Top 5 favourites from Skate America

[rain]

What are you top 5 favourites from Skate America?

Here are mine in no particular order:
1. Amber Glenn's LP
2. Fournier-Beaudry/Sorensen FD
3. Chock/Bates RD
4. Smart/Diaz RD
5. Vincent Zhou's upset gold in the men's

 

[lesnar001]

I didn't get to watch much of Pairs or Dance, so I'll have to limit it to Top 3.

1) Daria Usacheva's SP
2) Vincent Zhou's upset victory (especially after his problems at Worlds last season)
3) Amber Glenn doing so well here (US Nationals will be very exciting for sure)

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

H/D RD
K/K both dances
Shoma's FS
Amber having her breakthrough 200 pts
Kaori

 

[4everchan]

Sholero's but also Shoma's SP...
FB/S both dances but especially the free dance which i hated before and love now.
Kaori's FP. I just loved watching her skate
Rainbow flags for Amber
and the Japanese pairs confirming their early challenger success with a medal on the GP circuit !

 

[Fourleaf Clover]

Miura / Kihara
Young You
Shoma Uno's costumes
Vincent Zhou's surprise win
Jimmy Ma's SP

 

[viennaskater]

I don't understand why people are saying Vincent's win was an 'upset' or 'surprise'. After seeing him at Nebelhorn, I considered that he had an excellent chance of winning, even if Nathan had skated clean. And no disrespect to Nathan.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Vincent’s awesome FS—in these circumstances—and, especially, the sight of him afterwards dropping to the ice overcome with emotion, IMHO was a real “Rudy Galindo moment” that will be long remembered.

 

[Knebli]

Simply…… the official start of the Olympic season….and the energy and enthusiasm this brings. We needed this!

 

[anonymoose_au]

1. Vincent! He has come to kick butt and take names! I loved both his programs!
2. Shooooma!! So happy to see him back! He was really good too! Love his work.
3. Sasha's FS - the look at the end is bossss and knowing the story behind the dress and the fact she put her dogs names on it. D'awwwww!
4. M/K, what a charming team! I love their smiles
5. Zhenya, Vovan, Sasha and Daria at the end of the Gala having a great time Daria posted the selfie she took at the end.

 

[removof]

1) Chock Bates FD
2) Trusova LP
3) Uno gala
4) usacheva SP
5) tarasova morozov SP

 

[Bentley]

Vincent's short and long program. His big win with points to spare.
Sasha's win. She came to slay and slay she did.
Nathan Chen phoning in his programs. Shocking how unprepared he seemed to be.
Shoma's Bolero.

 

[lariko]

Uno
Smart/Diaz
Sinitsina
Trusova
Zhou

 

[Wilhelmina]

1. Smart/Diaz's Zorro FD - love love love
2. Young You finishing strong
3. Ekaterina Kurakova's happy dance after her FS
4. Vincent!
5. Calalang/Johnson's FS (minus the SBS jumps) - gorgeous elements, I so want them to do well

 

[el henry]

Amber Glenn on Twitter asking fans who were waving rainbow flags after her skate to meet her for a photo

 

[Kitt]

In no particular order:

Diaz/Smart FD
Young You FP
Tarasova/Morozov both programs
Jimmy Ma SP
Shoma!!!

 

[Mauvedreamer]

Daria SP
Vincent FS
Ksenia Sinitsyna SP
Chock and Bates FD
You Young SP Satoko SP

 

[Ross74]

Young You FS
Smart/Diaz RD and FD
Vincent Zhou FS
Kurakova FS
Liu/O’Shea practices - so much fun to watch.

 

[Mauvedreamer]

Daria SP
Vincent FS
Ksenia Sinitsyna SP
Chock and Bates FD
You Young SP Satoko SP

I know it's 6 ... couldn't decide !

 

[iluvtodd]

Smart & Diaz's rhythm dance, free dance, & exhbition!
Satoko! - everything about her!
Michal Brezina skating to Bryan Adams - free skate & exhibition
Vincent - just brilliant all the way
Nathan - getting and deserving a standing ovation during the exhibition

 

[Arriba627]

Shoma's - Shoboe Concerto SP (complete w/ Kenji Miyamoto choreo); FS Sholero
Tarasova / Morozov -- Lighthouse FS
Young You -- Les Miz FS
Jessica Calalang & Brian Johnson -- everything!
Satoko -- Tosca FS

Honorable mention:
The Sk Amer fantastic, super-enthusiastic audience
Shoma's beautiful costumes