Recent content by Capt. DeSoto

I previously had a look on the satellite view to see how walkable it was: Walk straight down (southeast) the center parking lot concrete walkway Take a left at the end of it (east) and use the crosswalk to cross just north of the small roundabout Either walk straight (east) across the parking...

I think they could have the casino hotel next door hold their luggage (especially if it's before check-in time). I'm betting they'll just assume they have a room there, and put the luggage in their storage room and give out a receipt tag and think nothing more of it. If they ask OP about the...

The thought of the choice being made based on freakish odds doesn't sit right with me. But at the same time, I fear you might be right. Sigh. I guess that is the way the world works isn't it?

Their scores were in the same realm though. Max's score took a harsh dip at Tallinn, and if Jacob takes it equally in the opposite direction at Golden Spin then it all sort of evens out. Though, in Justin Dillon's brief interview on The Runthrough podcast, he did stress that podium-level...

I had previously counted out Jacob Sanchez from Olympics contention, but with his recent IceChallenge score he shows continued improvement for the season whereas almost everyone else is trending downward as of late, he seems to be making a late-season argument for himself. Have a look at this...

Per the USFS assignments page... Zingas/Kolesnik has been withdrawn from CS Tallinn Trophy. von Felton has been withdrawn from Tallinn Trophy

Can someone help me with understanding the time violation deduction? Daniel Martynov stopped skating well after his music. I thought the time violation was tied to skating and music, but is it just the going outside the +/10 seconds (or taking more than 30s from being announced)?

Ken Mikawa, the kid young man who 2 years ago started a comeback from a 10 year hiatus from Intermediate-level competition, came up just 2.36 points shy of making it to senior nats as the second wildcard (the goal he publicly set for himself on IG). I was really rooting for him. 😭 I was...

Normally that would be a reasonable assumption to me (but see my next paragraph). USFS is just going to announce the facts as of today. We'll see what happens if and when they qualify for GPF. Helsinki and Tallinn are just a two hour ferry ride across the bay from each other, so, it might just...

More late in the day edits to the USFS international assignments page... CS Tallin Trophy Women: Everhardt, Bonillo, Andrews (all new) Men: Kapeikis, Naumov (all unchanged) Dance: Cui/Rogers, Pate/Bye, Zingas/Kolesnik (all new) Tallinn Trophy (non-CS, all new entries, all juniors) Women...

This is the second time I've seen "YN" for Erica, what is that?

For anyone wondering about the feasibility of Zeigler actually going to both competitions, her last SCC competition would be Sunday around noon, and the first skate for Golden Spin is Thursday morning (with practices starting on Wednesday). It's only a 3.5 hour straight drive between the two...

Santa Claus Cup (Budapest, not Brno) is now up on USFS, it's quite a large team. USFS still hasn't fixed the date listed though, it's actually November 26th-30th according to both ISU and HunSkate. So, there's no overlap with Golden Spin. I'm surprised that Zeigler is going to both this and...

I think fully-funded vs. self-funded is on a skater-by-skater basis, not fully one way or the other when it comes to the lesser internationals (including the non-CS portion of a CS).

They always use placeholders, that’s why those entry lists are so unreliable. They’re good for semi-informed speculation only. Even after announcement by USFS, it’s still subject to change (just less likely, and usually for good reason).