2023 Skate America Pairs SP - The Best Little Code Whorehouse in Texas

[Aceon6]

For the umpteenth year in a row, how the hell are these lyrics inspiring for a pairs skater?

 

[Karen-W]

CalMag - good 3tw, sbs 2a - she stood up! Throw 3lo - clean. Maybe the collision was what they needed to skate clean, even if the lift was wobbly.

Missed the rest because younger niece arrived with clothes. Missing VLDigs.

 

[danafan]

Coaches: Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs
Music Short Program as of season 2023/2024 River by Bishop Briggs

 

[Theatregirl1122]

They really used all the fabric on this dress for the skirt, huh?

 

[airgelaal]

Wow, four pairs in and zero falls.

Now we know who is to blame

 

[tony]

Really strange twist technique, he really just forces her quickly into the rotation. I know I say this way too much but that split variation at the end of the lift is almost ALWAYS wobbly these days. Bring back Wakamatsu/Fecteau's.

They are stronger than Zoe and Chris and certainly Kemp and King for the oldies here, but they don't really do anything for me.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Exactly as planned.

And behold your success!

 

[Sylvia]

Simon Reid? on the ISU stream.

I doubt Reid will be commentating for ISU ever again. I heard it’s supposed to be Chris Howarth?

 

[Amy L]

Anastasia is working on that 2003-era Savchenko spray tan.

 

[TAHbKA]

Brits - it's the last year's costume. Is the programme as well?

 

[LilJen]

Brits: way to hold on to the SBS 2a. First non-wedgie dress of the night, thank you to Vaipan-Law's dressmaker.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

and certainly Kemp and King for the oldies here, but they don't really do anything for me.

Oh damn, I'm old now. What a blast from the past, though.

 

[peibeck]

Vaipan-Law/Digby: decent start but after the fall on the throw 3 Sal they seemed to get sloppier and sloppier.

 

[Sylvia]

Brits - it's the last year's costume. Is the programme as well?

Yes.

 

[Rukia]

Those sbs spins were right in front of me and were very in sync

 

[rfisher]

That program was soo good. Probably my favorite of that whole cycle.

Sigh. For a team who hated each other, she and Fedor had some spectacular programs.

 

[Aceon6]

I doubt Reid will be commentating for ISU ever again. I heard it’s supposed to be Chris Howarth?

It is Chris. I’m sure he introduced himself, but it was in the awkward period when the ISU and US feeds were cancelling each other out.

 

[Amy L]

Their twist is starting to practically look like a twist!

 

[tony]

Sigh. For a team who hated each other, she and Fedor had some spectacular programs.

That's why that program worked. They just needed the angsty music.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Sigh. For a team who hated each other, she and Fedor had some spectacular programs.

Love and hate are really just opposite sides of the same coin.

 

[danafan]

Weird that the commentator seemed way behind the skating but then went back to normal at the end of the Vaipan-Law and Digby's program.

 

[marbri]

I doubt Reid will be commentating for ISU ever again. I heard it’s supposed to be Chris Howarth?

It is Chris.

 

[beckab81]

These two have improved, but they really need a true pairs coach to help with the twist & throw. The lift and SBS looked good though.

 

[LilJen]

Those sbs spins were right in front of me and were very in sync

They were. That was good.

 

[once_upon]

Do you have lessons in nodding like you understand the scotr when you don't?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Well, if nothing else, the dress will be pretty for Plazas

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

Chris is listing all these competitions I watched that Plaza/Fernandez were in and I don't remember them at all.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Plazas took that same fall on the throw in warmup.

 

[tony]

I saw Maria what felt like 20 times in the early season last year but I haven't watched so much of the internationals this year.

I don't feel like this team has the goods to ever be competitive even in the US. Even when they do relatively well on the jumping passes, their other elements tend to get no or negative GOE. The program is infinitely nicer and there is some quality there, but none of it ever stands out.

ETA- the SBS spin unison problem is just stressing what I mentioned above. Always just a little off in some way.

 

[skatingguy]

Vaipan-Law,Anastasia/Digby, Luke, GreatBritain
Coach: Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs
Music: Never Tear Us Apart by Bishop Briggs

3Tw 1 - catch issues
2A
3 Lift 4
Throw 3S - fall
Step Sequence 2
Forward Inside Death Sp 2
Ch Combo Spin 3

She was under-rotated, and leaning forward on the landing of the throw, and there was no way to hold on. A bit of a struggle to keep things moving, and that is reflected in the levels, and the GOE.

50.60 = 5th Place