2015 World's Practice Reports

ice coverage · Mar 23, 2015

sunny_stars said:
... does anyone have reports on the men's and ice dance? is it true that Maia changed her FD dress?

@ShareWang

Josh was the only US man attended the evening’s practice... did some nice 3As @crossthefingers
7:11 AM - 23 Mar 2015
https://twitter.com/ShareWang/status/580009019416436738 (including four photos [but not of 3A])

- via Johanna Bear

The Shibutanis themselves had announced their new FD costumes, IIRC.

laire · Mar 23, 2015

Maia's new dress:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579952344319729665

Josh with blinders:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579974129492721664

And all the other practice pics this user posts:https://twitter.com/sapix929/media

chloepoco · Mar 23, 2015

laire said:
Maia's new dress:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579952344319729665

Josh with blinders:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579974129492721664

And all the other practice pics this user posts:https://twitter.com/sapix929/media

Maia always has the nicest outfit!

Scovies · Mar 23, 2015

coucou84 said:
Second one looked better...... but it's still quite close

She didn't do a lutz in the first video; that was a flip. The lutz in the second video looked okay to me, but it's hard to tell from that angle :confused2:.

samson · Mar 23, 2015

laire said:
Maia's new dress:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579952344319729665

Josh with blinders:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579974129492721664

And all the other practice pics this user posts:https://twitter.com/sapix929/media

Thanks for sharing! I'm getting so excited!!

Question: what are blinders and how do they benefit a skater?

invisiblespiral · Mar 23, 2015

laire said:
Maia's new dress:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579952344319729665

Josh with blinders:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579974129492721664

And all the other practice pics this user posts:https://twitter.com/sapix929/media

Thanks for the photos! Good luck to everyone! :cheer:

ice coverage · Mar 23, 2015

laire said:
... Josh with blinders:https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579974129492721664

And all the other practice pics this user posts:https://twitter.com/sapix929/media

samson said:
Thanks for sharing! I'm getting so excited!!

Question: what are blinders and how do they benefit a skater?

A second photo from the same user showing Josh using his red headband/blindfold thing.

https://twitter.com/sapix929/status/579975044991877120

My understanding is that Josh uses it to increase his proprioception ... meaning to heighten his awareness of his body position and to help his alignment.

GS has had some past discussion of it in Josh's fan thread and elsewhere:

http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?41253-Joshua-Farris&p=1105306&viewfull=1#post1105306

demarinis5 · Mar 23, 2015

Thank you laire for sharing. Great practice photos thanks to the up-loader! I love the color and fabric of
Maia's new dress the color really flatters her and Mae B. is looking fabulous in green.
Where are Team Japan's men? :scratch:

theskatingbutterfly · Mar 23, 2015

Does anyone know if there's any live feeds for practice ice?

Doggygirl · Mar 23, 2015

Thank you to everyone for the various reports, pics, vids, etc.! WHEEEEE!!!!

Skatingcat · Mar 23, 2015

I'm the first to admit that I know little about the technical side of things, but it looked too blurry to me to tell what edge Ashley jumped from. I love her artistry though- did she work with someone after nationals? I feel like her movement is different somehow- better.

I hope someone is able to record the russian women, and gracie too.

theskatingbutterfly · Mar 23, 2015

Skatingcat said:
I'm the first to admit that I know little about the technical side of things, but it looked too blurry to me to tell what edge Ashley jumped from. I love her artistry though- did she work with someone after nationals? I feel like her movement is different somehow- better.

I hope someone is able to record the russian women, and gracie too.

Yes, she worked with her choreographer, Shae-Lynn Bourne, a couple of weeks ago to add some to her program.

SomethingWitty · Mar 23, 2015

I'm in Shanghai for the competition and I'd love to go to some practice sessions tomorrow, does anyone know if tickets are required/are they included in the all event ticket?

xibsuarz · Mar 23, 2015

demarinis5 said:
Where are Team Japan's men? :scratch:

As far as I know, the Japanese men are all in Shanghai already, but none took part on today's practice. Maybe they'll start tomorrow? :shrug:

cheerknithanson · Mar 23, 2015

How did the the other American and Canadian ladies do?

ice coverage · Mar 23, 2015

For 18 seconds of practice video of Josh Farris using the red headband/blindfold thing today, see the link contained within this tweet:

https://twitter.com/tarako_ishi/status/580089733570678784

Tessa&Scott · Mar 23, 2015

Does anyone know of any livestreams for the practices?

MalAssada · Mar 23, 2015

Heck, this season was long. I was humming as I went through the practice photos; eventually I realised I was humming POTO :drama:

coucou84 · Mar 23, 2015

Scovies said:
She didn't do a lutz in the first video; that was a flip. The lutz in the second video looked okay to me, but it's hard to tell from that angle :confused2:.

OMG really? Visibly I was watching while listening to the teacher

coucou84 · Mar 23, 2015

Skatingcat said:
I'm the first to admit that I know little about the technical side of things, but it looked too blurry to me to tell what edge Ashley jumped from. I love her artistry though- did she work with someone after nationals? I feel like her movement is different somehow- better.

I hope someone is able to record the russian women, and gracie too.

Yup: The one and only: Shae-Lynn Bourne!
https://instagram.com/p/zjEeXLir1T/?taken-by=ashwagner2010

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