Canadian Pairs 2018/2019 Season News and Updates

[Cant Skate]

I watch Ruest and I don’t think she’s a “pair girl”. She looks stiff kneed and scared out there.

Honestly....if their run throughs have been as bad as reported here and I knew there was a good chance I was going to be dropped on my head, I'd be scared too!

 

[Rafter]

Honestly....if their run throughs have been as bad as reported here and I knew there was a good chance I was going to be dropped on my head, I'd be scared too!

True!

 

[puglover]

I like the look of Patricia Andrew. She looks like she has a lot of spunk and likes to be showcased. I hope SC keeps an eye out for her.

 

[Catherine M]

Georges-Ethier comp is this weekend and Brasseur & Bardei are suppose to skate.

https://patinage.qc.ca/souvenir-georges-ethier/

There's always a stream so if they do skate, hopefully I'll be able to watch as I'd like to see how they are doing.

 

[mag]

I watch Ruest and I don’t think she’s a “pair girl”. She looks stiff kneed and scared out there.

Well if she is regularly being dropped from lifts in practice I would say she has a reason to be scared!

 

[Rock2]

I like the look of Patricia Andrew. She looks like she has a lot of spunk and likes to be showcased. I hope SC keeps an eye out for her.

She has the vibe of a young Jamie Sale with a bit more compactness and perk.

 

[Rock2]

Georges-Ethier comp is this weekend and Brasseur & Bardei are suppose to skate.

https://patinage.qc.ca/souvenir-georges-ethier/

There's always a stream so if they do skate, hopefully I'll be able to watch as I'd like to see how they are doing.

Agreed. For this year, it's plain and simple. Get out there as much as you can without disrupting your training. Regardless of result, it will be a worthwhile experience.

 

[Rock2]

I think it's perfectly understandable as described: he didn't think things were working for him and wasn't willing to stay in the partnership, and she was shocked when he broke it off, because she didn't realize there was an issue.

Well she did admit that there were issues -- their training wasn't going well. But she didn't realize the issues were so big picture that the relationship would just be severed.

So many things go into being a successful pair that go on behind the scenes that we just don't see. Goals, training methods, habits, personalities, how you deal with stress and obstacles etc. You have to synch in so many ways for things to work out long term.

 

[kwanfan1818]

But she didn't realize the issues were so big picture that the relationship would just be severed.

I should have been clearer and have posted "deal-breaking" issues.

People can have an understanding that they want to make specific changes or reach certain goals, and then not being on the same page in measuring the results.

 

[ChiquitaBanana]

She has the vibe of a young Jamie Sale with a bit more compactness and perk.

I wanted to post the same, very reminescent of Jamie Salé. Fierce, show-off, confident. A great pair girl!

 

[Sylvia]

Beverley Smith's pre-Autumn Classic International article (she spoke to MT/M at High Performance Camp): Moore-Towers, Marinaro: Taking the Next Big Step

 

[Colonel Green]

Trennt posted a photo from Skate Ontario's pairs camp yesterday.

 

[ChiquitaBanana]

For all of you wondering about Seguin and Bilodeau... https://www.facebook.com/pg/patinag...TxNth5MjdlUTS9JzQ7xID_4VbxQuBAiA&__tn__=-UC-R

 

[million$momma]

Trennt posted a photo from Skate Ontario's pairs camp yesterday.

That's all the pairs Ontario has?!?

 

[barbarafan]

That's all the pairs Ontario has?!?

maybe there is a list of ontario pairs on their team with assignments.

 

[Emdee]

I liked MTM2 yesterday. Marinaro has come a long way in his lifts.

 

[barbarafan]

I liked MTM2 yesterday. Marinaro has come a long way in his lifts.

He is a really good pairs partner

 

[mackiecat]

That's all the pairs Ontario has?!?

That is the four Jr teams plus Evelyn and Trent with KMT missing plus one other sr team not there.

 

[Catherine M]

Don't forget Georges Ethier pair short programs are this morning. I'm at work so watching with no sound!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3gqx (link to rink 1 where pairs are taking place)

 

[million$momma]

That is the four Jr teams plus Evelyn and Trent with KMT missing plus one other sr team not there.

Do MTM register in Ontario still? I just assumed they represented QC now.

 

[barbarafan]

Do MTM register in Ontario still? I just assumed they represented QC now.

Ontario

 

[barbarafan]

Don't forget Georges Ethier pair short programs are this morning. I'm at work so watching with no sound!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6s3gqx (link to rink 1 where pairs are taking place)

Warmup done...Cami and Drew..then Justine and Mark

 

[Cant Skate]

Happy to see Camille and Drew have a much better skate!

And Justine and Mark's twist!

 

[Catherine M]

Justine Brasseur is just AMAZING pair girl at a young age. That is all!

Oh, I take back every negative thing I said about Ruest/Wolfe in the US classic thread as they looked amazing too

 

[Rafter]

Still worried about Bardei’s jumps. Better than than the summer though.

 

[Catherine M]

Still worried about Bardei’s jumps. Better than than the summer though.

I'm not going to panic quite yet on Bardei's sbs jumps. Hopefully tomorrow goes better for him as he has the tools to be a great pairs skater.

And nice to see Chloe Choinard land her sbs double axel in the jr pairs event; she's been struggling in comp with her sbs jumps so this is a step in the right direction for her.

 

[ChiquitaBanana]

I'm not going to panic quite yet on Bardei's sbs jumps. Hopefully tomorrow goes better for him as he has the tools to be a great pairs skater.

And nice to see Chloe Choinard land her sbs double axel in the jr pairs event; she's been struggling in comp with her sbs jumps so this is a step in the right direction for her.

Choinard is a fine singles skater so I guess it’s nerves playing bad tricks and that hopefully she’s over it.

 

[screech]

In their instastories, both KMT and Dylan Moscovitch posted a cute photo of the two of them together backstage at Autumn Classic, with a heart drawn on it, and he (and Skate Canada) also posted a photo of him backstage with M-T/M, probably during an interview.
I hope he gets to do more stuff with SC moving forward. I haven't been watching Autumn Classic consistently, but he seems like he'd have a good personality for the interviews/backstage stuff.

 

[jmtfti]

He's done a number of interviews, including this with Moore-Towers/Marinaro (he also interviewed them at the end of the pairs free, which can be found at the end of that event video).

He also commentated the first half of the pairs free and did an excellent job.

 

[Rock2]

Dylan is very articulate and engaging. He just needs to find his groove. It's early in his career, so I cut him some slack over some of his awkward interviewing at ACI. Took Kurt like 15 years to harness his personality to the point where I almost darn near enjoy him and Carol commentating. Dylan will have a shorter learning curve.