the level at Euros is the best in the world (obviously he's not referring to the ladiezzzzz!).
Isn't that what some keep claiming about the judging of the euro ladies? 
Yes, Buttercup,he will not go to the opening ceremony. He has said it in "«7 to Poitiers»; also that he took gastroenteritis in Courchevel and that now he is 70 % of his potential.
http://www.7apoitiers.fr/uploads/archives/7fe0864c14bef9ee9161bee845c68eaf38249b97.pdf
PS: Thanks to Ollynn by found this magazine ...
Thanks for the interview B! I don't want him to run into any more bad luck this season!
As for the quite above, I dunno, maybe he's referring to them all but is temporarily blinded by the European ladies' beauty to see the actual level.
.Lol, on Verner's NBC Olympic bio it said he played a lot of soccer when he was young, but then chose to stick with figure skating, because the girls were pretty
There are a lot of great men in Europe, but also Japan and the US. Jumps aside, the Euro ladies may be the best, but in the jump department, not so much (we need a new Slutskaya).
Can't have just updates on the American skaters and the Southparking of various skaters in the Plushenko thread (where's my John Kerr one?!).
Time for an update i suppose. Let's not keep all the news to ourselves or wait for Seniorita for any juicy "stuck in confined spaces with Jouby" gossip..
Apparently Joubert is going to his books in Poitiers and is changing his jump strategy. He's dumping quad salchow and is planning to fit 2 quad toes and 2 triple axels in his long programme. He'll be working on this for the next three weeks. He will skip the training in Indienapolis before the olympics and will directly proceed to Vancouver.
He's done 2 4Ts plenty of times, though not recently. I don't know about adding a second 3A, but I really don't see how this jump layout in beyond him - certainly it's more realistic than putting in a 4S, which he hasn't landed in competition in years.
And, seriously, considering the last few years, I'd think people would have learned to never write off Brian Joubert. He was much worse at 2006 Olys, 2008 Euros, 2009 TEB etc. - and bounced back nicely. He might surprise us yet again.
(well, I certainly hope so)
Good LP or not, he still managed to get it together overall to make him podium many times (almost every time actually) so I still hope he'll be able to do so in 3 weeks as well..
Joubert's career has more or less been built on strong SPs, going back at least to his first Euros medal. He has to skate better in Vancouver than he did last week, but as Schiele noted, despite not being a consistent LP skater, he's managed to get himself on the podium at major events before - more so than most of the other men, in fact - and one can only hope that he will manage this again...Hon, we're aware of it.. Nevertheless, trying to keep a positive attitude here as the believers of the "Joubert-spirit"..
