Shoma’s free skate just has moments of pure brilliance. I feel like it’s finally his time after so many years of being Mr. Silver medal. As much as I appreciate Ilia’s 4A, he can’t do what Shoma can as far as skating skills & artistry. I almost feel like this whole season is a Japanese skating renaissance. Without all the Russian drama in the way, we can truly focus on all the fantastic skaters they have & the insane depth they have in singles.

@freedomlife3623

Жыл бұрын

The stark difference was on full showcase at Japan Open when Illia skated after Shoma. Hope Illia will take time and effort to improve his skating skill and artistry like Nathan did. Shoma is such a complete package.

@AT-jm4dl

Жыл бұрын

Shoma has been around for a while on the senior circuit. Ilia is just starting his international Senior career.

@charlottethompson6193

Жыл бұрын

I saw Shoma Uno at his first Sr Grand Prix at Skate America. His free skate was beautiful, very mature and artistic.

@freedomlife3623

Жыл бұрын

@@charlottethompson6193 His SP in his 1st senior season is 1 of my favorite, maybe he will skate again someday.

@PeiwenTanbassoon821

Жыл бұрын

@@AT-jm4dl Shoma’s had great musicality since he was in the junior already, and the skating skill too. Not saying Illia doesn’t have the talent but you can just tell what’s not been the focus in trainings…

I love the Japanese team Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara. I am so relieved that Rikus former injury aloud them to start the season so well. I started to follow them, from when they started to skate together. They are so amazing to watch... Their speed , high quality, and positive energy, is so great to watch.. They deserve all their wins , they work so hard 👏👏

I'm so glad all these competitions wrapped up early. This is the ideal time to watch TSL. Otherwise I would need to catch up on Monday 😅

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏

Thank you again for the recap guys, always such fun listening to you.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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thanks for all your posts, TSL! really appreciate it!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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I really like Ziegler's jumps, fantastic height. I think Lindsay is growing and adjusting to new movements in her body etc. Starr Andrews was fantastic, a silver medal in a Grand Prix event? I didn't think that would ever happen for her as she's so technically simple. Her jumps here were fantastic!

Another great show!! Thanks Dave and Jonathan!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

Also, to answer the question about Riku. She injured her left shoulder in July while performing in a Japanese ice show, and her and Ryuichi were unable to start training again until September. On a sweet note, Ryuichi actually picked their short program song "You'll Never Walk Alone" in dedication to Riku and her hard times with her injury over the summer 🥲

The judging in Ladies' event was so damn questionable for me. Young You's scores had me INFURIATED. It hurt my heart to see her face fall in the kiss and cry when seeing her freeskate scores. As happy as I was for Starr, I would have Young second over her. The judges were WAY too harsh in their marking of her, both technically and component wise.

So excited for this recap🎉

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

❤️💯

Love both of Shomas programs this year!

@freedomlife3623

Жыл бұрын

He matured so gracefully, loved his programs including his exhibition program and his costumes.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

I love his free.

I'm so so excited for you guys!!!❤

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️

I want to say that I love seeing you both. Also happy Sunday. Traveling home from Chicago to Detroit

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Happy Sunday!

Thanks guys. Fun conversation.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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I 100% agree with you on how were Shoma's landings. They're still rough but more controlled. It brought me vibe as when I saw him jumped first time on GP circuit for years. Is it related to Ghishlain? Not sure. But excited to see more.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

💯

It was very heartwarming/heartbreaking to watch an old video of Denis and Daisuke skating together before I watched Daisuke compete at this competition.

That moment when you sit down at your first ever live skating event only to realize you’re in the middle of a ‘Canadian skating families’ section 😂 I was distracted through most of Rinka’s free skate because during the warm up KMT walked up and sat down in my row and started chatting with everyone around me, which then clued me in that I was sitting in the ‘parents of competitors/Olympians area’ apparently. And everyone was so friendly and lovely!! ☺️It’s super wild to be watching skating live for the first time though and trying to take it all in when skaters keep sitting near you such as KMT & Michael, Katelyn Osmond, Nam Nguyen, Veronique Mallet, Bruce Waddell, and Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam 🇨🇦🙌🏻 Definitely a memorable first live competition experience!

