Absolutely lost it when you guys showed up with the cheek sparkles. Can’t wait to watch!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@Tenorboy29307

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson As a probable Kostobot, I’m rolling.

Mark Hanrietty's commentary is absolutely the best commentating I have heard in a long time. He reminds everyone to appreciate the skating skills and the difficult transitions. It is what this sport needs!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️💯

@mathilde139

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson absolutely

@nvadqs

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! he states what needs to! I like he commenting a lot

@topicdel

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@trcolavi

2 жыл бұрын

Where can I find his commentary? I hate the silence when I’m watching on Peacock

As soon as I saw Alyona K.’s stickers in the free program, I immediately thought: “I can not wait to see what Jonathon Beyer and Dave Lease have to say about this. Low and behold, wearing the stickers on your faces is absolutely hilarious. Ya’ll are killing it.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@miriam3848

2 жыл бұрын

Aw yiss! Exactly same here!

Thank you for just owning who you are in this! This opening segment is everything I need and want right now. Dying 😂😂

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Love the face stickers and your dedication!! As usual the latest episode of TSL is off to a great start!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

I love Wakaba FS💓i found myself crying through This Land section, such iconic FS

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

If Wakaba’s Lion King is not at the Olympics, it would be a slap in the face for audiences.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes. Her free is so damn good and fresh

Watching it on the way back from Grenoble!💙 For me the highlights were: -Alena stealing the night in the ladies event in the short and getting a standing ovation from the crowd. Also Eteri bringing the emotional support dog for Alena. -Wakaba’s beautiful choreo. Watching Danny G’s bs after that was unbearable. -Aliev, the tortured genius. His skating is absolutely mesmerising. If only we could fix him somehow. I wondered what if they gave Nuriev to him instead of Kolyada… But saying that he has good programs of his own this year. I’m going to light all my candles for him. -Deniss Vasilievs exhibition skate. WOW. It’s even more powerful live. When someone actually has choreo in their exhibition! - On a less positive note: I really wanted to see Jason’s programs live, but unfortunately it didn’t have the impact I was expecting. I don’t know if that’s maybe what Dave said about the repetition or the quad is killing the rest of the program, but I somehow expected more.

@susanfield3680

2 жыл бұрын

Jason’s music doesn’t build.

Dave - your Team Tutberidze updates are on fire 🔥 I’m here for the madness. This time around, I have NOTHING to say. You’ve said it all for us. We all are grateful for you shining a light on this crap! Skating should thank you 🙏 and have you commentate with Johnny and Tara! I’ll bet you have more Russian coaches cell phone numbers in your Rolodex than Johnny and Tara combined anyway. If not, I’m sure Galina can take care of that! Keep up the fight! The struggle is real!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

0:00 Intro 1:33 Eteri pyramid - 1:48 Diana Davis - 2:23 Kamila Valieva and Anna Shcherbakova - 3:26 Morosov ans Tarasova - 4:07 Sofia Akatieva - 6:14 Sasha Trusova - 6:43 Kostornaia and Maia Khromykh - 11:28 Daria Usacheva 12:44 Kostornaia 15:56 Daria Usacheva injury 20:15 back to Kostornaia 20:53 Wakaba 22:30 Gaby Izzo going to Zagreb instead of Brady Tennell. What it means for us nationals and olympics. 24:00 back to Wakaba 27:14 Anna Shcherbakova bad choreography and Dani G 29:19 comparison between Wakaba and Shcherbakova/Kostornaia 30:00 Kostornaia 31:21 Mariah Bell 40:39 Anna Shcherbakova 47:24 Star Andrews PAIRS 48:39 Danny O'Shea accident 51:56 US pairs. 53:13 Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier 53:58 Artemeva /Nazarychef compared to Knierim/Frazier 57:10 Vanessa James and Eric Radford 59:24 Tarasova/Morozov 1:01:00 DANCE 1:03:00 Papadakis / Cizeron 1:04:33 Stepanova / Bukin and Poirier/Gilles 1:05:40 Rivalry between french and russians 1:06:58 Poirier/Gilles and who's gonna be the 6th dance pair 1:07:45 Diana Davis I stop there because someone else did it on the commentary... 😊

@SMBLFigureSkating

2 жыл бұрын

wow so quick thank you!

@satane04

2 жыл бұрын

@@SMBLFigureSkating well its on progress

@mainaalmeida4246

2 жыл бұрын

Thank youu

@virginiana3783

2 жыл бұрын

Dave, PPPPPLEASE don't make us dig through the comments to get the rest of the time-stamps! As I type this it is 11:30 PM and there are 548 comments posted and I have to be up at 6:30 for work!

@lutherhenry7201

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

Best part of my week - a new skating lesson episode! ❤️ So much entertainment and the stickers - you guys are the best!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

lol finally a foreigner have pronounced Maya Khromykh's name correctly. Mission passed! Respect +

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@82gioccia

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson I disagree, the girl who voiced it sounded either Ukranian or having some reginal accent. The first O is not stressed, so it becomes A, sound H is softer, you're forcing it too much... it's hramYh. I've always been wondering why Russian names having H turn into KH...

