2025 Skate Canada Mens FS PBP - The Oh-Men

[skateycat]

KAY-YO Miura? Really? He gets Kaori’s name correct last week for the first time ever but now KAY-YO Miura? I cannot even.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I have to go out before the flight ends so I’ll do my best to get in some parting snarks.

 

[tony]

I'm gonna repeat it all season but I LOVE KAZUKI'S FREE SKATE. I think it was a very very split opinion in 2024 but I am all in. Just beautiful skating and music.

 

[genevieve]

Team Raspberry is all about the puffy sleeves this year I guess?

 

[peibeck]

That shot of Tomono was great at seeing the incredible height these guys get in the air to hit a quad.

 

[slicekw]

Humdinger. Is there no more bingo?

 

[peibeck]

Team Raspberry is all about the puffy sleeves this year I guess?

Sarah Everhardt got the team a discount.

 

[genevieve]

I thought this started later and missed the first five. Anyone worth going back and watching? (NO, not Egadze!)

I was kind of wishing I had not remembered the time change

 

[chewy]

Team Raspberry is all about the puffy sleeves this year I guess?

He's changed the sleeves, less puff. I am disappointed.

 

[kwanette]

Chris..repeating 40 times that Kazuki was lucky..How about the times he was screwed..I have the chips..

 

[Karen-W]

Humdinger. Is there no more bingo?

We haven't felt the need to bust out the bingo yet this season, lol.

 

[Kateri]

I feel like Memola's had this same free skate forever.

 

[Citlali]

Nikolaj's Sherezade is NOT surviving the night with this kind skating

 

[her grace]

Good 3a-2a sequence late in program for Memola

 

[Skaterbob]

Is Memola the tallest figure skater at a top level like ever?

 

[tony]

Tatiana Malinina-length pause in the middle of the program with Egyptian-esque arm movements, too!

He will never get down into his knees because of his height. It's just not possible. Most jumps need to go to review here too. SS should be relatively low, CH probably too because of lots of telegraphing and breaking. PR, fine it's alright.

I think Rizzo is still very much in the picture for an Olympic spot.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

That shirt is quite something close up.

 

[genevieve]

My ears are happier than my eyes again with this program. A lot of flailing.

 

[tony]

Is Memola the tallest figure skater at a top level like ever?

Andrei Chuvilyaev was at a relatively high level (Euros and Worlds appearance in pairs) and he was 6'6.5"

 

[skatingguy]

Nikolaj Memola
Rank after SP: 6
Coach: Olga Romanova
Music: Scheherazade, Op. 35 by N. Rimsky-Korsakov

4F!< - off-axis, hands down, step out
3Lo
2Lz
3Aq+1Eu+3S
Change Foot Camel Spin 2 (3 after review)
4Lzq
3A+2A+SEQ
3Lz+3T
Flying Sit Spin 4 (3 after review)
Step Sequence 3
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3V after review)

Things were all of sorts from the start, and he was constantly reorganizing his planned content which impacted the performance quality.

151.75 = 3rd Place
238.20 = 2nd Place

 

[Kateri]

Is Memola the tallest figure skaters a top level like ever?

With Gogolev and Sadovsky too, it's really the night of the Tall Boys, here.

 

[peibeck]

I guess Memola needed that 30 seconds standing around at center ice mid program to regroup on his jumps.

He's definitely not up to this big music, even if he was clean.

 

[floridaice]

“ilia melanin”.sure, rink announcer

as much as Malinin mispronounced, I understand why he doesn't use his Father's last name. Just imagine Skorniakov

 

[Citlali]

I think Rizzo is still very much in the picture for an Olympic spot.

Rizzo is not the italian I don't want on the O team

 

[tony]

as much as Malinin mispronounced, I understand why he doesn't use his Father's last name. Just imagine Skorniakov

In an interview in like 2023, they said they actually went for Malinin because they thought Skorniakov would be more difficult to say

 

[tony]

Rizzo is not the italian I don't want on the O team

Pretty sure the other one is a done deal

 

[Braulio]

Memola, if only 20 cm shorter

 

[slicekw]

Scheherazade is a huge piece of music.
The program is choreographed nicely. If he skates it lights-out and hits everything, it could be a medal-winner.

This piece will always belong to Hardison on Leverage, however.

 

[LilJen]

Did that have anything to do with the music?

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

I’m a sucker for the bears in matching costumes for the skaters, so cute!