GPdF 2025 PBP - Pairs FS: “A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Plus (GOE)”

[shan]

big ouch on the throw salchow

 

[tony]

Literally everything in Faula & Belle's program looks like hopes and prayers with the occasional head bobble and Egyptian arm and lots of breaks. Lifts are scary, his blades clunk along.

Very striking couple, not sure how much more they can progress because it doesn't seem to really be going anywhere.

 

[NinjaTurtles]

I hope Chock is getting licensing fees from this program. Even the crosslegged sit position in the lift!

 

[Kateri]

oh no, oh honey...

 

[tony]

HAHAHAHAHAHA her face. Shouldn't laugh but they were completely stuck in place.

 

[Karen-W]

Faula/Belle - 3tw - meh; SBS 3s - good; throw 3lo - despite the lean, she landed it cleanly! First lift - decent; SBS 2t+1a+1a - 'nuff said; BODS - interesting exit; throw 3s - down she went and had to grab the boards to get back up; second lift - fine; choreo seq - slow as mud to start but it gets a little interesting; last lift - also slow; pairs spin - doesn't match the intensity of the music because when do pairs spins at the end of the program ever?

His costume is a real sin against figure skating couture. Surely there's a French designer who could do better.

 

[skatingguy]

Aurelle Faula/Theo Belle
Rank after SP: 7
Coach: Claude Peri Thevenard, Lola Esbrat
Music: Yearning, Hob Fi Dimashq, Oasis

Triple Twist Lift 1 - poor catch
3S
Throw 3Lo
Axel Lasso Lift 3
2T+1A+1A+SEQ
Back Outside Death Spiral 2
Throw 3S - fall
Reverse Lasso Lift 4 (3 after review)
Choreo Sequence
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4
Pair Combo Spin B (no value after review) - lost control at the end

A bit rough around the edges, and the program is cheesy, but they don't lean in to it enough to make it work.

-1.00 = Falls
94.01 = 1st Place
148.10 = 1st Place

 

[peibeck]

What an ending! Nothing like the music quickening and pulsating as you sputter and fall out of position in your spin.

 

[Aceon6]

HAHAHAHAHAHA her face. Shouldn't laugh but they were completely stuck in place.

She’s skating at home. Couldn’t she just call someone to bring her 2nd shade and her blender?

 

[Karen-W]

So yesterday they skated to C/B's Alien music, today they are skating to Snake. C/B tribute season?

Clearly they've chosen the LopBri, DemLeM side in the French ice dance fight, lol.

 

[Kateri]

Listen, they really haven't competed at many Big Events, and they're young for pairs. I'm gonna be generous and put some of this down to stagefright, I like them a lot. I think they have the potential to improve, and it's not like they have that much internal competition, since Bouvart & Vouillamoz switched to Switzerland

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

There has to be a decent partner for Flavien Giniaux or we are going to go through another awful cycle with French pairs.

 

[peibeck]

As weak as the first "French" team, I'd have had this second team lower in PCS.

 

[peibeck]

Oh dear... I'll have to watch these two twice at the Olympics???

Kill me now.

 

[Kateri]

As I was saying, I think Faula and Belle have plenty of hope to progress in French pairs skating.

 

[Wyliefan]

How many songs is that now in this program? I've lost count.

 

[skatingguy]

Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev
Rank after SP: 6
Coach: Bruno Massot
Music: Come Together, After Dark, Seven Nation Army

Triple Twist 3
3Sq - fall
2T+2T - Camille doubled
Axel Lasso Lift 4
Back Outside Death Spiral 3
Pair Combo Spin 3
Throw 3F - fall
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Choreo Sequence
Throw 3S
Hand-to-Hip Lift 4

Camille's jumps need an exorcist or a miracle worker at this point.

-2.00 = Falls
101.62 = 1st Place
160.62 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

Les Kovs - 3tw - good enough; SBS 3s - down she goes; SBS 3t+2t - she doubled the 1st one... first lift - okay; BODS - decent; pairs combo spin - I'll never criticize a team that buries this in the middle of the program - plus it maintained decent speed throughout; throw 3f - down; second lift - fine; choreo seq - eh; throw 3s - clean; last lift - fine.

Well, I'm not sure the rock style suits them all that much. Luckily, I don't expect we'll see this FS in the Olympics.

 

[peibeck]

No, it was a LOOOONG four minutes for us.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

At least Camille did not skate to Brittney.

 

[peibeck]

Bruno Massot for Porny Coach of the Year.

 

[Elisheba]

well that was depressing.

 

[Hedwig]

I admire how far they came with the talent that they have and not very much support. I applaud them.

But I am also very ready for them to be finished with skating. They are just not enjoyable to watch....

 

[Former Lurve Goddess]

We've only watched 3 pairs? Feels like 300...

 

[Wyliefan]

I like Audrey's dress, thiugh I could do without the cutouts. Her bun should be up higher, though.

 

[Hedwig]

oh my

 

[tony]

I mean it wasn't horrible.

 

[skatingguy]

Audrey Shin/Balazs Nagy
Rank after SP: 5
Coach: Bruno Marcotte, Meagan Duhamel
Music: Two Men in Love by The Irrepressibles

Triple Twist Lift 3
3S< - Audrey fell
3T<+2A<+2A<+SEQ
Throw 3Lo - hands down, spun out
Reverse Lasso Lift 4
Throw 3S
Back Outside Death Spiral 2
Pair Combo Spin 3
Axel Lasso Lift 3
Hand-to-Hip Lift 3
Choreo Sequence

That was better than it's been at times this season.

-1.00 = Falls
111.51 = 1st Place
173.30 = 1st Place

 

[Aceon6]

Hmmmm. ShiNag can put out a decent skate. Maybe that’s what USFS saw at the fake comp.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

From early season reports I was expecting Audrey to be wiping the ice on every element. That wasn't that bad.