2023 Skate America Women FS - Not Landing

[Colonel Green]

Oh Amber.

 

[floridaice]

 

[Aceon6]

Triple pffffft

 

[mtnskater]

Oh Amber. She completely lost her focus after about the third jumping pass. You could see her getting emotional. That triple axel was fantastic!!!

 

[jenny12]

Disappointing for Amber after an amazing start.

 

[VGThuy]

Amber has all the goods but she doesn’t have the competitive mindset. I know people may not like me saying it, but it’ll always be a struggle for her. We can only hope for those miracle skates where she hits when we don’t expect it and hope it happens at a big enough competition.

 

[skateboy]

Uh-oh. I think this may go below Niina.

 

[rfisher]

Amber cannot handle pressure. When she makes an error, she falls apart. Pity because the 3A was superb.

 

[Vagabond]

She is giving away all the extra points that she earned on the triple axel.

 

[Private Citizen]

Sigh, Amber's gonna Amber. Lands 3A but will fall off the podium for sure. I guess she'll be a distant fourth so far.

 

[airgelaal]

Please, dont cry!

 

[Wyliefan]

Has any skater ever gone downhill that fast? Darn, poor girl, she's utterly wrecked.

Concentrate on your 3a, Amber -- at least you met that goal in front of your home crowd! That's something!

 

[Rukia]

I don't think I can describe the spell she cast in the beginning then it completely fell apart sigh

 

[Lara]

Dammit. I was thinking after the great start that I hoped she had the stamina for the second half given the concussion. What a shame.

 

[tony]

Welp, it's not a possible drop off the podium, it's almost certain.

The Lutz and flip were definitely underrotated, and I think others were too. Plus the fall deductions. The PCS cannot hold her up here.

 

[rfisher]

Bless her. That is the look of total defeat.

 

[VGThuy]

I wonder if she could have beaten Levito… maybe not if there were UR issues on the jumps she managed to land.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh, that's such a shame. My heart aches for her.

 

[skatingguy]

Glenn, Amber United States of America
Coach: Damon Allen, Tammy Gambill
Music: Exogenisis: Symphony Part 3 by Muse

3A
3F+3T
3Lo+2T
3S - step out
Fly Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
3Lz< - fall
3F< - fall
1Lo
Choreo Sequence
Ch Combo Spin 3
Layback Spin 4

Nice to see her do the triple Axel, but then things fell apart in the second half of the program.

118.18 = 4th Place
189.63 = 4th Place

 

[thvu]

Sigh. I hope Amber can take away the positives from this. That 3axel was just awesome. Just absolutely massive and clean.

 

[Frau Muller]

Sigh, Amber…so sublime in the first half, with a great 3-axel. I hope that she can hang on to a medal…

 

[flyingsit]

The music also had nothing to revive the energy as she fell apart. Bring back the sass of the short please, no more emo.

 

[peibeck]

Well the first part of Amber's program was good. Adrenaline and rushing the elements may have gotten to her.

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Well Levito skated really well but the dress completely camouflages all the beautiful upper body work she does when she skates and destroys her lines below the waist with all the extra rolls of toilet paper she's having to deal with.

I don't understand why Isabeau is dressed as an ostrich. She needs to get rid of at least half that fabric in her skirt.

Such a shame about Amber. She was skating so beautifully until the end.

 

[miffy]

That was such a good start and such a terrible end

She’s still so beautiful. Hopefully the rest of her season will be better.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Amber has all the goods but she doesn’t have the competitive mindset. I know people may not like me saying it, but it’ll always be a struggle for her. We can only hope for those miracle skates where she hits when we don’t expect it and hope it happens at a big enough competition.

I feel like every time she skates one good program, everyone declares that she's finally figured it out. But the problem is that ONE clean program isn't her issue. It's putting multiple together.

 

[Matryeshka]

This crowd has been pretty amazing, trying to carry Amber. I fear her falling might be my fault; I'm sure she heard me scream all the way in Allen. I scared the hell out of my dog; he fell off the sofa.

I think Amber should still take this as a win. That program wasn't nearly as disastrous as I thought it would be, and even with the mistakes, I don't think the mood fell apart.

 

[Debbie S]

That was hard to watch. So amazing in the beginning and then....

 

[Sylvia]

Landing the 3A is just the first step for Amber. This is her first competition of the season -- there's a long way to go.

 

[VGThuy]

That 3A was a dream 3A, I must say. It’s how jumps should look.