Men - Free Program

[Rosaleen]

16 Adrian SCHULTHEISS - SWE
Music: Equinoxe / Yanni bright royal blue velvet with light blue down one sleeve /
3a fell / 4t fell under rot / 3z / death drop to fast spin with good variations / some chor now / 3s2t / O ftwrk to the driving music and it matches well / back sit ch sit with variations in speed as he twists / music softens now and some chor and posing to the judges / 3l / some nice interpretation here / lovely spread eagle 3f / 2t - didn't go up right / popped lutz / back camel with nice extension starts combo spin - some unusual sit pos - very nicely done / strt ftwrk to very odd sounding music but he interprets it quite well /
PB 110.00 TES 48.42 PCS 48.08 ded 2.00 tot 94.50 gr tot 151.29 currently 7th in free 6th overall
Lev 4 - sit spin / lev 3 on fly sit / lev 2 on rest

 

[Rosaleen]

17 Artem BORODULIN - RUS
Berlin Concerto / black with diag illusion cutouts /
3z3t very nice / some chor & interpretation / 3a 2ft fell out with hand down / 3f2t2l / travel 3's into 3l / back sit with tuck ch sit with pike & edge - nice spin / some posing & chor to the judges / 3z / 3f / spread eagle 3s / fly forward sit is ok / strt ftwrk is dlynamic to the building music - very well done / 2a hop turn 2f / O ftwrk moves very well with the music - nice spread eagle in there / combo spin nice camel to start - excellent sit pos & speed /
PB 110.00 TES 61.62 PCS 53.78 ded 1.00 tot 114.40 new pb gr tot 171.61 currently 1st in free & 1st overall/
3a was downgraded / sit spin lev 4 / lev 3 both ftwrk / lev 2 flysit / lev 1 combo spin

 

[Rosaleen]

18 Brandon MROZ - USA
Malaguena / black with dark red velvet on part of top
Music starts loud and fast / 3z3t very nice - soft gentle knees on landing / 3f 2t 2l / death drop with nice pos variations / spread eagle 2a / some chor / music change to solo guitar & softer / back sit ch sit with great pos & edge variations / O ftwrk is fluid yet focused an moves with the music - beautiful seq / music starts to build agaon stag jump 3f2t / spread eagle 3l spread eagle I think / 3s / 3z / 2a / diag steps very nicely done / combo spin with A variation - excellent / big cheers from the whole crowd (not just the USA) - that was a great skate /
PB 116.39 TES 65.85 PCS 55.34 tot 121.19 new pb gr tot 178.40 1st in free and 1st overall /
Lev 4 all 3 spins / lev 1 - circ steps / lev 2 strt steps /

 

[Rosaleen]

19 Takahito MURA - JPN
KA by Rene Dupere / shiny dark royal blue with lots of dangling bits
Some chor to start to drum beats / high 3a2t - nice / 3a had it then hand down / gorgeous tight strt air pos on his jumps / 3z2t / 3s / flysit with variations / O ftwrk builds with the music - really nice for 1st part bit empty in 2nd / back sit ch sit - maybe caught and edge on the entrance - struggled to get the spin going / 3l fell / 3z / 3f? / then I missed something - one of the other skaters (I think) has yelled something to him in Japanese a couple of times since he missed the loop / strt steps were with the music / combo spin to end was very well done - good pos & speed /
PB 113.24 TES 58.60 PCS 52.70 ded 1.00 tot 110.30 gr tot 171.46 currently 3rd in the free and 3rd overall
Lev 4 flysit / lev 2 everything else except lev 1 on final spin

 

[Rosaleen]

20 Stephen CARRIERE - USA
Space shuttle, god bless the child / light blue argyle sweater
Some chor to the tinkly sort of music to start / 3a / 3t 2t 2t / 3f 2t / strt steps to drum rolls are very well done - right with music and inventive / some soulful chor to sax music / flysit in there that I didn't note at the time / 3z2 tano t / 3l / 3f / back sit ch sit with variations / music picks up a bit and so does he 3z / 3s / O ftwrk to big band sounds is right with the bouncy music / back cam starts the combo spin -
PB 128.67 TES 71.30 PCS 59.86 tot 131.16 new pb gr tot 188.87 currently 1st in free and 1st overall
Lev 2 on spins / lev 3 on ftwrk

 

[Rosaleen]

