Who are you excited to see on the GP?

[karne]

Skaters that I'm worrying about
Josh - TSL reported that he's injured again. Of course, he may heal right before the GP series start but man, what bad luck he has.

I would not be concerned of this. It would seem that TSL have seen the pictures of him with his arm in a sling and repeated it as fact, but there is video from June 5 of Joshua demonstrating double Lutz at a skating camp with Damon, and I doubt that Damon would allow him to do such things while injured. Joshua has also retweeted the promotional tweets for his appearance at Sun Valley in July.

 

[Sugarpova]

Tara/Moro - NO MORE LIONEL RICHIE MUZAK

still dont get what's so wrong with Lionel...
the music was amazing imo

 

[JayW]

If I had to name who I am most excited to see, I'd say the showdown of Chanyu

Yes, yes, Chanyu showdown!!!!!!!!

 

[sunnystars]

still dont get what's so wrong with Lionel...
the music was amazing imo

I guess it's not my taste then :/

YMMV

 

[kresslia]

The Chanyu showdown, no doubt.

Also the Russian ladies massacre that is bound to happen. Liza, Evgenia, Yulia, Elena, Anna -- that's a possible top 5 at Worlds, and yet only three can go. It will be insanity.

Also interested in seeing how D/R and V/T stack up against each other.

 

[Ice Dance]

Maia & Alex Shibutani (Always)

Denis (Too early in the season, I know, but there's always a chance for MAGIC . . . so there you go)

Sui & Han (Performance quality and excitement value)

Cappellini & Lanotte (For their wonderful storytelling)

Mao (Exquisite)

Elizabet, Nazarova & Nikitin, and Karen & Nathan Chen if either of them can get an SA spot (Up & comers with excitement value)

I always enjoy Jason. (Performance quality)

And Kozuka. (Musicality and I just love how he smiles after a good skate).

I'd like to see how Hubbell & Donahue come back after last season. (I think they have more in them).

Polina & Daisuke Murakami (I think they have more to give so I'm looking forward to seeing their growth)

All the battles in the men's competitions at SA, SC, TEB, and NHK

The entire field of Chinese pairs teams (Because they are all unique & have their own styles/skills/strengths--PLUS performance quality)

The battle between Liza & Julia at TEB

Oh! And Adelina if she comes back. (Because I like her sense of flare & fire on the ice)

 

[CarneAsada]

My top three in no particular order
1. MAO ASADA MAO ASADA MAO ASADA MAO ASADA etc.
2. Skate Chanada
3. Hanyu

 

[Barb]

Mao
Shibs
Adelina
Evgenia M.
Sara and Adria
Patrick

 

[amazingMao]

Ladies competition, especially Mao Asada

 

[oriquey]

In no particular order
1. Mao Asada
2. Chanyu in SC
3. Ruslena
4. Joshua Farris
5. Jason Brown
6. Shoma Uno

 

[slider11]

I am anxious to see :
Shibs
Mirai Nagasu
Weaver and Poje
Gilles and Poirier
Adam Rippon
I know...all North American...I'm open to the World but partial to my homies

 

[StitchMonkey]

I am looking forward to the team Koro cheering at Skate America this year!

 

[bramweld]

1. Dance - Ruslena, Yanovskaya and Mosgov, Bobrova and Soloviev, all the teams working with Lauzon....
2. Ladies - Mao Asada, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Adelina Sotnokova, Anna Pogo.
3. Men - Patrick Chan
4. Pairs - Lubov and Dylan, Tatyana and Maxim

 

[Sweet Dream]

I can't wait to see the return of Mao and Julia to the competitive ice!

 

[Layback11]

LADIES

Gracie: will her new programs be the vehicles she needs to win, and will she finally get her consistency fixed?
Yulia: will she ever return to her pre-Sochi form?
Elena, Evgenia, Satoko, Serafima: will they have growth-related issues this season?
Mao: will she still be able to keep up with the younger skaters' technical content?
Adelina: will she ever truly make a comeback?
Elizaveta: will he continue to dominate technically, or will Mao end her winning streak?
Mirai: the 3A looked solid at the Broadmoor Open-will she use it?
Mariah, Karen, Hannah: how will they debut on the senior GP?

