2025 Canadians Pair SP & FP - Forty (one) is the new 6.0

[Former Lurve Goddess]

SD/D’s program comes off better live than on the TV but boy is that death spiral ugly.

 

[Karen-W]

oh deanna is going to be mad

Honestly, she should have taken the criticism about both programs they received several months ago and re-tooled at least one of them. But, just being stubborn and sticking with shit programs that aren't working... I don't care if she's mad.

 

[skategal]

How do you say “well, that kinda sucked” in Quebecois?

Tabernac

 

[Sally1214]

Oh, did I hear "disappointment" again from KMT??? Did Deanna and Maxime not read my earlier post? Why do I bother? It wasn't horrible or anything but still .... Deanna wasn't looking happy at the end.

eta: I do not care if it gets the most points, that death spiral is UGLY when they perform it.

 

[Desperado]

Ouf. Well, after Maxime’s illness it’s expected.

I still don’t know what the heck this program is about (Ted: “it’s about the health of the planet”).

Okey. Dokey.

 

[Rukia]

"I think this may be about the health of the planet" may be my favorite commentator line of the entire season.

literally the way he said that made me laugh so hard like not even ted is buying it

 

[victorskid]

How do you say “well, that kinda sucked” in Quebecois?

Not a direct translation but I think "Merde" might suffice

 

[Rukia]

nice to give them separate blocks of ice to sit on in the kiss and cry

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The way she continuously is in the kiss and cry it’s just becoming offputting

 

[Wyliefan]

Deanna's facial expression is the most meme-able one I've seen since McKayla Maroney.

 

[Desperado]

Not a direct translation but I think "Merde" might suffice

More “c’tait d’la marde”.

 

[Karen-W]

LMAO - "no one will remember this if Boston..." Oh, Ted, Boston ain't happenin'. They're not getting on the podium if they don't figure it out and, so far, they haven't this season.

Gah. They got a gift in the SP score yesterday and that pad is all they needed to win overall. Man... If only Lia had landed the first throw.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Deanna's facial expression is the most meme-able one I've seen since McKayla Maroney.

Maroney was a one off.

 

[skategal]

I’d say that was the best Deanna and Max could pull off today considering they only had two weeks of full time training prior to this event and Max still doesn’t look great IMO.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I’d say that was the best Deanna and Max could pull off today considering they only had two weeks of full time training prior to this event and Max still doesn’t look great IMO.

They should probably skip 4CCs.

 

[skategal]

They should probably skip 4CCs.

Yes. I would if I was them.

 

[Sally1214]

Deanna's dress is beautiful. It would look even better with a hint of a smile on the face above it. The scowl in the K/C has grown very old for me.

 

[peibeck]

I disagree. The throw 3lo was fabulous and their SBS jump combo was also really nice.

I'll concede their throw 3 loop was amazing. The combo jump was good, but c'mon... they are sloppy on A LOT of their elements. He was so piked forward on the start of the first lift it was a miracle they saved it. They lost a level on the death spiral because they couldn't complete the rotation and exit clean.

They have promise, but still a long way to go.

 

[Karen-W]

I'll concede their throw 3 loop was amazing. The combo jump was good, but c'mon... they are sloppy on A LOT of their elements. He was so piked forward on the start of the first lift it was a miracle they saved it. They lost a level on the death spiral because they couldn't complete the rotation and exit clean.

They have promise, but still a long way to go.

Oh, I don't disagree about the rest of your observations. Their lifts & just their basic skating skills leave a LOT to be desired. But, I just wanted to defend their throw 3lo - best of the night!

 

[victorskid]

Men's Victory Ceremony taking place right after the Pairs event. The Pairs will be next.

 

[peibeck]

How do you say “well, that kinda sucked” in Quebecois?

Marcotte?

 

[peibeck]

The way she continuously is in the kiss and cry it’s just becoming offputting

Someone has to carry on Duhamel's torch!

 

[Rukia]

i'll be honest I don't have a problem with a skater like deanna not hiding her disappointment like why should she have to? she's not happy. As long as she's not taking it out on her partner i see no issue with it.

 

[Habs]

Deanna looks freezing out there for the medal ceremony.

 

[Rukia]

Deanna looks freezing out there for the medal ceremony.

the passport may be canadian but the body it is a cold us-ian

 

[fan]

Anyone have a replay stream?

 

[Skate Talker]

eta: I do not care if it gets the most points, that death spiral is UGLY when they perform it.

I am not a fan either BUT one of my real pet peeves is ugly lift positions that get loads of points. Deanna and Max don't have any of those. In fact Deanna's beautiful lift positions are my absolute favourites.

In answer to the question about Jean-Michel Bombardier's partners, Wikipedia lists 3 - Marie-Josée Fortin, Stacey Ball and Michelle Menzies. I'm not sure I remember the first one but I definitely remember the other two. Jean-Michel & Michelle were 2-time Canadian champions. Jean- Michel competed at Worlds once with Stacy and three times with Michelle, always finishing in the top 10. Wikipedia does not list any Olympic appearances so I might be wrong about that.

 

[Skate Talker]

Anyone have a replay stream?

I put them all in the live streaming & replay thread here - https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ives-other-related-videos.112482/post-6715607

 

[Habs]

Jean- Michel competed at Worlds once with Stacy and three times with Michelle, always finishing in the top 10. Wikipedia does not list any Olympic appearances so I might be wrong about that.

Menzies and Bombardier didn’t go to the Olympics. They had TERRIBLE nationals performances in both 1994 and 1998.

 

[pat c]

SD & D's music is from a BBC documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Planet.

I think it has possibilities, but I think the choreo is too ambititious right now in their training and health. If they ever skated it clean, I think it would be quite nice.

Lia & Trent - as I was watching it I thought of how Lori Nichol did such a great job on the choreo back in the day. With the rule changes since then, L&T couldn't do it like that and it made me sad.