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

[Kateri]

Can someone pleeeease go tell that mother and kid to stop jiggling stuffies so madly while people are skating?

 

[Wyliefan]

I've just been watching with half an eye, as my sister's here. Are those fans in the front row waving stuffies at everyone, or just at Salevko?

 

[Karen-W]

Well, this hasn't been an utter disaster for Elder Selevbro like most of his free skates last season, but I really hate the bagginess of his shirt.

 

[Elisheba]

Is Selevko so angry at popping he has to beat on the boards?

 

[Kateri]

I've just been watching with half an eye, as my sister's here. Are those fans in the front row waving stuffies at everyone, or just at Salevko?

They're excited to be on camera.

 

[Rukia]

that program is going to kill by the end of the season

 

[tony]

I still think younger brother is more of the artiste and the better skater.

 

[Wyliefan]

His top sort of goes with Hilmer's dress, what with all the squigglies.

 

[Karen-W]

Ever so brief Emily Chan sighting as she blew him a kiss from about 5-6 rows up.

 

[peibeck]

Selevko's spider webs on this blouse are so needlessly distracting.

A good base is here, but definitely needs more polish.

 

[beckab81]

You can’t claim that he didn’t commit to the program (at least the 2nd half). Looking forward to seeing it improve thru the season.

 

[her grace]

Selevko

nice pivot choreo at beginning of program, very choppy backwards crossovers building speed into 4z, 4t, grabs his invisible hat, 3a, 3f; when he's not setting up quads, his basics are okay, when he is, he looks like he's lumbering across the ice like a hockey skater generating speed with no concern for aesthetics; 2a-3a-3t, pounding the boards--now's that new, uber dramatic ending

 

[floridaice]

Selevko

nice pivot choreo at beginning of program, very choppy backwards crossovers building speed into 4z, 4t, grabs his invisible hat, 3a, 3f; when he's not setting up quads, his basics are okay, when he is, he looks like he's lumbering across the ice like a hockey skater generating speed with no concern for aesthetics; 2a-3a-3t, pounding the boards--now's that new, uber dramatic ending

And now Jacob is pounding his fist on the ice. What will Jimmy do?

 

[Rukia]

And now Jacob is pounding his fist on the ice. What will Jimmy do?

knock over the judges computers

 

[Wyliefan]

Euler, stumble, or both?

 

[Kateri]

pounding the boards--now's that new, uber dramatic ending

First, skaters enacted Lust upon the judges, now it's Wrath. Look forward to more deadly sins, until a judge gets a bite taken out, during Gluttony, and they finally ban it!

 

[Karen-W]

Whelp, this is a bit of a mess so far from Jacob. Clearly going for a 4s to open and when he popped it, I think he let his focus drop and both 3As have been messily landed. But, now he's getting it back together for the rest of the program. And he's a far more interesting skater than Elder Selevbro, Sadovsky or Gogolev, even if the tech isn't there.

 

[tony]

Nice moments: edgework out of the Flutz, catch-foot layback.

His skating is really, really scrapey though both on back crossovers and on jump landings, and the choreography is on the light side. He's almost always too far up on his blade toward the toe pick and it makes everything slower and clunky. The outfit doesn't help that impression, either.

 

[Rukia]

that's fine you don't want to peak here this program is a slay anyway

 

[her grace]

Sanchez

2s, Dune the new warhorse 3a turns 2t, 3(f)z, 3a stepout, 3r landing on an accent in the music, 3z-2a, he seems as engaged in his music as Kuperman, i.e., glimpses of engagement, but still room to grow for both, left some points on the table today

 

[skateboy]

The wonderful Jacob Sanchez we saw in the short program is gone. This program does nothing for him.

 

[Debbie S]

Not sure i like this program for Jacob, but I guess at his age, it's good to try different styles and it's not like he has much to lose this season.

 

[Spikefan]

Ditch this heavy costume. I like some of the moves, cleaned up should be great by Nationals.

 

[Belsornia]

There have been a lot of Dune programmes, but I think this is a good fit for Sanchez. Costume needs to lose some of the extra material near the neck, which makes his shoulders look stiff and hunched.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Joseph not over his skates tonight. He has a 4S? which he popped. He`s usually good for a couple 3-3`s

 

[peibeck]

After a couple of really remarkable "Dune" programs it doesn't seem like the best choice to do one if it isn't going to match up. And this costume, is terrible. It looks like neoprene, or something else terribly hot (not hawt). Sanchez is a definitely an upcoming star to watch, but I don't think this program is doing him any favors.

 

[Karen-W]

The outfit doesn't help that impression, either.

Agreed. He'd have been better off with something more similar to Tim Dieck's costume from last season rather than this one.

 

[tony]

I'm not hating the PCS judging today

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Dune Part 2 sounds just like Dune Part 1.

 

[tony]

Sadovsky wins, that's it.