What you are wishing for is actually the opposite of what I would want. Having so many events in in the one region in such a short space of time is a nightmare. The point I was making is that they should have been more spread out through the season.
Don't get me wrong, I am all for having more international events in North America. But not all of them in a the space of a month or two. Have a few weeks in between each of them, so that skaters that want to take advantage of them being relatively nearby and do as many as possible can get the chance to rest after one before starting to prepare for the next one.
CaroLiza_fan
yeah but North America is a little larger than the Baltics... you could have 5 events within one month in completely different regions and all of them could cater to specific training areas...
Just in Canada, you could have one in Montreal, with CQÉ or ACI, and all the international teams training at IAM... the dance event was spectacular already... pairs were not too shabby either.
Then you could have an event in the Toronto region. With Oakville pairs, TCC single skaters, London's IAM, Scarborough dance teams et the many single skaters training in that area... and of course the many that could come from down south and the Great Lakes region (Chicago, Detroit, etc)
You could have an event on the West Coast as well. Nothing much happening there in pairs and dance (Vancouver) but there are single skaters and many from California could attend too. People from Japan and Korea may fly in.
In the USA, there are even more options that are viable. West Coast, Colorado, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, NYC, even further down south like Vegas and Florida could work out.
I don't see a problem at all, even if 4-5 events were to happen within the span of a month or so. BTW, this is exactly what does happen with the summer regional competitions. You get one in BC, then one in Alberta, then there are the US ones as well, and of course, the Ontario and Quebec series. All of this happens within 6-8 weeks. The difference is that they are just local competitions... well guess how "local" CQÉ was this year when i attended it... It was pretty awesome to see some teams from all over the place.
The sport is organized differently in North America with the large training centers. In Europe, skaters can travel a bit easier to let's say the Baltics.... but what if the competitions were organized specifically where skaters train, in those large North American areas? It would be cheaper for the skaters and would give them a chance to compete and earn tech minimums and whatever.