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

[Debbie S]

Love this program for Sonja!

 

[her grace]

Hilmer

period costume, 3t-3t, 3f, spinning in opposite direction but also traveling a lot, controlled knee spins into 2a, nice attention to detail and the music in the choreography, good skate

Better than Lee, IMO

 

[Rukia]

absolutely brilliant program love love it

 

[beckab81]

Love, love, love Sonja’s step sequence! Really happy for her to have such a strong skate!

 

[danafan]

Wow that was fabulous!

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Loved Hilmer’s program. Now she can design costumes for flight attendants too.

 

[mtnskater]

Sonja Hilmer is the bomb!!!

ETA she is such a unique artist on the ice with the quality in her skating to back it up

 

[Wyliefan]

59.34 and into 3rd.

 

[her grace]

I am bummed that USFS decided not to have the women fight it out for an SA spot. OTOH, I'm happy that Hilmer will get to go to Japan's Challenger, which very likely may be more exciting for her than skating domestically at SA.

 

[Karen-W]

This can't really be Isabeau's costume for her new SP, can it?

 

[Wyliefan]

I don't get the costume.

 

[her grace]

Levito

So that looks like a practice outfit, or an outfit for her Red Bull advertisements , 3f-3t with usual technical abnormalities, 2a, superior knee bend and glide in her basic skating, 3r (bit short), delightful program, good start to her season

 

[Kateri]

It's August, many if not most costumes are not gonna be final.

Not really sold on Isabeau's SP (feels like a rehash of Moon River) but she seemed a lot faster going into the jumps.

 

[mtnskater]

Here for Isabeau…love her skating style so much. Beautiful edges and extension. Girl is in shape. She wants that Olympic spot! Delightful program!

 

[Rukia]

I doubt this is her actual costume. She has no reason to have one ready this early tbh.

Anyway I thought she was cute.

 

[Wyliefan]

That program is really cute and suits her. Let's just hope her real costume is still in the works!

 

[Private Citizen]

Loved that Levito is doing a loop, and loved both the entrance and exit. (I want to see the rotation on replay, though.) She looks to be in great shape for this point in the season. Program still looks new in places, but I think she'll be able to present it much better by autumn.

 

[tony]

Yeah, this feels like a continuation of Moon River and it's not doing much for me yet. But I said the same about Moon River at Skate America and then ended up falling in love with the charm of it.

Loop wasn't rotated, and neither was the toe loop

 

[Karen-W]

Well, the program is clearly still new, but very similar in style to her "Breakfast at Tiffany's" SP from last season & will be quite delightful in another 6 months.

 

[BaileyCatts]

I hope this is just a temp outfit for Isabeau because ,

 

[her grace]

she seemed a lot faster going into the jumps.

I saw this as well. Not nearly as much slow down to set-up the combo.

 

[Rukia]

I think samodelkina should be in first

 

[skipaway]

I felt like it was 2 separate programs. Not a fan yet.

 

[BittyBug]

Isn't that her costume from her Fever exhibition?

But for my taste booty shorts were a poor choice for an international competition. I get that her costume must not be ready yet, but surely she must have something that more closely aligns with the music.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Isabeau - costume - not really digging those shorts. More of a exhibition program than Oly short.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Isabeau is in shape. I hope they ditch this program and go back to last years. It’s impressive that she can still force these jumps with that horrible technique.

 

[tony]

I think samodelkina should be in first

Absolutely.

 

[Private Citizen]

Loop wasn't rotated, and neither was the toe loop

Guessing she got away with q on at least one. It was hard to see on the camera angles, but I'd have called it 3F+3Tq and 3Lo<

I'd have still had her ahead of Sofia, though. I thought her spins and program were a lot better, and Sofia's lutz had a questionable edge for me.

 

[Wyliefan]

It absolutely has the Moon River feel to it, but if that's what she feels comfortable with, that's a good thing.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, goodie, Minchae Kim is giving us our first "La Boheme" of the season!