2025 Cup of China Men's Free PBP - The Biffed Element

[Elisheba]

I can't with Grassl dressing like a Cardinal.

It's better than the white t shirt last season...

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I can't with Grassl dressing like a Cardinal.

Too bad he isn't dressed like Cardinal Richelieu.

 

[Elisheba]

What is this awful cover of Creep?

 

[Sally1214]

Wow, Tomoki making it look easy ..... keep it going!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

What is this awful cover of Creep?

The affordable version.

 

[tony]

Starting to get tight, Lutz and flip both looked short, first Axel was a bit short, I think the second 4T was really well-done though and this isn't all that bad as a whole.

Still think if a panel hits review on most things like they have done in the past, they are going to find plenty to mark down.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh, Tomoki, you DO belong here. That was great!!

 

[thvu]

It's better than the white t shirt last season...

Maybe in terms of effort, but not in terms of taste.

 

[skatingguy]

Tomoki Hiwatashi
Rank after SP: 6
Coach: Mie Hamada, Hiroaki Sato, Satsuki Muramoto
Music: Creep by Vincint Cannady

4T+3T
4T
3A
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
3S - slightly off balance, step back
3A+2A+SEQ
3Lz+1Eu+3Fq
3Lo
Flying Sit Spin 4 - loss of speed
Step Sequence 4
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Great skate for Tomoki - feel like he hasn't skated this well in years.

166.64 = 1st Place
245.71 = 1st Place

 

[Sally1214]

Awwww, Tomoki is SO happy wth that score. Bless him.

 

[beckab81]

Still think if a panel hits review on most things like they have done in the past, they are going to find plenty to mark down.

Sounds like they are reviewing, just turning a blind eye. Happy he had a good skate, just wish he could go back in time to fix some of those inherent issues

 

[Firedancer]

This is the best I have seen Tomoki skate in a really long time

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

What a start to the season Tomoki is having.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I want fun Boyang back.

 

[tony]

Quite possibly the most mismatched programs time and time again in the history of the sport. He's looking AT THE ICE, going as slow as he can into the jumps, and giving absolutely nothing between the elements.

I'm sure the PCS will find a way to push 80 but good grief. I am absolutely sure there are pre-juvenile skaters with stronger basics and better programs.

And he cannot hold an edge EVER. His choreo sequence was clumsy, he attempt at twizzles or brackets or any other edgework in the step sequence is always ROUGH.

 

[thvu]

This program is so empty and unbearable to watch & listen to.

 

[SidelineSkater]

I'm sorry - what dreck is this second half singing of an Ed Sheeran song. I get it but...just nooo.

edit. Mandatory -10 for music.

 

[tony]

LORI NICHOL

 

[thvu]

This PCS needs to be in the 6s so hard.

 

[thvu]

LORI NICHOL

Maybe she needed remodel the bathroom money.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Is it me or are several of Lori Nichol's programs this year kinda bad?

 

[SidelineSkater]

LORI NICHOL

Choreo not worth a half-nickel.

 

[tony]

This PCS needs to be in the 6s so hard.

Even lower but it's all trivial since they will be 7.50-8.00. He didn't look up even one time. Slow. Clumsy. Always on two feet. Every single jump telegraphed.

 

[Sally1214]

Absolutely LOVED Boyang's music. In the first half, he was stalking the jumps and they weren't coming easily for him but he did the best he could today. The audience loves him and so do I.

 

[Firedancer]

The program is so empty. He looked so slow and sloppy. And absolutely any music could have been playing. He wasn’t listening to it anyway

 

[skatingguy]

Boyang Jin
Rank after SP: 5
Coach: Zhaoxiao Xu
Music: Perfect Symphony

4T+2T
4T - hand down
3A+2T
Flying Camel Spin 4
3A - step out
3F
3Lz+1Eu+2S - didn't check rotation
3Lo
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Sit Spin 3

Messy skating, and a random ballad for the program do not make for a good combination. Cue reign of the stuffed toys.

146.19 = 4th Place
232.81 = 2nd Place

 

[tony]

75 PCS

 

[thvu]

The judges gave Jin higher skating skills than Sanchez.

 

[tony]

Interesting little hiccup where the three turn into the 4T left him a little stuck and he had to basically reset. At one point I'm sure that would have been considered the attempt since the entry prep was there, who knows now. Everything else is legal so I'm sure that flub didn't mean anything.

AND HE DID IT AGAIN on the Lutz prep.

Completely falling apart now. Sigh. I'd rather see him on the podium than most of these guys.

 

[Elisheba]

Well my optimism is gone