Skate to Milano OWG Qualifier - Beijing CHN - Men's SP & FS

[Cachoo]

When an Irish skater uses soul I always think of "The Commitments" and "I'm black and I'm proud" scene. Somehow it all feels right to me.

 

[CantALoop]

Well that camera angle was certainly a choice - I couldn’t tell if Jarvis landed that jump or if the boards ate him

 

[CantALoop]

wtf was that breaking noise - I had to check to make sure one of the dishes didn’t fall down in the kitchen

But great overall skate and I love how Jarvis tries to sell his choreography- I’ll overlook him using RiYBE for that

 

[Jay42]

wtf was that noise - I had to check to make sure one of the dishes didn’t fall down

Thank you I'm multi tasking a little while watching the skating so I'm not in the thread but I came here just to make sure that I hadn't imagine the dishes breaking noise because I'm using headphones.

 

[skatingguy]

Jarvis Ho
Rank after SP: 23
Coach: Soojin Kim, Lincoln Lap Kan Yuen
Music: Rain in Your Black Eyes by Ezio Bosso

3Lz+2T
3F+2T
3Lz
Flying Camel Spin 4
Change Foot Sit Spin 4 (3 after review)
3Lo
Choreo Sequence
3F+2A+2A+SEQ
3T
3S
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 2

Pretty solid skate - went out & did his planned content - and delivered a good performance as well.

112.09 = 1st Place
164.00 = 1st Place

 

[Karen-W]

No Chinese men, but let’s see if they try to pull anything with the Russians from non-banned countries

There are a few of those...

Daniliants, Vlasenko, Gartung, Reshtenko... I don't think any of those guys but Gartung have a realistic shot at sneaking into the top 5.

 

[skateboy]

Jarvis Ho was fun. He choreographed that himself? I'm impressed, as it was an actual choreographed and interpretive program, unlike so many other programs we see.

 

[CantALoop]

Paolo really muscling and fighting these jumps but glad he stayed on his feet with the 3A combo

 

[skatingguy]

Paolo Borromeo
Rank after SP: 22
Coach: Ivan Dinev, Derrick Delmore
Music: Hole Up til Sunrise, I Lied to You

3A< - fall
3A+2T - lack of flow
3F+2T - tight landing
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (4 after review)
3Lo - crooked take off, landed on the toe picks
3Lz
3F - off axis, fall
3S+2A+SEQ - messy landings
Step Sequence 3
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Flying Change Foot Sit Spin 2

The ability to do these jumps seems like it's right there, but he couldn't quite get the combination of speed, and timing right today to land them well.

-2.00 = Falls
105.69 = 2nd Place
158.46 = 2nd Place

 

[CantALoop]

Trying for a quad at 38 is insane work

 

[skatingguy]

Vlatter Virtanen
Rank after SP: 21
Coach: Alina Mayer-Virtanen, Michael Huth
Music: So Far, Oldurot by Olafur Arnalds

4T<< - two footed, spun out
3Lz - fall
2Lo+2T
3T+2T
Choreo Sequence
3T+2A+2A+SEQ - tight landings
3Lo< - step out
3Sq - 3-turn landing
Flying Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2 (3 after review)
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

That looked like a credible quadruple toeloop attempt. Couldn't quite get the jumps to come together today.

1.00 = Falls
106.24 = 2nd Place
163.19 = 2nd Place

 

[skateboy]

I really liked Fang in the short but this Buble music is not doing him any favors.

 

[kwanfan1818]

That is such a creepy rendition of "My Funny Valentine."

 

[CantALoop]

I really liked Fang in the short but this Buble music is not doing him any favors.

