2025 Skate America Mens Short - Quadless in Lake Placid

[skatingguy]

Luc Economides
Coach: Florent Amodio, Dmmitri Ignatenko
Music: Selah

3A - crooked takeoff - both hands down
3F
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3Lz!+3T
Flying Sit Spin 3
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Classic French jump technique - lean one way, then the other, and finally find your footing on the 3rd.

71.98 = 2nd Place

 

[JoannaLouise]

I swear I could see someone in the audience holding a sign that says "VOID". I assume they must be an FSUer? (If you're here, what does the rest of the sign say? I couldn't read the whole thing!)

 

[Matryeshka]

Luc is so French I bet he bleeds baguettes.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh man... the end of that music sounded almost like dog barking. Why have I never picked up on that before?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

My mom has no idea who Ashley is. She says “why is she so loud???? This is awful!”

 

[AYS]

"I don't think it's the most popular time to skate to Kanye either..." took me out!

Glad he said it.

 

[victorskid]

I swear I could see someone in the audience holding a sign that says "VOID". I assume they must be an FSUer? (If you're here, what does the rest of the sign say? I couldn't read the whole thing!)

I read "children of the VOID"...

 

[Sally1214]

Amodio is looking good these days. But, then, I guess he always did.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Tsuboi falling in warmup

 

[Spikefan]

I swear I could see someone in the audience holding a sign that says "VOID". I assume they must be an FSUer? (If you're here, what does the rest of the sign say? I couldn't read the whole thing!)

It’s from The Runthrough podcast, but they stole it from us.

 

[slicekw]

I swear I could see someone in the audience holding a sign that says "VOID". I assume they must be an FSUer? (If you're here, what does the rest of the sign say? I couldn't read the whole thing!)

It says “Children of the Void”. It’s some kind of fantasy book on a quick search.

 

[floridaice]

Ouch!

 

[Karen-W]

Damn. It's been so long since I've had to sit through the Terrible Trio and wow, some of these comments are just so cringe.

 

[shan]

at Tsuboi's 4 Toe attempt.

 

[miffy]

It’s from The Runthrough podcast, but they stole it from us.

IIRC we stole void from Christopher Dean

 

[slicekw]

Anyone else see the lady in the pink sweatshirt yawning as Tsuboi is right in front of her?

 

[Karen-W]

Well, I wasn't expecting Tsuboi to actually land the 4s+3t after that hard, sliding fall on the 4t. And gets the 3a too - this will finally bump Liam out of the lead. It was nice while it lasted.

 

[misskarne]

Tatsuya TSUBOI (JPN)
Anniversary
in black-to-grey ombre mesh tunic with sparkles, nude gloves

4T<< fall
4S-3T
CCSp - in at a 3, they may not have given the blade feature
his bootlaces are distractingly long and loose
3A
FSSp - only a 2
StSq
CCoSp

Great recovery from the opening fall!

 

[Spikefan]

IIRC we stole void off Christopher Dean

Who did he steal it from?

 

[MacMadame]

IIRC we stole void from Christopher Dean

If you are going to steal, steal only from the best.

 

[Karen-W]

Anyone else see the lady in the pink sweatshirt yawning as Tsuboi is right in front of her?

It looks like a pale lavender on my screen, but I saw her too!

 

[Matryeshka]

It says “Children of the Void”. It’s some kind of fantasy book on a quick search.

It's a bit on The Runthough podcast with Adam Rippon, Ashley Wagner, and not-Olympic-champion and NBC sports producer Sarah Hughes. I'm guessing at one point Sarah Hughes was an avid lurker on FSU, because it's pretty much her version of "voidy". It refers to skaters like Lara Naki Gutman.

 

[peibeck]

Hoo-boy Tsuiboi, what a painful 4t splat. Lovely 4s/3t combo though.

Although he does it well he doesn't seem completely at ease with this choreography.

 

[skatingguy]

Tatsuya Tsuboi
Coach: S. Nakano, M. Graham, M. Kawagoe
Music: Anniversary by YOSHIKI

4T<< - fall
4S+3T
Flying Camel Spin 3
3A
Change Foot Sit Spin 2
Step Sequence 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Quadruple toeloop didn't look it was ever going to be landed, but reset quickly, and skated strongly the rest of the program.

-1.00 = Falls
77.68 = 1st Place

 

[slicekw]

Well, I wasn't expecting Tsuboi to actually land the 4s+3t after that hard, sliding fall on the 4t. And gets the 3a too - this will finally bump Liam out of the lead. It was nice while it lasted.

Congrats to both of them for skating like they want to compete.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Who did he steal it from?

Ancient Greek philosopher Democritus

 

[slicekw]

This skate begs the question of when is the ISU going to ban guns?

 

[Matryeshka]

IT'S MY NUTCRACKER PRINCE. GO GO GADGET MAN BUN. QUAD ACTIVATE.

 

[Belsornia]

Yay, finger guns - and it’s not even a Bond programme.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, now, Litvintsev has also shown up skating like he wants to win.