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

@@82gioccia agree. There's no need in adding that K sound. Just pronounce H a little bit harder

I completely agree about Wakaba! In particular, her long this season is so refreshing. It is one of the few programs this season that really works from all aspects.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@avg18

2 жыл бұрын

It is one of the few programs that have been designed with the olympics in mind. It has all the moments that you want to see for an olympic program.

I love this again, thank you for doing this every sunday!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️🙏

Tutberidze update was glorious! I love the face glitter thing 😍

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!!

Timestamps: 1:30 The Pyramid ( 4:17 - 5:23 Juniors at Senior Nationals ) 12:38 Ladies 13:21 Alena Kostornaia 🇷🇺 💫 ( 16:46 - 20:14 Trusova / Usacheva Injuries 🇷🇺) 20:47 Wakaba Higuchi 🇯🇵 🦁 ( 22:47 - 24:03 Tennell, Izzo, US ladies in general ) ( 27:24 - 31:22 Shcherbakova / Kostornaia / Judging /Issues with Daniil G ) 31:27 Mariah Bell 🇺🇸 ( 32:32 - 34:18 US Ladies in General ) 37:27 Lindsay Thorngren / Alysa Liu 🇺🇸 40:38 Anna Shcherbakova 🇷🇺 41:56 Russian Olympic Team 44:24 Gracie Gold 🇺🇸 46:33 Polina Edmunds 👑 47:22 Starr Andrews 🇺🇸 48:42 Liu / O’Shea 🇺🇸 50:11 Injuries and “Feeling Great” 51:35 Calalang / Johnson 🇺🇸 52:38 Zagreb for US Pairs 53:11 Knierm / Frazier 🇺🇸 ( 53:54 - 55:22 Russian Pairs 🇷🇺) 57:11 James / Radford 🇨🇦 59:23 Tarasova / Morozov 🇷🇺 1:01:27 Boikova / Koslovski 🇷🇺 1:02:13 Ice Dance 1:02:20 Zhulin complaining 1:03:01 Papadakis/ Cizeron 🇫🇷 1:04:30 Stepanova / Bukin 🇷🇺 vs Gilles / Poitier 🇨🇦 1:05:39 Grand Prix Final / Olympics 1:07:44 Warsaw Ice Dance ( D/S, T/M ) 1:10:03 Nguyen / Smirnov 1:10:35 back to Takahashi / Muramoto 🇯🇵 1:11:09 Jason Brown 🇺🇸 1:13:23 USA Olympic team / Nationals 1:17:42 Keegan Messing 🇨🇦 1:17:48 Yuma Kagiyama 🇯🇵 1:19:37 Shun Sato 🇯🇵 1:20:42 Russian Men 🇷🇺 1:21:05 Moment of the Week (Hint: 🦁) *22:37 Tennell out of Zagreb, Izzo in her place *1:20:10 Hersh claims Chen changes programs for GPF

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I loved the commentator. He was speaking facts despite the judges scores😂. He mentions the skating skills, edges, travel on spins, under rotated landings etc.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@schauspielersven

2 жыл бұрын

Mark is great. I can only catch him on Reddit posts since I don't have Peacock, but I honestly wouldn't mind NBC taking over for Johnny and Tara. A Mark and Tanith team would be a dream.

@mjdecoteau8631

2 жыл бұрын

I loved him too! But he kept mentioning that Danny G wants Kostornia to work harder in training!

@schauspielersven

2 жыл бұрын

@@hellsbellsmichelle I keep forgetting about that! I've just been catching Reddit uploads and then watching the tapes broadcast on the Olympic Channel the next week. Thanks for the reminder!

Everybody is blaming the quality of the ice meanwhile, nobody is addressing the fact that Anna doesnt pick the ice on toe jumps. Her blade slipped due to the excessive pre-rotation.

@suetavakoli

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?!?!? They didn't even show it!!! What kind of weird review was that when you crop out the main purpose of the review!

@biscuitcase83

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is nothing will be fixed because she gets away with having toe jumps that don't even resemble what they were supposed to be. I honestly thought she was going for the loop at first!

@AmaraEmme

2 жыл бұрын

AMEN

@SunflowerCat333

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thanks so much for noting this.

@leratomonethi4265

2 жыл бұрын

This!!!

Oh and thank you for the absolutely hilarious episode. Dead 🤣

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

Also, a bit of a random comment: I like Anna S, and I think she's a beautiful performer, and she's definitely a fierce competitor. But this weekend it occured to me that I don't remember watching her skate to anything that wasn't classic+angsty style. We talk so much about range when discussing some other competitors, and other girls in that rink skated to more cheerful music. I noticed bc to me it starts to feel like it's her personality, the angst and pain.

@yosily

2 жыл бұрын

last year free wasn’t too angsty, but I agree, her programs are not very versatile. it might be more a reflection of what Danni G thinks suits her than her personality, though

@loc1976

2 жыл бұрын

@@yosily Aliona and Sasha seem to get chances to skate programmes to what they like.... Idk what think of Anna's or DG's choices, but it really looks like a lot of angst and pain.

