2022 Skate America Men's Short Program

[Mariiiiskate]

oh god a nightmare skate for Koshiro

 

[el henry]

I love that Koshiro is such a showman, but sad about the falls (for his sake).

 

[invisiblespiral]

Koshiro

Such a fun SP...

 

[Carol1]

I first saw Shimado live at Junior Worlds in Zagreb. I'll never forget it because a Japanese fan in my aisle threw him flowers and accidentally also threw her phone!

Not a good skate today, but he's clearly worked on his presentation skills and he'll get back up and keep going strong just like that phone did.

 

[Brenda_Bottems]

Can you cool it with GIFs please,dear?

 

[anonymoose_au]

Also are those pleather pants? They're definitely not the patented valour look of Yuzu or Shoma

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Yikes...Koshiro used up his good SPs at Lombardia and Regional

Clean(ish) FS instead then?
Ganba!

 

[auser]

Too bad about the jumps. This is a fun program from Koshiro.

 

[yesterday]

I find it interesting that the rules for Juniors are actually stricter in the SP - like they have that designated solo jump, so if you miss the combo, you can't just stick it onto the next jumping pass.

Or would the pressure of trying to stick the combo in a different spot be more stressful? Hmm :

to me with the designated jump they can assure a certain tech base level?

 

[Dawn825]

Can you cool it with GIFs please,dear?

I'm enjoying them

 

[lileychristie]

Ah, 2 skaters in and chaos already unleashed

Sad to see none of Koshiro's jumps worked out today... But boy he can spin! And love his energy too

 

[CellarDweller]

Can you cool it with GIFs please,dear?

Every season, in every competition thread, I post gifs, and people here enjoy reacting to them. When the season starts, I've had people post here that they are "waiting to see my gifs".

If you don't like it, give them a blind eye.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Sing Sing Sing is always a good way to get the audience immediately on your side, and I appreciate the people who cheered for the step sequence. I think this program is a good way to challenge him as a performer-- he was obviously nervous/focused in the beginning and the energy wasn't always there but it'll be interesting to see how Koshiro develops this over the season. Jumps were uh, on break, but I knew this was a possibility especially when I put him in my predictions lol.

 

[theblade]

Shimado is young enough; he can bounce back. Love that he didn't lose energy and gave great expression. Skating is more than jumps and it made the falls less devastating in a way. The marks are one thing, seeing him as a spectator is another.

 

[anonymoose_au]

I first saw Shimado live at Junior Worlds in Zagreb. I'll never forget it because a Japanese fan in my aisle threw him flowers and accidentally also threw her phone!

Yikes! Did she get the phone back? And did it survive the throw?

(Man, this reminds me that I've been so lazy lately and haven't done any skating why must closest rink be like two bus trips away...)

 

[ramurphy2005]

I find it interesting that the rules for Juniors are actually stricter in the SP - like they have that designated solo jump, so if you miss the combo, you can't just stick it onto the next jumping pass.

Or would the pressure of trying to stick the combo in a different spot be more stressful? Hmm :

It used to be that way in Seniors, too. I honestly don't remember when that changed.

 

[Brenda_Bottems]

Shimada is a class skater, too bad about the errors tonight.

 

[CellarDweller]

Let's go Donovan!!!!

 

[Sackie]

I expect all 3 USA men will be getting SBs tonight. ;-) Advantages of skating at home.

 

[lariko]

Hopefully rink monster would slow down now