Highlight of the GP season so far | Golden Skate

Highlight of the GP season so far

Manitou

Manitou

Medalist
Joined
Jan 17, 2014
For me (very subjective):
1. Aliona’s FS in France.
2. P/C free dance in Japan
3. Zhenia’s both SP and FS in Russia
 
ruga

ruga

Final Flight
Joined
Oct 20, 2017
- Kostornaia in general
- all those girls' axels and quads. We now have 4 axel/quad jumpers in GPF (a total of 6 throughout GP series)
- everything delivered by Yuzu, Sui/Han, Papadakis/Cizeron. Everyone expects them to deliver of course but it's still mesmerizing to see their performances
- Medvedeva delivering two beautiful performances in Russia and showing that she isn't done yet (too bad she couldn't pull a Boyang...)
- Boyang pulling a... Boyang?
- Lambiel being super dramatic while watching his students
- Kevin Aymoz keeps on surprising me! He is already high up in components, hope he gets more in the future
- all the little and not so little judging shenanigans
- all huge toys that skaters received! And also that big fan for Zhenya
 
lariko

lariko

Medalist
Joined
Jan 31, 2019
Country
Canada
Seeing completion first time live and getting to see Trusova, Hanyu and Boykova&Kozlovskiy in it! And Nguyen’s let’s bring the roof down FS

I am still smiling at all the fun!

Also, Rizzo switching his turtleneck, it was just so funny :)

On a serious note, absolutely, Keegan Messing’s performance at SkAm.
 
D

Dreamer57

Record Breaker
Joined
May 20, 2018
I would say Nam's free program at Skate Canada.
For me, it was quite a surprise. Going last is not easy and especially straight after Yuzuru has skated. He really kept the audience energy going and I thought Wow, what a great way to end a GP event!
The K&C afterwards was also lovely to watch.
 
skylark

skylark

Gazing at a Glorious Great Lakes sunset
Record Breaker
Joined
Aug 12, 2014
Country
United-States
Ashley Cain-Gribble and Tim Leduc overcoming a 3-in-a-row throw3Lutz fail, acing it the 4th time in the FS at IDF, and counting the program a great step moving forward in spite of a fall. Never mind the placement, the skate itself was a triumph over an annoying streak!
Haven Denney/ Brandon Frazier's Lion King, seeing them flush with confidence and renewed joy.
Keegan Messing's soulful, beautiful FS at CoC. Never mind bobbles and falls ... unimportant when the music and the program are what counts. And both Han Yan's comeback skates.
Sui and Han, Chock and Bates, Papadakis and Cizeron. Fear/Gibson's Blues Brothers and Smart/Diaz Grease.
Roman Sadovsky's sensitive, restrained, soulful Schindler's List/Bells of Moscow at NHK. And seeing "my" new discovery, Yuhano Yokoi, do so well there.
Ashley and Tim's SP and FS at International Classic USA. Such a leap forward in skills and confirmation of connection, passion, performance.
 
K

Koatterce

On the Ice
Joined
Feb 20, 2018
Country
Canada
Keegan at Skate America, so emotional
Yuzuru and then Nam in the FS at Skate Canada, both brought the house down
Piper/Paul winning Skate Canada!!!
Evgenia doing so well at Rostelecom
 
R

rain

Record Breaker
Joined
Jul 29, 2003
Piper and Paul winning Skate Canada
Mariah Bell at France
Evgenia Medvedeva in Russia
Keegan at Skate America
Roman Sadovsky at NHK
Nam at Skate Canada
Edited because I forgot the comeback of Han Yan at COC!

Apparently I like the unexpected
 
saturdaysun

saturdaysun

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 13, 2018
The return of Sui/Han to the GP.
Han Yan's comeback.
Boyang and Peng/Jin with their first GP golds.
Boyang making GPF!
Wang/Liu finally being scored somewhat fairly and competitively.
Everything about Aliona. She's magical.
Young You's statement arrival. That huge smile after the triple axel!
Alina and Zhenya refusing to just move aside quietly for the next generation.
Chock/Bates' free skate which gets better each time.
 
ladyjane

ladyjane

Medalist
Joined
Jun 26, 2012
Country
Netherlands
My highlights so far:

Sui and Han at CoC: that was pairs skating!
Kirsten and Michael at NHK: another 'that was pairs skating'!
Gabrielle and Guillaume: the Gods of Ice Dance
Yuzu at Skate Canada: just wow.
Mariah Bell at her GP's: yay!
Evgenia at Rostelecom: another yay!
Alena Kostornaia in general: hurrah!
Alexandra and Dmitrii: hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Also: that was pairs skating! I do like to repeat myself.
Kevin Amoz: another hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!

And I haven't even mentioned Boyang Yin, Liubov Ilushkina and Charlie Bilodeau, Nam Nguyen, Keegan Messing, Rika Kihira, Alina Zagitova, Han Yan's come back, Jason Brown, Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morosov at Rostelecom, Nathan Chen, Madison Chock and Evan Bates, etc. etc.

Time to party!
 
noskates

noskates

Record Breaker
Joined
Jun 11, 2012
1.Seeing Shoma smile after his freeskate
2. Kevin Amoz making the GPF
3. Medvedva hugging Brian Orser

Sorry - #4 - Jason Brown's Schindler's List
 
C

CanadianSkaterGuy

Record Breaker
Joined
Jan 25, 2013
It has to be Trusova for me. I mean, I knew she could do multiple quads, but 4 quad attempts and scoring over 100 TES (even with a fall) at Skate Canada was insane. Sure, she hasn't been perfect... but she's breaking the system moreso than any skater in any other discipline has ever done. It's astounding what she's doing.

She really could, without hyperbole, compete with the men, and with 1.0 PCS factoring would have medaled at multiple men's Grand Prix events this season.
 
TallyT

TallyT

Record Breaker
Joined
Apr 23, 2018
Country
Australia
I put mine on the wrong thread, so here they are again in the right one...

Yuzuru at Skate Canada

Keegan at Skate America

Han Yan at Cup of China
 
H

heartyxo

On the Ice
Joined
Aug 27, 2019
G/P winning Skate Canada, C/B free dance at Cup of China, Kevin making GPF, Boyang making GPF in the end, everything about Kostornaia
 
BabySloth

BabySloth

On the Ice
Joined
Mar 27, 2019
Country
Hungary
1. The 3A winning all the GPs and Eteri's Instagram #xdownxtogo activity. :laugh:
2. Alina's redemption FS in Japan, Evgenia's redemption skates in Russia.
3. Boikova/Kozlovskii slaying
4. The return of Dima Aliev
5. Kevin Aymoz :hap10:
6. Young You :luv17:
7. Bradie making GPF as the first American lady in forever as the sole member of the 20+ squad in there
8. The fair judging attempts at CoC and IdF
9. Anna Shcherbakova's huge bear plushie at CoC Kiss&Cry
10. So many ladies upping their technical game.
11. Sui/Han keeping Rain in Your Black Eyes
12. Yuzuru winning SCI
13. Nathan's hip hop choreo sequence :laugh:

The order is whatever, just how they came to my mind.

I could think of at least 20 others...:laugh: It has been an eventful GP season, and GPF is still to go...
 
Q

QuadThrow

Medalist
Joined
Oct 1, 2014
Boikova/Kozovlovskii´s 3FTh - monstrous
Young You´s 3A - surprising
Marina Zueva sitting next to Nina Mozer in the K&C - weird
 
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