2016 US Intl FS Classic Ladies SP

charmblade · Sep 16, 2016

machin said:
When ? I understand people want to watch live but it's been years of awfull service. Why keep going ?
Really a waste of money. Satoko was up a few minutes after her skate.

But YouTube videos can be hit or miss. For example, the YT uploaded hasn't added the dance competition. IN is at least a guaranteed stream and on demand service. The quality is really unacceptable but it's just unfortunately the easy option. Also, when I miss an event completely I like to be able to sit down later and put on one video and see the entire competition instead of constantly searching through YouTube and trying to watch vids in chronological order.

Matilda · Sep 16, 2016

I always feel bad for skaters who don't have a coach with them in K&C. The organizers should maybe provide a surrogate...

charmblade · Sep 16, 2016

I'm glad Tursynbaeva kept her short program, she didn't get a full season out of it and I really like it.

Princessroja · Sep 16, 2016

charmblade said:
But YouTube videos can be hit or miss. For example, the YT uploaded hasn't added the dance competition. IN is at least a guaranteed stream and on demand service. The quality is really unacceptable but it's just unfortunately the easy option. Also, when I miss an event completely I like to be able to sit down later and put on one video and see the entire competition instead of constantly searching through YouTube and trying to watch vids in chronological order.

Yes, this. Watching the programs only is no fun for me; I like watching them all in order with the in between time and the "feel" of the event too. It's the communal aspect and the energy of competition that's fun for me. Just watching program after program on YT when I already know the scores is blah.

tinlizzie · Sep 16, 2016

Is that Eliz's mother with her?

machin · Sep 16, 2016

charmblade said:
But YouTube videos can be hit or miss. For example, the YT uploaded hasn't added the dance competition. IN is at least a guaranteed stream and on demand service. The quality is really unacceptable but it's just unfortunately the easy option. Also, when I miss an event completely I like to be able to sit down later and put on one video and see the entire competition instead of constantly searching through YouTube and trying to watch vids in chronological order.

Just subcribe to some YT channels. Didn't have to search for anything, they were all there. But yes, I can see the replay is nice and usefull. This is maybe worth it.
By the way, the dance vids are up too. Not all yet because the uploaders may have choose to put first the ladies up but quite sure the others will come later given who it is.

Paul & Islam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK7tTQEm1qE

Min & Gamelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXqcSR3QKA

Muramoto & Reed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbps36Gm3i4

Smart & Diaz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqmz4ylfmbE

semosk8tfan · Sep 16, 2016

I agree, watching an archived event is like watching a football game when you already know the score. You have seen the highlights, so why bother?
And half the fun is being in threads like this and interacting with fellow skating fans!

Princessroja · Sep 16, 2016

tinlizzie said:
Is that Eliz's mother with her?

I think so.

katymay · Sep 16, 2016

machin said:
Reading you all I wonder why you pay when it's up on YT ten minutes later. This is NOT a criticism. Or one directed at the USFSA not the subcribers.

Because IN also has feeds of regionals/sectionals. Otherwise, you are correct. If you didn't want regionals or sectionals , I would say skip IN>

semosk8tfan · Sep 16, 2016

IN is kind of like that nursery rhyme: "when it is good, it is very, very good, but when it is bad it is horrid"

ruffledgrouse · Sep 16, 2016

katymay said:
Because IN also has feeds of regionals/sectionals. Otherwise, you are correct. If you didn't want regionals or sectionals , I would say skip IN>

They don't have them on demand, but I always watch the PNW every year

yyyskate · Sep 16, 2016

Oh God, that girl sit next to Dabin, is the first "next Yuna Kim", who always tagged along Yuna after 2010... then she disappeared. yet Yuna is still competing for Korea... Now she is a coach? A coach who is more showy in the K&C than the skater.

tinlizzie · Sep 16, 2016

yyyskate said:
Oh God, that girl sit next to Dabin, is the first "next Yuna Kim", who always tagged along Yuna after 2010... then she disappeared. yet Yuna is still competing for Korea... Now she is a coach? A coach who is more showy in the K&C than the skater.

I saw that! She was overly concerned with her hair rather than her skater :palmf:

chloepoco · Sep 16, 2016

That was a beautiful skate from Satoko; her packaging is just perfect for this program!

Biellmann · Sep 16, 2016

yyyskate said:
Oh God, that girl sit next to Dabin, is the first "next Yuna Kim", who always tagged along Yuna after 2010... then she disappeared. yet Yuna is still competing for Korea... Now she is a coach? A coach who is more showy in the K&C than the skater.

It' s so sad when skaters are called "the next so and so". Every skater is unique and has the right to have his own identity, not to be a "copy" of someone else :bang:

burntBREAD · Sep 16, 2016

yyyskate said:
Oh God, that girl sit next to Dabin, is the first "next Yuna Kim", who always tagged along Yuna after 2010... then she disappeared. yet Yuna is still competing for Korea... Now she is a coach? A coach who is more showy in the K&C than the skater.

I thought it might've been Min-Jung Kwak, but I wasn't 100% sure. She seemed to be making some progress when she was with Brian Orser very briefly, but she quickly burned out in just a couple of years. Did have strong showings at her first two international championships (4CC and Olympics) though!

sabinfire · Sep 16, 2016

Biellmann said:
Every skater is unique and has the right to have his own identity, not to be a "copy" of someone else

Unless they are coached by Tutberidze... then they are all perfect copies.

Tavi... · Sep 16, 2016

Just got home from work so I've only had a chance to watch Mariah's and Satoko's programs.

Mariah: I love this program for her so I'm glad they kept it. I guess she skated well, but the spark or joy seems gone. Maybe nerves doing a competition so soon after a coaching change?

Satoko: She is so charming and skates so very gracefully and prettily, but...if they just wanted a pretty charming waltz, why use Musetta (which is the kind of character driven music Ashley excels at) instead of Lehar or Strauss? And worse, Satoko is very musical, but the choreographer basically just ignores the music - which doesn't allow Satoko to showcase one of her greatest strengths. Too bad.

Okay off my soap box.

chloepoco · Sep 16, 2016

Tavi... said:
Satoko: She is so charming and skates so very gracefully and prettily, but...if they just wanted a pretty charming waltz, why use Musetta (which is the kind of character driven music Ashley excels at) instead of Lehar or Strauss? And worse, Satoko is very musical, but the choreographer basically just ignores the music - which doesn't allow Satoko to showcase one of her greatest strengths. Too bad.

Okay off my soap box.

I'm not sure what you consider to be one of Satoko's greatest strengths, but I thought this music was perfect for Satoko, and she performed it beautifully. Not sure we watched the same program, because I thought the choreography was spot on with the music, for the most part.

shiroKJ · Sep 16, 2016

So many terrible illusion spins.... :scard8:

Heartbroken for my little firecrackers Karen and Elizabet. Here's hoping they do better during the GP.

2016 US Intl FS Classic Ladies SP

charmblade

Matilda

charmblade

Princessroja

tinlizzie

machin

semosk8tfan

Princessroja

katymay

semosk8tfan

ruffledgrouse

yyyskate

tinlizzie

chloepoco

Biellmann

Match Penalty

burntBREAD

sabinfire

Doing the needful

Tavi...

chloepoco

shiroKJ

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