#TeamTrainwreck 24: For the weirdos and the dreamers!

[Jeschke]

@Jeschke, I hereby nominate Karen Chen.

Approved!
How it hurts saying these words, especially to you!

 

[Jeschke]

Members Update

-Patron-Saint:
Pogorilaya, Anna

Ladies:
Chen, Karen New
Glenn, Amber
Honda, Marin
Konstantinova, Stanislava
Lim, Eunsoo
Nugumanova, Elizaveta
Peltonen, Emmi
Schott, Nicole
Tuktamysheva, Elizaveta

Men:
Aymoz, Kévin
Březina, Michal
Ignatov, Makar
Pulkinen, Camden
Sadovsky, Roman
Samohin, Daniel
Yan, Han

Ice Dance:
Khudaiberdieva, Elizaveta / Bazin, Egor

 

[Jeschke]

This ladies list seems like it could be cut down to half by season end.
Tagging everyone from Honda to Schott! ?

 

[Vagabond]

Approved!
How it hurts saying these words, especially to you!

You bring out the sadist in me.

 

[Maximillian]

Members Update

-Patron-Saint:
Pogorilaya, Anna

Ladies:
Chen, Karen New
Glenn, Amber
Honda, Marin
Konstantinova, Stanislava
Lim, Eunsoo
Nugumanova, Elizaveta
Peltonen, Emmi
Schott, Nicole
Tuktamysheva, Elizaveta

Men:
Aymoz, Kévin
Březina, Michal
Ignatov, Makar
Pulkinen, Camden
Sadovsky, Roman
Samohin, Daniel
Yan, Han

Ice Dance:
Khudaiberdieva, Elizaveta / Bazin, Egor

As Chen is my current favorite lady skater I should probably be less happy about this...

 

[Vagabond]

Karen Chen is my favorite too, but even aficionados must face facts every so often. ?‍

 

[taz'smum]

Mama is just popping in to say 'Hi'? from sunny, C19 ?riddled, lockdown, Moscow! ??
Against all the odds, I made it here! ??
(€357 for a tourist visa - ouch!)

 

[Wyliefan]

Glad you made it. Give Tiff our best!

 

[taz'smum]

Glad you made it. Give Tiff our best!

Will do! ?

It's such a relief to have made it here and to be able to do some constructive stuff to help.
Mama's café is cooking to order - room service?️ is available....
Mama's cleaning?? and shopping ?️services are also in full swing ...

 

[Colonel Green]

Tar/Mor have shown significant improvement with the new coaching situation.

Have they, though?

I would perhaps agree that their programs are better on the whole than was often the case in the Mozer years, but I feel like current reactions to them are a bit like how for a few years there we'd start every season trying to convince ourselves that Satoko's jump rotations were getting better. They're still averaging about two mistakes per free skate, which is about the norm for them before, and the short programs aren't consistently clean either. They've done a few clean programs, but they always did that before too.

 

[rfisher]

Have they, though?

I would perhaps agree that their programs are better on the whole than was often the case in the Mozer years, but I feel like current reactions to them are a bit like how for a few years there we'd start every season trying to convince ourselves that Satoko's jump rotations were getting better. They're still averaging about two mistakes per free skate, which is about the norm for them before, and the short programs aren't consistently clean either. They've done a few clean programs, but they always did that before too.

I think so, or maybe I hope so.

 

[lurkz2]

Members Update

-Patron-Saint:
Pogorilaya, Anna

Ladies:
Chen, Karen New
Glenn, Amber
Honda, Marin
Konstantinova, Stanislava
Lim, Eunsoo
Nugumanova, Elizaveta
Peltonen, Emmi
Schott, Nicole
Tuktamysheva, Elizaveta

Men:
Aymoz, Kévin
Březina, Michal
Ignatov, Makar
Pulkinen, Camden
Sadovsky, Roman
Samohin, Daniel
Yan, Han

Ice Dance:
Khudaiberdieva, Elizaveta / Bazin, Egor

Wow actual #TTW lovebirds

 

[rfisher]

Wow actual #TTW lovebirds

Until Boss man kicks Camden to the curb.

 

[taz'smum]

My only comment on the Canadian GP is on one standout performance.

Green/Parsons FD: the US judge ranking their own lower ranked team in 1st place was for once totally deserved. It was an innovative, extremely well-executed, and ground-breaking, contemporary FD!

That is how you do contemporary on the ice!?

 

[rfisher]

My only comment on the Canadian GP is on one standout performance.

Green/Parsons FD: the US judge ranking their own lower ranked team in 1st place was for once totally deserved. It was an innovative, extremely well-executed, and ground-breaking, contemporary FD!

How is Tiff doing? Let her know a lot of people she doesn't know are pulling for her. I follow her on Instagram and am waiting for more pictures of her about town looking fabulous.

 

[Vagabond]

Until Boss man kicks Camden to the curb.

Or Karen does.

 

[Jeschke]

Until Boss man kicks Camden to the curb.

Tic toc tic toc...