I’m so happy for Starr!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks guys!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

Actually, Dave's kind of not wrong because in the 1900s "velvet season" was like April - May. It was about a week or 3 when the Imperial fam went from St. Petersburg to the Crimea. It was a big deal for the nobility to go spend holiday on The Black Sea. They swapped fur for velvet clothes this time of year b/c the Crimea was warmer but still chilly. My father was Romanian and 60 when I was born, so he remembered when he was a kid in the early 30s, his parents taking the family and ferrying from Constanta to Crimea for a week, and then spending a week or 2 in Constanta at a resort by the famous _Cazinoul_ (Casino). The term "velvet season" had stopped referring to spring, and instead was about to early autumn by WWII. Sorry for the info dump. I just always found dad and grandmother's "Caucasian Riviera" stories interesting.

The vial from the flowers during Maddie's skate wasn't where she fell, but it may have been where the sketchy landing before the fall was. I think it affected her mentally more than anything.

@lisamaureen5185

Жыл бұрын

She had an option, if she saw it, to stop, go to the judges table, and start her program from there or possibly start over. I think mentally most definitely.

@0c0p0c0

Жыл бұрын

Kamila’s b sample finally emerged :D

I’m wheezing at the lawn service sound accompanying the jumping 🤣

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

It is true!!!

Lighting every single candle possible this season for shoma uno. Also, I wish keegan messing would go back to his metallica fp.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

💯🙏

Lindsey has definitely hit a growth spurt she is adjusting to but I think she will be a factor at nationals. Ava Marie is a lovely skater. Nationals should be interesting this year.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

💯

Wow, I must be very lucky since in Poland every Skating ISU KZread feed is available, live and recorded. Watched Skate Canada last night. BTW, I noticed quite a few annoying "pirate" feeds popping up (seeking a fee), so you need to specify "Skating ISU" channel precisely in the search pattern to find the appropriate event.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info!

@charlottethompson6193

Жыл бұрын

From the US, I set my VPN to Warsaw. It was great!

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

Ugh, I know! There are always so many of those fake live feed videos. What do they get out of that by putting that up?

46:25 I love ice dance - for the skating skills. I would send ALL figure skaters (free skaters) to an ice dance masterclass at least once per year.

Dave you're right about SkatingScores monetizing. Totally should!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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Please do make a video on how to be a proper superfan! I need to learn how to view all the competitions. In instructions like I'm a 5 year old lol

In response to the Cricket Club Skating school comment, Jin Boyang has also switched to Brian Orser as a coach and is training there now too 😊 He had wanted to switch during the Olympic season but he was unable to travel due to COVID. Apparently, he is recovering from surgery for appendicitis but he hopes to make it to 4CC and Worlds.

@yohanes2034

Жыл бұрын

TCC has been collecting injured skaters (Zhenya, Rika, Boyang) and rehabilitating them to get back in shape. Idk how much praise I can say for TCC because they don't give up and support their athletes. Maybe there's indeed healthy coaching environment in figure skating

@lyramusica4485

Жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 Agreed. TCC has a trend where they take in injured skaters and nurse them back to health and into top form. We also saw it with Evgenia when she left Eteri after years of abuse and with an injured back from the harsh training.

The CBC had live streams here in Canada, I don't know if they were available outside Canada. You didn't miss much, they had tons of technical problems, and lost the feed during the free skate for half of Starr Andrews and all of You Young. Thankfully the rest of the GP is viewable on YT, with better quality.

@cyrra8865

Жыл бұрын

CBC is geoblocked

@susanlange5003

Жыл бұрын

They also had a loud squeaky door somewhere that kept closing and could be heard everywhere, and alarms in the hallways. Strange.

I love both of Shoma’s programs, but I like his free more. His free costume is so awesome.

That plastic flower container left on the ice for Madeline could have been a real problem during a pairs overhead lift.

Re: Riku's injury. Riku dislocated her shoulder skating at a show in Japan.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

What is going on with the underscoring of the Korean women? Young You was 6th at the Olympics and was stellar at Worlds too. Her tango is dripping with charisma and she and Yelim are both stars. Moreso than the UK, Korea deserved to host a Grand Prix event.... If these skaters were Japanese, American, or even Canadian, they'd be winning everything. It's getting hard to ignore. Young's scoring here was unexcusable.

@ddjr6673

Жыл бұрын

I am British and I agree with you. I thought the Koreans were being underscored too (and deserve the Grand Prix more than us - oh no my British friends will hate me for saying that!)