You two are pure entertainment with the gems and content. LOVED it!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

You guys are fabulous! What a birthday treat for me. Love you both! And so happy for Wakaba! ❤

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

I was so sad about Starr, I hope she's okay. I really love watching her skate and the fact that she sings her own music just elevates her performance

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

I hope she will be in top form for Nationals!

I loved the more toned down small glitter she had at Skate Canada it made her eyes pop even more than they already do. These big craft glitters are just a bit much.

@PeiwenTanbassoon821

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think it looks nice either but I sure appreciate how it got Dave and Jonathan to do it too 😂❤️

Oh my God, you are so hilarious in the best possible way. I love the make-up (or glitz-up, or whatever is the name.) Love you both.

Found myself sitting here this weekend desperately wishing RusFed had thrown their nepotism points at Annabelle instead cause that girl is bringing some Russian flare I can get behind, and would be able to stomach ridiculous scores thrown her way prematurely.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

💯

Dave, the “Pyramid” is the best thing you ever thought of. Well done. 😂😂👍🏻👍🏻

I SCREAM AT DIANA DAVIS AT THE TOP OF THE PYRAMID Thank you Dave and Jonathan for your comments, always lovely to hear you two!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

She DESERVES it! Best daughter! Best mother!!!

OMG I laughed so hard the second I saw the stickers on your faces. I love it.🤣🤣🤣😍👍

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

10 seconds in and I’m dying!!!!!!! LMAO! Beautiful, boys! Stunning!!!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

I’m so glad neither Anna nor Aliona appeared injured after their respective falls - those looked so scary… I’m also rooting for Wakaba, I believe her programs have so much potential. Praying she manages to nail both those tricky 3As next time!

I literally spit out my coffee at Jonathan's comment about Anna doing patty-cake but not to the beat. dead.

@topicdel

2 жыл бұрын

also, I just can't with them giving Anna Stravinsky for the exhibition, and Aliona getting "I'm a bitch, I"m a boss". lol.

Guys, you're incredible with those face stickers))) and Team Tutberidze update is just the best. Love you!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

No one: Absolutely no one: Dave and Johnathan’s faces: 💙✨🦋🌼⭐️🔵💛🌐🌟🔹✨

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Great vid as always really enjoyed it and the sparkles I'm deffo rooting for kosto ❤️

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

When y’all popped on screen with the face stickers I LOST it!! 😂

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@elizabethm08

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson also, is the nina mozer doc with cain-gribble/leduc on patreon?? Thank you!

That Team Tut pyramid is getting crowded, lol. I love the stickers and Spletnikov accent coming through more and more. My moment was Wakaba, lighting candles for her to make the team.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both!

@RED-cy7ig

2 жыл бұрын

Best performance of the entire event.

@suetavakoli

2 жыл бұрын

Her expression right before the step sequence in her free

Just read the Phil Hersch article on NBC, posted online 3 hours ago about Alysa Liu's coaching change. I love that you guys share bits of "insider information" ❤

I feel like Kostornaia was cheated out of a win here. If the caller and judges were honest about Shcherbakova’s flutzes and traveling spin in this free skate, then Kostornaia may have come out ahead.

OMG I LIIIIIIIVE! Love the stickers. When I saw Korstornai I was like "Is she wearing T zone pore strips?"

@dkeinow

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly!!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

My BF said the same😁 but I kinda liked them😁

I just started the video, and im dead at the under-eye glitters (aliona reference) hahaha

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

LOVED THE SPARKLES AND THIS EPISODE🤩✨ I don’t think Kostornaia likes Dani G very much and who can blame her after all the shade he’s been throwing her way in the recent interviews. I think Aliona only really respects Eteri and if we are to believe the rumours this is reciprocated. Whilst Eteri would never let her personal feelings drive any sort of favouritism, it is still noticeable that despite everything that happened, she still has warm feelings towards Aliona (fixing her mask, hugging her in the kiss&cry despite her not landing any triple axels in the event). Maybe it’s one of those cases where you love your rebellious and troublesome child more than your compliant ones haha 😂 Regarding dropping her from the team, I don’t think this will happen even if she doesn’t perform on an A level. We have to remember that she is currently the ONLY adult skater in the entire camp. Olympic solo may be a bit of a stretch for her at this stage, but if Eteri can get her in decent enough shape to medal at say Europeans, Worlds or even participate with a solid performance on the Olympics Team Event, she can maaaaybe change the ‘child factory’ perception that still follows her around. Side note: Eteri needs to sort out the Dani G blabbering to the media situation. Two weeks ago he was whining about ‘lazy’ Aliona (to the point where even Khrustalny fans asked him to leave her alone) and a few days later, ‘non-lazy’ Daria and Sasha get injured. Not a good look for the camp, not a good look….

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you~~

@etherealtb6021

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. She needs to tell him to shut his trap!

@avg18

2 жыл бұрын

@@etherealtb6021 i feel that the downfall of Team T will come from Eteri one day fighting with Dani G. He seems to feel that, with Eteri playing at pair coaching and looking over to Diana being in the Olympic team, he is the one in charge of the girls and that he can run freely saying stupid things. If she doesn't check on him, trouble will follow.

