2022 JGP Courchevel Men's Short Program

[AlexRus]

20 Ryoga MORIMOTO JPN

2A
3Lz+3T
3Lo

69.46 place 3

 

[elektra blue]

I just woke up and lord sweet skating gods my tesoro is in second!!!!!!!

probably 3rd now after Ryoga Morimoto

 

[Jeanie19]

Ryoga. Great spins! I really like Nemesis for him. Great skate.

 

[Carol1]

Ted, Mark, and the stunning vocals of "Nemesis" have taken my skating fan ears to triple ecstasy!

Even the less successful skaters in this last group chose interesting music. I'm feeling optimistic about the future of men's skating.

 

[Ichatdelune]

My tesoro is still going to be in medal contention, I am swooning. Meanwhile I'm going to check out his skate and others' as well, any recommendations?

 

[elektra blue]

i was wrong! @Ichatdelune 's tesoro is still in 2nd!

 

[Flying Feijoa]

Random thought, do Japanese skaters generally have looser-cut pants than North American/Europeans...

 

[Ichatdelune]

i was wrong! @Ichatdelune 's tesoro is still in 2nd!

SWEET GEEBUS!!!!!!!!! (faints)

 

[elektra blue]

My tesoro is still going to be in medal contention, I am swooning. Meanwhile I'm going to check out his skate and others' as well, any recommendations?

the not so little Noah, Dhiyab Aldarmaki but just because he's got such great hair and of course Shunsuke Nakamura

 

[CrazyKittenLady]

Good night (or whatever time of the day) everyone, see you for the free!

 

[Ruthypegs]

the not so little Noah, Dhiyab Aldarmaki but just because he's got such great hair and of course Shunsuke Nakamura

And Ian Vauclin

 

[elektra blue]

time for me to go too. see you tomorrow! love you all!

 

[Ichatdelune]

the not so little Noah, Dhiyab Aldarmaki but just because he's got such great hair and of course Shunsuke Nakamura

I just checked out Dhiyab Aldarmaki, agree on the hair

 

[moonvine]

we have the same kinds of squirrels you do... these ones.. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Écureuil_gris

large Canadian squirrels??? do you mean this : https://www.britannica.com/animal/moose-mammal

We have those in the US. I was driving to see Gracie skate and went through Vermont and around the Vermont/Mass border I started seeing these signs, which they usually put up for deer, but they were for moose! I was like it would be terrible to hit a deer with your car but a MOOSE?

 

[theblade]

It's wild to see Michael Xie skating at Courchevel. He started skating at one of the local rinks my kid skated at and was a natural jumper. Only a few months after starting skating, IIRC, he was jumping Axels. Real natural talent. It's been incredible seeing his trajectory; really excited to watch his journey unfold. Solid skate, too!

 

[lariko]

Yeah, early season… I’d agree that Aldarmaki’s hair was a sight to see, but other than that, it was hard to find anything really outstanding. Even Barton noticed lower level, which is so weird…

This is not to detract from Nakamura, he was skating very well and with heart. I liked that the clap could be heard and I loved his combo.

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

We have those in the US. I was driving to see Gracie skate and went through Vermont and around the Vermont/Mass border I started seeing these signs, which they usually put up for deer, but they were for moose! I was like it would be terrible to hit a deer with your car but a MOOSE?

OT: Up in those states they actually warn drivers about Moose b/c they are known to decapitate drivers when they hit them. You're under the moose before you realize you hit it when driving a car.
Gross but real.


Back to skating: I really enjoyed the entries from Ireland and Li from Canada.

 

[auser]

Nice one David Li... too bad about the combo... but loved the sit spin and the steps.

He looks promising. Loved his performance energy and the expressive hand positions.

 

[Ruthypegs]

I liked Tommaso Barison's skating, too - he didn't have a great skate yesterday, but clearly has great potential - great posture, movement, expression.

 

[auser]

i need such a cat to scare the squirrels away from my garden... i tried something new today... aluminium foil... they hated it.. they left... but i am sure they will be back with vindictive spirits

Thanks for the tip. Any advice for discouraging cement footed sounding raccoons that like racing around roofs?