Skate America 2025 Women’s Free -Misses Accomplished

[Colonel Green]

I swear, Wakaba has had the most erratic career.

 

[Karen-W]

Ooooof... Wakaba's doing her best to finish dead last of the Japanese ladies here.

 

[Hanna]

This program is incredibly random, what's with the heavy metal guitar at the beginning?

That said, what a struggle. I'm off to watch 2017 Wakaba!

 

[skatingguy]

Wakaba Higuchi
Rank after SP: 8
Coach: Koji Okajima, Noriko Sato
Music: Wonder Woman, The Blue Planet

1A+2T
3Lz<
3Lo< - over-rotated, lacking control
Flying Camel Spin 4
3S<
1Lz+1A+SEQ
3Sq+2T
3F!<< - fall
Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Step Sequence 3
Choreo Sequence
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4

Wonderful program, and hopefully she can deliver it cleanly later in the season.

-1.00 = Falls
99.28 = 4th Place
159.40 = 4th Place

 

[TAHbKA]

When I thought `let the splatfest begin' I was thinking of Serna, not of Higuchi, frankly

 

[Karen-W]

Poor Wakaba. I love her but she shouldn’t be skating. Given Yoshida’s misses and Aoki’s jumps, I guess that third sport will go to one of the 3 Rs - Rinka, Rino or Rion.

Ami Nakai is still my bet for that 3rd spot.

 

[Spikefan]

This is such a great program but I don’t think we will get it at full potential with the injury. She should sell it to Shimada to use in her first senior season.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Poor Wakaba. I love her but she shouldn’t be skating. Given Yoshida’s misses and Aoki’s jumps, I guess that third sport will go to one of the 3 Rs - Rinka, Rino or Rion.

Nakai seems like the favorite at this moment.

 

[Lilia A]

Poor Wakaba. I love her but she shouldn’t be skating. Given Yoshida’s misses and Aoki’s jumps, I guess that third sport will go to one of the 3 Rs - Rinka, Rino or Rion.

And Ami? I'd say Ami and Rion are closer than Rino and Rinka. I love Rino and I could watch her do nothing but crossovers all day, but she's way too inconsistent.

 

[Citlali]

No Wonder Woman for Wakaba

 

[Sally1214]

Awww .... she looks so sad.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The unattached arm of Haein’s dress looks fuzzy from a distance. I know its petals, but it looks so weird.

 

[Private Citizen]

Wakaba has really stayed one year too long.

She's skating so poorly that she might not even qualify for Japanese Nationals if she had to skate in the qualifying competitions. Forget top 10, she'll be in danger of finishing last in her current form.

 

[Lilia A]

Wakaba
I love her, I know she's retiring after this season. I don't know what her final competition will be, but whatever it is, I hope she has a skate she can be proud of. And I hope she can be proud of the career she's had, she should be.

 

[Sally1214]

God love her .... Wakaba managing to hold back those tears while the camera was on her in the K/C. Kevin A. could never dream .......

 

[Karen-W]

And Ami? I'd say Ami and Rion are closer than Rino and Rinka. I love Rino and I could watch her do nothing but crossovers all day, but she's way too inconsistent.

Agree. I don't think Rino is any closer to being in the mix than Hana, Yuna or Wakaba. This is a fight between Ami, Rinka & Rion.

 

[peibeck]

Ami Nakai is still my bet for that 3rd spot.

Probably but I hope not. Mone brings enough twee for me. I hope one of the more mature skaters comes through.

 

[canbelto]

I love Haien's dress. Black is her color.

 

[Hanna]

GOOD OLD CARMEN! It's like 2002 again!

 

[PRlady]

And Ami? I'd say Ami and Rion are closer than Rino and Rinka. I love Rino and I could watch her do nothing but crossovers all day, but she's way too inconsistent.

Ami is a first-year senior. Japan has done that with Kaori in 2018, but I’m not sure Ami has Kaori’s iron nerves.

 

[Kateri]

Is Haein gonna switch between LPs all season? She's back to Carmen again.

 

[Vagabond]

Nope, Ted. Not Notre Dame de Paris. Would you like to take another guess?

 

[beckab81]

This has been a very underwhelming first group.

 

[Private Citizen]

Nothing like a huge fall on an underrotated jump to the music crescendo. 3Lzq+3T< F in my book as a best case; I'd want to review both to see if it was worse. Flip also heavily underrotated.

 

[canbelto]

Oh boy. She's a beautful skater but this is not her day.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

I laughed when Lee's butt hit the ice right on the beat.

 

[peibeck]

Splats on a musical flourish really shouldn't get penalized with the extra 1 point deduction.

 

[Karen-W]

Oooooof. Haein's doing her best to give the other Korean women a reason to believe they've got a reasonable chance at their Olympic team.

 

[~tapdancer~]

Did not enjoy Lee's skate. All I could think about was D/W's Olympic skate especially during the fast part at the end when Meryl and Charlie did a step sequence to that, Lee looked like she was standing still. I thought Kurakova was a cutie. She was fun to watch.

 

[Baby Yoda On Skates]

I love a good warhorse, but this is not a good Carmen.