2025 Skate Canada Pairs SP PBP - Carmina BOO-rana

[Desperado]

L/E look so slow.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

That was a beautiful loop.

This team hasn't done it for me in the past, but I like them tonight.

Of course the spins were sloooow.

 

[victorskid]

The CBC sports player is just slightly behind the Dailymotion feed. I have on up on the big screen TV and one on the laptop

 

[Elisheba]

I feel like this team is always on the verge of being interesting.

 

[tony]

More dynamic from them than I've ever seen but he still hasn't gone back to basics and neither has she for that matter. His SBS was for sure << landing forward. SBS spins were good. But he's another one that is so distracting in that it looks like he can't be on one skate for more than a split second.

Nice entry into the death spiral, though!

ETA- Salchow didn't look quite as bad in replay

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I turned it on and got ads so I moved to Dailymotion. (Radio-Canada didn't have ads but I can't with Alain Goldberg.

But Alain’s soft core porn commentary voice has a certain je ne c’est quoi.

 

[LilJen]

That's how most Canadian skaters and coaches call it too, so fitting I guess with this event.

So, aboot as expected?

Laurin’s posture needs work.

 

[skatingguy]

Kelly Ann Laurin/Loucas Ethier
Coach: S. Valois, Y. Desjardins, V. Emard, A. Barabe
Music: Asturias by Suprhot feat. 2WEI

Triple Twist 2 - poor quality catch
3S - both with a hand down
Throw 3Lo
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Back Inside Death Spiral 3

Solid technical, particularly the throw, and some good performance quality.

59.93 = 2nd Place

 

[Desperado]

expensive?

Clockwork like? Full of holes? (Cheese) mountainous?

Neutral?

 

[Karen-W]

LaurEth - 3tw - decent; SBS 3s - both of them hands down & he wasn't close to around fully; throw 3lo - really nice; lift - quite nice; SBS spins - good synch, pretty well done overall; this music has taken a bit of a dark turn; step seq - decent; BIDS - also nice. Program sort of ends with a whimper though, musically. Doesn't leave much of an impression.

 

[peibeck]

Lauren/Ethier: Well I liked their death spiral. Otherwise I found them a bit sloppy even though they got the elements done.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

They were at Worlds and Euros last year but big improvements.

Oops I left out Grand Prix in my rush to post before scores went up

 

[Belsornia]

I guess the massive support bandage on Kelly Ann’s left knee is why Laurin/Ethier have been MIA so far this season.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

I really liked this program for Kelly Ann and Loucas. Some messiness on the jumps, but amazing unison on the SBS and loved the death spiral timed with the music.

 

[Messalina]

Loved the Swiss height on throws and the twist.

We don't usually get trick or treaters here (there are gluten free macaroons and sugar free Peppermint Patties if they do come - they're welcome to them!), but I just realized I left the garbage cans out. Bad night for that

 

[peibeck]

Thanks, Chris, for telling us that was a “lassoo” lift.

Maybe he learned how to identify one after the Sui/Han controversy last week that resulted in... nothing... for incorrect calls by the tech panel.

 

[shan]

I think Laurin/Ethier's SP has potential, but right now it's so messy.

 

[beckab81]

Is this the 2nd or 3rd season for moderation?

 

[Kateri]

Note to everyone who skates to "Moderation": the answer to "do I look moderate to you?" is supposed to be "no".

 

[Braulio]

Ioulia is like the Allison Reed of the pairs field, girl has gone a loong road all over Europe and I am sure and hope that she will find the right partner and be a champion someday for whatever country might be!

 

[MacMadame]

I never get trick or treaters so I don’t buy candy anymore

We never get them either but Mr Mac always buys candy. Not this year though. I need chocolate!

Same

Not their senior debut - they were at Worlds in Boston last year but didn't make the FS. GP debut, though, and they'll certainly be in line for 2 GPs next season, I think.

They were very impressive. It sounds like we aren't going see them again on the GP circuit. Is there a way they can get a 2nd assignment?

The Canadian team doesn't do it for me. They have a clunky look.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

This might be the longest short program ever.

 

[LilJen]

I like chtcht-ninininia’s dress. I wish her name were easier to spell.

 

[skatingguy]

Ioulia Chtchetnina/Michal Wozniak
Coach: Nolan Seegert, Dmitri Savin
Music: Moderation by Florence and The Machine

Triple Twist 3
3T< - Ioulia under, Michal stepped out
Throw 3F
Change Foot Combo Spin 4 (3 after review)
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Inside Death Spiral 3
Step Sequence 3

Another pretty solid performance. Good start to the event.

59.76 = 3rd Place

 

[tony]

Repeat program. Nothing too fabulous with it but I enjoy their skating. He especially hits great positions in the SBS spins and I think their choreography is a big step up from even the Swiss.

SBS mistake aside, I think they should be first.

 

[Karen-W]

ChtWoz - 3tw - very nice; SBS 3t - he flipped out on the landing, hers was iffy; throw 3f - nice recovery; SBS spins - synch is off and the camera angle makes it hard to gauge the distance between them; lift - really exquisite & smooth; BIDS - good; step seq - she's selling the hell out of the program despite the issues with the SBS jumps and I can't complain, lol.

 

[peibeck]

Chtchetnina/Wozniak: Fab 3 throw flip. This is a repeat program, yes? I'd expect it to be cleaner.

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

I still want Chtchetinina to change her last name to Jobs.

 

[her grace]

C/W

Some nice personality at start, but it never went anywhere. Elements looked more like work than the Swiss. Really out of sync on SBS jumps.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

Wasn’t sure if I liked this program for Poles vs past ones but they had me in the end. Great ending pose! They hammed it up at the end for louder audience reaction which was fun, need more of that from him during the performance too.