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

[honey]

This dress is a gorgeous color and she looks great in it.

 

[Amy L]

Valentina is pretty, has a pretty dress and nice posture. And I'm always happy to hear Rach. But those (non)landings, sigh.

 

[flyingsit]

Plazas’ position in the DS was absolutely perfect.

 

[marbri]

This feels like a long program

 

[beckab81]

Weird hesitation going into the throw, not surprised it didn’t work

 

[Rukia]

Lots of reviews on that

 

[skateboy]

Lovely program. Shame about the fall on the throw loop. Oh my goodness, his thighs!

 

[once_upon]

These were the Captian America team from last year?

 

[LilJen]

Who said "gee whiz, no falls yet"? Four pairs, no falls; fall, fall. . . one more to go.

 

[LeafOnTheWind]

I am really tired of these overly complicated lift exits. I just want simple ones now.

 

[TAHbKA]

Plazas is super brave. I was being scared just looking at the elements.

 

[marbri]

Even Chris agrees that it was a long 2.5 min program

 

[Amy L]

These were the Captian America team from last year?

Yes, and they're doing Top Gun in the LP this year.

 

[skategal]

We are definitely into the scary pairs portion of the evening.

 

[Karen-W]

PlaFern - disaster on jumps & throws - they're gonna be buried, rightly so, in the standings.

 

[peibeck]

Plazas/Fernandez: Improved twist. Sbs and throw jump disasters as usual. Well at least their costumes and music are gorgeous.

 

[tony]

Her dress reminded me of this one:

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[Theatregirl1122]

Even the exit to the lift at the end had an issue.

 

[floridaice]

These were the Captian America team from last year?

Yes

 

[rfisher]

Fernandez really needs a better partner. He's got excellent upper body strength, albeit he almost dropped her on the lift dismount.

Come on Hocke. Earn your money, honey.

 

[Rukia]

Lol they were having a chat about the exit on that lift

 

[marbri]

Her dress reminded me of this one:

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Let's hope that skater and her designer aren't watching.

 

[Karen-W]

Fernandez really needs a better partner. He's got excellent upper body strength, albeit he almost dropped her on the lift dismount.

Come on Hocke. Earn your money, honey.

His problem is he is very short, so it's almost impossible to find a partner.

 

[LilJen]

Lovely program. Shame about the fall on the throw loop. Oh my goodness, his thighs!

He's a freakin' tank. Crazy strong.

 

[honey]

Her dress reminded me of this one:

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I was just about to post the same thought and then was like "yeah, no, no one is going to remember Annie Bellemare's lp from 2002"

Very similar!

 

[thvu]

I agree with those that say Plazas & Fernandez need to change coaches. They aren't improving fast enough, and even if clean, their scoring ceiling is too low to be competitive.

 

[Rukia]

Very high throw wow not a ton of distance though

 

[her grace]

Is her name pronounced Hock-uh like the announcer just said?

 

[airgelaal]

Who said "gee whiz, no falls yet"? Four pairs, no falls; fall, fall. . . one more to go.

And another fall

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I'm confused about why his costume is a bedazzled vest while hers is abstract. It's like it somehow doesn't match hers despite both being the same black with silver bedazzled outlines.