Finlandia Trophy 2025 - Men SP "Personal GOE Sucks (Reach Out, Touch Face)"

[MacMadame]

The feed giveth and the feed taketh away

What are you watching with? Peacock has been fine.

 

[peibeck]

Matteo, you'd skate better if you didn't pick the most depressed vocalists.

 

[floridaice]

I hope Adam's costume looks better in person than it does on my TV.

 

[Hanna]

Can someone tell me why the tracker is on the jumbotron? I thought the judges were not allowed to see the levels etc.

 

[Hanna]

I hope Adam's costume looks better in person than it does on my TV.

Nope.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

On that steps sequence Adam literally goes which perfectly represents all of us.

Well, he didn't kill himself or anyone else, and we are very thankful.

 

[peibeck]

Adam impressive in new boots! Sadly his costume lost the battle with a bottle of bleach.

 

[tony]

The tension in the movements, so good. I think the way he interprets the music is so good. 4T probably under (no, clean in fact) but surprisingly good considering he's skating on cement blocks.

 

[skatingguy]

Adam Siao Him Fa
Coach: Cedric Tour, Benoit Richaud
Music: Leonardo da Vinci

4Lz
3A
4T+2T - quadruple toeloop landing was tight
Flying Camel Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Sit Spin 4 (3 after review)

Siao Him Fa's jump technique just letting him down a little as everything is a little too swingy, and off-axis in the air to allow for smooth landings, and a clean combination. Still this was one of his better short programs in the past couple seasons.

92.50 = 1st Place

 

[Citlali]

Adam

 

[Sally1214]

New skates didn't seem to hold Adam back much. That was a very good skate. He's so creative ... I really like him a lot. Well done, Adam.

 

[peibeck]

Sigh, going to miss Yuma 'cause I have to go into a meeting.

 

[genevieve]

I don’t love how frantic Adam performs that armography but that felt like a return to form almost.

Maybe Adam should get new boots right before competing more often

 

[terisa]

I guess all Adam needed was a new pair of skates!

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

Yuma's salchow issues continue

 

[Sally1214]

Oops ..... no chance on that one.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

Yumochka is having a day off but this SP is really the perfect choice for him.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Fa in 1st for a change.

 

[Sally1214]

Oh, Yuma ..... calm down.

 

[marbri]

So Adam's choreography. Is Benoit stretching himself too thin when he has Adam doing nothing the first half of the program and then the rest of it hitting his head?

 

[HaNguyen]

Maybe Yuma should also have gotten new skates.

 

[peibeck]

Noooooo. Tilted in the air on that salchow. And a step out on the 3A? Sigh. Yuma!!!!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Gogo is going to lead technical here.

 

[tony]

Until the steps I found that quite flat. This program relies on a clean skate to hit IMO.

 

[barbk]

Love Yuma's step sequence. Too bad on the jumps.

 

[Andrey aka Pushkin]

You know it wasn't a good day when the cleanest skate came from Gogolev.

 

[Citlali]

Yuma is so musical, but the mistakes really make this program less enjoyable

The salchow

 

[skatingguy]

Yuma Kagiyama
Coach: Masakazu Kagiyama, Carolina Kostner
Music: I Wish (Figure Skating Remix)

4T+3T
4Sq - off-axis, fall
Change Foot Camel Spin 4
3A - step out
Flying Sit Spin 4
Step Sequence 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 4

The quality of the skating is evident, but the errors on the jumps are costly. Another example in this competition that the lower spots on the Olympic podium are wide open with just over 2 months to go.

-1.00 = Falls
88.16 = 3rd Place

 

[Sally1214]

Yuma's SP, skated cleanly, would blow the roof off ..... BUT it does need to be skated cleanly. Hope we get to see that at the GPF ... although this performance probably isn't going to do a whole lot for his confidence going into the final.

 

[Sally1214]

Gogo is going to lead technical here.

Would be fair.