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[beepbeep]

Dragonheart soundtrack!!!

This was one of my first “dream programs” when I started to really get into figure skating.
Teenage beepbeep is happy.

 

[Braulio]

Omg Stojko music!

His program for like 3 Olympics?

 

[just tuned in]

Program choreo is quite nice but he just doesn’t sell any of it.

Looks a little slow, like he could skate pairs with Caroline Zhang.

 

[LilJen]

Lovely skating style, and he landed a lot of stuff.

 

[Matryeshka]

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Well, that's disappointing. You could have lied and told me it was some super sekret illuminati-esque group with bacchanals and goats. I'd have believed you. Bah.

I disagree with Johnny--I think if this program was well skated, it would be a really good vehicle for Liam. He needs Kim to show him how to do Big Arms. This music needs Big Arms.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Skating to Dragon Heart is the most authentically 90s choice I’ve seen all day…

 

[tony]

Looks a little slow, like he could skate pairs with Caroline Zhang.

No wasn’t that bad

 

[slicekw]

Nice skate for Liam. I really like his flow. I also like the Star Trek uniform.

 

[tony]

https://imgur.com/a/8K5llnK

From a bit earlier

 

[Karen-W]

Kapeikis' program feels like a throwback to the 1990s men's movie soundtrack era of free skates. Maybe this should be turned into an RD?

Too slow for the IDTC's 120bpm requirement.

 

[skategal]

I love Liam’s music.

Great program. Needs more mileage.

 

[~tapdancer~]

I really liked that from Liam. The music really helped, I like soaring music.

 

[Aceon6]

Liam, I love ya, but that was the longest long program. The music never went anywhere and I could have rebooted the server during your skate.

 

[tony]

For those at home, is this on NBC? Because they are 100% going to run out of time with the delay earlier.

 

[Braulio]

+5 GOE for Kapeikis just for bringing back this music and good memories of good times from the 90's skating days

 

[barbk]

He lands all the jumps with a really bent knee. Mine hurts watching it.

 

[floridaice]

Nice skate for Liam. I really like his flow. I also like the Star Trek uniform.

Cadet Kapeikis

 

[Sally1214]

Johnny just mentioned (paraphrasing here) that Liam knows this is hard for him, as a more introverted skater, and he's working on it.

Yes, I was just thinking that it's a lot easier for some skaters to really sell a program than others. If you are a shy personality, it's got to be a lot tougher than if you are naturally an outgoing, extroverted person who loves to be an entertainer.

 

[Spikefan]

Johnny just mentioned (paraphrasing here) that Liam knows this is hard for him, as a more introverted skater, and he's working on it.

I’ve always noticed his effort to look at the audience when I’ve seen him live. More than many give.

 

[skatingguy]

Liam Kapeikis
Rank after SP: 9
Coach: Keegan Murphy
Music: Dragon Heart (soundtrack)

3F - deep knee save
3S
3A+2T
3Lz+3T
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
1A
3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ
3Lo
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

The rare example of a skater using their knees too much, and as a result cuts the flow of the jumps, and the speed in the program.

140.01 = 1st Place
214.29 = 1st Place

 

[Braulio]

For those at home, is this on NBC? Because they are 100% going to run out of time with the delay earlier.

Yes on E!

But I fear that the final 2 skaters will go to Peacock exclusively

 

[LilJen]

Well, that's disappointing. You could have lied and told me it was some super sekret illuminati-esque group with bacchanals and goats. I'd have believed you. Bah.

I disagree with Johnny--I think if this program was well skated, it would be a really good vehicle for Liam. He needs Kim to show him how to do Big Arms. This music needs Big Arms.

Wow. If a magnetic necklace could give me superpowers, I’d go for it.

 

[JoannaLouise]

And now we have Corey Circelli again, in a slightly different shirt

 

[Karen-W]

For those at home, is this on NBC? Because they are 100% going to run out of time with the delay earlier.

No, guide says NBC is showing UCLA at Ohio State, so this is on E!

 

[tony]

And now we have Corey Circelli again, in a slightly different shirt

And Corey is sitting in front of us watching his bestie, still in full glam

 

[Matryeshka]

He looks less like a sadistic, wife-killing Arabian king and more like a Slavic peasant wearing his Sunday best.

Though if he can land a quad lutz like that, he can wear whatever damn shirt he wants.

 

[Braulio]

4 lutz badly pre-rotated, ala Tutberidze's girls

 

[Karen-W]

And now we have Corey Circelli again, in a slightly different shirt

Also, no fake blood stain dripping from his eye.

 

[canbelto]

wow he's tall. looks like a euroleague basketball player.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Memola and his warhorses

I feel like he went to google and typed in “Michelle Kwan programs that became warhorses.”

This year he is showcasing the Michelle Kwan collection.