@user-gg9uu9kx9w

Жыл бұрын

@@ddjr6673 Korea turned down hosting the GP

@susanlange5003

Жыл бұрын

She did do a 3-2 in the short but yeah, I was surprised.

@zackwilson8701

Жыл бұрын

@@user-gg9uu9kx9w ohhh interesting. That was a political mistake... and it seems like Korea's federation continues to undermine their own athletes. Hopefully, they're able to thrive anyway!

@zackwilson8701

Жыл бұрын

@@ddjr6673 yeah I know what you mean. I'm American and my favorite skaters usually aren't from the US.

I have been using Spain as my country for my VPN service - it’s worked every time.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

@nvadqs

Жыл бұрын

Spain is a very safe choice (I live there and we watch it perfectly)

Agree about Shoma's sp..Something upbeat like his "Bad Boy" when he was a Jr..ex..

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

💯

Love this channel so much! informative and entertaining. Thanks, Dave and Jonathan! I was also wondering do you record your videos over zoom? The audio quality is quite good.

Dave would love a video on how to work the internet to be a true skating fan!!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏

For Skate Canada, I set my VPN to Brazil and that worked great

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏

Daily motion also had a stream with Ted commentary but day 2 was all in French. I switched back to Opera and chose Asia region. Worked fine for me. I hope Lindsay is able to turn things around. She could have been top US woman here and instead AMZ and Starr were ahead. What's going on with the Lautawa energy?

My go to VPN location is Estonia. Skating has never been blocked for me there!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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Between Levito, Thorngren, and Ziegler. It seems like the future of U.S. ladies might be coming from New Jersey.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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Yay! I tuned in hoping for the Evita impersonation. I had to wait a half hour for it, unlike the hoodie moment, but getting the Scott Hamilton impersonation as its follow up more than made up for the wait.

Daily motion worked for me. I did not mind the French, who only talked in-between (like Ted B.) They were quiet during the skate, unlike Tara and Johnny on their replay Sunday for women and men only. Lyndsay needs some coaching/new coaching help. She has developed a mental block about the second set of jumps causing her to pop every time and other jumps are under. She also looks both scared and sad. She seams stuck. Kana and Daisuka had a better skate at Denis Ten. The top men at SC were awesome. There are too many funeral dirges in all the disciplines! Judging was very strict esp. men's and women's. Chock and Bates routine does not work. The Pink Panther routine, with flaws, is a fun break in the gloom.

I disagree with you guys on Shoma’s Gravity. I would suggest that you watch the versions from the summer shows. And imagine them with a more tailored suit. It was much better when he skated in time with the music. The MJ program was one where I thought he was trying too hard, but I’m not sure if the music suited him.

Starr, lovely performances and I am so glad to see her reaching such a high level. She was stunning and my moment of the week. Trusova,Valieva, is there a shortage of puberty blockers in Russia? They now look like healthy, young women but that will throw a wrench into their jump consistency, timing, rotation, etc... Anyhoo, back to the feel good story, Starr! Loved her, she looked stunning, and her performance lived up to her name. I hope she keeps on this trajectory and goes even further. Nationals could be interesting...

@annakozlova2546

Жыл бұрын

Starr's competitive programs were amazing, I admired her. But then on the gala she did something very mediocre and didn't even have a costume. It was a disappointment for me.

@nl887

Жыл бұрын

Trusova and valieva also have injuries atm

@mollykissel9553

Жыл бұрын

@@nl887 Yes, both girls have some type of back injury which will greatly effect their jumps

@deeangel6396

Жыл бұрын

@@annakozlova2546 Starr's outfit was so beautiful.

@deeangel6396

Жыл бұрын

@Nathaniel Walker The blockers are a major factor here too.

I am so angry about Young You being so drastically underscored!!! In the SP it felt like the judges were doing whatever they could to place the Canadians on top. Then in the LP she scored lower than Rika who only had 3T, 3S, 3L??!? I feel so perplexed

I think the P2 free dance is potentially about them saying goodbye to skating, the audience, each other as partners, etc. more so then a literal interpretation of Evita. I think that's also why the home ice bows were so extra, I think they and Keegan were just soaking in some last home performances. That was my vibe watching live anyways.

Shoma's free could very well turn out to be the best free of his career thus far. It is really a masterpiece in the works. The short on the other hand is one of my least favorites from him if not my least favorite, quite honestly. His skating is gorgeous, but the John Mayer of it all does not work for me at all.

