Men Skate America 2013 Short Program

[MasterB]

Machida on fire.

 

[badknees]

That was great but East of Eden should be retired and only owned by Kwan.

 

[Mrs. P]

He seems a little slow for me (could be a TV thing). In my view, he does all the Patrick Chan complicated moves and transitions but Patrick's speed and flow is superior.

But I know he's young and he has all the talent in the world to make this happen.

It will probably happen. Jason has always been very methodological in his training. Compare his bilelman-like camel spin from 2010 to now, for example.

 

[MasterB]

Not a fan of the face caressing.

 

[samson]

Great performance. He brought it. I have to say though... the taste level of that choreography and the costume are kind of offensive... And the O face throughout...

 

[dorispulaski]

East of Eden is such great skating music! Machida had a wonderful program

 

[wordsworthgirl]

American guys' scores were inflated. Especially Jason Brown.

I completely disagree. Aaron was marked fairly, as were Rippon and Brown. Rippon and Brown both had combinations and both have better programs.

 

[wordsworthgirl]

East of Eden is such great skating music! Machida had a wonderful program

He deserves to be in 1st, although I don't LOVE his skating. He had an excellent performance.

 

[sequinsgalore]

Tatsuki MACHIDA (JPN)

Music: East of Eden (soundtrack) by Lee Holdridge

Black pants. White shiny shirt w/ silver sparkly swirls

4T+3T - very solid
3A
CCSp
FSSp
3Lz
StSq
CCoSp

Wow, nice clean skate! Good for him, fistpump

SP: 50.08+41.10 = 91.18 (PB), 1st out of 7

 

[museksk8r]

Uh oh! Nightmare for Kozuka! He is seriously putting his Olympic team chances in jeopardy with his inconsistency lately, finishing 11th at the 2012 Worlds, not making the 2013 World team, and now omitting a required technical element combination jump in the SP to open his Olympic season. With such tough competition in Japan and only 3 spots, this is not good! I'm really sad for him!

 

[jaylee]

East of Eden is like the new Turandot. Anyone can skate to it and be thought of as an emotional, artistic skater.

 

[Mrs. P]

east of eden is such great skating music! Machida had a wonderful program

I love that guy since Skate America last year, Doris.

holy machida 91+!!!!

 

[MasterB]

No way 91.

 

[JQSkate]

Beautiful skate by Tatsuki, though East of Eden will always be one of MK's signature pieces for me. Great quad/triple, and nicely landed axel even though it went up almost sideways. Love the split falling leaf at the start of the footwork as an ode to Michelle. He's also probably one of the most expressive male skaters today. Score is 91.18, 50.08 TES 41.10 PCS. WHOA!!!

 

[Li'Kitsu]

Get japan 6 spots for the men's event already!!!

I'm an emotional mess and Dai hasn't even skated. Oh my.

 

[wordsworthgirl]

East of Eden is like the new Turandot. Anyone can skate to it and be thought of as an emotional, artistic skater.

Interesting point, especially because I found this performance a bit strained (facial expression) and over-reliant on the gorgeous, emotional music to convey I AM AN ARTIST.

 

[museksk8r]

HOLY COW, MACHIDA! That came out of nowhere!! Unreal score, and in Chan & Hanyu territory! WOW!!!

 

[Mrs. P]

HOLY COW, MACHIDA! That came out of nowhere!! Unreal score, and in Chan & Hanyu territory! WOW!!!

That guy has the capacity to surprise. He came out of nowhere from last year to become one of my favorites at Skate America last year. And now that he clearly has the quad...watch out!

 

[wordsworthgirl]

HOLY COW, MACHIDA! That came out of nowhere!! Unreal score, and in Chan & Hanyu territory! WOW!!!

He should be in 1st, but not with that score. Overall quality not there.

 

[MasterB]

That hurt to watch, DT.