Recent content by Bigbird

I much prefer Liu's style. Valieva has great extension but zero smoothness; her stroking seems entirely laboured. So yeah, I can easily see this happening, not to mention her other issues.

Katerina is having a rough time with the natural maturation process during puberty. Otherwise, there may be injuries we know nothing about, or a lack of motivation due to stagnation. They need a change. I thought their Beatles program was very promising, but they can't seem to get the FD just...

To be honest, the dancers may be so glad to finally have a decent theme, that a number of them may want to stay for a swan song. When will they ever get to do a GOLDEN WALTZ? Low key, REALLY EXCITED.

Man......how could I have missed this? :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Gotcha.

Is Laurence retiring?

I don't know if this was answered before, but if Judge France's score was removed, would the result change? If the highest and lowest scores for each pair were removed, would the final result change? Genuinely interested, but not very mathematically motivated.

Precisely.

He was dismissive and he knew together with his lawyer the impact it could have had. I mean if she's such a nutcase, how could she ever mount a viable smear campaign? Oh, to be an entitled, talented, male partner in ice dance. I often wondered why Elena Ilinykh, back in the day, posted a...

No lies spoken here.

Precisely, presactly, the tomfoolery had to end, right?

Hmm...well. I disagree and agree with some points raised. First, am gutted for Lilah and Lewis, the pressure affected them and that's a lot to handle. Second, am as happy as a lark for P2, that program finally lived up to its promise. Maddie and Evan were crisp and neat, but IMHO, lukewarm and...

Here we go. Get ready to rumble.

Ehem, may not have been upbeat and uptempo enough. The tragedy of the whole thing.

Wow. I cannot remember so well, but I think it was seeing Oksana Bauil for the first time in what, 1994. Imprinted in my mind. Artistry through the roof. She has had her struggles, but she is a gem, if only.