Thank you sooo much Kiches, any special moments or thoughts about the first practice? And how were the 'competition' doing? he was training with Max Aaron and Misha, how were their elements looking?
I actually uploaded a few extra videos from practice. I'll be entirely honest, I was so focused on watching Yuzu that I missed some of the other guy's runt throughs.
The parts about Yuzu that I remember:
* Him sort of laughing at himself and sticking out his tongue when he popped the lutz.
* Seem to pop 4S3T a few times when he was practicing it for the SP, landed a couple times too.
* I think he may have accidentally gotten in Daniel Samohin's way (slightly) at one point, and he put his hands together and bowed his head as an apology - I think Daniel nodded in acknowledgement.
* You can see the Japanese news reporters setting up to film him, and other Japanese skaters. I sat next to where TV Asahi had a camera set up.
* Overall it seemed like a very good practice, I didn't get the sense that he was pushing himself too hard in this practice session seeing as he didn't do parts of his program.
* The parts of his SP he practiced are SUPER fast and truly crazy. I loved it.
All in all Autumn Classic is a much smaller event, and this rink is very intimate, it gives it a very quiet yet private experience that you probably wouldn't get at grand prix or other major Championship. The seats are actually bench like bleachers and they only go up about 10-15 rows, so any spot is a good spot and close to the rink.