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Omg at Shoma, unexpected

Yea the ice is crap, nobody was landing their jumps right.

But it’s over with and he can focus on his finals now. Hope he gets some good rest during thanksgiving break and have a couple of days with Raf. Considering his schedule, I felt IDF was kinda the one he’d have to wing it in terms of performance because not much time between his first GP and this and he’s missing class/in the middle of midterms for it. He got the job done and did well all things considers.
 
lurkz2 said:
And Raf was smiling despite the not so great skate, he's really the favorite son
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Yeah I thought it was funny, that they showed Raf having this stern, stone-faced expression right after Nathan's skate, but the moment Nathan was skating towards him, laughing, getting off the ice, Raf was grinning all over his face! :laugh:
I honestly think he couldn't stay "mad" when he saw Nathan being his endearing, laughing self. ;)


sheetz said:
My understanding is that the ice conditions can change when the rink is filled with people.
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That is correct. But I still wouldn't be so fast to blame the ice, at the most maybe for the 4S, but other than that I think it was more likely the usual nerves coupled with feeling not as prepared and in shape due to his tight schedule.
 
Congrats to Nathan! It’s not the skate he wanted, but considering the quick turnaround time and being sick after SA and school, he got the job done. Now rest, recovery and Raf (the 3 Rs). LOL. And he still won by over 30 points even with the not perfect skate.
 
1111bm said:
Yeah I thought it was funny, that they showed Raf having this stern, stone-faced expression right after Nathan's skate, but the moment Nathan was skating towards him, laughing, getting off the ice, Raf was grinning all over his face! :laugh:
I honestly think he couldn't stay "mad" when he saw Nathan being his endearing, laughing self. ;)




That is correct. But I still wouldn't be so fast to blame the ice, at the most maybe for the 4S, but other than that I think it was more likely the usual nerves coupled with feeling not as prepared and in shape due to his tight schedule.
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That Raf's face was the highlight of the event to me lol.
 
IDF helps him adapt to different ice situations at least :laugh:

And no plate this year, they are giving out medals.
 
discode said:
IDF helps him adapt to different ice situations at least :laugh:

And no plate this year, they are giving out medals.
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No way! out of... out of metal?? :shocked:

ETA: Never mind, just tuned in. Huh, metal indeed... but they still went with that shaky disco ball podium. :laugh: One step at a time France, one step at a time...

ETA 2: Oh hey, biggest surprise of the event for me: Nathan managed to defeat the carpet!! :laugh:
 
heyheyhey said:
IDF is always the worst. Please skating gods, don’t let him have IDF next year 🙏
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As far as memory helps, all French events are some kind of disappointing. Who can forget the plastic medals and then plastic stars instead of medals? I really don’t like to see my favorite skaters there 😤
 
 
Random but does anyone have the videos of Nathan’s 2019 Nationals that had the michael Weiss/Charlie white commentary instead of Johnny/Tara? Can’t seem to find them.
 
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