The Aftertaste- the echo of 2010-2011 season

[vivika1982]

Now when this season is almost over,what are your aftertastes and memories about 2010-2011.Go ahead!Go wild!Go bold and share your sacred thoughts and opinions
Here are some of mine non-professional-arm-chair-fan humble opinions
Phenomenons:
Russian Federation preparing to host 2011 Worlds within one month and three Zueva/Shpilband teams on the World's Dance Podium /you can correct me on this one if i'm wrong/
Regrets:
Kerr/Kerr and Faiella/Scali retirment
Disapointment:
Pechalat/Bourzat fourth place.Even with the fall they deserved the bronze.
New teams with potential:
Pairs-Volosozhar/Trankov wining silver medal.
Ice Dance: Khokhlova/Andreev
Nice surprise:
Savchenko/ Szolkowy ,Davis/White and Miki Ando's being the new World Champions
Finally:
Patrick Chan talked less ,skated his best and showed what he is capable of. Tessa and Scot got FD that suits their age and talent.

[victoriaheidi]

I will likely edit this later or add to it as I think of more things.

My favorite memories of this season:
-Rachael Flatt winning 2 GP medals and qualifying to the GPF
-Alissa Czisny, period
-Mirai at 4CC
-Dornbush surprises us and wins the silver!
-Ryan Bradley's victory
-The Shibs
-Takahiko Kozuka's breakthrough
-I/K...I didn't really know who they were before this year, and they are awesome!
-Russian Worlds
-Rudi Swiegers at 4CC. Made me feel really great
-Mary Beth Marley, Courtney Hicks, Adelina Sotnikova, Ira Vannut...all for different reasons
-Seeing live skating for the first time at Skaters Care!
-Charlotte Lichtman and Dean Copley. Actually, all the junior dance teams.
-Meryl Davis and Charlie White being able to refer to themselves as "2011 World Champions" forevermore

[blue_idealist]

Memorable Events:
- Of course, the cancelling of the worlds in Japan and rescheduling to Moscow
- Alissa Csizny finally getting some consistency
- Daisuke Takahashi's blade coming unscrewed at the World Champs
- Oda doing too many combos again at the Worlds Champs
- Chan and Sawyer's magical LPs, finishing 1-2 at Canadian Nationals
- Bradley winning the US Nats and going to Worlds, along with semi-newbies Miner and Dornbush
- Pechalat and Bourzat falling in the Worlds FD
- Virtue/Moir's debut of their FD at Worlds - awesome debut btw!!
- Patrick Chan's winning SC with four? or was it three? falls, but redeeming himself in haters' eyes (I hope) after winning the World Championships with no falls
- The new team of Volosozhar/Trankov generally kicking butt and taking silver at Worlds
- Meagan Duhamel breaking Eric Radford's nose, hahaha, no offense to Meagan
- Shibutanis winning bronze at worlds (probably the most surprising thing for me)
- The arrival of Kanako Murakami on the senior scene

[shan]

My favorite moment of the season would have to be Meryl and Charlie winning Worlds!! I'm so thrilled for them!

Another special moment would be Y/C's freeskate at Nationals, it was so moving. And then their great performance/placement at Worlds!

I was for P/B at Worlds and equally for Jeremy Abbott at Nationals.

[AliasJohnDoe]

I couldn't get this photo of Zhiganshina/Gazsi out of my head all season.
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-ZG-LC.jpg.php

[Ajax]

I couldn't get this photo of Zhiganshina/Gazsi out of my head all season.
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-ZG-LC.jpg.php

[victoriaheidi]

I couldn't get this photo of Zhiganshina/Gazsi out of my head all season.
http://photography.ice-dance.com/201...-ZG-LC.jpg.php

Everyone around me is now staring because I burst out laughing...:

[maija]

Laura Lepistö missing the whole season. Only training - injury - training - injury - training ... No competitions at all!

[nuge]

I'm so thrilled that worlds actually happened at all and in Russia

Russia did an amazing job in the time they had to prepare so to them.

Congratulations to Meryl/Charlie I 'm so pleased for them and also for V/T .
So disappointed for P/B but looking forward to seeing them progress with their new coaches.Also disappointment for Brian hope he'll be back next season.Hopefully this off season will not feel like too long .