My moment of the week was Kevin Aymoz in the long. I was in tears. His confidence and joy grew with every element and, given his heart is as big as the whole rink, you couldn't help but be uplifted. I love the program and the costume as well. Lovely to see him skate like himself again!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@louisehancock324

2 жыл бұрын

He did his best skating when he was training in Florida. I think his previous coach understood his needs and supported him where he needed to succeed. He is a lovely skater.

Was waiting for your reaction to Eric and Vanessa. They looked so good! They are definitely going to win nationals!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

They look great.

How could you guys not talk about DENISS!!! He was spectacular here!!!! He needed better scores!!!!!

This is Jason's best showing on the GP this quad (medalling at both events) and yet we're still talking about the fact that Ilia Malinin may make the Olympics instead of him. Come on! Jason's score at IDF actually beat Vincent's from NHK so he's not even a million miles from him. It's very clear both Jason and his team know where he needs to be and are working on him peaking at the right time (Nats/Olympics) rather than at the GP season. Remember his 19/20 season - he had a pretty bad GP season and yet peaked at Nats and 4CC and was looking remarkably on track to be in peak condition at Worlds before it was cancelled. Jason has been very clear he wants to make that Olympic team for himself and that's what his goal is. The fact that Jason can medal twice on the GP circuit with a questionable quad attempt and popped jumps shows that the judges are willing to go with him. Why the heck would you risk that (and the potential viral moments he could bring to the sport and USFS) for a junior man who is virtually untested at the senior level and performed poorly at his own senior assignment, not even making Worlds minimums. Unless Jason absolutely bombs Nats, he's going to Beijing.

@susanlange5003

2 жыл бұрын

Ilia will have his time in the future. Lets not forget that Maxim Naumov beat Ilia at the last Junior Worlds. This kid needs time to marinate.

Guys, you nailed it with the stickers!! Absolutely loved it!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

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THE Aliona Kostornia has to make it to the olympics, no one owns her, and she IS a b and a boss!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

@user-cm8ye4hu3q

2 жыл бұрын

@Марина Россия3 agree! )

@SamKreinberg

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, no one except the one who choreographed this program 😂

@almourie

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamKreinberg it was a reference to the lyrics of the song she skates to… way to be a party pooper :(

@Constantin9va

2 жыл бұрын

She needs to skate to “you don’t own me” obvs

Didn’t Jason go to the GPF in the last Olympic season? Re the team event: Jason is so reliable in the short program. Vincent still scares me in the short from worlds last year. He has the ability to completely implode where Jason has that same situation in the free so I would pick which one of them splits the team based on which program Nathan wants.

I knew the dot faces were coming but still lost it when I actually saw it! So funny!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

That was super funny,especially "where your support". Thanks guys

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

Oh, and I love your sparkles!!! Shining bright really suit you both. :-)

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

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20:58 I totally agree, Wakaba in Beijing can do what Midori did in Calgary.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Shcherbakova is basically Medvedeva with "quads." Her poor technique, edges and underrotations are constantly ignored and not punished. She's a lovely and very musical skater, but her scoring is infuriating. Absolutely ZERO incentive for her and the coaches to fix that technique when she doesn't suffer a thing from it.

@NormaLilia24

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone always put the blame on the skaters, the skaters don’t score themselves so blame the judges, blame the Russian fed, blame the coaches but leave the skaters name out of it bc they are just out there trying their best.

@TL-tc9jq

2 жыл бұрын

FACTS💯. I remembered Medvedeva did start getting edge calls after her golden age. But the judges collectively turned an eye blind when she was winning everything. It really feels like during each stage leading up to the Olympics, they must pick one young “IT girl” to have crazy inflated scores, and Shcherbakova was the chosen one this time.

@biscuitcase83

2 жыл бұрын

@@NormaLilia24 Nowhere did I blame the skaters. Of course it isn't their fault they don't get penalised. But skaters themselves can decide they want to improve their technique, Mao Asada reworked her jumps for example. Anna was taught that way, which is again not her fault, and it would be very tough to fix. But her coaches don't have any incentive to because the judges aren't reflecting her jumping flaws in the scores

@marikafasola8771

2 жыл бұрын

@@NormaLilia24 stop making victims out of them. They KNOW what they are doing wrong, THEY know that they are overscored , they know that they have flutzes , they go to eteri and they get advantages..saying that those are little naive girls who dont know what they are doing, they were taught that way , what a bullshit . They go to eteri FOR SOMETHING< for overscored points!, so please cut that bullshit..they know that only way to LEARN THOSE PSEUDO QUADS IS CHEATING wit prerotation and edges. Those girls are so priviled that even with their mask on, we see thay they are dissapointed with their scores

@viktoria8189

2 жыл бұрын

The saddest moment for them is when they start getting the scores they actually deserve while skating in the same manner. And the new star is getting all the goes. I think this not traumas is the major reason for them to quit.

Can we just get Anna with a great choreographer? Imagine what she could do with a Lori Nichol or SLB or Rohene Ward or Stéphane Lambiel or literally anyone but Daniil. It’s just sad to me.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

100%

@JoshuaFazeli

2 жыл бұрын

Girl: Rohene? Really?