The costume isn’t giving Bublé either - glad Fang picked up some credit and +GOEs for what he did well

 

[skatingguy]

Ze Zeng Fang
Rank after SP: 20
Coach: D. Delmore, I. Dinev, J. Cassar, M. Chak
Music: Funny Valentines, Feeling Good by Michael Buble

2Lz
3F - fall
3Lo+2T
3S - way off-axis, fall
Flying Camel Spin 3
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (2 after review)
3Lo+2A+2A<+SEQ - step out, tight landings
3T+2T
3T
Step Sequence 2
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

The overall impression was quite sloppy, and unfinished. Ze Zeng struggling to push out his technical elements with the energy needed to make them successful.

-2.00 = Falls
98.60 = 4th Place
155.87 = 4th Place

 

[skatingguy]

Burak Demirboga
Rank after SP: 19
Coach: Rana Belkis Gocmen
Music: Notre Dame de Paris

3A+2T
3A
2A
3S - fall
Flying Camel Spin 1 (* after review - no value) - stepped out
Choreo Sequence
3Lz!+2T
3F
3F+2T* - 3rd 2T - no value
Change Foot Combo Spin 3 (2 after review)
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Sit Spin 3

Burak just seemed to give up on the performance after the mistakes on the Salchow, and the flying camel spin. It was barely a jump drill through to the end of the program.

-1.00 = Falls

102.95 = 2nd Place
163.97 = 2nd Place

 

[tangerine dream]

Is it just me or does Demirboga kind of resemble Balazs Nagy?

 

[skateboy]

Jarvis Ho still leading!

 

[CantALoop]

Lots of spin troubles but kudos to landing two 3As. Also credit for using another piece from Notre Dame de Paris besides that overwrought guttural Esmeralda song (now if only he actually skated to the music )

 

[Karen-W]

Is it just me or does Demirboga kind of resemble Balazs Nagy?

I can see it now that you mention it.

 

[CantALoop]

weird voiceovers into a bizarro Vivaldi Winter remix is certainly a choice

 

[skateboy]

weird voiceovers into a bizarro Vivaldi Winter remix is certainly a choice

I thought that was weird as hell.

 

[skatingguy]

Douglas Gerber
Rank after SP: 18
Coach: Richard Laidlaw
Music: The Handmaiden by Chan-Wook Park

3A - two-footed, step out
3Lz+3T
3F!+2T
3Lo - late checking rotation
Step Sequence 3
3F+2A+2T+SEQ - jump landings sloppy, piked forward
3S
3Lz
Flying Change Foot Combo Spin 4
Choreo Sequence
Change Foot Combo Spin 3
Change Foot Sit Spin 3

The program built nicely to the conclusion, and Douglas started to put out better, and better elements as well.

120.76 = 1st Place
182.84 = 1st Place

 

[YukiNieve]

"From The Tree from Mt Fuji" to Korean Song to Four Seasons!!??

 

[Rukia]

weird voiceovers into a bizarro Vivaldi Winter remix is certainly a choice

I'm assuming it's from the movie The Handmaiden??? I haven't seen the movie though lol so I cannot confirm.

 

[skateboy]

Gotta love a guy who skates to "I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo."

He's skating really well so far.

 

[Karen-W]

Well, Daniliants just laid it down with a lot of good tech content. The men in places 3-5 are going to have to be solid and not give away any jumping passes.

 

[skatingguy]

Semen Daniliants
Rank after SP: 17
Coach: Alexander Volkov, Martine Dagenais
Music: Creep

4T+3T
4T - landing was a bit sloppy
3A
3Lz+3T
Change Foot Sit Spin
Choreo Sequence
3Lo
3Lz*+2A+2A+SEQ -3rd repeated triple/quadruple jump - no value
3S
Flying Camel Spin 3
Step Sequence 2
Change Foot Combo Spin 3

First really big skate of the night for the men, and let's see whether this will challenge for a spot at the end of the night.

136.41 = 1st Place
200.00 = 1st Place

 

[CantALoop]

Nailed the quads and 3A and looks like his PCS also got a boost

 

[Karen-W]

Ugh. After starting off so strong, Tamir has two popped jumping passes. This won't move him up.