clairecloutier
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Thanks @aftershocks and @whiteskates!
For those who have been following my site ... I posted an update about my plans for fall 2018.
https://adivinesport.com/2018/10/25/fall-2018-update/
In short, I am taking a break from writing pairs reviews this fall. I've had a lot of family/house stuff going on this fall (nothing too bad, but it has just taken a lot of my attention). And I've been doing a little campaign work for the U.S. midterm elections. Not to mention the fact that I'm still recovering from the Olympic season. So in all, I just need a bit of a break. I hope to come back to doing pairs reviews for the second half of the GP season, or if not then, for Nationals and the major championships.
The good news, I think, is that I'll be attending Skate Canada this week and reporting on it for another pairs/dance web site, Two for the Ice! I'll also be tweeting from the @twofortheice Twitter account, so follow along there for updates.
Thanks to everyone who has read my pairs reviews the last 4 years! I really appreciate it!
My article on the pairs SP at Skate Canada for Two for the Ice:
http://www.twofortheice.com/pairs-short-at-2018-skate-canada-international-shows-depth/
Continuing my Skate Canada series ... I posted some random thoughts & impressions about the singles events in Laval on my web site: https://adivinesport.com/2018/11/02/skate-canada-2018-odds-ends/
And, I've posted these elsewhere on FSU, but here are links to my Skate Canada pairs LP and ice dance RD articles for Two for the Ice.
I hope that some of TPTB in skating read your article and take heed!Fabulous work. Thank you for speaking up for the fans!
While reading your thoughts and ideas about the availability of figure skating today (next week ), then and in future, I realized how much I miss your reviews. Is there any chance you'll do one for Worlds?
So it's been a while, but finally something new on my blog!
It's my view of one of the least-discussed, but arguably most important, events in figure skating this year: The war on figure skating YouTube.
A Shadow on the Sport
https://adivinesport.com/2019/03/15/a-shadow-on-the-sport/
So it's been a while, but finally something new on my blog!
It's my view of one of the least-discussed, but arguably most important, events in figure skating this year: The war on figure skating YouTube.
A Shadow on the Sport
https://adivinesport.com/2019/03/15/a-shadow-on-the-sport/
So it's been a while, but here is a new pairs review, finally!
My look at the pairs event at Worlds 2019: https://adivinesport.com/2019/04/01/worlds-2019-pairs-review/
This one is pretty long! I guess after not writing any reviews this season, I had a lot to say.
I'm a bit late to the party but thanks for the pairs review Claire! Really enjoyable writing! I think my favorite sentence is "the lugubrious, overwrought ballad droned on unpleasantly" because that's such a perfect description of Z/E's LP that it made me literally LOLSo it's been a while, but here is a new pairs review, finally!
My look at the pairs event at Worlds 2019: https://adivinesport.com/2019/04/01/worlds-2019-pairs-review/
This one is pretty long! I guess after not writing any reviews this season, I had a lot to say.
I'm a bit late to the party but thanks for the pairs review Claire! Really enjoyable writing! I think my favorite sentence is "the lugubrious, overwrought ballad droned on unpleasantly" because that's such a perfect description of Z/E's LP that it made me literally LOL
BTW, I thought I'd mention that I think I found one typo, in the passage where you discuss P/J vs Z/E for bronze: "Zabijako/Enbert had slightly more difficult elements–a 3/3/2 combo instead of 3/2". I honestly don't remember much of what Z/E did on the ice during their program, and I don't feel like re-watching that particular medal-winning performance, but I assume they did their usual 3-2-2?