Omg - Make it or Break It references!!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

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Aw Jonathan, you're in the Bay? Greetings from the East Bay suburbs of San Francisco!

I only saw some programs bc ISU geo restrictions are weird and apply to countries that don’t have any other coverage (grrr) but I watched Rika’s program since I was curious how well or far she’s healed. And I thought, good that she left out those other jumps until she has that final MRI and go… and at the same time was wondering if she shouldn’t have let the GPS out. And then Trusova’s video popped up in my feed and the contrast was more striking than ever. These young girls with severe injuries just being out there as if it were nothing compared to a Kihira missing almost a whole season and still taking it slow. No wonder that system breaks them. And sure different injuries amount for different healing times but skating within a few weeks after broken legs or substantial hip surgeries, is comes off as wrong and crazy.

@My-hat

Жыл бұрын

If you use a vpn and set it to Spain, you can watch full coverage on isu KZread page. Or CBS sports app in Canada, if you use a vpn and set yourself up with the app !

My ten cents worth on the Womens: I figured the gold was Rinka's to lose, and she did her job; so no surprises there. Starr Andrews getting the silver and finally some attention makes me happy, more so than Amber's performance at Skate America, if only because I have been hoping for four years for Starr to finally rise and show us what she can do. I've always liked how she moves to the music, it's what makes her stand out to me. I didn't get to see her in the K&C due to the previously mentioned CBC foul up. You Young has me worried. She's been with Mie Hamada for three years during which she has stagnated. She has not yet ever lived up to expectations, and I don't think these expectations are misplaced. Something's is just not working, and I have to think it is time to seriously consider changing coaches. Mao Shimida is clearly Hamada's star pupil, I wonder just how much attention Young is getting. Kim Minchae had another disaster SP and comeback FS at the Denis Ten Memorial to actually win gold there. I can't think of any other skater I've seen in the last few years with Minchae's potential, but her head is a mess. Hopefully her new coach can bring out what she is clearly capable of. Maddy is the only one of our Canadian women I can get excited about, and she has yet to follow up SP brilliance with a clean FS. I like her SP this season, her FS program is meh. She does intensity very well, she is an intense person, so the Black Swan works well for her.

@camandrews4023

Жыл бұрын

Yes, nice to see Starr on the podium. but she need harder combos and a Lutz to be competitive if she gets to worlds or the Russian ladies return.

I enjoyed this competition. Definitely more excitement (and drama) lol. It's interesting how the Canadians were overscored in the short programme, only to fall apart in the free skate. The live chats were fun (minus a few unwanted banned visitors)

@michael1043

Жыл бұрын

Which Canadians are you talking about ?

@letitiakearney2423

Жыл бұрын

@@michael1043 The Russians taking over the chat.

Why doesn’t Peacock stream the events? They did last year! Can we crowdsource a petition?

As if watching figure skating isn’t hard enough, I recently found out my college’s wifi network bans the most popular VPNs, including Opera browser! So I had to find a really sketchy one that isn’t banned for me to use 😂

I liked Shoma’s short program. He needs to do something outside of his normal style once in awhile. He gave me I’m young, cool, sexy, and I know you want me. 😀🤣

As someone who has a soft spot for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue I found myself so underwhelmed and bored by the free dance of G/P but couldn't find the words to describe exactly what it was that disappointed me so much. 'Junior-ish' hits the nail on the head, especially after what they did last season. They have so much more potential to do something mature and interesting than what they're doing right now. Maybe they should just go back to that program the rest of the season if it proves to be too difficult to completely start from scratch? Also US nationals is going to be an interesting competition for the the women. But something tells me they're really going to focus on pushing the 'Isabeau vs. Lindsay and then everybody else' narrative...but after this week I really think it's gonna be more than that tbh.

@Person-mh6xq

Жыл бұрын

While a classic, Rhapsody in Blue does nothing on the ice. Falls flat - as did their free dance. Odd considering how edgy they were last season. It’s like they went back to 1990. Did Charlie and Tanith (their new coaches) select or approve this?

@grisgris6908

Жыл бұрын

Juniorish, yes, and I wonder if their modernist piece cleverly hid their slow speed as they look like they took 5 steps back this year

Dave what do you think about the Gymnastics World Championships? Do u think you could do an episode on it?

