2025 Skate America Pairs Free - Slay Something (I'm Giving Up On You)

[Sylvia]

Pairs FS presser will begin soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjVIktwF79U

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Also, I'd like to point out that folks like @AngieNikodinovLove (ANL) and @SidelineSkater are responsible for that last group's collective mes

Hahahahahah

The only thing I’m responsible for is legit running out of peanut butter cups.

My forecasting was off.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

The medals are hideous.

I had to look away because I knew they would be, what were they…. plastic what? In Texas they were plastic what stars? I don’t even know why they call them gold silver bronze since they’re made out of plastic.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

This is the second time Laurin and Etheir medaled at Skate America (first being 2022). They only scored 156.94 then. Good for them for continuing to improve.

They did? They’ve been around that long? Oh wow.

 

[victorskid]

Everyone has an opinion about just about everything, but everyone needs to respect the fact that others may not share that opinion.
Posting facts about the actual skating is great (even if the eye of the beholder saw it differently from those judging and assigning values). Posting opinions about those skating can get off the rails pretty quickly, as can posting opinions about other posters.

Let's all be respectful of others, please.

 

[Karen-W]

They did? They’ve been around that long? Oh wow.

2022 was a HOT mess of a pairs competition at SkAm. It was a 40+ point gap between SDDes in silver and LaurEth in bronze. And there was a 10 point gap between LaurEth and the Mokhovs who finished 4th.

I'm very glad to see how much LaurEth have improved - and the pairs field in general. The 8th place score here today from FlorWang would have won bronze at 2022 SkAm too.

 

[danafan]

They did? They’ve been around that long? Oh wow.

Yup - they've been together since juniors (14th at 2020 jr worlds).

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Of course not, but the way they skated today under pressure was inspiring. (At least for me.)

MetBru?????

 

[skatingguy]

you do so much work! No need to put any more stress on you!

Thank-you, but not stressful - slightly annoying that it doesn't just work, yes.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Someone needs to bundle them up on a Saatva mattress. Tell them it’ll be okay.

That’s what Saatva is????

I thought it was an artificial sweetener

 

[kwanfan1818]

and the Mokhovs who finished 4th.

'Nuf said. And I enjoyed the Mokhovs' old-school performances.

 

[barbk]

The medals are hideous.

Well matched with the skating.

 

[CassAgain]

MetBru?????

No, sorry, misunderstood your comment.

 

[Karen-W]

Bruno is blaming the rink size for today's FS mess.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989837363581784456

 

[~tapdancer~]

They did? They’ve been around that long? Oh wow.

Yeah, that's why I said what I said about them. I have seen them have great programs and some serious meltdowns. They have improved but they are still mediocre, imo.

 

[LilJen]

Bruno is blaming the rink size for today's FS mess.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1989837363581784456

Eh, I don’t know. But speaking of bugs…

 

[BittyBug]

I don't understand the comment as the 1980 rink is Olympic sized, although there was a gap between the dasher boards and the front row so maybe that makes the rink NHL-sized.

 

[Karen-W]

I don't understand the comment as the 1980 rink is Olympic sized, although there was a gap between the dasher boards and the front row so maybe that makes the rink NHL-sized.

JLB was talking about the 1980 rink on the Thursday practice cam and he mentioned that when the arena was renovated they made the ice pad adjustable so that it can be either Olympic or NHL sized. No idea what size the rink was this week, though JLB did say the corners are more square than rounded like you find in most other Olympic-sized rinks and that may pose a challenge for the pairs teams used to training in European rinks, but I think Bruno is full of sh*t about the rink size being the reason for the final group's mostly subpar performances.

 

[skateboy]

I think Bruno is full of sh*t about the rink size being the reason for the final group's mostly subpar performances.

This.

 

[SlavicaK]

Think the most common comment about the Ger skate will be `I HATE this song!'

Has a Gen Xer helped them choose their music? It reminds me of high school.

 

[skategal]

I think Bruno is full of sh*t about the rink size being the reason for the final group's mostly subpar performances.

Agree. The delusion is real there.

 

[Aceon6]

2022 was a HOT mess of a pairs competition at SkAm.

I was there. It was splat city to the nth power but the battle between the KniFra and StelDud was epic.