2018 Nebelhorn Trophy Men's Short Program

[lavenderblossom]

Daniel starts by having to redo his laces

 

[cleo2070]

Yep, I love them even when I watch live! As you can see, I can't tell jumps apart, so thanks for putting up with me

 

[pearly]

I wonder if Samohin will skate a 5 minute program this time just to keep us on our toes.

Did we ever get an answer about why he had that long short at Ondrej Nepela?

I don't think so. A host did an interview with him yesterday, but didn't ask.

 

[ancientpeas]

Is anyone else a little worried watching Daniel? Last time I saw him skate he got hurt.

 

[demarinis5]

Did Fentz withdraw?

 

[draqq]

Daniel Samohin

Fall on the 4T, looks fully rotated though by the camera angle. Strong 3A, good comeback. A bit of trouble on the change of edge on the camel spin. Wobbly 3Lz+2T. Nice fly pop-over in the spin. I wish the footwork filled the rink a bit more, but fairly good edges. And yay, it doesn't seem like he went over the time limit this time around.

Score: 71.60

 

[lavenderblossom]

Daniel
4Tfall off axis in the air
3A very nice
3Lz2T very long and cautious entry
spins a bit of a mixed bag
Wish he could bring everything together, he has so much potential At least I think that wasn't over time?

 

[cleo2070]

Daniel SAMOHIN (ISR), 20
music: Selection by Il Divo; choreo by Irina Samohin, Nikolai Morozov
(luckily the announcer waited for him to finish tying up his laces before calling him... Daniel whyyy are you giving me heart palpitations before the music even starts? )
all-black costume
quad, fall
3A, good
3-2 (eeked out)
i love the music and think it suits him very well
okay, that seemed short enough this time )

SCORE: 35.90 + 36.70 -1 = 71.60 2/5

 

[demarinis5]

That was nice from Daniel. To bad about the fall.

 

[Nimyue]

Oh boy I don't like this program....

 

[cleo2070]

Alexander MAJOROV (SWE), 27
music: "Bang Bang" by Asaf Avidan; choreo by Irina Majorova, Marica Sandström Lind

all black costume
jump
3A (nearly) two-footed
3-3, ok
sells the step sequence - as usual, looks like he's having fun with it
am glad to see Majorov continue, especially after last season

SCORE: 42.66 + 36.20 = 78.86 2/6

 

[draqq]

Alexander Majorov

Flip-out on 4T, seemed very tight going in. Rough landing on the 3A, not sure why he does the spiral entry, doesn't look very good. Good 3F+3T tho. Okay positions but good speed through the sit spin. I wish he cared more about his lines, because his posture and leg line is usually bent and odd. The program just didn't feel neither here nor there. He could have been skating to anything else. I may not have noticed.

Score: 78.86

 

[ancientpeas]

I would pay someone 10 Canadian dollars to bring me a hashbrown from McDonalds right now.

 

[demarinis5]

I liked that from Alexander. It really picked up in the second half of the program. Great step sequence.

 

[ancientpeas]

Oh boy I don't like this program....

music, costume, layout?

 

[lavenderblossom]

What has Alexei done to his hair

 

[ancientpeas]

Alexei's opening pose reminds me of that thing we used to do jr. high that made it look like you were making out with someone but you were actually just hugging yourself.

 

[Nimyue]

music, costume, layout?

I think draqq had better word for why than I do. It seemed awkward, not very much flow... I don't know, just felt rather flat and element to element rather than a complete program.

 

[cleo2070]

Alexei KRASNOZHON (USA), 18
music: "Dancing on My Own;" choreo by Scott Brown
dark blue/indigo shirt 3/4 sleeves, black pants
two triple jumps, ok
lyrical music, i'm not sold yet
combo (stream hiccup)
step sq

okay skater, okay program, but nothing to write home about (IMO!)

SCORE: 33.27 34.05 = 67.32 5/7

 

[Baron Vladimir]

and suddenly came techno :yay: