2026 US Figure Skating Pairs SP "Choke and Stagger"

[peibeck]

No admins on line and about to start...

 

[TwizzlerS]

I'm here in Section 105. It's pretty empty.

 

[Sarah]

And peacock is live!

 

[ilovesalchows]

US Nationals under way so I spiked my cocoa with some fireball. So excited! Wheeeee!

 

[peibeck]

Starting order

1. Linzy Fitzpatrick/Peyton Bearinger
2. Chelsea Liu/Ryan Bedard
3. Naomi Williams/Lachlan Lewer

4. Audrey Shin/Balasz Nagy
5. Olivia Flores/Luke Wang
6. Valentina Plazas/Maximilano Fernandez

7. Katie McBeath/Daniel Park manning
8. Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe
9. Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov
10. Ellie Kam/Danny O'Shea

 

[myhoneyhoney]

I made it!!! Wheeeeee

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OK kitty cats I am here. Section living room, row sofa.

 

[SidelineSkater]

OK kitty cats I am here. Section living room, row sofa.

Me too

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I'm sort of here but I have to run a meeting in half an hour

 

[Karen-W]

I'm here in Section 105. It's pretty empty.

Comparatively speaking, it looks like an okay crowd for a Wednesday late afternoon - especially when I think back to just how EMPTY the arena was in 2023 (last time in San Jose) for almost all the events.

ETA - I made a point of leaving my office earlier this afternoon and coming home to work for a couple of hours so that I wouldn't be stressing out over traffic and rain hoping to make it in time for this.

 

[skipaway]

My decibel app reads over 100! Noise cancellation air pods are your friend

 

[Aceon6]

OK kitty cats I am here. Section living room, row sofa.

Getting crowded on the sofa. I’m moving to the guest room/office bed.

 

[her grace]

I’m not sure I’m recovered from the Junior events. I haven’t paced myself at all this week.

Go E/M and Chan/Howe!

 

[SidelineSkater]

Uh what the heck is this slow mo camera work?

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Super duper close up!

 

[Sarah]

I’m waiting for the commentary to start…

 

[Lizziebeth]

camera being weird showing the warmup at a distance so the skaters look like ants and then a super closeup of someone

 

[Sarah]

What is with the camera and closeups?!

 

[skipaway]

Wedgie Data

 

[Karen-W]

LOL - I thought for a second that they'd turned down the lights in the arena again when Rusty made the "1 minute left in your warm-up" announcement and I was thinking that'd be one heck of a final minute!

 

[SidelineSkater]

So hard to believe. I lived in STL for 18 years. Moved to Ohio last year, but couldn't go to Cbus for nats, and am missing my 'home' nats. We swapped Nats tix for Milan, so I guess it's OK.

 

[Lizziebeth]

what on earth are they doing

 

[myhoneyhoney]

What’s wrong with this Peacock feed?

 

[Sarah]

Get it together Peacock!!!

 

[Aceon6]

Whoever is in the director booth needs to be educated.

 

[viennese]

Well that was...artsy camerawork

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

What kind of camera work is this? I can’t see anything.

 

[SidelineSkater]

Uh. Don't tel me we only get the wide angle on Peacock? Tech difficulties?

 

[myhoneyhoney]

The camera angle is baddddd

 

[Karen-W]

What the hell is this?! We're seeing slo-mo close-ups instead of the skating?! And now just the one distant camera from above at the end. And no TES tracker?! NBC needs to get its shit together.