senior men short program

[jcoates]

Nicholas Laroche- Moonlight Sonata

3s
3a leaning but landed
3z-3t step out close to the boards
cir steps
combo spin slow
straightline steps
sit change sit
death drop

seemed a bit labored all the way through

58.01 (9th)

 

[museksk8r]

I'd LOVE to see Nicholas LaRoche skate a perfect program. He is one of my sentimental favorites. He is one who is here for his sheer love of skating. After all he's been through personally, you can't help but admire him for just being here.

 

[jcoates]

Tracy Wilson and Brian Orser are the skating directors of the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club in Toronto, Canada --- not Ottawa --- TCSCC is the home rink of world renowned choreographer David Wilson and training site for Yu Na Kim!

BTW Thanks for the PBP guys! Wow fiercyuna has her bum in a real knot !!!

Thanks for the correction. I was rushing.

 

[kate]

Abbott 86.40
Lysacek 83.59
Carriere 69.36
Rogers 64.13
Wong 63.40
Rippon 62.22
Brewster 60.23
Steenberg 59.77
LaRoche 58.01

 

[jcoates]

Parker Pennington- Fiesta Flamenca


3a big and clean
3z-3t
3f lots of air and flow
death drop
cir steps good energy (the crowd is really behind him)
combo spin
straightline steps (very excited now)
sit chg sit

excellent effort

Nice birthday present for Carol Heiss Jenkins

76.17 (3rd)

 

[kate]

Parker Pennington (Flamenco Mix), if by some chance he wins this, he'd have all the US titles to his name

3A very nice, maintained speed out of it
3Lz+3T really muscled the toe but completed well
3F beautiful
FSSp4 travelled on the COE
CiSt very well choreographed
CCoSp4
SlSt nice, losing a little energy
CSSp4
Lots of cheers for the local (returned) Cleveland boy.

 

[Tenorguy]

Great job Parker! :thumbsup:

But what is up with the mad scientist hair?!

 

[kate]

Abbott 86.40
Lysacek 83.59
Pennington 76.17
Carriere 69.36
Rogers 64.13
Wong 63.40
Rippon 62.22
Brewster 60.23
Steenberg 59.77
LaRoche 58.01

 

[casken]

Good for Parker! Like Scott Smith, he's been around for a while so it's encouraging to see him do so well.

 

[kate]

Jonathan Cassar (We Insist)

3Lz+2T leaned way over on Lz and lost a lot of speed
3F another slight break at the waist
FSSp3
SlSt nice
Nice outside to inside edge spread eagle, great arch on the inside
2A scraped free leg on landing
CSSp4
CiSt a lot of arm movements (not necessarily to the music)
Stars to CCoSp4, great COE forward sit

 

[jcoates]

Jonathan Cassar

3z-2t lean and long pause b/f 2t
3f
death drop
straightline steps
(gorgeous spread eagles)
2a
sit chg sit
cir steps
combo spin good positions

clean and well skated overall

crowd likes it

55.72 (11th)
crowd is booing

flip was downgraded

 

[Tonichelle]

I loved Jonathan when I saw him in 06... good to see him skating here!

 

[kate]

3F looked UR on the replay to me, but looked clean at full speed so they may not review it at all.

Abbott 86.40
Lysacek 83.59
Pennington 76.17
Carriere 69.36
Rogers 64.13
Wong 63.40
Rippon 62.22
Brewster 60.23
Steenberg 59.77
LaRoche 58.01
Cassar 55.72

Nancy says 3F was DGed

 

[kate]

Eliot Halverson (Memoirs of a Geisha), very...um...elaborate costume, doesn't seem to fit calm music like this

3A flip-out hands down
Y-spiral
3Lz no speed or confidence going in, fall
3F+3T, possible UR on T, no speed coming out
CSSp3
The costume is really distracting
CiSt nice
FCSp3
SlSt also nice
CCoSp4 ending in beillman

 

[jcoates]

Elliot Halverson-Chairman's Waltz

garish costume

3a attempt flip out
3z fall
3f-3t
sit chg sit
cir steps
flying camel catch foot
straightline steps
combo spin

51.09 (12th)

 

[london_calling]

I am so nervous for Johnny!

 

[cocovica]

gooo johnny!!!

 

[london_calling]

I wish they would start kicking people out for flash photography. If they don't know by now that it's unsafe and not allowed, they don't deserve to be there.

 

[redhotcoach]

Abbott 86.40

Still not as high as Canada's Patrick Chan last weekend at Cdn's -- 88.89 for the short.

Is USFSA putting the report cards online anywhere? Skate Canada posted them immediately to their website for Canadians and we could see the levels and downgrades immediately. Love to see exactly what the guys are getting on their elements.

 

[Dodhiyel]

Johnny now