@НатальяВ.А

2 жыл бұрын

Daniil isn't bad choreographer. He made many beautiful programs: "girl on the ball" for Valieva, and i like this year both of her sp and fp (Bolero choreography is based on Maurice Bejart ballet Bolero for Plisetskaya), "Angel" for Aliona was beautiful and I liked Romeo and Juliet for her too, Swan lake for Zagitova was great as well. And many others. I don't say all were good. Last year Kostornaya worked with SLB and what? Did you like the result? I didn't. It is all subjective. The beauty is in the eye оf the beholder.

@JoshuaFazeli

2 жыл бұрын

@@НатальяВ.А GURL: he’s no Lori Nichol or Shae Lyn.

@fw7103

2 жыл бұрын

@@JoshuaFazeli he made Sinnerman so I trust him way more than Daniil

Love the stickers on the face😅😅😅😅 love it!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

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Starting an official prayer circle for Wakaba's Olympic chances. It was would be a proper shame for her to miss out!

OMG I love the faces just about wet my pants laughing

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

So many reasons why Team Tutberidze would want to push Anna as their #1. She’s been there the longest, so she validated their technique and their ability to say they don’t poach girls with strong skating skills learned from other schools. Second, she’s over the expiration date, so she proves that Eteri’s girls can win past the age of 15. Lastly, she has a diligent, non-confrontational personality, so they’ll be able to tell younger students, “see look what happens when you’re a good girl.”

@evanperilstein5308

2 жыл бұрын

Anna isn’t over the expiration date. She’s at the expiration date, which is 17.

@hannibaljustincase9985

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanperilstein5308 but the thing is- at that age Alina and Evgenia(and Yulia) basically started losing their jumps while Anna is doing quads, and as sketchy as they are they are also even better than they were from her in the past.

@yohanes2034

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannibaljustincase9985 no her quads were better dueing 2019-2020 seasons. She basically landed all her 4Lz attempts. So IMO her technical peak was still 2 seasons ago, she is scoring higher now because she has become so overscored as the world champion.

@hannibaljustincase9985

2 жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 If you look at her height and air position, both of her quads look better than before. Sure, her consistency is not on the level of 2019, but don't forget Anya's quads were supposed to not last even one season, she was lucky to win nationals once and she won't be able to repeat that 😉

@evanperilstein5308

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannibaljustincase9985 The rotation of her quads isn’t as good as it was 2-3 years ago. Most of her quads are at least a q now.

We say "ride" instead of "skate" because, in Russian, "a pair of skates" is literally "little horses". And, well, you don't skate on a horse 🐴

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@SunflowerCat333

2 жыл бұрын

I love it! Thank you :)

I am doing in depth comments for the timestamps should be done by tonight. Sorry for not doing them or being inconsistent with them recently! I really am sorry guys.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

OMG you guys are HILARIOUS!!! thought you were both wearing glasses at first

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Love the stickers!! You 2 ROCK!!!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

You rock!

Ahah omg i love the kosto freckles ✨

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Completely unrelated to this Week but did anyone catch Shoma's 4T+3Lo? It looked pretty good. Not sure if we'll ever see it but it's making all the lead up to Japanese Nationals so much more exciting

@yohanes2034

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt it his flow out of quads is almost nonexistent. The 4T needs to be landed very well in order to attach 3Lo. Getting the 3T combo has been quite a headache for him, so I doubt he would want to risk 3Lo

After going back & watching Maiia’s programs from Warsaw, I am left wondering if she too is injured. She’d been so much more consistent in competition lately & she just didn’t have it there. She just didn’t seem as sharp & had a lot of mistakes. And was unable to get the 3-3 in the short as well. It’s very curious. We shall see what happens at Rostelecom.

Aliona is ~THE MOMENT~! I'm a stan lol. She deserved to be first in the SP. She is underscored compared to Sherbakova (although overscored compared to the rest, I guess). Her jumps have so much more height and her skating skills are just way better. And Wakaba was so underscored here. She was first in the FP, in my eyes. Give her some PCS and GOE, judges!

@fw7103

2 жыл бұрын

I was actually at IdF and Kostornaia’s skating skills were not magical - at ALL. She was not that fast, she was soooo slow in the steps, poor transitions, edge quality looked meh. Anna is comparison was a revelation. Ask anyone else at IdF and Anna was FAST, she was the fastest of all the ladies, super difficult steps and transitions, she maintains her speed and good ice coverage. It was super surprising, we were all shook, but it made her SS marks make sense.

@leratomonethi4265

2 жыл бұрын

@@fw7103 Anna faster than Wakaba? How laughable

@leratomonethi4265

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree with you

@fw7103

2 жыл бұрын

@@leratomonethi4265 ask anyone there and they will confirm. I can quote so many tweets and Reddit comments about it. It’s way more laughable when ignorant fans are unable to accept facts.

@evanperilstein5308

2 жыл бұрын

@@fw7103 Wakaba is one of the fastest women in skating. Maybe you need glasses?

