On Site Reports @ US 2016 Nats

[Interspectator]

If you are watching the practices or any of the competition in person, please feel free to share your stories with us on this thread.
Who is doing well?
Who is standing out?
What are you eating at the venue?


Spill the beans and let the cats out of the bag!

 

[FlattFan]

I've never seen Vivian Le live, but from the fan cam angle, she's flying across the ice. She looks to be Kostner fast without the elegance. Very excited about the prospect of this girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRfUJMTzM8

 

[Crossover]

^She looks elegant enough at the age of 15.

If Vivian hadn't tried putting a tano to her first 3z at the JGP held in Colorado Springs, she would've advanced to JGPF and gotten more attention from people (for better funding too).

 

[mrrice]

I've never seen Vivian Le live, but from the fan cam angle, she's flying across the ice. She looks to be Kostner fast without the elegance. Very excited about the prospect of this girl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgRfUJMTzM8

OMG.......Genie In Bottle. I have choreographed to that song and it really is good choice for a young skater. It has easy to follow, medium speed tempo that can really help a young feel the beat even when they're nervous. It's great for footwork and has a built in theme that's easy to understand and best of all, The costume can be made to look expensive for a relatively low price. Is that her actual SP?

 

[FlattFan]

OMG.......Genie In Bottle. I have choreographed to that song and it really is good choice for a young skater. It has easy to follow, medium speed tempo that can really help a young feel the beat even when they're nervous. It's great for footwork and has a built in theme that's easy to understand and best of all, The costume can be made to look expensive for a relatively low price. Is that her actual SP?

I think her SP and LP for this year are set. Looks like an exhibition piece.
I'm just excited that US ladies will have a big jumper who isfast and gets good PCS compare to her international peers. A diamond in the rough.

 

[Layback11]

Well, this is turning into a Miniqueen Vivian Appreciaton Thread...I love it!

 

[Jammers]

Doesn't Vivian not have all her triples yet though? I read somewhere she didn't have the loop or salchow.

 

[Ice Dance]

Doesn't Vivian not have all her triples yet though? I read somewhere she didn't have the loop or salchow.

She did a triple loop at the Colorado Springs JGP.

 

[aromaticchicken]

Her loop and salchow are still new and much weaker than her toe jumps.

 

[humbaba]

Vivian did all the triples at sectionals in November. The loop and salchow weren't exemplars, but they were rotated and she landed on her feet. Both jumps were an improvement over what I've seen from Vivian in the past.

 

[FlattFan]

Vivian did all the triples at sectionals in November. The loop and salchow weren't exemplars, but they were rotated and she landed on her feet. Both jumps were an improvement over what I've seen from Vivian in the past.

http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2016/18514/results.html

Yup, she landed 7 triples LP, but most are with negative GOE.
Her TES in the SP was huge. 40+. Non-jumps were all level 4 in both SP and LP. Should win Junior championship easily.

 

[Chris_E]

Bumping this up in hopes someone will be posting practice reports the next few days

 

[CoyoteChris]

Just passed Mr. Z and Mirai in the skyway...... she just keeps gettin' prettier....

 

[Interspectator]

Just passed Mr. Z and Mirai in the skyway...... she just keeps gettin' prettier....

Yaaay! first real report. Gold medal for you.

 

[CoyoteChris]

PaulE and his lovely wife and I had dinner tonight. Killer day tomarrow so gonna skip tonight....if you watch the jr. ladies short, we were sitting together near the ice at the end opposite of the K and C. Paul is wearing his official golden skate yellow ballcap. Having , wish you were here...have not seen MFarone yet, but have seen some lurkers...

 

[CoyoteChris]

No food here...security is metal detectors and a quick bag search. Plenty of bathrooms and a water fountain. Esspresso stand from last time is gone...

 

[CoyoteChris]

E. Chan!
Lots of great spinners here....

 

[Interspectator]

For those looking for Practice Reports (like me) the Skating Lesson is tweeting them. https://twitter.com/SkatingLesson
Thanks a bunch!

 

[CoyoteChris]

E. Chan! 350 people showed up! 3 Sarah Brightman tunes! Two Les Mis! Dueling Missions! Saw MFarone. Burger Moes DOES have excellentt burgers and 80 beers. You could buy a hot dog on site! Gracie looked great....Ashley not so much....Mirai looked good too...Liffeys is a great place to eat and self medicate. We are promised food tomarrow. No blood on the ice today:hap85:

 

[Interspectator]

TSL practice reports, including some training clips
Ashley Wagner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Soh9JyEytUg
Gracie Gold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHPE__rlbys
Mriai Nagasu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYPXy_oZrPM