The Dance Hall 12: Boston Tea Dance Party

yah patriotism is a sticky messy grey area.. Alisa Efimova has a youtube channel where she shows plenty of Russian patriotism. I kinda get both sides. starting to think those reasons might actually help clear this up.
This channel https://www.youtube.com/@alisaefim/featured

I think this is a fan channel. The social media links don't include their joint Instagram.
 
Gilles/Pourier, Guinard/Fabbri, Lajolie/Lagha and erm.. that's it actually. Just 3. Ok, they should had been 4th.
Do you mean in general, to which I think there is a case to be made, or specifically in Boston? Honestly, the quality of all the top teams was lackluster in my opinion, and there wasn't much of a difference except Chock and Bates looked pretty good in comparison.
 
Do you mean in general, to which I think there is a case to be made, or specifically in Boston? Honestly, the quality of all the top teams was lackluster in my opinion, and there wasn't much of a difference except Chock and Bates looked pretty good in comparison.
In general I don't get why Chock/Bates are placed above Gilles/Poirier and Guinard/Fabbri or why Fear/Gibson are placed above Mrazeks and Taschlers. But that's just my personal likes/dislikes
 
Regardless of what I think of Chock and Bates, that comment by Bazin is such classic Russian politicking, I have to :rolleyes:. Throw out your team's name, compare them to some team that is so far above them that they aren't even in the same conversation, and try to get them in the same conversation. So that for the next event, the judges lump your team in with the teams just below that--which is precisely what said Russian politicker tried to make happen. I seriously have to wonder if Zhulin stood right there at Bazin's elbow while he typed that:rofl:.
 
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What's that based on? All the videos have Russian graphics, feature Russian skaters, and the social media links are all to Russian sites. It screams fan content, not skater looking to promote their brand.
I mean, she lived in Russia for most of her career. It's linked to her Russian social media, and there are lots of videos of her training with the Boston Skating Club and of US skaters she's skated with. Plus there is a comment under one of the videos asking if it's a fan account and the owner says no, she's Alisa. Sure it's not an account like Bella Flores but I don't see why it couldn't be her real account. Otherwise, someone with everyday access to the BSC is doing some serious impersonation.
 
In general I don't get why Chock/Bates are placed above Gilles/Poirier and Guinard/Fabbri or why Fear/Gibson are placed above Mrazeks and Taschlers. But that's just my personal likes/dislikes
Personal likes and dislikes have nothing to so w points, scoring, or IJS..If that were the case..my boy Kazuki Tomono would be a World Champion..
 
Personal likes and dislikes have nothing to so w points, scoring, or IJS..If that were the case..my boy Kazuki Tomono would be a World Champion..
So Bazin gave his personal point of view, my personal point of view is that he is half delusional half agree, when someone asked to elucidate I did and your point is that you have a problem with my point of view? well.... tough:)
 
So Bazin gave his personal point of view, my personal point of view is that he is half delusional half agree, when someone asked to elucidate I did and your point is that you have a problem with my point of view? well.... tough:)
Actually, no, that's NOT what Bazin said. He said "if the judging were fair, Chock/Bates wouldn't have even been in the top 5." That is not a personal preference. He is stating, unequivocally, that the judging is unfair and that Chock/Bates should NOT have been in the top 5. That is a far different statement than "well, they're not my cup of tea and they wouldn't be in my top 5."

Even you have not gone so far as to say "oh, Chock/Bates have no business being in the top 5" based on some technical evaluation, and, in fact, said they should have been 4th.
 
The score lajoie and lagha got in the free dance should be investigated because it makes no sense I did not see a visible error, now you know why Marie-france was not there probably knew the fix was in did not want to confront them Romain and michael slipchuk had to console them.
 
Do you mean in general, to which I think there is a case to be made, or specifically in Boston? Honestly, the quality of all the top teams was lackluster in my opinion, and there wasn't much of a difference except Chock and Bates looked pretty good in comparison.
Piper and Paul were clearly better in the free and they always outskate chock and bates there.
 
Piper and Paul should have won Worlds 2024.

Chock and Bates were not on their game and it showed.

Piper and Paul’s free dance which won the night should have also elevated them to first overall.

It was magnificent. Plus their RD got hosed for some reason.

I’m okay with the 2025 results.
 
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Piper and Paul should have won Worlds 2024.

Chock and Bates were sick and not on their game and it showed.

Piper and Paul’s free dance which won the night should have also elevated them to first overall.

It was magnificent. Plus their RD got hosed for some reason.

I’m okay with the 2025 results.

C/B weren’t sick at Worlds in 2024. They were sick at 2023 Worlds.
 
Piper and Paul should have won Worlds 2024.

Chock and Bates were sick and not on their game and it showed.

Piper and Paul’s free dance which won the night should have also elevated them to first overall.

It was magnificent. Plus their RD got hosed for some reason.

I’m okay with the 2025 results.
Absolutely. Wuthering Heights was one of their best FDs. I’m still surprised at the result.

This year that craptastic FD did them no favors while C/B got it together as the season went on and produced a decent result.
 
Shawn Rettstatt has A LOT to say about the future of ice dance. Sooooo many ideas being thrown around. It's a long interview with many ideas being shared; what they want from 90's decade, in the future even 3 segments (!), and much more.

Memo to Shawn: if you have to try to be "hip and cool," you will end up being very unhip and uncool.
 
Shawn Rettstatt has A LOT to say about the future of ice dance. Sooooo many ideas being thrown around. It's a long interview with many ideas being shared; what they want from 90's decade, in the future even 3 segments (!), and much more.

I got all excited because I saw the Shibs in the thumbnail :lol: .

The score lajoie and lagha got in the free dance should be investigated because it makes no sense I did not see a visible error, now you know why Marie-france was not there probably knew the fix was in did not want to confront them Romain and michael slipchuk had to console them.
Nice to see some things haven’t changed.
 

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