Almost 100 photos of Masama. Sigh...
https://twitter.com/piccolino110/status/1221758333545091072?s=19
https://twitter.com/piccolino110/status/1221758333545091072?s=19
An update from Itsuki! (with some pictures of Shoma getting his new skates) and a
translation from yawning_shoma!
Itsuki: "Shoma has to have his boots prepared in a hurry and return to Switzerland....it seems he has to replace his boots in about three weeks so it's a bit of a struggle."
Itsuki also mentioned feeling better after not feeling well for a couple of weeks, is able to walk around home now, and wants to take a walk outside. Glad he’s feeling better!
I think this :con3:So, does this mean that he has to change his boots every 3 weeks (which I find it unlikely :eeking or that he has to have his boots ready in three weeks for Challenge Cup?
Almost 100 photos of Masama. Sigh...
https://twitter.com/piccolino110/status/1221758333545091072?s=19
Shout out to taro for taking the time to translate Sho's interviews and
sharing with us here in FF, I nominate you as the head "translator" of
the Dead Banana Club.
He said in a magazine interview(25ans, November 2018 issue) that
right before Worlds 2018 he had to change his boots due to the overuse (they're worn out), and since it usually takes a month for them to really fit his feet,
it ended up him not even being able to walk on his own after he skated his SP in the ill-fitting boots at Worlds.
So, even though he won silver there, Worlds that season had been a nightmare for Shoma.
Having learned from that experience, he went into the following season prepared.
He had more than one pair of boots made and skated for a month in each pair during the off-season,
and while it was tough doing the skating shows that summer, he successfully avoided repeating the same mistake in 2018/2019.
So, I'm thinking probably he's forced to make another spare boots (for Worlds) but would go back to the comfortable ones in 3 weeks at CC??? But I could be wrong.
Interesting! Thanks for sharing taro. If I'm not mistaken the boots Shoma used for IDF 2019 are the Risport ones with the black blades (last seen in Friends on Ice/Lombardia Trophy back from 2018) but he had the silver blades back at Rostelecom 2019, so it makes sense that he would have multiple set of boots available. And yeah I also share the same thought about Shoma breaking a new set of spare boots even if he has a "main" pair of boots ready. Hopefully he will have enough time to do it.
https://twitter.com/insideskating/status/1223573205237096449?s=20
"And a hint to make you even more curious: Stéphane felt the urgent need to change the imagery associated with Shoma's Kiss and Cry in Grenoble, so he made all efforts to stand by him, or find solutions for Shoma not to be alone again in the Kiss and Cry."
I'm so emoooooooo :sad4: :sad4:
VERY nice words from Deniss V. regarding his training mates. Thank you to Deniss' Russian fans for translating and sharing. 'It seems they are are all really inspiring each other.
https://twitter.com/choromatsu333/status/1223559242696839171?s=20