Came for the pyramid, stayed for the stickers! ❤️

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

OMG, Dave, your HALina was gorgeous this time around, nailed it! :)

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

If Aliona sold face stickers I’d 100% buy them all 🙈😭😅

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

💯

Timestamps in progress! 0:00 introduction 1:33 Eteri Pyramid is back! Yay! Who saw it coming with Diana Davis and what’s his name lol. So funny. I think they are ok but not the number 2 in Russia lol. Who knew lol 1:48 Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin (CS WARSAW CUP) 199.9 and 81 for the RD. They were close to 200 points. 2:23 Anna Shcherbakova and Kamila Valieva. Favorites presumably for the GPF. I think Kamila is at Rostelecom cup right? Please comment if I’m wrong and she’s already done two grand prixes. That fall on the attempted quad looked scary. Good for her for continuing as best as she did. She pulled a Mao Asada alla 2008 Worlds. 3:26 Pairs (Morozov and Tarasova) great here at Warsaw cup 4:07 Sofia Akatieva, rising junior star from Team Tutberidze 6:14 Alexandra Sasha Trusova. Probably won’t make the final. I hope she gets healed in time for nationals. Could she afford skipping it like Medvedeva?? She has really powerful jumps. Her programs this season are actually amazing! Love the music concepts!!! 6:43 Alena Kostornaia and Maia Khromykh. Alena was silver at IDF and Maia won the Warsaw cup this week too! Good for her actually. She is building a name for herself and you know what I’m buying it and I’m loving it. A year ago I would have counted her out but she’s proving all the haters that the Cup final wasn’t a fluke. She CAN do it. As Eteri has said before. 11:28 Daria Usacheva. I feel so bad for her. 12:44 Kostornaia again. She did well here especially in the short program. I’m loving it more and more! It’s a great vehicle for her I think. She just needs to build more confidence and to land that 3A. 15:56 More on Daria, injury. 17:46 ARMENIA REFERENCE. Thanks Dave! Putting my native country on the map. I’m Armenian but born in the US. 20:15 Back to Kostornaia again. 20:53 Wakaba Higuchi, she was unable to land the 3A in the short but did it in the long. She won bronze here and I really love her skating so much. 22:30 Gabby Izzy replacing Bradie Tennell at Golden Spin of Zagreb. The injury must be more serious then I thought it was. I hope she recovers in time for nationals. Last season she had an amazing free program I called it one of the best of all time actually that and Nureyev. 24:00 More Wakaba Higuchi. Great outing for her here. I hope this helps her chances of making the Olympic team. I don’t know the extent of Roma’s injury but we haven’t seen her since WTT in April. 24:25 Mao Mihara 29:19 more Wakaba Anna and Kostornaia 30:00 Even more Kostornaia. 31:21 Mariah Bell. Really disappointed me, in 2019 she won the bronze here. The programs are MUCH better than Cranberry. Those were TWO BIG MISSES there. Back to Hallelujah. I watched her free from the alternate angle as I was unable to watch any disciplines this time. She looked very slow and sluggish and no triple triple in the free and downgraded the one I believe in the short. Hopefully she does well at Nationals. It would be iconic AGAIN if she repeats the same MAGIC at nationals like in 2019. 40:29 More Anna 47:24 Starr Andrews and her withdrawal from GP France. Pairs 48:39 Danny O’Shea scary accident! 51:56 US pairs and our situation. 53:58 Alexa and Brandon (3rd). 57:11 James/Radford (4th at GP France). 59:24 Morozov and Tarasova. Great to see them Skate clean!! 1:01:00 Ice Dance 1:03:00 Papadakis and Cizeron (GP France). I really love the Free Dance a lot. I know a lot of people don’t love it or find it boring or lacking in some way. However, I love the music and a musician who is trained classically and got a degree in performance as well (2021). I find the music of Faurè to be extremely picturesque and I can imagine things in the music. Lots of colours as well. The Elegie is one of my favorites including Pavane and Sicilienne as well. I find the music to have such a deep meaning and I really love it so much. If this doesn’t win the Olympics I quit watching. 1:05:40 Russian and French Rivalries. 1:06:58 Piper and Paul. I love their costumes! 1:07:45 Diana Davis (CS WARSAW) Mens: 1:11:09 Jason Brown (Bronze medal). I think he should not jeopardize his position by attempting quads it’s distracting from the lines he creates in the free. I love both programs actually. The Sinnerman is spicy and I love it and it creates a Character! With the Schindlers list I feel something and that’s what the piece is about something reflective and sad. 1:13:23 US (will be interesting at Nationals). 1:17:42 Keegan Messing. Great performances here in Grenoble. I think even better than Skate Canada. I think he is the most consistent of the Canadian mens and the most likely to get the first of two spots for the Olympics. 1:17:48 Yuma Kagiyama 1:19:37 Shun Sato 1:20:42 Russian Men 1:21:05 Moment of the week. Mine has to be Wakaba winning bronze at GP France and Kurakova beating Khromykh in the free at CS Warsaw. Oops I forgot to add Kostornaia’s SP at GP France and Kseniia’s as well! 1:21:39 End of the Video! Gracie Gold did great at the 2022 Us championships series she scored 67.49 points and also landed a 3Lz+3T They did mention this in the video I cannot remember the time though sorry. I thought they didn’t but when I rewatched the second time I did hear them talk about Gracie. I think if she can lay it down at nationals maybe she could make the podium idk. It would be a STORY of all Stories if Gracie makes it to the Olympics.