DANCE

P/C: will they pull a C/L and fall flat or defend their title?
W/P: have they already peaked? Can they fix whatever has people saying they've lost their spark?
S/S: will their new programs FINALLY be what it takes for people to take them seriously?
B/S: how will they come back?
S/K: are they doomed never to make it out of Russian nationals?
I/Z: will they live up to the hype?

MEN

Patrick: how will his comeback season go?
Denis: with Patrick back, is he doomed to be one spot off the podium forever?
Yuzuru: will he be majorly inflated again?
Jeremy: will he finally retire?
In general: will we start seeing 4Lo or 4F in competition?

PAIRS

V/T: how will they fare?
D/R: how will they stack up to V/T? And what of the throw 4Lz?
S/K: what new tricks do they have planned? Will they be enough to justify skipping worlds?
S/H: how will they stack up to the loaded field?
In general: what splits and new pairings might we see?

 

[invisiblespiral]

Hmmm.... for men, Hanyu, Chan, Farris, Brown, D10, Javi, Menshov, Uno, JH Lee, Misha, MCM.... in ladies, Mao, Karen, Liza, Lena, Mariah, SY, Satoko, Zhenia, Julia, Elisabet.... and for dance.... W/P, Shibs, F-B/S, C/L, P/C, British C/B.... I like a lot of people. Sorry if this list sucks.

 

[karne]

BRENDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!


Ahem. Sorry. It's like steam, you know. Builds up and then you have to let it out sometimes.

 

[Ice Dance]

Hmmm.... for men, Hanyu, Chan, Farris, Brown, D10, Javi, Menshov, Uno, JH Lee, Misha, MCM.... in ladies, Mao, Karen, Liza, Lena, Mariah, SY, Satoko, Zhenia, Julia, Elisabet.... and for dance.... W/P, Shibs, F-B/S, C/L, P/C, British C/B.... I like a lot of people. Sorry if this list sucks.

I think your list is rather lovely. And you have an EXCELLENT chance of having your favorites win.

Unlike yours truly who almost always feels compelled to root for the underdogs.

 

[Florencito]

Men:

Javier, my fave
Chan, not a fan but it's gonna be interesting
Farris, he really got my attention last season
Michael Christian Martinez, love the two Filipino kids!
Jin, again not a fan but I want to see that amazing combo in a competition!
Miner&Voronov, my figure skating crushes :


Ladies:

Mao, the Empress of the Land of the Rising Sun
Liza, the Empress of all Russia
Li Zijun
Lena R
Kiira, hope she'll get another assignment
Angelina Kuchvalaska
Mae Berenice
Park So-youn, time to break through, gurl!
Karen Chen

Pairs:

Volosozhar/Trankov, Duhamel/Radford & Stolbova/Klimov, not a fan of any of them but the clash is gonna be great!
Tarasova/Morozov, well I love them since the first time I read their last names
Marchei/HOTarek
Sui/Han
Kavaguti/Smirnov, still in the mix
Andrei Deputat

Ice Dance:

The whole Montreal team, both because I love the "old" pairs (Papadakis/Cizeron, Hurtado/Diaz, FB/Sorensen and hopefully Paradis/Ouellette too) and because I wanna see the new ones' developments even though I don't really care for them (US H/D and P/I)
Hawayek/Baker, get that third spot!
Grand Duchess Elena Ilinykh of Russia (sorry Ruslan, you still have to win me over)
Cappellini/Lanotte, please go back to your usual selves!
Yanovskaya/Mozgov,
Weaver/Poje, get that World title
Coomes/Buckland, most because they keep their FD
Paul Poirier, always a nice view
Kim/Minov, last season their up and down twizzles were my favourite element besides P/C's RoLi/ChSp!

That's sooo many people. xD

 

[Sugarpova]

oh nice mentions I forgot

Mae Berenice & Kim/Minov are def on my list as well

Grand Duchess Elena Ilinykh of Russia (sorry Ruslan, you still have to win me over)

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