It has its own isu page and the scores say seasons best. not sure if they get standings points but im pretty sure the scores count
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1920/sht19/
Since this thread is US Ice Dance, I would like to put my support towards Hawayek and Baker. I really like their FD this year. At first, I was concerned about a Latin/Flamenco type dance and how they would pull it off. But I really like the feisty nature in which they performed at Nebelhorn. This has possibilities! It may be hard to by-pass the hold of Hubbell/Donahue and Chock/Bates, but I hope they have a lock on third. And maybe put some thinking in the minds of judges to move them up higher!
I agree their free dance is interesting but rther than gaining ground on the top two H AND B really seem to struggling to stay on the world team. Even on the world stage they look like they are moving down than up. Carreira and Ponomarenko and Green and Parsons and Macnamara and Carpentar are going to be threats in the US and on the world stage the Dandians and the third Russian team and who knows who else could threaten them.Since this thread is US Ice Dance, I would like to put my support towards Hawayek and Baker. I really like their FD this year. At first, I was concerned about a Latin/Flamenco type dance and how they would pull it off. But I really like the feisty nature in which they performed at Nebelhorn. This has possibilities! It may be hard to by-pass the hold of Hubbell/Donahue and Chock/Bates, but I hope they have a lock on third. And maybe put some thinking in the minds of judges to move them up higher!
And I don't understand why that's the case. Jean-Luc has some of the best skating skills in the world and Hawayek is skating with so much confidence and expression. Theirs are the true senior programs compared to the younger American teams, plus much more interesting and better skated than the Danadians'.
I think the Dandaniens and c/p both have better sets of programs. H/B's are weird and seem to be trying to disguise deficiencies. Plus the lack of height difference makes everything look weird
It used to be a truism in Ice Dance that you wanted partners to be of relatively similar height because it made for more beautiful lines. Frankly, much as I love teams like China's Wang/Liu, the more extreme height differential does make them look less graceful.
Unfortunately, I was not so impressed by H/B's programs this year. The packaging just misses the mark by a country mile (Kaitlyn, sweetie, you should sue for what they did to your hair in the RD and what looks like a costume that weighs a ton in the FD; Jean-Luc, the brocade muppet jacket in the FD is a crime against Good Taste), and the dances themselves... Well, don't get me started. And I'm saying all of this because they are one of my favorite ID teams. Montreal has greatly improved their twizzles and given Kaitlyn new-found confidence, but I'm not sure if they're going to benefit more than that. Hope I'm wrong.
It has its own isu page and the scores say seasons best. not sure if they get standings points but im pretty sure the scores count
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1920/sht19/
I'm worried that montreal has reached the point that they don't have enough quality material for all the teams they have. Some of the programs especially both of H/B's are especially puzzling (i won't get started on Smart/Diaz's free in the U.S. Dance thread)
Speaking of M/C do we know why they pulled out of Finlandia?
Because of (unspecified) injury, Lorraine and Quinn have withdrawn from GP France too. :sad4:
New Fan Zone article re Christina and Anthony:
Because of (unspecified) injury, Lorraine and Quinn have withdrawn from GP France too. :sad4:
New Fan Zone article re Christina and Anthony:
Oh, I love Lorraine and Quinn. I hope it is nothing too serious.Oh no, this is bad.
Since this thread is US Ice Dance, I would like to put my support towards Hawayek and Baker. I really like their FD this year. At first, I was concerned about a Latin/Flamenco type dance and how they would pull it off. But I really like the feisty nature in which they performed at Nebelhorn. This has possibilities! It may be hard to by-pass the hold of Hubbell/Donahue and Chock/Bates, but I hope they have a lock on third. And maybe put some thinking in the minds of judges to move them up higher!