Golden Skate Acolades: the winners | Golden Skate

Golden Skate Acolades: the winners

Mohacz

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Below please find a complete list of the winners of the 1st Golden Skate Accolades. Thank you all for submitting your candidates and casting your votes. I hope you had a fun and that recollecting some of the best moments of the 2018/2019 season helped you survive a little bit this oh-so-long off-season.

So, by the decision of Golden Skate posters the 2018/2019 Golden Skate Accolades go to the following skaters/event/choreographer:

General Appreciation
Best Senior Kiss & Cry MomentBrian Orser forgetting about Jason Brown at the Worlds - https://youtu.be/DA3V8sH6GrA?t=223
Best 2018-19 eventWorld Championships
Biggest SurpriseElizabet Tursynbaeva landing 4S to grab silver at Worlds
Season's Rising StarRika Kihira
Artistic Acclaim
Best Music"Vincent" - Gilles/Poirier - https://youtu.be/HsympXTv8eg
Best Senior StorytellingGilles/Poirier - FD - "Vincent" - https://youtu.be/O1b5sTM_nkg
Best Senior Program ChoreographerLori Nichol - "Rain In Your Black Eyes" - Sui/Han FS - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k
Best costume
Best Costume: Senior LadiesEunsoo Lim - SP - https://youtu.be/4mA6cPNtdAg
Best Costume: Senior MenYuzuru Hanyu FS - https://youtu.be/acfGnbb8lbQ
Best Costume: Senior Ice DanceGilles/Poirier - FD - https://youtu.be/KypoPA1XJLM
Best Costume: Senior PairsSui/Han - FS - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k
Best Performance
Best Performance: Senior LadiesRika Kihira / FS / NHK - https://youtu.be/0OyiTY5S1co
Best Performance: Senior MenYuzuru Hanyu / SP / Rostelecom - https://youtu.be/b3in6WyxNdQ
Best Performance: Senior PairsSui/Han - FS - Worlds - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k
Best Performance: Senior Ice DanceGilles/Poirier - FD - 4CC - https://youtu.be/KypoPA1XJLM
Technical Showmanship
Ice Dance
Best lift - Senior Ice DancePapadakis/Cizeron / Curve / FD - https://youtu.be/Xlt7TP-W320?t=124
Best twizzles - Senior Ice DancePapadakis/Cizeron / RD / Worlds - https://youtu.be/w05rGD5O9XA?t=32
Best choreographic slide - Ice DanceFear/Gibson - FD - https://youtu.be/vy9nWA2dVXk?t=251
Pairs
Best throw jump - Senior PairsSui/Han/3F/FS/Worlds - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k?t=172
Best lift - Senior PairsSui/Han / 5RLi / FS - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k?t=215
Best side-by-side jump - Senior PairsSui/Han / FS / Worlds - https://youtu.be/l41yO3nEA8k
Men
Best step sequence - Senior MenHanyu Yuzuru / SP - https://youtu.be/b3in6WyxNdQ?t=156
Best spin - Senior MenJason Brown / CCSp - change foot camel spin / SP - https://youtu.be/M6Z7OodGHME?t=137
Best jump - Senior MenYuzuru Hanyu / 4T 3A SEQ / FS / Worlds - https://youtu.be/acfGnbb8lbQ?t=200
Ladies
Best step sequence - Senior LadiesSatoko Miyahara / SP - https://youtu.be/lIdA_aldgvg?t=143
Best spin - Senior LadiesSatoko Miyahara / LSp - layback spin / FS - https://youtu.be/kU8rUFc9_dg?t=268
Best jump - Senior LadiesKaori Sakamoto / 3Loop / Worlds / SP - https://youtu.be/30D47Ylzs90?t=158

Congratulations to all the winners and good luck in the upcoming 2019/2010 season!
 

gsk8

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Did the fans get it right? Did your favorites win?
 

