Joined
- Jan 25, 2013
Are we still pretending that Shoma is rotating his jumps? It's beyond me how can someone claim that a skater who is constantly getting away with his flaws "a level above" others. Where does this belief come from? Let's not insult skaters with better technique like that, please, skaters who rotate their jumps and actually work on their flaws but doesn't get as much support from the federation because they weren't meant to be the "chosen ones" .
The plan was to have someone to replace Yuzuru when he once retires, but the last years showed that Shoma is not that person and the judges slowly get it too. But the next generation is here, lets give some deserved love to them
He is still rotating his jumps. Look at the protocols. He’s still executing clean quad toes and quad flips, and even has a 3A+4T in the works. Yeah yeah yeah some don’t care for his technique - whatever... as long as he’s doing what needs to get it sufficient for tech panels those are really the opinions which should actually matter to him at the end of the day and not the opinions of those who dislike him or criticize him for not quite measuring up to Hanyu.
Lol @“the plan”. Shoma (or the other Japanese men) aren’t some failsafes to keep fans still invested/interested/satisfied if Yuzu happens to not be competing in a competition, or when he ultimately retires. They are their own unique skaters with their own careers, as is Yuzu with his. The same toxic comparison rhetoric is used when everyone was wondering who would replace skaters like Kwan or Kim or Asada, and was supremely disrespectful to skaters who were just trying to do their thing and not be mocked or criticized simply or put under severe pressure for not matching up to their country’s illustrious decorated predecessors/contemporaries to ensure a smooth transition of winning-ness or whatever is according to this “plan” you speak of.
Anyways if we are talking about ones to watch, I’m quite impressed by Yuma this season. Smooth jumps with deep landings and I can see in him artistic inspiration from a lot of the top Japanese skaters, including Uno (who is still around - I mean even skating subpar he was 4th at Worlds!).