Alexander Petrov

[adelia]

Agreed.

Here is a piece that isn't classical, but no one has used - and sadly, aren't likely to use either - my favourite music from Babylon 5:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQhyaBviiLw

Yes this is quite haunting.

 

[LRK]

Yes this is quite haunting.

Yes, "haunting" is the exact word I think of in connection with this music.

It fits the scene very well, I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeNBJ5o-b7s

but I think it works quite well independently as well. (There is other music in Babylon 5 I like a lot as well, but I feel it mostly works best in context as background music.)

 

[adelia]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfwLrV_UIAATJjO.jpg:large
Sasha and Nam laughing during a practice session at Skate Canada.

Strange season this has been.

Here's another one from a different practice session:
http://i.imgur.com/hY3Upme.jpg

 

[LRK]

Here's another one from a different practice session:
http://i.imgur.com/hY3Upme.jpg

Looking intent & seríous.

 

[adelia]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc
This is pretty well known. Has anyone skated to this recently?

 

[LRK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yctfXIqugXc
This is pretty well known. Has anyone skated to this recently?

I don't recall anyone using it recently... But of course I had also completely forgotten Alaine's SP of last year, so apply the helpings of salt to this statement that you find advisable.

 

[adelia]

It's going to be such a long wait until we find out anything about his programs for next season. hwell:

 

[adelia]

Something I forgot to post awhile ago.

Defender of the Fatherland Day/Men's Day falls on 23 Feb and this year the admin of his VK group made fanart for him:
http://cs631123.vk.me/v631123130/1535a/XItaJwAqCgE.jpg

It's amusing that they looked for a tank which matched the colour of that SP shirt.

 

[LRK]

Something I forgot to post awhile ago.

Defender of the Fatherland Day/Men's Day falls on 23 Feb and this year the admin of his VK group made fanart for him:
http://cs631123.vk.me/v631123130/1535a/XItaJwAqCgE.jpg

It's amusing that they looked for a tank which matched the colour of that SP shirt.

I wouldn't have thought there was a tank that matched The Shirt... who knew.

 

[adelia]

I wouldn't have thought there was a tank that matched The Shirt... who knew.

Dat Shirt continues to surprise us in different ways.

 

[LRK]

Dat Shirt continues to surprise us in different ways.

So true!

 

[adelia]

Yeah, I still remember the "shock" we got when we first saw that photo. Sigh...

 

[LRK]

Yeah, I still remember the "shock" we got when we first saw that photo. Sigh...

Let's hope for no more such shocks - but more gorgeous costumes like his LP one.

 

[adelia]

Let's hope for no more such shocks - but more gorgeous costumes like his LP one.

Well, the LP one was a good shock. Seriously one of the most beautiful mens costumes I've seen in awhile.
http://i.imgur.com/LdwOHTw.jpg

Were the two costumes even by the same designer I wonder. Or maybe they just used up most of the funding allocated to costumes after making the LP one, which is possible too.

 

[LRK]

Well, the LP one was a good shock. Seriously one of the most beautiful mens costumes I've seen in awhile.
http://i.imgur.com/LdwOHTw.jpg

Were the two costumes even by the same designer I wonder. Or maybe they just used up most of the funding allocated to costumes after making the LP one, which is possible too.

Absolutely agree! That was one reason why it was so difficult to credit that Dat Shirt was, as they say, "for real", and not for some funky disco EX... Maybe they were trying to be "Artsy"? But it would indeed be interesting to know if both costumes were by the same designer? If not... well.. it's safe to say that I know which one we'd both prefer him to go with in the future.

 

[adelia]

Absolutely agree! That was one reason why it was so difficult to credit that Dat Shirt was, as they say, "for real", and not for some funky disco EX... Maybe they were trying to be "Artsy"? But it would indeed be interesting to know if both costumes were by the same designer? If not... well.. it's safe to say that I know which one we'd both prefer him to go with in the future.

Oh we were so hoping, no more like praying that Dat Shirt was for some funky EX. lol

Regarding the designer, it appears to me that the person who did his LP one also did his 2013-2014 costumes. That's just my guess.

I quite like his 2014-2015 SP costume as well. Although again, I really can't tell if that was also by the same person. That costume was so well tailored. If I have any criticism at all for the current LP costume, it is that the trousers are not as well fitted as they could be. But the fitting for the 14-15 SP costume was just perfect.

 

[adelia]

From Figure Skater Parallel:
https://pp.vk.me/c630325/v630325316/f38f/ieg-CBTCDMg.jpg

 

[adelia]

Mishin is currently holding some sort of training camp in Pori, Finland. He brought some of his students with him to Finland but I don't think Sasha is among them. As far as I know anyway.

 

[Skater01]

Mishin is currently holding some sort of training camp in Pori, Finland. He brought some of his students with him to Finland but I don't think Sasha is among them. As far as I know anyway.

I did some quick research on that. There was a finnish National team camp going on in Pori last weekend, and Mishin was invited to coach. (if I understood correctly). Apparently he bought Alisa Lozko and Sofia Sadomurova with him.

http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/urheilu/maajoukkuetaitoluistelijat-leireilevat-porissa/ (an article on that, unfortunately it's in Finnish)

So no, Sasha wasn't/isn't there. Which makes total sense since finnish men aren't too good to be honest.

 

[adelia]

I did some quick research on that. There was a finnish National team camp going on in Pori last weekend, and Mishin was invited to coach. (if I understood correctly). Apparently he bought Alisa Lozko and Sofia Sadomurova with him.

http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/urheilu/maajoukkuetaitoluistelijat-leireilevat-porissa/ (an article on that, unfortunately it's in Finnish)

So no, Sasha wasn't/isn't there. Which makes total sense since finnish men aren't too good to be honest.

Mishin brought at least one boy with him. There's a photo on social media. As far as I can tell though, the senior skaters did not go.