 

[Maximillian]

Mama is just popping in to say 'Hi'? from sunny, C19 ?riddled, lockdown, Moscow! ??
Against all the odds, I made it here! ??
(€357 for a tourist visa - ouch!)

Wow, I went to Moscow in 2017 and it was £130

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

@Jeschke, I hereby nominate Karen Chen.

Take off Glenn, put on Chen. ?

 

[taz'smum]

Wow, I went to Moscow in 2017 and it was £130

If I had had a French passport and hadn't required an urgent visa, it would've been around €160, so about the same price as yours.

A British passport in France complicates things.

Despite having a French permanent residency card, the Russian embassy asked for proof from the local Mairie that I had the right to reside in France - go figure that one? Proof from the Mairie overrides a residency card that for the French authorities proves I have permanent residence in France ?
They also wanted an incredible amount of details, including the date of birth/death of both of my parents, including their place of birth, all my employers and places I have lived in the last 10 years and so on .... 10 pages of documentation.
If I'd been French, it is only 3-4 pages and nothing like the ridiculous, unnecessary detail.

So, I'm guessing that all the extra documentation warrants a higher price tag on a non-citizen visa!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

ESP. I try to remain quiet, again

I wish you were close enough to slap

 

[aka_gerbil]

Have they, though?

I would perhaps agree that their programs are better on the whole than was often the case in the Mozer years, but I feel like current reactions to them are a bit like how for a few years there we'd start every season trying to convince ourselves that Satoko's jump rotations were getting better. They're still averaging about two mistakes per free skate, which is about the norm for them before, and the short programs aren't consistently clean either. They've done a few clean programs, but they always did that before too.

Remember, they had an injury to deal with that kept Evgenia from jumping for over a week and from doing a whole lot besides jumping and that did show.

Where I see improvement is fight where in the past there wouldn’t have been with the jumps. It’s not a technique issue at all. If they do go clean, I think they win. I wouldn’t be counting them out.

 

[Karen-W]

If they do go clean, I think they win. I wouldn’t be counting them out.

I don't see a clean TarMor beating a clean Sui/Han. Both teams are fairly well-matched when clean so it will come down to programs and Sui/Han have an "Olympic moment" FS with their revised "Bridge Over Troubled Waters" FS this season. TarMor's introspective, quiet program will kind of sit "meh", even well-skated, against Sui/Han, I think.

 

[Ka3sha]

I just figured out that we are on the 11th page of a new thread, and I haven't posted yet
But here's the content I just can't resist bringing in here

https://youtu.be/9PmmPVmNWN8?t=975

Channel 1 Skate Canada preview with a fluff piece and practice footage from both Sokolovskaya's and Rukavitsin's rinks including them FaceTiming each other

 

[her grace]

I see home court advantage being an important factor in Sui/Han’s favor if they and a Russian pair were both clean.

 

[seabm7]

Lee. I just love her, not sure about the program. Goes kinda nowhere for me. Reaction Is there some selection criteria out? @seabm7

KSU does not consider international competitions in the selection process. Only two domestic competitions, ranking competition and the Korean national, will be used.

 

[Maximillian]

If I had had a French passport and hadn't required an urgent visa, it would've been around €160, so about the same price as yours.

A British passport in France complicates things.

Despite having a French permanent residency card, the Russian embassy asked for proof from the local Mairie that I had the right to reside in France - go figure that one? Proof from the Mairie overrides a residency card that for the French authorities proves I have permanent residence in France ?
They also wanted an incredible amount of details, including the date of birth/death of both of my parents, including their place of birth, all my employers and places I have lived in the last 10 years and so on .... 10 pages of documentation.
If I'd been French, it is only 3-4 pages and nothing like the ridiculous, unnecessary detail.

So, I'm guessing that all the extra documentation warrants a higher price tag on a non-citizen visa!

Ugh, so sorry about that: totally bonkers, especially since your daughter is a Russian citizen.

 

[firstflight]

My only comment on the Canadian GP is on one standout performance.

Green/Parsons FD: the US judge ranking their own lower ranked team in 1st place was for once totally deserved. It was an innovative, extremely well-executed, and ground-breaking, contemporary FD!

That is how you do contemporary on the ice!?

Your comment got so many likes that I just wanted to point out an aspect of their program development that people may have missed from earlier this season. Here's a quote from them during ACI about their choreography process as a collaboration between them and their coaches:

"We'll start and try some stuff and they'll direct us towards where we want to go in terms of the program and its construction. These programs really feel like us, our own product, we really try to put ourselves into them. Our coaches did a very good job in giving us a framework to do that. These programs are only going to grow as we grow."

They took on more responsibility for their choreography this season and landed on the Martha Graham inspiration. I think this speaks well to their future.

 

[taz'smum]

Ugh, so sorry about that: totally bonkers, especially since your daughter is a Russian citizen.

I love the word bonkers- could we use it for skaters on our train ? ? Or is it just the posters on this thread who are totally bonkers?

 

[SamuraiK]

I love the word bonkers- could we use it for skaters on our train ? ? Or is it just the posters on this thread who are totally bonkers?

Wait, we actually have a train emoji now???!!!