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Are there any videos of Lipnitskaya?
Oh, wait. The ladies competition is tomorrow. Never mind.
Oh, wait. The ladies competition is tomorrow. Never mind.
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Finlandia Trophy 2012 Oct 5 - Oct 7
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What was the "human hair" he was talking about? On his shoulders?
All skaters use human hair, at least when they are young and competing.
I couldn't recognize Javi from the video, not his face nor his body. He is jumping well even this time of the season.
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All skaters use human hair, at least when they are young and competing.
Really? Sounds really...:disapp:
Me too! After a few seconds into his program, I had to double check the title of the video to make sure that it was indeed Fernandez's video.
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They all have their own hair, which some fuss a great deal over to put it to good use.
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They all have their own hair, which some fuss a great deal over to put it to good use.
Of course, everybody has hair, well, except Kurt Browning, sorry Kurt.
But to use hair, even your own hair for decoration on anything is disgusting. Yeah, I know, some people buy human hair wig. I do not object it for medical reasons. But I'm not used to the idea ...yet. Maybe Johnny Weir keeps using human hair on his costumes, I'll get used to it one day.
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Johnny’s first outing isn’t that bad. I hope he’ll improve on his jumps later on.
I agree. Since Javier is a Spaniard I was looking forward to a great flamenco program, but he totally didn’t pull the flamenco off. :disapp: He should take some dance lessons. Right now, his movements are very rigid, and his spins are not that good.
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I still hadn't introduced my new site here on Goldenskate, hope you enjoy it and these photos of Finlandia Trophy by Tomas Whitehouse.
Finlandia Trophy day 1
Finlandia Trophy day 1
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What about Kurt Browning?
All skaters use human hair, at least when they are young and competing.
I couldn't recognize Javi from the video, not his face nor his body. He is jumping well even this time of the season.
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What about Kurt Browning?
He had hair when he was young and competing, like Scott Hamilton. He's competing again, but I would not call him young just so I can claim my statement as correct. Sorry, Kurt.
I agree that the program will need adjustments, but I thought that was a decent showing from Johnny considering he hasn't competed in more than two years. I think it's encouraging that he stood up on the 4T, even if it was <<. Anyway, hoping for more improvements from here.
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He had hair when he was young and competing, like Scott Hamilton. He's competing again, but I would not call him young just so I can claim my statement as correct. Sorry, Kurt.
[during the SOI "behind the scenes sketch", talking about Ilia]
Scott: "...any questions?"
Kurt: "Yeah, just one. How come [Ilia] gets all the hair?"
Scott: "Kurt, we're built for speed."
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Best line from Scotty yet.
BTW, the
in my original statement was meant for Kurt and Scott. 
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[during the SOI "behind the scenes sketch", talking about Ilia]
Scott: "...any questions?"
Kurt: "Yeah, just one. How come [Ilia] gets all the hair?"
Scott: "Kurt, we're built for speed."
They just crack me up
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Schultheiss is back??
Most interesting program of all, I so want to see him at Euros again!
I m really excited to see Weir competing again that I dont pay attention to the program for now although it is very him!
Hanyu has an amazing program and attitude, has developped his own style, one question, is Wilson the choreographer of the sp? Cause in the steps with all the head.shoulders moving I thought I was watching Yuna
Misha Ge is a new favorite, Javier should have had his program cause i didnt like his at all.
Most interesting program of all, I so want to see him at Euros again!I m really excited to see Weir competing again that I dont pay attention to the program for now although it is very him!
Hanyu has an amazing program and attitude, has developped his own style, one question, is Wilson the choreographer of the sp? Cause in the steps with all the head.shoulders moving I thought I was watching Yuna
Misha Ge is a new favorite, Javier should have had his program cause i didnt like his at all.
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Hanyu has an amazing program and attitude, has developped his own style, one question, is Wilson the choreographer of the sp? Cause in the steps with all the head.shoulders moving I thought I was watching Yuna
His SP was choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle. Buttle is such a great choreographer!
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Live results page: http://www.figureskatingresults.fi/results/1213/FT2012/index.htm
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Weir's program shows promise. Loved the timing of the steps to the music before the Lutz and that footwork sequence looks like it will be very enjoyable when he does it clean. Not thrilled about the change of music after the step sequence, though. He needs to attack the Quad more and just get it rotated. I'd even purposefully have him practice landing it on two feet, if that gives him the confidence to really fly into it and turn it properly. Messing up the landing doesn't really matter. His Quad should be the solo jump in the SP too (with his combo obviously being 3Lutz-3Toe later in the program); the "no transition before the solo jump in the SP" penalty doesn't really matter since he should be planning on doing a two-foot Quad anyway. A jump can't be knocked more than -3 in the GOE and a full rotated Quad Toe with max deduction still gets 7.3 points in this dumb scoring system.
Dornbush flails too much and doesn't have the emotional capacity to skate to that music properly.
Still don't understand why Fernandez isn't going for 2 Quads in the SP. Nothing but a tactical mistake, IMO, considering his consistency with that Quad Salchow.
Hanyu's Quad got a < call, but it seemed fine to me in terms of the rotation. The construction of his program was very smart.
Dornbush flails too much and doesn't have the emotional capacity to skate to that music properly.
Still don't understand why Fernandez isn't going for 2 Quads in the SP. Nothing but a tactical mistake, IMO, considering his consistency with that Quad Salchow.
Hanyu's Quad got a < call, but it seemed fine to me in terms of the rotation. The construction of his program was very smart.
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There's a synchro competition at this event?
YES! For the first time, synchro was included to the same competition with the other disciplines. 4 strong finnish teams, and Russia's number 1 team attended. They only performed short programs, because it's so early in the season for synchro. But anyway, it was great so show synchro for figure skating audience, and to get synvhro people to watch finlandia trophy!
Results:
1.Team Unique FIN
2. Rockettes FIN
3. Paradise RUS
4. Marigold IceUnity FIN
5. Revolutions FIN