37:00 Think back a year to C&B's FD last year - and to quote Jonathan "if I need program notes to understand the program, it's the wrong program" (or something along those lines). C&B's FD this year isn't just a hot mess, it's horrifying to think that such a program came out of Montreal. Question: IAM are taking increasingly diverse teams. Do you think MF and the IAM Team are trying to give them the push (perhaps to encourage them to go to Michigan for example)?

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

I doubt it. Why would they do that? Even if they don't win the GPF or Worlds, they're still going to be on the podium. They're still going to make IAM look good.

the program blocking depends on what countries/networks have contracts to cover the event. this probably changes based on every event. i have a vpn and have no problem with isu on you tube. may have to just try some other countries. not difficult.

@mainaalmeida4246

Жыл бұрын

Try Brazil, Its always open for us

Aaahhh I loved make it or break it too, in a so bad it's almost good way as well (only the first season though, it became way too confusing after that for me, aside from occasionally looking it up on Wikipedia to see how off the rails the story had gone lol)

Do you think Chock and Bates will scrap this FD? They should be the unquestionable frontrunners, but these programs this year... it's really too bad Hubbell/Donahue didn't decide to do one more year because they would definitely get that world title.

@etherealtb6021

Жыл бұрын

I hope so. Or at least change the latter half music, so it builds to something!

@PeiwenTanbassoon821

Жыл бұрын

I wish they go back to the Elvis program since it’s a trend again

@marycoyne1889

Жыл бұрын

I think they will grow these programs. They’re not special now and clearly have some major misses in terms of points but it’s their first run

@starsmoon0216

Жыл бұрын

I think the coaches dropped the ball with Maddie and Evan. My opinion is the “golden team” is fear and Gibson. She’s a Madison Chock wanna be. They need to get back to the drawing board ASAP with Chock & Bates.

@etherealtb6021

Жыл бұрын

@@starsmoon0216 100%! Before the Snake Dance, their music had been crap since An American in Paris (which Dave hated, but look at the results boobala)! They have got to stop coasting, before someone like Fear & Gibson zooms past them!

Daisuke made great achievements in singles, but he is still a beginner in ice dancing. It's still the 6th match since they started participating in international competitions. Considering that the completion of the FD was delayed, Kana's injured, and even before the game, we had to leave the practice base for two weeks due to the effects of the hurricane, and we were not able to make the final push, I think it's amazing that to some level,they put performance together. I'm looking forward to seeing how far they'll turn out by the NHK Trophy.

I’m think the Phantom selections are obviously subjective but personally, I think there’s a reason some of the greats have used this soundtrack. Denis had an incredible Phantom program.

Where did you get your sweater? It’s one of your best!

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Mr Turk!

Question: what action should the skaters take when they notice something on the ice mid program? Will they get deductions if they stop and talk to the judges even it’s not their fault?

@marycoyne1889

Жыл бұрын

No, not if there is a hazard. But it could impact components

Didn't Chock and Bates had to change their SD last year too bc Champ Camps reject it. I also wish Skating Scores would have a patreon or something

@AMAskating

Жыл бұрын

yes, they started with a Sade program but switched to Billie Eilish after getting negative feeback.

I'm Canadian and you got Canada spot on 😂

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

Daria Usacheva is listed in the next weekend Russian Grand Prix

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

She just WD. They are switching her assignments. Not good.

Pairs has GOT to stop with the Sad Sac programs! Pairs is the BIG elements discipline and it needs big music to emphasize the excitement of those moves - at least by the end of a program! No one wants to watch a depressing event. Pairs last year was excruciating - 3 hours of droning music if you were watching live. I even felt sorry for the judges. As someone on Twitter said last week during the pairs event about the music, "I feel like I'm being punished"! 🤷‍♀️

@Person-mh6xq

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!! Those pop ballad droopy “edgy” songs are pointless, other than for listening to at home.

@etherealtb6021

Жыл бұрын

@@Person-mh6xq I mean, when Sui & Han first did it, it was a novelty. And they're brilliant at it. But they're all not Sui & Han!

@L.Spencer

Жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for the audience when someone skates to the noisy and groaning Roxanne. Super stressful.

