#TeamTrainwreck: MESS 2018/19 (Most Epic Splat of the Season)

[Jeschke]

It's year one after Pogo, so the race for all awards is wide open again.

Here are the nominees for MESS 2017/18 (Most Epic Splat of the Season) in alphabetic order:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2GBvW6EOVE
(Due to YouTube regulations, Sørensen's parts are unfortunately without sound.)

All (not only #TeamTrainwreck posters) are invited to vote
For the awards we primarily took senior skaters into consideration or extraordinary material from junior skaters.


One vote for the most splat of the season! Voting is up for 7 days!

A big shoutout to Maxim Kovtun and Vladimir Samoilov who made the shortlist with three entries each.

Complete shortlist can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KgLv4RLfq0

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Previous winners:
2016/17: Viveca Lindfors, World Junior Championships, FS
2017/18: Anna Pogorilaya, Grand Prix CAN, FS

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Other #TeamTrainwreck season end awards:
MEEPOTS (Most Epic Ending Pose of the Season)
MIMOS (Most Important Minion of the Season): not applicable this season
POTS (Performance of the Season
Tursy-POTS (Most memorable K'n'C of the Season)

 

[Jeschke]

@rfisher I am sorry Kovtun's turtle legs did not make it in the end

 

[Colonel Green]

I was torn between Keegan's cannonball right into the judges, Joseph's acrobatic toeloop, and Victoria and Nikita's double-fall, but I had to go with Joe in the end.

 

[rfisher]

@rfisher I am sorry Kovtun's turtle legs did not make it in the end

That's OK. It still makes me laugh. Bless him.

 

[Jeschke]

So many Ignatov-flashbacks with Moris

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Love that lady, Liinamae who just completed her program sitting on the ice with a big smile. Agree, not the same without Pogo. I loved her but the falls were epic.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Holy Cr*p I had to change mine from Messing (I remembered his) to Anastasyia....thats a splat.

BUT HUGE shout out to Gerli for morphing hers into part of the choreography! BRAVO! No small feat!



(oops, doesnt look like I can change mine. take one from messing and add it to Anastsyia). Although Messing's is rather epic. I have still not forgotten it.

Gold: Anastasyia or Keegan
Silver: Anastasyia or Keegan
Bronze: Phan

 

[Jeschke]

to Anastasyia....thats a splat.

For once we agree
Galustyan needs to win this! Hands down!

(oops, doesnt look like I can change mine. take one from messing and add it to Anastsyia)

Will do that

 

[Vagabond]

Those Canadians fall all over the place like maple leaves in the autumn.

 

[miffy]

That was an enjoyable montage! I hadn’t seen H/S at Nationals, that made me smile. And Gerli

 

[barbarafan]

I chose Sinkats as everything in dance has to be pure perfection so a slight wobble can mean loss in placements, a fall is the kiss of death. a splattttttttttttt OMG off to Siberia and multiple splats.....I have no words.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Love that lady, Liinamae who just completed her program sitting on the ice with a big smile. Agree, not the same without Pogo. I loved her but the falls were epic.

That reminds me of Valentina Marchei's fall right on the last beat of her music in the short at the 2007 World Championships.

 

[muffinplus]

Keegan for gold

 

[Ka3sha]

SinKats, as it happened on my eyes and literally in front of me
And sooner or later Nikita just has to win this MESS-award with all those silly splats during his entire career

But Gerli and Keegan are close 2nd and 3rd

 

[Wyliefan]

Love that lady, Liinamae who just completed her program sitting on the ice with a big smile.

She had flair for sure!

 

[Kateri]

Keegan gets gold, for length, style, rolling, sliding, additional board crash and dedication to The Art of Falling. He really skated like he wanted to win this thing, like a true MESS champion.

Gerli gets a well-deserved silver for poise and artistry. Very high PCS. Her choreographer was in tears of joy.

Galustyan in bronze for that lovely spinning split position, +5s across the board.

 

[aliceanne]

If Larkyn Austman had pivoted around on just one hand she could have passed that splat off as choreography. Keegan looked like he was doing a floor routine in the middle of a skating program.

If you splat again getting up from a splat, is that minus one or minus two?

 

[Colonel Green]

If you splat again getting up from a splat, is that minus one or minus two?

I looked at Sorensen’s protocol sheet; they were nice and only gave one deduction for that (she had a second fall later, so overall it’s -2).

 

[alchemy void]

Vote Galustyan!

Keegan a close 2nd, Gerli 3rd for me.

 

[barbk]

Gerli -- such panache with the arm flourish!

And...I cringe at every fall where the skater's head hits the ice.

 

[LilJen]

Keegan gets gold, for length, style, rolling, sliding, additional board crash and dedication to The Art of Falling. He really skated like he wanted to win this thing, like a true MESS champion.

Gerli gets a well-deserved silver for poise and artistry. Very high PCS. Her choreographer was in tears of joy.

Galustyan in bronze for that lovely spinning split position, +5s across the board.

I think I have to go with Keegan, too. This was a tough, tough race. A lot of people clearly were in it to win it.

 

[casken]

Voted for Liinamae since I view falling on a spin inherently more trainwrecky than falling on a jump, and the "ta-da!" hand motion at the end is the icing on the top.

 

[Doggygirl]

Keegan, but Gerli was a close second for me.

We almost need a separate category for Most Epic Painful Splat which to me appears to be Morisi or Wang.

 

[rfisher]

Keegan, but Gerli was a close second for me.

We almost need a separate category for Most Epic Painful Splat which to me appears to be Morisi or Wang.

Really bad splats where the skater was injured were deliberately left off the list. For example, you don't see Tarah Kayne's head bouncing off the ice.

 

[MarieM]

I had to vote for Nikita. Someone made me do it.

 

[SmallFairy]

I listened to BF. He deserves it, after living through every winter with me. He knows all about MESS, he’s seen all of Pogo. So when he says “Galustyan it is” then it is so

 

[SmallFairy]

BF also looked at Keegan, saying “his fall looks like Chaplin”. I had to point out to him it actually was

Honourable mention to Keegs, to poor Phan, that was so weird, and to Pernille’s 2-in-1.

 

[quartz]

I listened to BF. He deserves it, after living through every winter with me. He knows all about MESS, he’s seen all of Pogo. So when he says “Galustyan it is” then it is so

I can't ever imagine sharing these threads with my husband. He would be So. Totally. Confused.

 

[Jeschke]

Really bad splats where the skater was injured were deliberately left off the list.

True.

For example, you don't see Tarah Kayne's head bouncing off the ice.

On a fair note, we entered exactly that splat in our 2017 MESS poll, same with Samohin's shoulder last year, but we learned from that.
Such splats are now left off.

 

[Jeschke]

I can't ever imagine sharing these threads with my husband. He would be So. Totally. Confused.

Well, he's @SmallFairy 's BF after all