21 Kevin REYNOLDS - CAN
Lets dance , harlem nocturne we'll get by / purple shirt & black pants
4s might have been a tiny 2ft but rot / 4t under rot hands down / 3a 2ft pos under rot / flyupright spin ends in nice fast xfoot / O ftwrk moves very well with the jazzy sax / 3f / music changes to bluesy sax and his movement changes a bit / 3l / a bit of chor but mostly just stroking between the jumps / 3f3t / sit ch sit spin is very good / strt ftwrk interprets the drums very well - moves a little slow for me / 3z3t / 3s2t2l landed right on beat of music / combo spin is excellent fast with great pos - esp the sit /
PB 116.71 TES 66.14 PCS 53.66 Ded 1.00 tot 118.80 gr tot 178.32 currently 3rd in free 3rd overall
4 Sal was good, toe & 3a downgraded / lev 4 on upright & combo spin / lev 2 - rest

 

[Rosaleen]

22 Patrick CHAN - CAN
Four Seasons - Vivaldi / black with turquoise on top with silver bands winding around his torso and upper arm /
Chor to start / 3f3t beautiful / 2a / 3z (from ftwrk) / O ftwrk as music has built is intricate and uses whole body - flows perfectly with it / huge death drop with variations / some more chor as music slows - emoting to the music / 3z didn't go up right weird fall after about 2 revs / back in the mood - 3l / 2a - he's landing heavily right now - on the last 2 jumps / 3s2t / 3t pitched way forward but stayed on one foot /I think I missed a spin in here / strt ftwrk has crowd clapping loudly to the music and he interpreted it well / combo sp in ends in fast scratch /
PB 122.10 TES 58.09 PCS 63.36 ded 1.00 tot 120.45 gr tot 184.55 currently 3rd in free 2nd overall /
Lev 4 1st fly sit & combo spin / lev 3 rest

 

[Rosaleen]

24 Jinlin GUAN - CHN
The Mission / dark teal velour with cream sleeves
Beautiful 3z3t - high / 3f2t2l / 3l / music picks up for O ftwrk moves quite sell with it / 2a / camel spin with nice variations in leg / some chor & emoting to softer music / 3f / he's really using the meotional music / 3z bit wild on free leg / 1a / death drop to ok spin / 3s bit forward but clean / music changes again & builds combo spin is cexellent with held pos & fast & centered / str tftwrk to dramatic music moves very well with it - interpreted very well /
PB 109.41 TES 59.66 PCS 56.64 tot 116.30 gr tot 177.97 currently 6th in the free 6th overall/
Lev 4 combo spin / lev 2 strt steps / lev 3 rest /

 

[ascent]

I can't believe Stephen received only L2 on Spins. He always gets 3 & 4. He is not the type to cut himself short. Any one see them that can comment?

 

[Snowgirl]

And what about Voronov? He got the bronze as far as I see... but what were his elements?

 

[Rosaleen]

23 Sergei VORONOV - RUS
Pearl Harbour / black with silver bits on one side of tope /
4t stumbled out / 3a pitched forward on landing but clean / 3f bit of lean -clean / O ftwrk to the driving beat works well / flysy with nice spin pos & speed / music slows and some chor / spread eagle / 3a 2t beautiful high easy 3a / 3l / fly upright spin with some nice changes - fairly simple though / strt ftwrk to driving beat moves well / 3t2t / 3s / 3t2t2l / nice cam starts combo spin - good pos & speed /
PB 116.63 TES 61.57 PCS 59.34 tot 120.91 gr tot 180.40 currently 3rd in free 3rd overall /
4t downgraded / lev 3 on spins / lev 2 on O ftwrk / lev 1 on strt


Sorry about that - somehow I didn't post him -

 

[Snowgirl]

Oh, thanks so much!

 

[ascent]

Carriere WINS!!

I can't believe Stephen received only L2 on Spins. He always gets 3 & 4. He is not the type to cut himself short. Any one see them that can comment?

Yeah - he won anyway:

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Carriere is another come-back kid. He's solid on his jumps but his performance reminds me of early Joubert - wooden.

That Joey Russel turned it on! good for him. I hope there's a youtube.

Joe

 

[ascent]

Carriere is another come-back kid. He's solid on his jumps but his performance reminds me of early Joubert - wooden.

That Joey Russel turned it on! good for him. I hope there's a youtube.

Joe

Wooden? I think he does a great job of using the music and has nice use of edge and knee. I hope there is some youtube, too.

 

[ascent]

Oh, thanks so much!

Yes, - thanks for all the reports!! Great job

 

[Tigger]

I just got back in after running errands and just did a quick scan to see how my Cdn boys did. Looks like all three did us proud!!

Joe...I saw Joey Russell win his Cdn Jr title a couple of years ago. That boy is going places and fast!!

 

[Tinymavy15]

looks like we got another Evan lysack on our hands! Carriere jumps from 6th to win!! I really like this system!

 

[merrywidow]

Congratulations Stephen & Brandon. They do us proud!

 

[iloveaxel]

Patrick Chan

Is Patrick Chan another Jeffrey Buttle in the making? Is he molded in a typical Canadian way? No jumps, no consistency, all are dependent on better choreography, and high PCS?