Ichatdelune

Long live the Queen and her successors
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Mar 22, 2018
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South-Korea
Sui/Han dominance for pairs, can't complain about that. And since squirtle's elegant, ethereal, enchanting dress got acknowledged all is well :agree2:

ETA: I agree with about 80% of the winners overall
 

rikaquegira

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Nov 30, 2017
It seems GS members haven't lost their minds after all... lol
(meaning I agree with 95% of the winners) :laugh:
 

Sabrina

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Feb 13, 2013
My only favourite Gille/Poirer and their program Vincent won as many awards as I voted! So I am happy for them!
 

TallyT

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Apr 23, 2018
Country
Australia
And since squirtle's elegant, ethereal, enchanting dress got acknowledged all is well :agree2:

It would have been a crime against fashion if it hadn't, that dress may well be the most beautiful this entire decade and she looked like an angel in it :love: I am really looking forward to seeing what she and the other Koreans girls grace us with this year.

Mind you, I can't help giggling that in spite of the criticism of Yuzu's taste for sparkles and spangles, his gorgeous Origin black outpolled every other costume all round by an absolute mile. And Shoma's soft glitter outpolled all but the various firsts and in ladies the second! 'Tisn't only the Japanese public who like the men to brighten up the rink :cool14:

Most of the first placements were not really a surprise, I am finding the relative places below first to be rather interesting. And so nice that Jason did well.
 

CellarDweller

Ice Time
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I would've been happy to see Kevin Aymoz get Season's Rising Star, but I can't argue Rika getting the win on that.

I still would give Best Music to Kevin Aymoz.
 

ankifeather

Final Flight
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Mar 9, 2018
I think I agree with 95% of the result. Looks like my taste is generally in line with most of GS.

And Eunsoo nickname is squirtle?

Didn't expect Kaori's 3Lo to win best jump :eek:hwell:

I expected it, but rather than the SP, I like the FS one better, where it was right in the accent of the music at nationals - my favorite moment of all ladies event this year.

Mind you, I can't help giggling that in spite of the criticism of Yuzu's taste for sparkles and spangles, his gorgeous Origin black outpolled every other costume all round by an absolute mile. And Shoma's soft glitter outpolled all but the various firsts and in ladies the second! 'Tisn't only the Japanese public who like the men to brighten up the rink :cool14:

Outside of one or two people who just can't take sparkles, I have only seen general praise of Yuzu's Origina costume and a lot of Shoma's costume this season both here and on other fashion blogs that writes about FS costumes.
 

ladyjane

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Jun 26, 2012
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Netherlands
Agree with most, and there's no non deserving ones among here (even if I had a few others first myself, these would still have been second or third on my own list).
 

asiacheetah

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Feb 15, 2017
It would have been a crime against fashion if it hadn't, that dress may well be the most beautiful this entire decade and she looked like an angel in it :love: I am really looking forward to seeing what she and the other Koreans girls grace us with this year.

Mind you, I can't help giggling that in spite of the criticism of Yuzu's taste for sparkles and spangles, his gorgeous Origin black outpolled every other costume all round by an absolute mile. And Shoma's soft glitter outpolled all but the various firsts and in ladies the second! 'Tisn't only the Japanese public who like the men to brighten up the rink :cool14:

Most of the first placements were not really a surprise, I am finding the relative places below first to be rather interesting. And so nice that Jason did well.

Personally, I'm absolutely in love with Mai's costume this season and sad that I didn't get to see it more often in competition.
 

Mohacz

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Poland
I am a little surprised with Elizabet Tursynbaeva winning in the Biggest Surprise category. I was quite sure that would go to Evgenia Medvedeva's 2018/19 saga. And I am very happy that Fear and Gibson's choreographic slide was considered the best one. It was simply brilliant.
 
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ec00834

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Mar 16, 2019
I'm honestly not that surprised. At the beginning of the season, nobody thought that Elizabet would do a quad sal in competition and medal at 4CC/worlds, especially considering she got 12th/11th respectively at those events in the 17-18 season.
 
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