2019-20 Canadian Figure Skating

[GoneWithTheWind]

Happier news from the world of Canadian skating, ice dancers Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus have announced they are leaving Ice Academy of Montreal to train with Carol Lane and her team in Toronto.
Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DIOE_jE5s/
I think this has potential to be a brilliant move for them as they aim towards Beijing 2022, and wish them all the best! (Also, Carolane and Carol Lane, perfect!)

 

[4everchan]

Happier news from the world of Canadian skating, ice dancers Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus have announced they are leaving Ice Academy of Montreal to train with Carol Lane and her team in Toronto.
Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DIOE_jE5s/
I think this has potential to be a brilliant move for them as they aim towards Beijing 2022, and wish them all the best! (Also, Carolane and Carol Lane, perfect!)

this is indeed very exciting... not only for them but for the good juniors who also train there

 

[NanaPat]

this is indeed very exciting... not only for them but for the good juniors who also train there

One of their instagrams had a "welcome" comment from Nadia B, one of those good juniors.

 

[Ryan O]

One of their instagrams had a "welcome" comment from Nadia B, one of those good juniors.

And Paul Poirier liked Shane's IG announcement.

 

[LadyB]

And Paul Poirier liked Shane's IG announcement.

And that's enough for me to support them next season.Great decision, good luck to them!

 

[NanaPat]

If only the "bagged milk" thread hadn't been archived, I'd have a better place to post this.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...9cd6dfc5b635d25d6eb6cb?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage

 

[Colonel Green]

The ISU officially updated the world standings to drop the 17/18 season and move the 18/19 season to 70% value.

Current top Canadians by discipline:

Men: Keegan (#12)
Ladies: Alison (#67)
Pairs: KMT & Michael (#3)
Ice dance: Piper & Paul (#4)

Very early days, and we don't at this point even know what sort of senior schedule is going to be allowed due to coronavirus, but to the extent possible, Skate Canada needs to make sure Piper & Paul do two events for the "other international" category next season. They would have missed the final group at Worlds had it been held because of the lack of a second one. Barbara Fusar-Poli and the Italian fed are great at milking the Challengers for all they're worth to keep Guignard/Fabbri's world standing up despite this having been an underwhelming season for them at the big-ticket events.

 

[ladyjane]

If only the "bagged milk" thread hadn't been archived, I'd have a better place to post this.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...9cd6dfc5b635d25d6eb6cb?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage

Hahahaha! Great fun anyways.

 

[skylark]

If only the "bagged milk" thread hadn't been archived, I'd have a better place to post this.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry...9cd6dfc5b635d25d6eb6cb?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage

I really enjoyed this and am still laughing! For me, the best comment is at the end: "Brit here. WHY IS YOUR MILK IN A BAG?"

 

[DSQ]

Has Gabby Daleman retired? I saw on twitter she’s applying to be in Miss World?

 

[fzztsimmons]

Has Gabby Daleman retired? I saw on twitter she’s applying to be in Miss World?

She's been posting clips of her off-ice training, at home including off-ice jumps, on instagram so I doubt it. Is there a reason she couldn't do both?

 

[DSQ]

Good point, I guess I’ve just never seen a full time athlete be in pageants before. I’m sure it can be done.

 

[4everchan]

Good point, I guess I’ve just never seen a full time athlete be in pageants before. I’m sure it can be done.

there are often med students, athletes (NCAA in the USA) artists.. etc... it's not unusual IMHO

 

[labgoat]

Good morning Canucks!

I came across this YouTube channel that features primarily Canadian Nationals from 1991-1999 so far...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDTIIkUyzJyNcwmSGejAU6Q/videos

There is also this channel featuring primarily Canadian videos from the SkateGuard blog...
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKbnPsxrR-VTbe50rpj1kaw/videos

If you love Kurt, Elvis, Shae-Lynn & Victor, Josee, Karen, and many more...check these out.

 

[SarahSynchro]

Happier news from the world of Canadian skating, ice dancers Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus have announced they are leaving Ice Academy of Montreal to train with Carol Lane and her team in Toronto.
Here's the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DIOE_jE5s/
I think this has potential to be a brilliant move for them as they aim towards Beijing 2022, and wish them all the best! (Also, Carolane and Carol Lane, perfect!)

Oh my god, this is fantastic. I’ve always said Carolane needs to be coached by Carol Lane, just because of their names nearly being the same.

 

[Colonel Green]

Good point, I guess I’ve just never seen a full time athlete be in pageants before. I’m sure it can be done.

Being an athlete seems likely to be anything but full-time in the next little while, in any case.

 

[Supernovaimplosion]

Being an athlete seems likely to be anything but full-time in the next little while, in any case.

Speaking of Gabby Daleman, she also had "actress" in her bio for a bit. She took it out now, but I thought it was interesting. I don't think she's retiring yet, but she is looking beyond figure skating I guess

 

[Sabrina]

I went back in time and I watched Emanuel Sandhu. He was such a wonderful skater, ballet on ice. Thank you Lagboat for the links!

 

[labgoat]

I found the choreography done by Toller Cranston for Karen Preston and for ice dancers Peter & Janoschak to be utterly fascinating. If you've ever wondered what Toller would do as an ice dancer, then this is for you. Of course, I think he would've hated the required elements used today. One of the numbers from 1990 was a dance to the Last Emperor- same music famously used by Chen Lu. The other piece was Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure 1991. Karen was classical Toller.

 

[labgoat]

I went back in time and I watched Emanuel Sandhu. He was such a wonderful skater, ballet on ice. Thank you Lagboat for the links!

Emanuel was so unusual, so ahead of his time and such gorgeous lines and unexpected quirkiness. There is one of the Olympic previews by Kurt Browning talking about Sandhu - I forgot which year - very interesting stuff.