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes I really love Kseniia's SP too

@shantarakelian1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@KG-jg4zn the dress is absolutely stunning

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

@@shantarakelian1998 true, it's like something new

@shantarakelian1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@KG-jg4zn I agree. It is a piece of music I didn’t know existed by Tchaikovsky. I studied classical music and earned a bachelors in performance actually this spring.

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

@@shantarakelian1998 My congratulations! That's really impressive.

Had a delayed revelation about the reason for your stickers. LOL. Too funny.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Also have you guys seen Aliona's gala? I mean, does the choreo match the music? No. Is it still a vibe? Hell yes.

@biggestgymfan7230

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that I enjoy it way more then any of her programs this season

You guys are awesome 👏🏻

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

Who wore face jewelry better? Dave & Jonathan or Kostornaia? You both rocked it! Nice touch, guys. It made my Sunday night 😀

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

I’m pretty sure Coach Eteri lives in a gingerbread house somewhere in the woods of Germany.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@pgk3052

2 жыл бұрын

😆 I spit out my water!

@susanfield3680

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like a dystopian fairy tale.

@pgk3052

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanfield3680 😆

Jason made the Grand Prix Final in 2017-18 where he placed 6th. (He and Adam were the warm up acts for the big boys that year.)

I really hope you're right about Aliona dave. It's bit of a stretch to me and it's really sad bc her combo's still seem huge and exciting (and def clean, unfortunately Anna's combos are visibly deteriorating). I would love to have Aliona at the Olympics for her insane charisma and personality. After this weekend I hope the biggest takeaway to Team Tut is how beloved Aliona is to her fans. She got insane support this weekend and she didn't even do a triple axel

Does anyone know technically why James & Radford are having so much trouble on that lift? It’s been shaky all season. Also, why does the lift at the very end come straight down like that? It makes it look a shaky as well.

Love you guys ❤

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Dave's face when Jonathan accidentally said i don't see trusova making the team (i did the same at first ) 🤣🤣🤣

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

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I just finished the timestamps! Sorry it took so long everyone. It takes me time to watch the video and find the correct timing of each timestamp.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@shantarakelian1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson anytime!

It's the music that makes PC's fd hard to stay with imo . When you watch it on mute and focus on what they're doing it becomes breathtaking. Oh ice dance 🤷🏿‍♀️

I agree so much with Jonathan about choreography in Anna's short program. The music is very interesting and dynamic with lots of accents. However, choreography does not go hand in hand with music and seems too gentle for this program.

@saraehtor7753

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like Anna is just too soft for that type of dynamic music. A dynamic, powerful skater is needed for that. This is ofc not a hate to Anna, just the way I see things.

@ritasirop2145

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree. This music is for powerful skating. The program may be sentimental, why not, but with a strong skating. Anna skates her usual ballet.

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

I think it needs more time to skate it properly as the SP is totally new

Fun episode. I'm amused by your thought that Ilia could be sent instead over Jason Brown when Jason has been doing fine, while inexperienced Ilia was 13th after the SP at whatever random Poland or Austria comp he was at. With Nationals no longer the sole determinant for selections, I don't see how that can happen. I'm also amused by this narrative that Cain/LeDuc had this super GP season when they are double digit points behind Knierim/Frazier''s total score for the GP Final qualification tie break. They did well placement-wise but have had some struggles here and there throughout the season. You could have commented how well K/F came back after his fall here to medal, but at least Jonathan acknowledged they deserved silver, and most of the judges felt that way too. The didn't get any favors at this event but still did a great job.

i'm still sad danny and alexa weren't paired up for all these reasons and more..

Omg the stickers! Omg the stickers! 🤣🤣🤣

You are becoming a celebrity😀 I expect a separate episode dedicated just to that. Tatiana Tarasova’s comment on Jonathan’s reaction: “When people say something like that, they should add “in my opinion”. Others may have a different one. No need to criticise Gleizenkhauz’s work. Do his words surprise me? I got used to such words over the years. But I would like to ask this “journalist”: who does a good choreo? Out of the ones that are currently out there.”

Jonathan ‘HE’S A CHILD’. 🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

🤣

I also agree with Dave about P/C in the free dance. They are incredible skaters and performers but the program is a miss. I feel like using that music and slapping the tango concept into it just kills it. Either use the concept with music that it works with or skate to the Faure and just do what you do so well.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@susanfield3680

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t seem to get into it, either. They’re exquisite, but I don’t like the music as much as I want to. I miss some of their older pieces.

@emilieleroux2595

2 жыл бұрын

@@susanfield3680 Agree. This programme is a bit monotonous and dark although extremely difficult technically speaking

I liked how they had described Daria case, accurately correct!

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Dave’s reenactment of Anna’s program is the best thing ever!!!!!♥️😂

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

@susanfield3680

2 жыл бұрын

I burst out laughing!