@My-hat

Жыл бұрын

@@Person-mh6xq they aren’t even edgy, that at least would be different. skating is always always way behind trends. I think the most edgy was C & B billie eillish one. And that’s mainstream music but for skating was ‘crazy’ 🤣! I’m sick of whiney, overwrought emo style ballads. Or Whiney timid covers of rock songs etc. 😊

So many things to say!!! 1. Chock and Bates are in serious trouble! 2. Canadian female skating is in serious trouble! 3. Enough of the baby pics/ultrasound pic! 4. No more flowers with the water tube things thrown on the ice! 5. I'm so tired of programs where it's the same layout yr after yr but just change the music- I've noticed this alot in pairs especially with the Russians.

Matteo's long was a highlight for me. I don't know how he snaps his legs in so tight on his jumps, it's great to watch. He classes up some music I think would otherwise be kind of trashy. I actually really like Keegan's short program. It's corny as hell but he sells it and it's well tailored to his "artistic" ability to entertain. The long is a crime.

@yohanes2034

Жыл бұрын

Matteo flip and lutz technique is... yeah, try to slow mo his flip and lutz and you'll see how severely prerotated those jumps. But his axel is good, very surprised he landed that twizzle - 3A - twizzle (the infamous twizzle axel sandwich, yuzuru most difficult 3A transition). Wow did not expect he's able to do it

@SecondPlaceYuya

Жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 oh for sure. You can really see the pre-rotation on his loop too. Luckily they RARELY call pre-rotation in the scores. Nevertheless, his transitions are great and he’s really able to jump with no telegraphed entrance at all. The elements are woven into the program and choreography beautifully.

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 Are you saying that Yuzu does a twizzle before and after the 3A?

@yohanes2034

Жыл бұрын

@@trylogic4084 in Otonal SP he did yeah.

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 Wow, thanks. I'm going to check that out. 😊

44:00 Fear / Gibson. Fabulous with a CAPITAL F. In terms of ice dance, Lewis is always the happiest guy (Keegan excepted) in the rink (just like Romain is always the sharpest dressed guy in any rink). But - F/G always have killer music choices (Lion King excepted), I would love to see them do something "serious" perhaps Arvo Part Spiegel im Spiegel or somesuch. Something Adagio in tempo. Something classical. They have two "interim" seasons after this season and before the next Olympic season. It would be a good time to experiment. Olympic season is not the time to try to change the formula, but this season, next season, and perhaps even the next are great for experimenting. It might work, perhaps Guillame could get involved with some choreography.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

I do love their fun, current style.

@etherealtb6021

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but NO! None of those overdone programs and no lyrical for them! I think more serious for them could be a Cabaret program, or something like that, which allows their strengths (being show ponies) but can stretch their style a bit.

You could try a country that is not associated with the ISU. I'm from Chile and I've never had a problem watching the KZread live streams

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

Jonathan Beyer has beautiful eyes. I think I'm in love, sorry.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

if you switch the vpn to brazil you can watch every competition on the isu channel live

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏

28:46 Agree, Hocus Pocus from the 90s was better 53:20 Reddit discussion thread had the same sentiment about You Young being so underscored

I love Keegan, but totally agree re the pics of the kid (and now the germinating kid). You'd think he was the first and only person to ever have a kid. He also had the kid sitting on his shoulders during his press conference, and -- wait for it -- he brought the kid out on the ice at the end of the Gala for Skate Canada today. Enough already!

@tomkroh2712

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone said it. Family is great. But c'mon.

@vistaprime

Жыл бұрын

Mike Weiss used to do the exact same thing. It's like they are trying to prove their straightness to the audience. Yes, we get it he's heterosexual. Michael Weiss though I am still suspicious about.

Happy for Rika’s steady progress and hoping Brian can address her speed so Johnathan can be a fan again lol

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

@hellsbellsmichelle

Жыл бұрын

I adore Rika, but I adore Kaori more.

@vinceedejer9464

Жыл бұрын

I see this come up everytime and I chuckle. That time Jonathan saw her was Four Continents four years ago? and that time she unfortunately had an injury in her finger. Now you would not think that affects one's speed but apparently it does, coz it makes you skate more tentatively than you normally would for fear of a fall. I would say she is (normally) above average in speed, and she does use less crossovers than others.

