Nebelhorn Trophy 2024 - Women's SP & FS

[Karen-W]

Isabeau - same dress as from Cranberry and I still don't like it - the whickety-whack on the top is too much and the chartreuse green is not great for her coloring, IMO. She's not letting the jumps get away from her today. Bandit harassed me for cheese in the middle of the program and I got distracted and here's what I have to say trying to get back into it... It's all very lovely, pretty, balletic, bland, generic, inoffensive skating that isn't ever going to go viral in today's world because there's just nothing really compelling about it.

 

[Wyliefan]

We got totally-on-her-game Isabeau today -- and I waited until the last spin to type that. Well done!

 

[beckab81]

Who gave this young teenager a mother of the bride dress? Isabeau, please just wear something simple & streamlined!

 

[jlai]

Isabelle: all the doom and gloom on me is premature folks

 

[Belsornia]

Levito - nice to see her not in monochrome! Libestraum isn’t my favourite and the programme feels a bit empty but I like it more here than on the Cranberry fancam. Everything except the jumps is lovely and I think she could still have a moment with this if she’s skating more confidently later in the season.

 

[Karen-W]

And this is why, even if her skating isn't exactly my cuppa, I've learned to not count Isabeau out. Girl's got mad game and I respect the eff out of that and can cheer her on as a result.

 

[Private Citizen]

Isabelle: all the doom and gloom on me is premature folks

Well, the protocols will tell all. Only 0.01 above Yoshida. Let's see how the lutzes and rotations were called.

In the SP, the fluke flip fall was less of a problem than the "clean" combo that got -4 GOE.

 

[jlai]

Sara-Maude DUPUIS - I was about to say she skated like she wanted to be Can #1 but there she fell.

 

[Karen-W]

Sara-Maude - emeraldy-forest green dress with lots of gold crystals/stoning on the bodice - illusion neckline with a modest v in the front and open back, same green sleeves. And there are jump issues - this is going to drop her behind both Isabeau and Hana - which is not a shock at all to anyone who is familiar with her. Having said that, there's a 24 point gap between Hana and Kimmy, so plenty of space for Sara-Maude to still manage a respectable top Canadian woman finish here.

 

[Karen-W]

Ooooof - nope, Maddie continues to "slay" any and all Canadian women comin' at her for supremacy.

 

[PRlady]

Love Livia’s dress.

 

[jlai]

Kaiser- nice jumps!

 

[Karen-W]

Livia - white dress with a very fitted, almost tight skirt, round neck, sleeveless, sheer back that is covered in a fireworks/starburst pattern of silver crystals, buttons up the back - this could be a very gorgeous wedding dress if it was floor-length - and you're not going to convince me that that's not exactly what they did here - just bought a wedding dress off the rack and cut the skirt to skating length, lol. Music is "Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune" by Claude Debussy and her skating is all very lovely. I actually really like this for her, to be honest - she's using her long limbs very expressively.

 

[Wyliefan]

Someone has GOT to skate to something upbeat or I'm going to drift off to sleep again.

 

[PRlady]

Mone is lovely but I didn’t sleep enough and I’m zzzzzzzzz

Wyliefan.

 

[Karen-W]

Mone - music is Ariana Concerto No. 1 by Yves Lévèque, César Franck - dress is red one-shoulder with crystals/stoning, red airbrushing on both arms - one starts at the bicep down to the wrist, the other is just the forearm to wrist in red. She looks nervous and some of her jumps have some minor issues with the landings. Music is sweepy & flowing, but now it's turning dramatic with some staccato piano and strings, then the orchestra kicks in with some build and that's nice enough.

 

[jlai]

Mone is lovely but I didn’t sleep enough and I’m zzzzzzzzz

Yeah, I'm trying my best to stay awake for Elyce. Just 6 more minutes!

 

[Karen-W]

Someone has GOT to skate to something upbeat or I'm going to drift off to sleep again.

Mone is lovely but I didn’t sleep enough and I’m zzzzzzzzz

Wyliefan.

Yeah, I'm trying my best to stay awake for Elyce. Just 6 more minutes!

I'm so glad I managed to fall asleep by 9pm last night, so I managed a good 6 hours or so, plus a shorter nap in the afternoon, otherwise I'd be right there with all y'all falling asleep, lol.

 

[Karen-W]

Wow. Mone must have been hammered by the tech panel - below both Isabeau and Hana!

 

[Belsornia]

Oh, don’t cry Mone.

 

[jlai]

I expect Elyce to drop a little but hopefully enough for the podium

 

[Wyliefan]

Love the midnight blue color of Elyce's dress. The sparkly dagger down the front is maybe a bit much.

 

[jlai]

I expect Elyce to drop a little but hopefully enough for the podium

Elyce: Drop? What drop?

 

[Karen-W]

Elyce - very classy black dress that ombres into a denim blue on the shredded skirt; large, jewel-encrusted collar with the same jewels/stoning down the deep v panel of the front of the bodice, halter-style black straps coming off the shoulders to the armpits on the back and a smaller jeweled v-patch on the small of her back, she also has jeweled cuffs around her wrists and one bicep. She is steady as a rock with these jumps today.

And the war over who should have gotten the SkAm host TBD spot will continue to rage in the US Women's thread, lol. I mean, I'm not complaining about that kind of a fan war when we have two VERY deserving, capable young women who have gone out here in the early season and absolutely SLAYED with their skating and programs. I just hope they both wind up with a 2nd GP.

 

[Belsornia]

Elyse seems to have grown since last season and I think she’s one of the rare skaters where it’s helping her jumps. She seems to be getting more power and lift into them, which is giving her more time to rotate.

 

[PRlady]

Wow. 2 squeaky clean programs from Elyse. I guess she’ll be behind Isabeau on PCS and she does need more expressive choreo but that was impressive.

 

[Wyliefan]

Her face when she saw that first place come up! Tears of joy!

 

[Karen-W]

Holy score, batman!!!!!

 

[Karen-W]

So, who had the Nebelhorn & Lombardia women's results with USA gold-silver and JPN bronze on their bingo cards when these entry lists came out?

 

[PRlady]

Wow again. Higher in skating skills than Levito!

Isabeau has a lot to worry about and Alysa and Ava still out there waiting….