2025 NHK Trophy Rhythm Dance PBP - Spice Up Your Live(Barn)

[Braulio]

Sound quality is awful, video stream says 1080 60p but it is 12p or 25p not clear cristal, is this NHK or Nice Cup?

 

[Sally1214]

These events taking place in the Asian time zones just DON'T work for those of us on the east coast of Canada AT ALL. A couple of the gp events is okay, I guess ..... but I'm REALLY going to hate having to watch the Grand Prix Final itself on video. Oh well ....

 

[tony]

These events taking place in the Asian time zones just DON'T work for those of us on the east coast of Canada AT ALL. A couple of the gp events is okay, I guess ..... but I'm REALLY going to hate having to watch the Grand Prix Final itself on video. Oh well ....

Sally, you just need to have slumber parties with us for a few days

 

[Aceon6]

These events taking place in the Asian time zones just DON'T work for those of us on the east coast of Canada AT ALL. A couple of the gp events is okay, I guess ..... but I'm REALLY going to hate having to watch the Grand Prix Final itself on video. Oh well ....

By the time we get to the final, we’ll have seen the top programs 2-5 times. I’m fine with shifting to replay.

 

[genevieve]

Oh Alicia what is the outfit?

 

[just tuned in]

Mark did not mention Maiai's health issues, just that they are coming back after 7 years, and they "took a break" after 14 yeas of skating.

 

[Sally1214]

Sally, you just need to have slumber parties with us for a few days

I might be tempted to try it at the FINAL. We shall see.

 

[peibeck]

Tsarevski looks ready for "the burn" in his jazzercise outfit.

 

[my little pony]

Oh Alicia what is the outfit?

they are so unflattering my grandmother got out of her grave to make her go change

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I messaged him

How much do we need to raise to get you elected as ISU President?

 

[genevieve]

It’s so wacky to check the Shibs’ Wedgie data detail and see a completely blank results table

 

[Sally1214]

Wishing Maia and Alex good luck.

So many skaters returning. I read today that Gabrielle Daleman is coming back!

 

[PRlady]

I literally turned on captions to understand Mark. Fuzz+Scots is tough.

 

[tony]

How much do we need to raise to get you elected as ISU President?

You mean I don't have to sleep my way to success?

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

OK, let’s take this in.

 

[Braulio]

Twizzles not like they used to be

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I’m not digging these gas station attendant costumes.

 

[Colonel Green]

Well, this is a lot of nothing.

 

[Braulio]

They looked tentative, slow and those step sequences Level 1 and 1-2 killed them

Didn´t dislike the music mix at all

 

[Lilia A]

Dang Mark, either you're too close to the mic or your mic sucks.

 

[tony]

Almost sorry to say it but the elements looked better than I thought they'd be. Still kinda slow and not so sure of themselves but the twizzles were clean and kept flow. Midline was nice, pattern also coming in at L1 so RIP most levels tonight unless this is a first skaters out type of thing because I didn't think they were quite missing that much. Really, really low positive GOE.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

Actually think this music edit and Maia’s outfit EAT.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

All I’m gonna say is women in pants means Lewis can wear a kilt or a dress.

 

[my little pony]

oh the sweatpants are their costume? do they say SHIBUTANI brothers as well?
I dont know where those caps came from

 

[skatingguy]

Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani
Coach: Marina Zueva, Massimo Scali
Music: ShibSibs in Shibuya

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4 (W:3 M:4 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:1 M:2
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 1
Choreo Rhythm Sequence
Rotational Lift 4

Small stumble from Maia right at the end, but otherwise they looked pretty good. Program is as good as anything we've seen, but that doesn't mean much this season.

 

[peibeck]

Shibs comeback is more like a pleasant exhibition than a compelling return.

 

[shan]

Shibs music reminds me of cheer routines with eleventy billion cuts. All they need are extra sound effects added in!

 

[skatingguy]

Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita
Coach: C. Reed, S Moir, M. Hubbell, A.Diaz
Stomp to My Beat, Butterfly, Stomp toMy Beat

Sequential Twizzles W:4 M:4
Pattern Dance Type Step Sequence 3 (2 after review)
Midline Step Sequence W:2 M:3
Rotational Lift 4
Choreo Rhythm Sequence

Good speed, quality skating, and a fun program.

69.61 = 2nd Place

 

[genevieve]

Didn´t dislike the music mix at all

I mean, I didn’t love it but also it was a mix one might hear at the club back in the day. And Maia’s hair is on point.

Definitely slower and more
Tentative than in their heyday (of course)

 

[Karen-W]

The music mix wasn't the worst, but that had some really rough spots - especially the closing pose, but there were multiple moments when they were reaching for each other and their timing was just a smidge off.