Taira Shinohara has a youtube channel: Figure Skater Taira フィギュアスケーターたいらA tad OT from the thread topic, but US junior Taira Shinohara is also assigned to the junior men division. A delightful performer, hopefully you will get to see both.
Taira Shinohara has a youtube channel: Figure Skater Taira フィギュアスケーターたいらA tad OT from the thread topic, but US junior Taira Shinohara is also assigned to the junior men division. A delightful performer, hopefully you will get to see both.
What ticked me off about that is he probably did the biggest 4L that has ever been done in competition. (Koylada -not sure he ever landed one of his competition)Ilia had the second highest TES in the SP, but he's getting the newbie treatment on the PCS side. Camden Pulkinen also got lowballed in PCS despite having a clean SP.
Excuse me? Kolyada landed a legendary 4Lz in the SP at Cup of China 2017. As far as jumps go, it's probably the most famous 4Lz ever landed, but it was the only time he landed it clean. Jin had a monstrous and consistent 4Lz in the 2016-2018 days, but he's struggled with it the past four years. I will say that that now Malinin has the best 4Lz in the world and his only competition are the two guys I've already mentioned.(Koylada -not sure he ever landed one of his competition)
I had him at 38-39 PCS which would have given him 97-98 in the SP. He still would have been no lower than 5th place, but the judges are 100% going for him. He wouldn't have broken 100 if they weren't. In the free skate, his PCS would be in the 80-82 range if he's clean. He's definitely getting the GOES he deserves and his jumps will stand out even in the final group. His subpar skating won't be too glaring either as he's skating after Grassl not the Japanese men. Before the SP, I had him at 280-285 if clean in both programs. But now we're looking at 290+ The judges aren't skimping out on him at all. He's in good shape to grab a spot on the podium.Ilia had the second highest TES in the SP, but he's getting the newbie treatment on the PCS side.
As he should. His jumps are amazing. But the rest of his skating is not on par with the other skaters yet. (As expected for a skater just out of juniors) I thought his PCS was just slightly overmarked.Ilia had the second highest TES in the SP, but he's getting the newbie treatment on the PCS side.
What ticked me off about that is he probably did the biggest 4L that has ever been done in competition. (Koylada -not sure he ever landed one of his competition)
Malanin's 4Lz is here - time stamped. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
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Here's another opening 4Lz at U.S. Nationals. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
Now for an exceptional 4Lz: Look at Kolyada's blades in the air. Huge height.
Quite a difference between a juniorish 4Lz like Malinin's and a superb 4Lz like Kolyada's. Further, Malinin's slow speed creates a real drag on the overall look of his performances.
In recent years, Kolyada hasn't landed anything other than 4t and 4s. His one landed 4z was in 2017, 4 1/2 years ago. Lately, it's a struggle for Kolyada to skate a clean program even with low-value quads.
I think Ilia has a good 4lz. Kolyada and Boyang Jin have better ones. Unfortunately they don’t land them consistently especially Kolyada who hasn’t even attempted it in a while.
Well when they splat on the ice I’d say that’s not very good quality...I'm more concerned with the quality of a 4Lutz, not how frequently skaters attempt it.
Years later, there are relatively few men who land 4Z consistently in competition. Maybe 5? Chen, Zhou, Malinin (at least much of this season), Grassl, Jin...I recall back when Boyang Jin was consistently landing 4Z, the Russian men were all being forced to put 4Z in their programs. The end result was lots of splats and few 4Zs being landed.
Malanin's 4Lz is here - time stamped. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
Here's another opening 4Lz at U.S. Nationals. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
Now for an exceptional 4Lz: Look at Kolyada's blades in the air. Huge height.
Quite a difference between a juniorish 4Lz like Malinin's and a superb 4Lz like Kolyada's. Further, Malinin's slow speed creates a real drag on the overall look of his performances.
Malanin's 4Lz is here - time stamped. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
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Here's another opening 4Lz at U.S. Nationals. Look at his blades in the air. Not impressive.
Now for an exceptional 4Lz: Look at Kolyada's blades in the air. Huge height.
Quite a difference between a juniorish 4Lz like Malinin's and a superb 4Lz like Kolyada's. Further, Malinin's slow speed creates a real drag on the overall look of his performances.
My coaches always wanted me to calm the jumps down to get them consistent. And they were right - a cleanly landed jump is first and most important.While Kolyada does have a gorgeous quad lutz when he competed it the jump was a total roll of the dice on whether he'd land it. Malinin could very well be jumping his jumps to control them. Much better to get little to no positive GOE on a landed quad lutz then lose 5 points on a gorgeous quad lutz that ends with the skater on their butt