2024-25 Senior Grand Prix Final Rhythm Dance

[auser]

I know this is over the top and over-dramatising it, but I truly feel like going back to hotel and just cry. Never, ever get invested, I just need a reminder.

 

[Ruthypegs]

I have selfish reasons for this - ice skating in the UK currently gets barely any media coverage and very little financial support.

When Torvill and Dean were winning medals, media interest/coverage increased, and the sport grew.

Lilah and Lewis's successes so far have rarely featured in the UK media, but I've noticed that audience numbers at British Nationals have been growing (with many people coming specially to see them).

If Lilah and Lewis start to look like Olympic medallists, I'm hoping that the media will take more interest, and that the sport will grow and be better funded - this can only be a good thing for the other British elite skaters, and audiences.

Plus, they are always very gracious with their fans.

 

[TontoK]

it's nice to see someone of your age with such a knowledge of modern pop music. kudos to you!

If @Carol1 is interested in seeing them skate to those artists, all she has to do is mute a video and play her selection separately.

It'll work, both in program construction and costuming/packaging.

 

[TontoK]

I don't think the after-event musing has acknowledged Marjorie and Zach nearly enough.

I'm not a huge fan of the Austin Powers RD because I think they're better than this gimmick.

But the quality of their skating and the elements is underappreciated. They're the future - not Lila and Lewis. IMO, of course.

 

[4everchan]

I don't think the after-event musing has acknowledged Marjorie and Zach nearly enough.

I'm not a huge fan of the Austin Powers RD because I think they're better than this gimmick.

But the quality of their skating and the elements is underappreciated. They're the future - not Lila and Lewis. IMO, of course.

LaLa FTW !

 

[EdgeCall]

 

[EdgeCall]

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Currently super pissed with the skate gods for P2.
Happy for LaLa but irritated for the Brits.

I will not say further.

 

[mrrice]

I truly wish I could see Chock and Bates in person. She is so beautiful and he is so handsome that I find myself mesmerized by their looks, more than their skating.

 

[lariko]

I still can't get over Gilles/Poirier fall I mean, I wanted Lopareva/Brissaud not to come dead last, but aww, not G/P!

 

[auser]

I truly wish I could see Chock and Bates in person. She is so beautiful and he is so handsome that I find myself mesmerized by their looks, more than their skating.

I was fortunate to see them at 2019 4CC's RD in Anaheim, CA. I was sitting high up in the arena(although every seat is pretty good there), but you could feel her electric presence even during warmup.

 

[slider11]

I am not a fan, but Chock and Bates fairly won the SD today. I think it's close with the Italians and Brits but I can live with their 2-3 placement. Paul needs to get out of his head the mistakes in the last 2 competitions and just go for it with the FD. I think they will place second or third in the FD but obviously not enough to put them on the podium. But that should be enough to take them positively into their Nationals and maybe 4CCs.

 

[el henry]

I feel for any skater who falls, has a bad day, doesn't live up to their own expectations and their fans.

That said, I loved Chock and Bates RD. The multiple music cuts are, God forbid, growing on me, and they sell it so well. I am also happy to hear Mark's commentary praising their technical skills, so I don't feel like I am a chump simply entertained by subpar skating.

 

[TontoK]

Protocols are fascinating. Judge number 8 gave a 6 and 7s to LaLa in PCS... fascinating.

That's just wrong.

I'm hopeful they'll be WC next year, post Olympics. If the likely medalists (IMO that's C/B, G/P, and the Italians) skip after the Olympics, they should be able to beat everyone else by next year and begin the push for the next cycle.

 

[LeReveur]

I truly wish I could see Chock and Bates in person. She is so beautiful and he is so handsome that I find myself mesmerized by their looks, more than their skating.

That sums up an in-person experience. She is gorgeous, but her skating skills are not.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

I am not a fan, but Chock and Bates fairly won the SD today. I think it's close with the Italians and Brits but I can live with their 2-3 placement. Paul needs to get out of his head the mistakes in the last 2 competitions and just go for it with the FD. I think they will place second or third in the FD but obviously not enough to put them on the podium. But that should be enough to take them positively into their Nationals and maybe 4CCs.

What happened to Paul today was a freak accident, you don't have the heel of your blade catch the boards b/c "you're in your head." You just don't.

 

[4everchan]

I finally had the pleasure to watch LaLa's RD It was sharp, crisp, full of energy. Of course, the TP did what they did. The judges did what they did... but in the end, there is no reason why this should be so much below their season's best score. Not with what they produced here. Oh yeah, there is a reason, they were first to skate and European officials are preparing Euros. In other words, some will push the Italians, some will push the Brits, some may even push the French... because that's the next thing happening... On top of that, they may have been planning to save their big scores for the Canadian number 1 team...
How will their free dance be marked now that Piper and Paul are no longer able to reach the podium ?
I am very disappointed that their talent and skills will only be recognized when other teams retire.
Clearly, that score is fake.
I didn't like it
She didn't like it
He didn't like it
We didn't like it

Did anyone like it ?

 

[Skater Boy]

I still can't get over Gilles/Poirier fall I mean, I wanted Lopareva/Brissaud not to come dead last, but aww, not G/P!

I wanted them to do so well. They just seem destined for "disaster" I worry they won't win an olympic medal. May be passed by lala. They need to get it together and skate clean clean clean with pizzaz. I still don't find Fear and Gibson really of the quality of top teams but this quadrennial the skil level or talent does seem lower for whatever reason overall. I remind myself not every uadrenniel can be stellar.

 

[Ruthypegs]

I don't think the after-event musing has acknowledged Marjorie and Zach nearly enough.

I'm not a huge fan of the Austin Powers RD because I think they're better than this gimmick.

But the quality of their skating and the elements is underappreciated. They're the future - not Lila and Lewis. IMO, of course.

Marjorie and Zach are amazing skaters, and headed for World medals, IMHO.

Re. Lilah and Lewis, I wonder if they'll continue past Milan? (I suspect they will, especially if they don't reach the podium). The next few years could be interesting in British Ice Dance - the second British team, Bekker and Hernandez, are not that far behind in terms of scores (they've just won Golden Spin of Zagreb, too). IMHO, Hernandez in particular, is an excellent ice dancer, and the team aren't coached at IAM, making them fairly unique ....

I wonder if having Bekker and Hernandez on their heels might push Lilah and Lewis into trying some different styles of programme - this can only be a good thing.

 

[TontoK]

Marjorie and Zach are amazing skaters, and headed for World medals, IMHO.

Re. Lilah and Lewis, I wonder if they'll continue past Milan? (I suspect they will, especially if they don't reach the podium). The next few years could be interesting in British Ice Dance - the second British team, Bekker and Hernandez, are not that far behind in terms of scores (they've just won Golden Spin of Zagreb, too). IMHO, Hernandez in particular, is an excellent ice dancer, and the team aren't coached at IAM, making them fairly unique ....

I wonder if having Bekker and Hernandez on their heels might push Lilah and Lewis into trying some different styles of programme - this can only be a good thing.

Sometimes when one skater/pair have success, it bleeds into the rest of the national federation, inspiring others.

I didn't even know South Korea had a skating federation before Yuna Kim, and look at them now!

So, if Lila and Lewis could spawn a regeneration of British skating, that's an awesome result. Such a proud history, and so little to show for it in the past few decades.

And I do hope they try other styles of programs. There's something to be said for going with a good formula - it's what got them to this position after all. But I've been "taken to the club" just a few too many times.