2025 4CC - Women Free: “Red Light, Green Light”

[danafan]

If I hear Chris say DupOIS one more time I don't know what I will do. Hopefully she's far enough down the standings now he won't LOL

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I will forgive Wakaba for using MR, because it gloriously goes into running up that Hill

 

[peibeck]

Samo looks relatively healthy with good color. I don’t think she’s been near grandpa’s heart medicine.

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And she has hips and boobs. Not starved to death.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

If I hear Chris say DupOIS one more time I don't know what I will do. Hopefully she's far enough down the standings now he won't LOL

Because of her green costume, Chris wants her to be "of the peas" instead of "of the well."

 

[Rukia]

this program should switch to running up that hill sooner

 

[slicekw]

I think I hate this beginning song. Just give me Running Up That Hill.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

My cat came back for the Kate Bush cover.

 

[peibeck]

I will forgive Wakaba for using MR, because it gloriously goes into running up that Hill

That song existed decades before Moulin Rouge.

 

[Karen-W]

My cat came back for Kate Bush.

Bandit just woke up! Samo's music doesn't do the trick, but Wakaba's music change does. Go figure!

 

[tony]

Wakaba Higuchi JPN

2A
3Lz+3T the toe loop is always wound up, this one looked okay
3Lo maybe slightly tight
3S
3Lz fall, review
3Lo+2A+2T seq
3F+2T - the flip is on the biggest outside edge. Needs 'e' not '!'

I love Wakaba so much.. but this program really isn't much of anything until the last 45 seconds.

 

[Aceon6]

Wakaba is performing the sh!t out of the step sequence. Anyone getting an “I’m stepping away again” vibe?

 

[peibeck]

Even with the fall Wakaba is a billion times more interesting than Samodelkina.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, I suppose, Chris, that Wakaba does have a shot at getting on the podium, but I think Wakaba needed to be clean for that to come to pass.

 

[Colonel Green]

This only Wakaba's third 4CC, somehow.

 

[Citlali]

My cat came back for the Kate Bush cover.

A cat of culture

 

[genevieve]

Wakaba!

I like this program, even though both great songs have weird and unnecessary covers (verging on sad and emo).

 

[Colonel Green]

Well, I suppose, Chris, that Wakaba does have a shot at getting on the podium, but I think Wakaba needed to be clean for that to come to pass.

Looking at most of the people ahead of her, I would be less sure of that.

 

[tony]

Panel is pretty accurate on the jump calls from what is being shown in the replay. At least two q's.. I don't know if we will hear about the flip edge.

 

[Karen-W]

Looking at most of the people ahead of her, I would be less sure of that.

Except he's slightly backpedaling and letting us know that she's getting some rotation calls. Sure, that will probably happen for at least a couple of skaters ahead of her, but I don't think she can run the table up to 3rd.

 

[her grace]

I could watch Higuchi skate crossovers all program just like I could Shoma Uno. So smooth

 

[Matryeshka]

Wakaba and Running Up that Hill really are made for each other. That final minute

 

[genevieve]

That song existed decades before Moulin Rouge.

Yeah, if it's not the MR version (which is actually pretty great), it's not MR

 

[Wyliefan]

It's late and I'm sleepy, but I'm going to see if I can hang on a little longer.

 

[PRlady]

Coolest woman in the house. But no pressure, Alysa!

 

[her grace]

This only Wakaba's third 4CC, somehow.

Japan’s never-ending depth and Higuchi’s never been a fed favorite

 

[peibeck]

It's late and I'm sleepy, but I'm going to see if I can hang on a little longer.

Only about an hour more.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, the arena has filled up since the 1st group, but it's still not "packed to the gunnels", sorry, Chris.

 

[peibeck]

Oh Alyssa looks so 1994 Michelle Kwan junior with that ponytail!

 

[slicekw]

In 1985, at the height of MTV being music videos, I returned to college and lived in a dorm. The dorm entrance had a lounge off it that played MTV 24/7. Basically, the radio. But one evening before dinner, I met my friends down in the lounge and there was this really WEIRD video, with a woman with a very weird voice. I said, “What the heck is this?” My friend Layne, who was normally super-soft-spoken, turned to me and said, with great emphasis, “THAT is Kate Bush.” Weirdest, yet somehow one of the best videos of that year. Just super-compelling. I’d always held the song in a special place in my heart since that moment. I’m so happy she’s been re-discovered by another generation.

But mixing the ever-so-annoying MR with Kate is just plain wrong.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Well, the arena has filled up since the 1st group, but it's still not "packed to the gunnels", sorry, Chris.

The rink may not be packed to the gunnels but my wine glass certainly is.