Junior Men SP & FP

[victorskid]

The SP results: https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSJuniorMenCR.pdf

 

[Elisheba]

I have to say I'm most interested in Fukuda-Wu!

 

[Sally1214]

So, okay ... I fully intend to watch some of the dancers. I really love the RDs this year. But, I have to go run some errands right now. See you asap in the RD thread.

 

[Sylvia]

1 David Howes MB 70.41
2 Edward Nicholas Vasii QC 65.69
3 David Bondar ON 61.79
4 William Chan BC/YK 58.28
5 Jake Ellis ON 58.12
6 Parker Heiderich AB/NT/NU 53.12
7 Liam Schmidt QC 52.69
8 Louie Fukuda-Wu BC/YK 52.60
9 David Shteyngart ON 52.22
10 Vladimir Furman QC 51.73
11 James Cha ON 49.99
12 Étienne Lacasse QC 49.37
13 Nico Conforti BC/YK 45.75
14 Christopher Manis BC/YK 45.71
15 Kole Sauve AB/NT/NU 43.80
16 Neo Tran BC/YK 43.55
17 Tehryn Lee BC/YK 42.14
18 Jonathon Moravec ON 41.74

SP protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSJuniorMenSP1DRO.pdf

ETA that Canada has 2 men's spots for 2025 Junior Worlds (thanks to Rakic's 8th & Paradis' 15th place finishes).

 

[Dave of the North]

I have to say I'm most interested in Fukuda-Wu!

Are his parents Larry Niven fans by any chance? (Louis Wu was a major character in Ringworld)

 

[Sylvia]

Here's what Beverley Smith (BevSmithWrites on X) posted about 3 of men I especially enjoyed watching today, in addition to William Chan:

Loved the men in the final group in JR SP at #SCNats25. David Howes was a wow, landing his 3Lutz on such a soft knee that the 3toe that followed was easy. Quality skater. Loved all the positions in his spin. Loved that he is from Manitoba. Trains in BC with Tean Murphy. First!

Loved Edward Nicholas Vasii, 2nd in Jr Men's SP at #SCNats24. Was Jr. champ two years ago, injured last year. Julie Marcotte choreography, but he carried it off beautifully. With 65.69, he is about 5 pts behind the leader at 70.41. Howes was the only one to crack 70.

David Shteyngart is only 9th after Jr men's SP at #SCNats25 but I like him a lot, too. Love his detail and body line. He fell twice, on his Lutz combo and his 3flip. Outch. But there's always the FP tomorrow. He's 19yo.

Replay video (Barton & Reynolds): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9cet7w

Replay in French (Charlie Bilodeau & Alicia Pineault): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9cetx8

 

[shutterbug]

CBC has posted Davey Howes' SP : https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/cana...TS&cvid=c92ee52a037848678e590d004024e444&ei=6

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Men FS starting order:

1 Jonathon Moravec ON
2 Tehryn Lee BC/YK
3 Neo Tran BC/YK
4 Kole Sauve AB/NT/NU
5 Christopher Manis BC/YK
6 Nico Conforti BC/YK

7 Étienne Lacasse QC
8 James Cha ON
9 Vladimir Furman QC
10 David Shteyngart ON
11 Louie Fukuda-Wu BC/YK
12 Liam Schmidt QC

13 Parker Heiderich AB/NT/NU
14 Jake Ellis ON
15 William Chan BC/YK
16 David Bondar ON
17 Edward Nicholas Vasii QC
18 David Howes MB

Livestream (Barton & Kevin Reynolds): https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9bykcq

 

[victorskid]

The DailyMotion stream is live.

 

[Elisheba]

I am here for any and all Spirited Away programs.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Tehryn Lee looks like he has good basic skating skills and control of his blades, but so many of those jumps just weren't working for him.

 

[Elisheba]

Some hard splats from Neo this is why I could never be a skater. Doesn't that hurt?

 

[JoannaLouise]

And Neo Tran is another skater with good skills and interesting choreo, but such wild jumps.

 

[Sylvia]

I wonder if Kole Sauve will find a new Junior pair partner? He turned 17 in October: https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117815.htm

 

[Elisheba]

To skate to "Heart upon my Sleeve" you need at minimum either a facial expression or a giant sparkly applique heart on your literal sleeve, and Kole Sauve has neither.

 

[Desperado]

Christopher Manis is 6'4 - wow. For being so tall and injured this year, he did quite well.

 

[Elisheba]

I think James Cha will be a fun skater once his jumps are more under control.

 

[Sally1214]

Made it back from the grocery store in time for most of the last 2 flights. Wishing everyone good luck.

 

[Sylvia]

Live standings updated after each skater: https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSJuniorMenCR.pdf
Interim FP protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/25CDNSJuniorMenFP2DRO.pdf

FS Group 2:
...
9 Vladimir Furman (2023-24 NextGen team member when he was 16, coached by Marc-André Craig) ETA: choreo. by Jeremy Abbott
10 David Shteyngart ON https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113288.htm
...
Group 3:
13 Parker Heiderich AB/NT/NU (gold in Junior B int'l debut in Nice FRA) https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00120699.htm
14 Jake Ellis ON https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00118352.htm
15 William Chan BC/YK https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117225.htm (JGP debut this season)
16 David Bondar ON https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113291.htm (2 JGPs this season)
17 Edward Nicholas Vasii QC https://results.isu.org/bios/isufs00113286.htm (1 JGP this season)
18 David Howes MB https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117218.htm

 

[Sally1214]

I'm thinking, based on your comments, that David Shteyngart is a better skater than his current position after the sp would indicate. I'm excited about Louie Fukuda-Wu. I really enjoyed his program yesterday. Watching skating ... what a great way to spend a COLD January afternoon.

 

[Elisheba]

That was really solid from Furman!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

David S is so good but I don’t think he’s ready for the triple axel or some of those triple triple jumps. There’s just no speed going into it. His artistry is beautiful.

 

[Sally1214]

Shteyngart trying lots of hard stuff and landing quite a bit of it in some sort of manner. When he can get those jump landings cleaner, he's going to be someone to contend with for sure. Liked his interpretation of the music, for the most part. Good for him for going for the tough stuff though. That's exactly what he should be doing at this stage of his skating career.

 

[Sally1214]

Into 1st. Good. Rewarded for his efforts.

 

[Elisheba]

I loathe this music but Fukuda-Wu is doing pretty well! Some messy landings and I don't think this will beat David S but good!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I loathe this music but Fukuda-Wu is doing pretty well! Some messy landings and I don't think this will beat David S but good!

I know, it’s a warhorse, I tend to give juniors a pass on the music selections, because almost everything is a warhorse. But having said that we’ve listened to this music plenty. Lol.

 

[Sally1214]

There's just something about Fukuda-Wu's skating that really appeals to me. Going to be fun watching him develop in the future. Best costume on the men I've seen so far.

 

[Sally1214]

Wow .... what a moment for Liam. Certainly a great cheering squad for him. Good for him.

 

[Karen-W]

Liam Schmidt had some really nice moments in his program.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Liam Schmidt's fan club is cracking me up, but that was a really beautiful skate!