That Figure Skating Show - Presented by CBC. Here's hoping this vlogcast becomes a regular thing.

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I love these guys! Thank you, CBC.

Quads and a tear-filled tribute at Skate America | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW | CBC Sports

Welcome to our first episode of That Figure Skating Show hosted by figure skaters-turned-hosts Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill. We recap each Grand Prix even...

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[victorskid]

I believe it is currently scheduled for the GP season. Fun show that is not for everyone

 

[Anemone]

I went looking for it yesterday but couldn't find it. Hoping to squeeze in some time to watch it this evening.

 

[Enchanted]

I was expecting this be fun and interesting but instead I was super bored. They didn't offer any interesting insights. It's very unlikely that I will watch this again and I'm probably in their target group. I'm still missing level headed, fun and witty skating coverage.

Jackie Wong is way too proper and ordinary to be interesting and TSL is way too mean and bitchy.

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I was expecting this be fun and interesting but instead I was super bored. They didn't offer any interesting insights. It's very unlikely that I will watch this again and I'm probably in their target group. I'm still missing level headed, fun and witty skating coverage.

Jackie Wong is way too proper and ordinary to be interesting and TSL is way too mean and bitchy.

That's a shame, but it got me thinking. Too bad the British Eurosport guys don't do some kind of recap show. Their banter is always clever and on point.

Olympic Ice (a recap show during the Torino Games) was hosted by Mary Carillo (who was an absolute hoot), Dick Button, Scott Hamilton, David Pelletier and Jamie Sale. It was funny and informative at the same time. I think the series is floating around YouTube somewhere.

 

[barbarafan]

I was expecting this be fun and interesting but instead I was super bored. They didn't offer any interesting insights. It's very unlikely that I will watch this again and I'm probably in their target group. I'm still missing level headed, fun and witty skating coverage.

Jackie Wong is way too proper and ordinary to be interesting and TSL is way too mean and bitchy.

I liked it ok....wished they were say something and show a shot of all cdn entries after top 3. They only had 12 minutes so they had to breeze through.

 

[aftershocks]

Jackie Wong is way too proper and ordinary to be interesting and TSL is way too mean and bitchy.

I said something similar in the Ice Talk thread (Disneyland vs Darth Vader). However, I don't think Jackie Wong is 'too ordinary to be interesting.' Jackie is far from ordinary, he's extraordinary, exemplary and fantastic as a person and a generous fan of skating. Of course, Jackie is not looking to be overly controversial but he does have a point of view and sometimes interesting insights. If not always interesting, his views are at least knowledgeable. I appreciate what Jackie Wong and Ice Talk bring to the table. And the Ice Desk broadcasts during Nationals and Skate America are lighthearted fun.

There's room at the fs coverage table for all kinds of different views, formats and takes. Dylan and Asher are having quirky, high-spirited fun and that's cool. It's lovely seeing both of them again, and especially Asher. I've missed seeing Asher competing in ice dance for Canada.

I'd love to see more and different types of coverage, including panel discussions and debate formats airing pressing issues in the sport. Jackie and Nick for conventional reviews; Dylan & Asher for out-of-the-ordinary fun; TSL diehards and gluttons for punishment can get their stark diet of Darth Vader and cohort; Fran and IntheLoop for continental Eurocentric takes. Ashley Wagner, Sandra Bezic, Patrick Chan, and Adam Rippon should join up for witty, passionate debate retakes of GP season. Although Adam is probably too busy with other pursuits and not that interested in tying his broader ambitions to a figure skating coverage podcast.

 

[Sylvia]

Who Dis?! It's Eric Radford | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW | CBC Sports

This week Dylan and Asher catch up with Olympic pairs skater Eric Radford to talk retirement, Battle of the Blades and whether he actually hated training for...

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[Sylvia]

Player's Own Voice podcast hosted by Anastasia Bucsis:
Act two for Dylan Moscovitch

Dylan Moscovitch enjoyed a long and storied career as a pairs figure skater, but he's in his early thirties now, and even though he's still a young man, he knew two years ago that he was done with competition. So Dylan did some reflecting: he had spent half a lifetime learning how to be an elite athlete. What could he do with those hard-won skills in act two of his life? Physical performance? Check. Ability to memorize, rehearse and sell gestures and moods? Check. He was comfortable in front of audiences and clusters of judges. He figured it out pretty quickly- he had nailed most of the core skills for professional acting. But as he says to host Anastasia Bucsis, there was an unexpected wrinkle. Athletes are trained to perform with confidence, while actors need to perform with vulnerability. How do you learn that? Reinventing yourself is what it's all about on this week's podcast.

Download Act two for Dylan Moscovitch
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[Rock2]

I love these guys! Thank you, CBC.

Quads and a tear-filled tribute at Skate America | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW | CBC Sports

Welcome to our first episode of That Figure Skating Show hosted by figure skaters-turned-hosts Dylan Moscovitch and Asher Hill. We recap each Grand Prix even...

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These two guys are great and had a few funny moments. But in order to get traction longer term, they'll have to think about why people might watch them. To me it would have to be one of:

Is it to learn something about the skating or event?
Is it to enjoy their humor and chemistry?
Is it to get inside info?

I don't think they are driving too hard or too well in any of these directions...yet. More of a light dusting of all three. Not enough to keep an audience unless they themselves have such a core of fans who will watch whatever they do.

These things aren't perfected on Day 1 so the concept needs to be shaped and given a direction.

