Allons-y! French skating news & updates

[TheIronLady]

Crud I really likes James & Bonheur together. They really set the crowd off at the 2009 Worlds in LA. They had a dynamic feeling about them, that made you feel like they could really be something after a few more years together.

I wish the new pairing of James & Coia the best of luck and I hope Yannick finds a new partner.

James has abandoned Britain, and she deserves whatever trouble befalls her in the clutches of France.

[TheIronLady]

I know it might sound silly, but I really loved the way James and Bonheur looked together, because of their skin colour. They looked like two yummy chocolates...

Yes, you should watch out or Naomi Campbell will sue you.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_868909.html

[poths]

James has abandoned Britain, and she deserves whatever trouble befalls her in the clutches of France.

Apparently I've just opened a thread to the past....

[grandma]

Seems as if Bruno Massot has teamed up with Daria Popova

[cholla]

Pechalat/Bourzat new interview - Annecy-Infosports.

Edit : the link takes you to the English version of the interview

[nuge]

Thank's Cholla can't wait to see them again

[Sylvia]

Originally posted on June 9 in the Pflumm/Guarise (ITA) thread in GSD:

I know he [Yannick Kocon] had a tryout with a Canadian pair girl in Florida....John Zimmerman arranged the tryout I believe

Yannick Kocon lists his citizenship as "France" (he was born in France and competed junior singles representing FRA) and Zimmerman as his coach in his new icepartnersearch bio: http://icepartnersearch.com/showbio.php?i=3663

[BlueRidge]

Pechalat/Bourzat new interview - Annecy-Infosports.

Edit : the link takes you to the English version of the interview

Thanks cholla

[Nan]

Thank you for the interview, cholla.

[Sylvia]

Pechalat/Bourzat new interview - Annecy-Infosports.

Edit : the link takes you to the English version of the interview

Merci beaucoup!

[musdancenow]

Yannick Bonheur is looking for a new partner for competition or shows. Also he says anyone can contact him if they want a pairs coach...

[kirkbiggestfan]

http://www.ffsg.org/salle_de_presse/...s_de_Glace.pdf

On Page 9, you will see where the main French skaters are this summer.

The most noticeable:
- Amodio is supposed to work with Lambiel in August in Courchevel
- Joubert with Urmanov for 2 weeks in Sweden
- Silette with P Grutter in Obersdorf for 3 weeks.
-Besseghier for 3 months in Detroit with Camerlengo and Sato
-Ponsart with Sato for 2 weeks
-Papadakis/Cizeron with Krylova in July

It's a French invasion in lovely Detroit.

[mella]

http://www.ffsg.org/salle_de_presse/...s_de_Glace.pdf

On Page 9, you will see where the main French skaters are this summer.

The most noticeable:
- Amodio is supposed to work with Lambiel in August in Courchevel
- Joubert with Urmanov for 2 weeks in Sweden
- Silette with P Grutter in Obersdorf for 3 weeks.
-Besseghier for 3 months in Detroit with Camerlengo and Sato
-Ponsart with Sato for 2 weeks
-Papadakis/Cizeron with Krylova in July

It's a French invasion in lovely Detroit.

Wish Joubert was working with Lambiel but it will be interesting to see what he can do for Amodio...

[dinakt]

http://www.ffsg.org/salle_de_presse/...s_de_Glace.pdf

On Page 9, you will see where the main French skaters are this summer.

The most noticeable:
- Amodio is supposed to work with Lambiel in August in Courchevel
- Joubert with Urmanov for 2 weeks in Sweden
- Silette with P Grutter in Obersdorf for 3 weeks.
-Besseghier for 3 months in Detroit with Camerlengo and Sato
-Ponsart with Sato for 2 weeks
-Papadakis/Cizeron with Krylova in July

It's a French invasion in lovely Detroit.

Amodio/ Lambiel and Silette/ Grutter seem like very good connections. Actually, all of them are promising (Joubert/ Urmanov, I don't know, they'll look wonderful... hopefully Brian benefits from it)

[Ziggy]

Hopefully Camerlengo can make Besseghier less SAW-like.

[ChiquitaBanana]

I was out of the loop, so this may be old news, but Vanessa James is skating with Morgan Cipres?

[katasardi]

Do you have any ideas what will do Brian and Urmanov for two weeks?

Because there are no news about Brian's next years plans and programs at all, but I guess the four days with Wilson is too short to do anything serious, like a full program. So in first version they just discussed some things and replaced some elements due the next year's rules ( I think the Straing Line Step Sequesnce MUST be developed because Brian gets very low levels and marks - because that step sequence is empty like a groceries in Etiop).

But is that possible for Brian to create a new coreography with Urmanov? However I've never heard about any kind of coreograping work about Urmanov....

[kwanfan1818]

I would think it's a summer training camp, like the ones Mishin holds annually in Europe.

[Vagabond]

Do you have any ideas what will do Brian and Urmanov for two weeks?

Stand and model for each other and pick out absurd costumes together.

[Zemgirl]

Because there are no news about Brian's next years plans and programs at all, but I guess the four days with Wilson is too short to do anything serious, like a full program. So in first version they just discussed some things and replaced some elements due the next year's rules ( I think the Straing Line Step Sequesnce MUST be developed because Brian gets very low levels and marks - because that step sequence is empty like a groceries in Etiop).

Joubert has said that he's keeping the LP and will be working a new SP with Wilson. I guess it's possible that the exact scheduling was not yet final when the FFSG published that update, or that they spent a week working on the SP and might tweak it further in the future.

Everyone gets level 1 on the second step sequence in the LP, because it's the choreo step sequence. Skaters are probably better off not putting too much effort into it - they all end up with positive GOEs anyway. As far as I can see, only two skaters at Worlds did not get a positive GOE on the choreo steps, and most everyone had +1 or more - there's not that much a skater can do to set himself apart on that, and Joubert is not suddenly going to do a Takahashi-like sequence. His spin levels were all over the place last season, and I think he'd be better served by sorting that out.