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2014 Skate America Men's SP 10/24
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Machida OWNED that.
That's the point. Machida's landings weren't picture perfect, but he was confident in his ability all the way. He skated like a World silver medalist ought to at the start of a new season. To me Machida don't have more overall talent than Jeremy and Jason and Denis, but he does have more overall machismo, and strong dynamic self-belief which is the key to his success. Machida maximizes every ounce of his ability and he always owns his performances to the max! Judges love to reward skaters who take command of the ice the way Machida does.
Not the least is the fact Machida is matched with an excellent coach choreographer in Philip Mills who absolutely knows how to put together unique programs. I think Ashley Wagner erred in not making an effort to continue working with Mills, at the least for what he did/ and could have continued doing for her with choreography.
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Good.
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Jason's lucky his 3A wasn't called as UR. I agree with BoP that he needs to consider going into his 3A with greater speed. Too bad, because he landed some beauties in practice.
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I agree that it looks UR. But he did great in the rest.
Did he actually say this? Maybe he was unaware that Machida was competing?
I am not ignoring these but I can not respond to them.
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But how else do you fatten something up for slaughter than feeding it?
still think his East of Eden at Worlds should have been a WR score.
Mathematically I disagree
great skate though! Machida throwing down the gauntlet for the rest of the season! - Joined
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Ironically, the only clean program other than Machida (Nguyen) and only clean quad other than Machida (Besseghier) are in 7th and 8th, essentially tied. But yeah, this was pretty ho-hum. Oh well, first skate of the season.
I'm really hoping Ten can pull out a good FS... to have a World silver (arguably gold) and an Olympic bronze but no GP medals seems mind-boggling.
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THIS!!! Someone else sees it too! Jason has a great personality and star quality, but I feel like his programs and skating style is very commercial and easy.
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I'm quite proud of Adian for coming out and debuting with a bang. He definitely is a boy competing amongst men but did about as well as can be expected. Good luck in the FS!!
Second highest TES at 43
Second highest TES at 43
First group was a mess, but thank god Machida saved the day!
Machida: He was in a totally different class to everyone else. If he pulls out a halfway decent long, I'll come out of this his fan. Whatever the commentators say, this is how you portray pain. Not Jeremy's unlistenable lyrics program. And if he becomes the guy who skates clean programs season in and season out... frankly, I dunno if I'd even care what he skated to--that'll be such a godsend by itself.
Abbott: I get that he has good skating skills, but this program was exactly how I didn't want lyrics used. The murmured singing was terrible to listen to in the feed, and I doubt it carried well in the arena either. I'm happy for him having a good skate; when I saw how relaxed he was in the warm-up, I had a feeling he was going to skate well. But I doubt I'll be able to watch this program again, and if I do, I'm muting it. (But: Facial hair actually worked for me.)
Brown: Shame about the fall, but I love how it never showed on his face. The scores admittedly were generous; I would've downgraded the axel.
Ten: When you choose bombastic music and choreograph your jumps to go with the crescendos... it's amazing when you hit them, and terrible when you don't. And sadly, he didn't hit them here.
Pitkeev: Nice quality on the elements (sans the quad), nice lines, but not enough projection. Keeps his head down too much.
Gachinski: My heart was in my mouth when I saw that tilted quad... I knew there was no way he could land it. Love him, but he didn't really perform the rest of the program after the fall.
Nam: Props to him for being only one of two men to skate clean. Lots of personality. Despite his lack of speed and smallish jumps, I would've had him above Adian and Artur at the very least.
Besseghier: Not a fan of breakdancing, but he sold it well until the lutz. Footwork looked like a Yagudin-Joubert hybrid. Like Nam, I would've scored him higher.
Martinez: Absolutely amazing positions on the Biellmann, illusion spin, and I-spin (?).
Razzano, Bychenko, Hendrickx: Various degrees of messy that I don't wish to contemplate. :no:
Machida: He was in a totally different class to everyone else. If he pulls out a halfway decent long, I'll come out of this his fan. Whatever the commentators say, this is how you portray pain. Not Jeremy's unlistenable lyrics program. And if he becomes the guy who skates clean programs season in and season out... frankly, I dunno if I'd even care what he skated to--that'll be such a godsend by itself.
Abbott: I get that he has good skating skills, but this program was exactly how I didn't want lyrics used. The murmured singing was terrible to listen to in the feed, and I doubt it carried well in the arena either. I'm happy for him having a good skate; when I saw how relaxed he was in the warm-up, I had a feeling he was going to skate well. But I doubt I'll be able to watch this program again, and if I do, I'm muting it. (But: Facial hair actually worked for me.
)Brown: Shame about the fall, but I love how it never showed on his face. The scores admittedly were generous; I would've downgraded the axel.
Ten: When you choose bombastic music and choreograph your jumps to go with the crescendos... it's amazing when you hit them, and terrible when you don't. And sadly, he didn't hit them here.
Pitkeev: Nice quality on the elements (sans the quad), nice lines, but not enough projection. Keeps his head down too much.
Gachinski: My heart was in my mouth when I saw that tilted quad... I knew there was no way he could land it. Love him, but he didn't really perform the rest of the program after the fall.
Nam: Props to him for being only one of two men to skate clean. Lots of personality. Despite his lack of speed and smallish jumps, I would've had him above Adian and Artur at the very least.
Besseghier: Not a fan of breakdancing, but he sold it well until the lutz. Footwork looked like a Yagudin-Joubert hybrid. Like Nam, I would've scored him higher.
Martinez: Absolutely amazing positions on the Biellmann, illusion spin, and I-spin (?).
Razzano, Bychenko, Hendrickx: Various degrees of messy that I don't wish to contemplate. :no:
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I agree with that comment, too. At times I thought that some of the choreography just did not fit the music. I'll have to watch the program again just to see if I can pinpoint what I didn't like.
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