@yohanes2034

Жыл бұрын

@@vinceedejer9464 you can also check the speed and coverage tracker in Japan Nats and Rika scored one of the highest average speed there. Idk I guess Jonathan has fixated over 1 competition and forgot that SS may vary depending on the day. The best skater on bad day would skate tentatively, maybe Rika was too that day

@vinceedejer9464

Жыл бұрын

@@yohanes2034 yes! that was my basis when i say she is at least above average in speed.

would really appreciate the tutorial on how to set up the VPN on the Opera browser. I am really lost with this sort of stuff! TIA

@lollypop2414

Жыл бұрын

On your phone if you go to the settings there should be a toggle switch to just turn on the VPN (choose somewhere outside of North America when it asks for location). On a computer, go to the settings, and then I think you go to the security options, and if you scroll there should be a place where you can turn on vpn. After that you open the browser to Google or any website and you'll see near the search bar where it says vpn. Click it and it will have you choose a location. Hopefully that makes sense.

I actually enjoyed Star more than anyone, beautiful performace. Rinka was also a light. And it was nice to see Rika Kihira having a good performace- and of course, a coach that cares about her. Really sad for Trusova, I know how rigged the Russian system is and how the their technique is now mainstream injuring a lot of minors. I do not think she has a choice but to play along.

The 3lz3t save in the short makes me feel Camden is more competitive mentally now but just untrained cuz of school

@susanlange5003

Жыл бұрын

Yes, but I was sad to see he did Fly Me to the Moon cause that was my favorite Roman Sadovsky short and Camden’s could not equal.

Nobody is commenting on Lajoie/Lagha but their SP is my favourite of this season by far. The other they all look the same

@anne-sophie5219

Жыл бұрын

They looked so fast on the ice 😳 I did enjoy their sp much more than many others'

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

We talked about their Nureyev program.

@grisgris6908

Жыл бұрын

I'm really rooting for them!

I was at SkateCanada and was surprised how slow Lindsey skated and how much she slows down before her jumps. She should lose half those balletic leg lifts and focus on speed. It was so noticeable. (Isabeau is slow too though)

I love the Marina fashion commentary 🤣 but maybe she’s diverting funds into Kanadai’s costumes, especially Kana’s 👌

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@nolaughingmatter

Жыл бұрын

Think she might be lying low due to the prevailing anti-Russian sentiment

You guys described all the straggles I went through with VPN. I ended up buying other VPN provider and still it is strange.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck in your quest to watch skating!

@lindabrodney4958

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson This opens a major commercial opportunity for someone who could actually broadcast figure skating reliably. Should trying to get skating on livestream or tv be an olympic sport now? . Damn it. Dave, I know you and that cute Jonathan commentating would put skating on the map once and for all. Love you guys!

@robamell4216

Жыл бұрын

i use express vpn. no problems!!

Watched the Patricia Mansfield video and Peggy Fleming says that Diane Agle was the choreographer for that performance, 95 long.

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏

Could someone please tell me why the base value of most triple axels is 8 points but the base value for a few is 8.8?

@roxystaranl94

Жыл бұрын

If the triple axel is done in the second half it gets a 10% bonus, which is where the additional 0.8 comes from

Dave: Last season Charlie White actually fanboyed about Green and Parsons' unique free dance. He went on and on about it, he said it was his favorite program of the season. And yet this is what we get when he had a chance to get his hands on them? I hope they're only using this program because it's something they could easily put together in the time they had, since they didn't start till the middle of the summer. At this point I'm just grateful that Caroline and Michael are catching up. I hadn't known that they didn't start with Charlie and Tanith until July, and now I totally understand why they had such an awkward time at the Challenger they did.

@starsmoon0216

Жыл бұрын

I love Green and Parsons, but really disappointed with their free dance. They should have been on the podium and would have been with last season’s free dance. Maybe if they up the technical content and raise the levels, they should put themselves in a more competitive situation. I really hope they make some changes to the program.

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@starsmoon0216 Me, too. I'm just worried that they are at too high of a level to have gone to brand new coaches, even if those coaches were Olympic medalists.

Curious about setting country in Opera - I only find continents - I am in Americas - any one who knows how to get specific countries please share- thanks so much

@L.Spencer

Жыл бұрын

I just get continents too, I'm in California. Somehow I got it to work.

@MarshaNovak

Жыл бұрын

@@L.Spencer thank you- I am in Washington and will try again and be patient!

I think there is issue with quality of ice for Man’s SP competition.

@janmacklam4049

Жыл бұрын

It seemed to me that there were pools of water on the ice after flooding that first day. I thought the arena was colder on Saturday but maybe that was just me.

