Junior Men SP & FS

[Rukia]

I was very impressed by Neuhaus. He's got a lot of really good qualities.

 

[Simone411]

3rd place and he didn't fall.

 

[floridaice]

I actually think this might be an interesting move for him. He has good things about his skating that would translate to pairs pretty well.

Yeah, and he's a member of All Year FSC, so there's surely got to be a would-be pairs girl who needs a partner at Great Parks for him.

Well, we'll just have to pick out a junior girl for him during tomorrow's SP.

 

[slicekw]

Michael Jin skates like he’s watched every Nathan Chen skate over and over and over and over. Not a terrible thing.

 

[Aceon6]

Jin has some musicality, thank goodness. I kinda like him.

 

[her grace]

Jin: stumble out of jumps, but believable attempt at swagger and languid coolness

 

[Rukia]

Jin has some musicality, thank goodness. I kinda like him.

Yeah this is what I noticed about him too. Like the jumps weren't jumping, but he still gave us something between which I appreciate.

 

[Karen-W]

Jin has some musicality, thank goodness. I kinda like him.

Jin: stumble out of jumps, but believable attempt at swagger and languid coolness

Yes, he definitely seems to have some personality coming through in his skating.

 

[slicekw]

Jin: stumble out of jumps, but believable attempt at swagger and languid coolness

“Languid coolness” deserves an award.

 

[Simone411]

Well, he's trying really hard. 4th place and he didn't fall.

 

[Aceon6]

I’ve got $50 that says his mom made that shirt.

 

[Sylvia]

Who is with Evseev in the K&C?

Hov Mrktchian (part of Team Raf) - same coach as for Michael Jin just now.

 

[Rukia]

what if we made jumps illegal for some of these really musical skaters tho

 

[Simone411]

Oh, another fall. They need to let these young ones use butt pads.

 

[Karen-W]

what if we made jumps illegal for some of these really musical skaters tho

That would be what we call Solo Ice Dance.

 

[her grace]

Thank you for a good sit spin position, Chen!

 

[slicekw]

Thomas Chen is really cute. Best choreo yet!

 

[Karen-W]

Standings after Group 1 of 3 -

1	3	Sergei Evseev, All Year FSC	50.00
2	1	Isaac Fulton, Memorial FSC Of Houston	49.60
3	6	Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC	49.49
4	4	Evan Neuhaus, Skokie Valley SC	48.61
5	5	Michael Jin, All Year FSC	44.72
6	2	Louis Mallane, Broadmoor SC	43.79

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, Gracie... That's a bow. Be careful, Johnny may steal it for one of his broadcast appearances.

 

[slicekw]

what if we made jumps illegal for some of these really musical skaters tho

Singles Ice Dance?

I sort of want to talk about Gracie’s bow.

 

[slicekw]

Hey, there’s a Costco worker out on the ice!

 

[Karen-W]

Hey, there’s a Costco worker out on the ice!

This vest is giving all the "I made this a little big so that it will still fit at the end of the season because you're going through a growth spurt" vibes.

 

[floridaice]

Hey, there’s a Costco worker out on the ice!

It's just the required vest for skating to Buble

 

[Aceon6]

Does Yan’s costumer expect him to gain 20 lbs this week?

 

[floridaice]

Ben

 

[Karen-W]

Really, I don't understand the necessity of the over-sized red vest. He has a perfectly serviceable junior men's costume with the black dress shirt & pants.

 

[floridaice]

Zhao needs a purple glove on his left hand

 

[Karen-W]

David Zhao - I question the sky blue gloves. It works on the hand that has the sky blue sleeve, but it's jarring on the other hand with the charcoal/purple sheer sleeve - especially because that sleeve is too short and you can see his bare wrist, lol. I really like the shirt, btw, but just think maybe nude gloves would have been the better choice.

 

[Rukia]

The first think I noticed about Zhao was how fast he looked. He has a lot of really good qualities I think.

 

[her grace]

Zhao

It looked like his head was out of alignment on the takeoff of the combo jumps, that technique worked on the 3f, but is something to look at to improve consistency

Interesting choreography and he breathed some life into it