Recent content by Karen-W

Are you talking about the USFS' press release? If so, that was mild and pretty standard. I'm sure someone can compare the press release for Alysa's return last year to this one and it would remarkably similar, right down to the exuberant quote from Justin Dillon at the end. If you want to...

Yes, wish-casting the downfall of the four teams at the top and residual Cizeron love are the main reasons the FS fandom is of the opinion that FBCiz will destroy the field from the get go, lol. Shibs have been away from competition or even doing shows for so long, plus their strengths don't...

It was still called the Rose Garden in 2010. It changed to the Moda Center in 2013. The whole area with the Moda Center & Memorial Coliseum (technically, Veterans Memorial Coliseum) is called the Rose Quarter.

Clearly the Shibs were sad that they missed out on all the modernization and that's the real reason they've embarked on their comeback. :rofl:

Being actively discussed in the US Ice Dance thread...

Just gonna straight up nope out on the idea of Memorial Coliseum being a suitable SkAm option for Portland. I was there pre-pandemic for a Winterhawks PHL game and while the arena itself is on the National Historic Register because of its exterior architectural importance, the inside -...

Pretty sure that even if there was a way for them to regain their Japanese citizenship, which @litenkyckling notes has most certainly been relinquished by both of them already, that their return to competitive skating wouldn't have come from the USFS if there was a country switch afoot. :rofl:

I mean, he wasn't anyway, but, yeah... Best have plenty of 🍿for US Nats!

No, it's never been 2; it's always been 3 max.

Have we ever been clued in to how the USFS chooses who the 2nd skater/team is when the disciplines are split? What we know is that the USFS ranks the disciplines and then the #1 skater in the top 2 disciplines gets to choose whether they want to split or do both segments. 2014 - Dance & Ladies...

I'm just waiting for the Vincent Zhou comeback announcement at this point. I know, not ID, but it's not as if we're getting KniFraz back in pairs & we already had Alysa come back in women, so gotta play the odds with the remaining disciplines, lol.

France is going to need a lot stronger of a Pairs team as well as for Schild to show she can beat Schizas & a dance team that can beat GilPoir before they're getting into the TE Final over Canada. I don't see that happening. I'd bet we will see only GuigFab of the top 3 skating both segments...

It won't affect the US teams in line for GP spots. We're already discussing it a bit in the GP Projected Assignments thread over in the Trash Can. As far as the US teams are concerned - Seeded/Invited teams - guaranteed 2 GPs - Chock/Bates Carreira/Ponomarenko Green/Parsons Comeback teams -...

Scali has been in the Bay Area, not LA, for awhile. Marina has been in Estero FL for several years - she had Morozov/Chen in the 2nd half of the season after he (presumably) was kicked out of MIDA, and Yi/Savelev went to her after the WASA Ice Dance green card marriages were revealed in the...

Yes - and the ages listed are how old they will be in 2030, not next season.