NBC discontinued the Olympics channel over the summer so I'm late to the Peacock app. But what's the purpose of the app if you can only see skating events live? They have plenty of other content on demand. Why not the skating? Surely most of their subscribers are obscure sports fans they're trying to nickel and dime that they certainly can't do with the big sports.

Hey, guys. Try Brazil. I live here and I can watch ISU channel with no problems. So maybe it will work for you ❤

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏

@kimNataly

Жыл бұрын

Thank you bc in Mexico I can't watch either

@L.Spencer

Жыл бұрын

Saludos!

@vanessafreitas1000

Жыл бұрын

@@kimNataly 😍

@vanessafreitas1000

Жыл бұрын

@@L.Spencer 😍

I get that Petrosian’s blades could fell a tree, but did they really have to make her skate to a literal chainsaw?

@margaritadanova4764

Жыл бұрын

Ikr, I was wondering what it sounded like to the actual spectators there. My ears would bleed if I heard this live

@bharlesCabbage

Жыл бұрын

Ears were massacred. Anyway, they should hire Shoma’s music guy. I mean, Il Pomo d'Oro - that’s a winner imo. Or they could skate to Beyoncé’s Renaissance... idc, anything else. And hire a professional to splice the shit together for Pete’s sake. Sometimes it sounds like someone who learned how to dj during the pandemic did it.

@mihaillenivov485

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't Petrosian's ''best performance'', she was disturbed too much - no little task ahead - to beat Trusova. Look at her SP in the Russian Taste Skates - she is much better, softer there.

@bharlesCabbage

Жыл бұрын

@@mihaillenivov485 Yeah, & it's early.

I just finished watching the Russians and oh boy they were so very generous with Trusava's GOE even on the spins 2+ definitely not deserving of the massive GOE.

I would love a TSL discord server 😅

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Would that involve me having to moderate a message board where everyone fights? Because I have no interest in moderating.

@My-hat

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson it’s bad enough in the KZread comments 😂

So is no one using Peacock anymore because of the replay removal? I personally still am, only because the VPN and Opera browser options give me a headache 😂 But I would prefer to use the ISU channel if it wasn’t geoblocked in America 😢

@PeiwenTanbassoon821

Жыл бұрын

I still use it cuz it’s easier to cast on tv but had to resolve to opera+hdmi to tv when peacock went down and also using opera to catch the performances I missed

@nicnoodles

Жыл бұрын

@@PeiwenTanbassoon821 how are you casting the Opera to your TV you said HDMI is this from a laptop or something? My Peacock hasn’t gone down luckily yet, but it is just the simplest without losing my mind with the VPN stuff lol. Even attempting Opera requires more effort than I would like since I’m assuming that would have to come from a computer

@PeiwenTanbassoon821

Жыл бұрын

@@nicnoodles I used a HDMI cable to connect my laptop to the tv. It is quite the hassle and potential trip hazard but my family got to watch it together 😅

@trylogic4084

Жыл бұрын

@@PeiwenTanbassoon821 I have one of those cables too, which I bought to mirror my MacBook onto my tv. Sadly, Opera is slow, and my laptop is circa 2011, so I get a very inconsistent feed. I'm working on casting Opera onto my TV now. It's still not optimal, but at least my phone is pretty new and state-of-the-art. 🙄

@nicnoodles

Жыл бұрын

@@trylogic4084 I rarely use my laptop since you can do everything on your phone now a days! But for now I’m ok with Peacock, since I’m able to watch live and do not require replays. But when you do use Opera from laptop is it easy to change your location to watch KZread ISU channel? Sorry about it being slow that sucks :( I understand the struggle had a very old one myself for long time

Tanith and Ben dropped "That's Entertainment" and skipped GPF and came to Nats w a new program..

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Amelie!

Opera browser only lets me choose a region like Europe or Americas not a country 🤷‍♀️

@TheSkatingLesson

Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know how to solve this? It asked me for a country. Is this a version issue?

@lollypop2414

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSkatingLesson On my pc it asks for region and on my phone for a specific country. I chose Europe on my pc and it worked just fine for the ISU stream. On my phone I chose Netherlands, which others were saying worked, and it did for me too, but with a little lag.

@lindaallison5338

Жыл бұрын

Doing the Lord’s work thank you both 🙏 fortunately the Australian tv channel SBS was also streaming on their app but it’s a bit clunky- got there in the end and as Aus is 15 hours ahead, I got to watch it Sat/Sun morning live. 😊