The fact that Eteri has so much power, that she can extend her influence all the way to ice dance and get her daughter to shamelessly rise from mediocre to olympic medal contender in less than a handful of competitions, pretty much explains everything that happened this weekend and every competition to come. Wakaba was probably the most heartbreaking this weekend, for me. I will watch Beijing because I still have so many faves, but after Beijing? Eteri will finally decide she will whip lazy men into shape and it will be the end of the sport. Outside Russia, anyway. Do I sound gloomy? It's probably because I am.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

She was very smart to align with Igor Shpilband and Alexander Zhulin!

@fionan7311

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, I can agree with your sentiment. I think she is more leaning towards pairs at the moment so she can push some singles skaters towards that. Also once S/K retire I have a feeling D/S will change coach to Zhulin

@SilenceHurtsMore

2 жыл бұрын

Russia is preparing to dominate in all 4 disciplines next olys, you can see it the way young russian boys are scored now.

@loc1976

2 жыл бұрын

@@SilenceHurtsMore I agree with the goal! But I don't think Russian boys are more overscored at the moment than Daniel Grassl or other quad jumpers. If anything, it's USFSA dominating the overscoring in Men's. Nathan is an excellent jumper but not the top skater and performer, and he gets top GOE and PCS. Vincent is really mind boggling that he gets all those scores and no technical penalties. But anyway, judging today *in general* favours big jumpers by awarding them GOE and PCS they haven't earned, big jumpers from all countries benefit and quickly rise if they're consistent jumpers. But I think the real overscoring will happen when someone like Eteri decides she wants to win in the Men's discipline as well. Then it will be like Anna and Alena with falls winning by a vast margin against a Wakaba with a 3A and a clean skate. My opinion.

@triplea_qgb1963

2 жыл бұрын

@@SilenceHurtsMore The russian men still need to be consistent even if they have all the jumps and politics.

Hi This is Genki😻I will be at Japanese Nationals, Yaaaas🎊🎊

@evanperilstein5308

2 жыл бұрын

Are you the Daisuke stan?

I’m looking forward to seeing how Kseniia Sinitsyna develops and fits in with the rest of the Russian skaters.

@KG-jg4zn

2 жыл бұрын

Mee too! Hope to see her progress in future but even now I like her a lot

I wish Yuma had Shoma’s performance quality because the rest of his skating is like Shoma’s with better technique and even more speed. I don’t think he’ll ever be a natural performer on the level of Takahashi or Lambiel because he seems naturally reserved and somewhat shy, but I definitely think he has the potential to be an engaging performer. I agree with you about his short program, but I disagree with you about his free skate. I think it’s very Olympic and organically builds to a rousing finish, unlike Nathan’s Mozart free, which comes across as disjointed with a slapped on high energy ending.

@aishahosman2465

2 жыл бұрын

I totally agree Yuma's free is very Olympic, he's gonna be a real moment

@rajs7876

2 жыл бұрын

agree...Nathan's programs are just sad

@evanperilstein5308

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajs7876 I've seen a lot of people complaining online the past few weeks that Yuma's PCS is way too high, but Nathan has been getting 9s in components for years now, and he's nowhere near as good a skater as Yuma and not a particularly engaging performer either. Taking that into consideration along with Nathan's bad programs this season, and I'd rather see Yuma getting that PCS than Nathan.

@MidnightRain111

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanperilstein5308 The thing is that Shoma deserves higher PCs than both based on his much superior PE, IN, SS and CO but the scores don't reflect that. Yuma and Nathan getting higher PCs than Shoma is really unfair

@yohanes2034

2 жыл бұрын

@@evanperilstein5308 I saw many complaints at Yuma PCS too but her SS is so good that I let it slide. Agree with Nathan comparison

Wow! I kinda knew that you will choose Wakaba's free as your feel good moment. I also love it. I just kinda felt bad that I will just see her again next on Japanese Nationals. GPF Women's event would seem to look like a Russian National's event with just Kaori in the mix. Hahahaha. Final leg before GPF next week. Hope to see your review again.

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

It is a great program!

Diana Davis makes Madison Chock look like Tessa Virtue. I don’t want to hear people complain about Madison Chock’s lack of skating skills and deep edges anymore. At least Chock is giving us face and charisma. I wouldn’t even say Diana is all that beautiful or charismatic.

Jonathan is right, the russians really did gaslight us into accepting that S/K were the second best ice dance pair. I guess you just gotta constantly make statements in the media with enough confidence and it becomes fact...

@TheSkatingLesson

2 жыл бұрын

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One of the reasons the japanese federation is very harsh on wakaba seems to be because she "cost" them the three spots for the 2018 olympics, due to doing badly during 2017 worlds. I don't agree with that assessment, but I do think it makes them scared to send her to big competitions unless they are 100% sure she can deliver

@joeyartk

2 жыл бұрын

They never liked her long before that, in juniors. She was only 16 and Satoko pulled out with injury, not Wakaba's fault . They didn't back her in the Olympic year when she was the best Japanese all season. She just isnt their vision of a Japanese skater. They liked Marin, Satoko and now Kaori over her, even though she is more talented than all of them. Knowing your own fed does not support you makes performing much harder, you have to go outside your comfort zone.