nimi
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Nice pics! (I especially like #12)
I'm looking forward to the tango SD as well!I would like to see a Tango or Flamenco too.
I don't know if you remember but they did a flamenco FD a few years ago.
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Nice pics! (I especially like #12)
I'm looking forward to the tango SD as well!I would like to see a Tango or Flamenco too.
I know the last time they tried to do a character-driven/storytelling program, it was Tron before they decided to go a bit more abstract for Worlds (which worked so well). I'd like to see them try that again. Madison in her exhibition earlier this season before Nationals was absolutely killing it and I'd love to see her bring that out for competition.
I think one problem they have is while both are great personalities on the ice Zachary is not as strong a technical and basic skater as Madison, and this restricts the kind of programs they are comfortable doing.
Watching Four Continents last night made me nostalgic for 2014. Love this performance by Madison and Zach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlRFu4YqyCI&t=16s
I've seen them live, and I will vouch for the fact that they are equally matched in ability. Both are very strong technically with great basic skating skills. Their deep edges and soft knees are mesmerizing, and they can execute very difficult footwork very close together.
IMO Madi is one of, if not the, best female skaters in ice dance. But to say Zach restricts the programs they do is not correct at all. Zach is a great skater and one of the best male dancers to relate to music. Perhaps the difference is so many other teams with a much weaker female but does not at all diminish Zach's technical and skating skills.I think one problem they have is while both are great personalities on the ice Zachary is not as strong a technical and basic skater as Madison, and this restricts the kind of programs they are comfortable doing.
Ok, I was going to hold my tongue here, but then I thought, bullsh!t, H&D should absolutely be skating in the team event!! Do you hear me, USFS??!!
Are they not?
Well, my intention is not to provoke the Chock & Bates fan base or to get them all riled up on this subject, but I really believe if the ice dance teams are to be split, the Shibs and Hubbell & Donohue strike me as being the logical choice. I feel that H&D are peaking at about the right time, and the Shibs, despite their Nationals setback, seems to be a no-brainer choice. I thoroughly understand the strength that each team possesses, but I also think momentum is of vital importance too, and this would, IMO, favor Madison & Zachary.
As per fsonline, Madi and Zach have been added to stars on ice, congrats to them!
https://twitter.com/fsonline/status/958792554677456899
Twitter thread with quotes from Madi/Zack's press call tonight:
https://twitter.com/fsonline/status/959216141544632321