2025 Skate Canada Womens FS PBP - I Screamed a Scream

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

I missed Nakai at her last GP.

This music really sucks.

 

[beepbeep]

Benoit ruined this music. Very woke of him.

Being woke while putting the skater in an essentially blackface dress.
Sure…

ETA: my sourness is directed solely towards Benoit, not to Spikefan

 

[tony]

How TF is that 2A not a clear -5? Whatever.

The program is so junior but once again, the skating skills and the effortless movement across the ice REALLY stands out, especially in direct comparison to the two American women we've seen so far.

 

[Jay42]

This music is really giving Glee cover

 

[tony]

That 3A attempt was so off the panel called it a 2A, lol.

It was a 2A. She didn't overrotate enough to get called a 3A<< but rather just popped to a 2footed 2A.

 

[genevieve]

Thanks, I hate this twee version of It's A Wonderful World

 

[Rukia]

this program is terrible

 

[Jay42]

I like Ami's SP well enough but this program really does say "just up from juniors"

 

[thvu]

Nakai's skating is so joyful, and she has real transitions, holds these long moments with such control to the music, like when she arches her back right before the 3lutz/3toe. This program is complex. It's so good, even if the singing can be a bit unbearable.

 

[Karen-W]

It was a 2A. She didn't overrotate enough to get called a 3A<< but rather just popped to a 2footed 2A.

It was something. I understand what you're saying, but it definitely was a 3A on her planned content and it just seemed like her body went "nope" as she took off.

 

[Elisheba]

Ami is selling the hell outta this awful music

 

[mtnskater]

Love Nakai’s joy in skating. Really draws me in.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

I appreciate her choreographer not trying to age her up too much, but this is really a godawful program.

Her glide is wonderful. The Japanese really just excel at the basics.

 

[Lara]

Can’t Japan just get 6 Olympic spots?

 

[tony]

1st and at least 4th which probably will happen here should be enough for GPF. There could be a weird set of results that throws her out of course, but should be pretty good. 1st and 3rd definitely in.

 

[skatingguy]

Ami Nakai
Rank after SP: 4
Coach: K. Nakaniwa, M. Nakata, M. Nagumo, A. Tanoue
Music: What a Wonderful World

2A - landed on two-feet
3Lo+2T
3Lz+3T
3S
Flying Sit Spin 3
Choreo Sequence
3Lz+2A+2T+SEQ
3F!q
3Lo
Step Sequence 3
Layback Spin 3
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

The joy of skating personified.

136.54 = 1st Place
203.09 = 1st Place

 

[ilovesalchows]

There’s something very Tara about Nakai. I think it’s the youthful joy. Doesn’t mean PCS should be rewarded in the way it is being done.

 

[genevieve]

Chris, don't be a shill for that singer.

 

[Citlali]

And I think to myself... what an awful version of this song

 

[slicekw]

I don’t like this cover of “What a Wonderful World”, but I understand Nakai choosing it.
She’s such a classic Japanese skater and the whole package is so light and Kawaii, it’s pretty darn delightful to watch.

 

[Aaron MB Fan]

I have a bit of a toothache after this sugary sweet program, but still so much to love and natural quality in Ami’s skating.

 

[my little pony]

"beautiful vocals" I mean cant be the only one who got 3 cavities listening to that

 

[barbk]

Can’t Japan just get 6 Olympic spots?

Not unless they can mute the music.

 

[Karen-W]

Thanks, I hate this twee version of It's A Wonderful World

This twee version of What a Wonderful World is as bad as Kacey Musgraves' "Rainbow" which is a song I loathe.

 

[shan]

Oh, God... I have to brace myself for this sickly-sweet "What A Wonderful World" cover we're in for from Nakai.

Yeah, I wish it was just instrumental. The vocal quality in the bridge is especially grating. I'm glad Chris liked it. "The voice hangs in the air."

 

[tony]

It was something. I understand what you're saying, but it definitely was a 3A on her planned content and it just seemed like her body went "nope" as she took off.

It doesn't matter what her planned content was She did a 2A as she came out mid-air, and it was called appropriately as a 2A. You don't call the content on the paper

 

[peibeck]

Yikes, that axel was crazy town like she got lost in the air. But other than the last flip the other jumps were wonderful.

I disagree that this music works for her. She's a bit too perky for this (wannabe) soulful cover.

 

[thvu]

There’s something very Tara about Nakai. I think it’s the youthful joy. Doesn’t mean PCS should be rewarded in the way it is being done.

I don't get this, because what about this shouldn't be rewarded? Easy 8s in PCS, I'd put Skating Skills in the 9s.

 

[suep1963]

I have never had the misfortune to hear this version of Wonderful World, and now Chris just waxed lyrically about it.

Chris—NO, just NO!

 

[barbk]

I would watch Aoki even with the jump issues vs. Nakai.