2025 Canadians Men SP - Paradis(e) or a Roman Holiday?

[Sylvia]

Title courtesy of @Former Lurve Goddess!

Livestream (Ted Barton in Vancouver & Kevin Reynolds from Auckland, NZ): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9bykcq
In French: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9byk5e

Short Program Starting Order:

1 Grayson Long ON
2 Damien Bueckert SK
3 Antoine Goyette QC
4 Brian Chiem AB/NT/NU
5 Alec Guinzbourg ON

6 John Kim ON
7 Bruce Waddell ON
8 Shohei Law BC/YK
9 David Li BC/YK
10 Edrian Paul Celestino QC

11 Rio Morita ON
12 Matthew Newnham AB/NT/NU
13 Anthony Paradis QC
14 Aleksa Rakic BC/YK
15 Roman Sadovsky ON
WD Wesley Chiu BC/YK

Live scores after each skater: https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSSeniorMenCR.pdf

 

[Sylvia]

I was going to vote for Matthew Newnham in the Trash Can Men's medalists poll but it closed earlier than I had expected.

 

[Sylvia]

Posted in the Junior Men's PBP thread for anyone wondering why Kevin is in New Zealand now:

Kevin Reynolds and Alaine Chartrand at their new club in NZ:

Private Lessons | Paradice Ice Skating

www.paradice.co.nz

 

[Sylvia]

Grayson Long is skating first because he did not compete at Challenge in December. The rest of the starting order is in reverse order of finish at Challenge.

 

[victorskid]

I was going to vote for Matthew Newnham in the Trash Can Men's medalists poll but it closed earlier than I had expected.

The poll by SC on X was Roman, Aleksa, Anthony, or Other

 

[Rukia]

Long's top is very junhwan cha-coded

 

[Karen-W]

I was going to vote for Matthew Newnham in the Trash Can Men's medalists poll but it closed earlier than I had expected.

Sorry - I only had it open for 3 days because I didn't want to leave it open through the SP.

 

[Karen-W]

Long's top is very junhwan cha-coded

Except Cha would NEVER with the contrasting color for the under-layer in the split back, lol.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Do we have an estimated time for the Zamboni break? I need to figure when to feed my dad without missing any of the action.

 

[Karen-W]

Do we have an estimated time for the Zamboni break? I need to figure when to feed my dad without missing any of the action.

Probably about 20-25 min from now. They've been doing the ice resurface after the first group for all the juniors, so I expect the same for the seniors.

 

[victorskid]

Do we have an estimated time for the Zamboni break? I need to figure when to feed my dad without missing any of the action.

It will be after this group since there are 3 groups.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Probably about 20-25 min from now. They've been doing the ice resurface after the first group for all the juniors, so I expect the same for the seniors.

Thanks!

 

[Sylvia]

SP protocols can be viewed here after each skater - Long's jumps were called 3A< fall, 3Lz<+3Tq, 3F(e): https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSSeniorMenSP1DRO.pdf

 

[Rukia]

well bueckert was trying to do something with the music but everything was just kind of half-cooked

 

[Karen-W]

Saskatchewan's just happy to be here...

 

[JoannaLouise]

Are we getting slam poetry??

 

[Rukia]

why am i getting a lecture about time right now

somewhere benoit is trying to figure out how to add more sound effects to this for Adam's olympic program

 

[floridaice]

Was that the music that Bradie Tennell used a few years ago?

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I was enjoying Chiem until the singer started wailing.

 

[Karen-W]

Are we getting slam poetry??

why am i getting a lecture about time right now

somewhere benoit is trying to figure out how to add more sound effects to this for Adam's olympic program

It's so easy to tune this crap out and read up about William Henry Harrison instead, lol.

 

[Rukia]

Chiem has very nice knee-bend in and out of jumps which is very nice. Oh and see he didn't bend as deep going into the lutz and look what happened.

 

[Karen-W]

I was enjoying Chiem until the singer started wailing.

Yeah, I really feel like maybe I mistimed my William Henry Harrison diversion because that wailing was not pleasant on the ears, lol.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Loooove Brian Chiem's step sequence into cantilever! Alas, he is not really a jumper.

 

[Desperado]

Bad fall but he seemed to really enjoy his choreography (he choreographed his program) and I’m here for it.

 

[Sylvia]

Chiem's SP song is "i'm not okay" by JVKE.

From the Skate Canada Challenge thread:

Alec Guinzbourg also kept his SP mashup music from last season:
Piano Concerto No. 23, K.488:II. Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Je dors sur des roses (Mozart L'Opéra Rock) by Jean-Pierre Pilot, Mikelangelo Loconte, arranged by Karl Hugo
57.30 4th

I'll edit in current ISU bio links into my post #1 later.

 

[Karen-W]

Guinzbourg - well, he got a combo off, but the rest of his jumps weren't working today. This music overwhelms him.

 

[Rukia]

?? music edit unfortunate jumps

 

[victorskid]

Ted said he was coached by Lee Barkell and Jeff Buttle but that was Kevin Dawe with him in the K&C I believe.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Yeah, I really feel like maybe I mistimed my William Henry Harrison diversion because that wailing was not pleasant on the ears, lol.

I sure hope none of the contenders in this SP are planning on making long speeches in the cold.

 

[Karen-W]

I sure hope none of the contenders in this SP are planning on making long speeches in the cold.

At least this year they can be thankful they're not competing in Calgary in record-setting cold that left the arena near empty for their events, lol.