2025 Cranberry Cup International (August 7-10, 2025), Norwood, MA, USA

[Karen-W]

Juheon Lim must be a masochist to listen to this music every day. Well, I liked this choreographic slide but the jumps were all over the place, and mostly not good.

I stopped paying attention after the first few jumping errors.

 

[Rukia]

i am truly suffering through this music right now

 

[Karen-W]

Mark is really feeling this music. Better than yesterday, so that's good. Won't move him up the GP Alternates List.

 

[Belsornia]

Well, much better than yesterday for Gorodnitsky, but what is this faux-operatic version of Gladiator?

 

[peibeck]

Gorodnitsky doing "Gladiator" is this drab blouse? Lovely 3a/2a combo though. And bonus points for his ice skater derriere.

 

[peibeck]

I stopped paying attention after the first few jumping errors.

And yet you are a pairs fan!

 

[Karen-W]

Martynov looks like he could be a waiter in an upscale Greek restaurant with this shirt. Just sayin'.

 

[Elisheba]

and yet this shirt is better than his shirt yesterday

 

[Karen-W]

and yet this shirt is better than his shirt yesterday

Can't say the same about his skating though!

 

[tony]

Mindless choice of a program for him. He doesn't really give any program much of anything, though. PCS should be abysmal.

 

[Elisheba]

The jumps match his general angst so there’s that.

 

[Rukia]

ngl i was hype when he did a little jumpy in his choreo because at least it was something

 

[peibeck]

This is really painful for Martynov. No clean jump landings and frantic choreography and music he doesn't seem to relate to. I did like the back edge difficult variation he did in the camel spin though.

 

[tony]

Since he does look so bored/disinterested all of the time, he'd be best to just go the Paniot route and skate to some upbeat audience-happy music while giving absolutely NOTHING so I can come read post after post about how brilliant the program was

 

[Debbie S]

I'm afraid to ask what Vinokur is skating to with this costume.

 

[Rukia]

put on a fake helmut and i am locked in and ready

 

[peibeck]

OMG Sedlis beat Martynov in TES.

 

[Belsornia]

Does that Ferrari badge on his costume break ISU advertising rules when he’s not actually sponsored by Ferrari?

 

[tony]

OMG Sedlis beat Martynov in TES.

Should've beaten him in PCS too.

 

[Karen-W]

Since he does look so bored/disinterested all of the time, he'd be best to just go the Paniot route and skate to some upbeat audience-happy music while giving absolutely NOTHING so I can come read post after post about how brilliant the program was

Paniot at least usually had actual costumes that gave us something to talk about, not these f*ck-a$$ costumes that Martynov's going for now that he's with Amodio. And he was willing to swivel his hips at least a little. There's nothing in Martynov's skating that makes me think he has even THAT in him.

 

[Karen-W]

Does that Ferrari badge on his costume break ISU advertising rules when he’s not actually sponsored by Ferrari?

Someone should ask the ISU about that, lol.

 

[Rukia]

well i guess you can't tokyo drift your way into an axel

 

[Wyliefan]

Since he does look so bored/disinterested all of the time, he'd be best to just go the Paniot route and skate to some upbeat audience-happy music while giving absolutely NOTHING so I can come read post after post about how brilliant the program was

Not brilliant, just ... unique.

 

[tony]

Vinokur on the other hand you can just tell this Formula 1 theme was his own idea and he's into the program. A lot more personality this year but slowwww.

 

[Debbie S]

I'm still not sure what this program was about but I'm not a F1 fan so i'm probably not the target audience.

 

[peibeck]

Vinokur is the slowest F-1 in history.

First minute of the program is good, but it really goes nowhere. He should call @misskarne for consultation on skating and racing voids.

 

[Karen-W]

I appreciate Vinokur's unconventional approach to creating a program intended to appeal to the Milano-Cortina audience. Not sure he or this program will make it to the Oly FS, but yeah, lol.

 

[Rukia]

I appreciate that he seems into it but also if you're doing a racing theme you should be fast like skate through your jumps fast

will it get you a good score? no. But it will show committment to the theme.

 

[peibeck]

well i guess you can't tokyo drift your way into an axel

Let alone three in combo!

 

[skipaway]

Lots of advertising on his costume!