There's a chance I'll never watch again because for some reason I can't tolerate Asher's incessant chuckling. It distracted me from his very good commentary when he did an event last year online, maybe Canadian nationals (?) as well and I'm similarly irritated by it here. Ah well....

 

[Desperado]

I quit watching after the ridiculous disguises came up. It felt too “frat boys” to me so I’m not their target market. Too bad because I enjoyed Dylan’s commenting before.

 

[litenkyckling]

I'm still missing level headed, fun and witty skating coverage.

Jackie Wong is way too proper and ordinary to be interesting and TSL is way too mean and bitchy.

Flutzes & Waxels podcast is always the way to go for me, knowledgeable and technical without being exclusive, fun without being snarky, and their analysis is always great. Plus they have an episode for each discipline and they tend to talk about most of the skaters as opposed to just the medalists.

 

[barbarafan]

Flutzes & Waxels podcast is always the way to go for me, knowledgeable and technical without being exclusive, fun without being snarky, and their analysis is always great. Plus they have an episode for each discipline and they tend to talk about most of the skaters as opposed to just the medalists.

do you have a link?

 

[Sylvia]

Flutzes and Waxels Podcast

408 episodes, 1 ratings & reviews. A figure skating podcast to satisfy all of your skating news, analysis, and recap needs. Run by lifelong skaters and skating fans, Alicia and Mary.Get ready to jump right in to the nitty gritty details of what’s happened this week in figure skating.Get bonus...

radiopublic.com

 

[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

Flutzes and Waxels Podcast

408 episodes, 1 ratings & reviews. A figure skating podcast to satisfy all of your skating news, analysis, and recap needs. Run by lifelong skaters and skating fans, Alicia and Mary.Get ready to jump right in to the nitty gritty details of what’s happened this week in figure skating.Get bonus...

radiopublic.com

I'll have to check them out. Thank you for the link.

 

[aftershocks]

Is Iced Coffee podcast still going @glorybox64?

 

[barbarafan]

Flutzes and Waxels Podcast

408 episodes, 1 ratings & reviews. A figure skating podcast to satisfy all of your skating news, analysis, and recap needs. Run by lifelong skaters and skating fans, Alicia and Mary.Get ready to jump right in to the nitty gritty details of what’s happened this week in figure skating.Get bonus...

radiopublic.com

thank-you so much for the link

 

[Sylvia]

I enjoyed listening to Elladj Balde, Kevin Reynolds, and guests Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier discuss the results from all the events on Saturday:

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ETA:

Final "Inside Edge" today (Sunday):

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[Foolhardy Ham Lint]

I'm so jealous of Elladj's, Kevin's and Paul's fabulous curls. Nice to see Reynolds again, too.

 

[victorskid]

The Skate Canada International episode of "That Skating Show": https://youtu.be/7fB2y4gh5pI

 

[Sylvia]

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

Maybe the Skate Canada show will be unblocked later since the Skate America show is not geoblocked.

 

[Sylvia]

The Skate Canada International show is still geoblocked for me but the Internationaux de France show plays:

Nathan Chen Takes 8th Straight Win at Internationaux de France | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Figure skaters were dropping mics in Grenoble, France: Nathan Chen challenges Evgeni Plushenko, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron shake things up in ...

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[Sylvia]

NHK Trophy show:

Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron Break Records at NHK Trophy | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron broke a bunch of ice dance records and more Canadians are heading to the Grand Prix Final. Plus, Russian women swep...

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Who Dis?! Andrew Poje Gives a Career Update & a Funny Olympic Story | THIS FIGURE SKATING SHOW

This week, Dylan and Asher convinced Andrew Poje (yes, half of Canada's Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje ice dance partnership extraordinaire) to give us an up...

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Rostelecom Cup show:

Trusova has no quad-chill, Gilles & Poirier to GP Final at Rostelecom Cup | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

This week we pretend to come to you from Moscow, Russia at the Rostelecom Cup where Alexandra Trusova wants to compete with the boys, the Russian men sweep t...

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Who Dis?! Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier On Skate Canada Gold, Rostelecom Cup

Everyone's favourite Skate Canada gold medallists open up about their programs (yay for Joni Mitchell) and how they plan to improve on their first place fini...

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Cup of China show:

2 Canadian Medals & Shcherbakova Continues Quad Streak at Cup of China | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Canada basically brought home 2.5 medals from the 2019 Cup of China: Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen take bronze in ice dance and teammates Lu...

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Who Dis?! It's Nam Nguyen on Skate Canada Silver & Yuzuru Hanyu | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

This week on Who Dis: Nam Nguyen lets us know what it was like at Skate Canada to skate right after Yuzuru Hanyu's whopping score of 322.59. He also reveals ...

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Spoken Word Inspired by Gabriella Papadakis' & Guillaume Cizeron's Free | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Asher had all the feelings after watching Gabriella Papadakis' and Guillaume Cizeron's free dance to music by Olafur Arnalds and Forest Blak. So much so, he ...

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[Sylvia]

Dylan & Asher are back!

Oct. 25, 2020:

Nathan Chen Still Undefeated, Keegan Messing Medals at Skate America | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Dylan and Asher breakdown Skate America 2020, including the phenom that is Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon’s skater Mariah Bell winning her first GP medal and some ...

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Oct. 21, 2020:

What Happened In the Offseason: Russian Update ft: Trusova, Kostornaia, Plushenko & Tutberidze

Changing coaches, competing during a pandemic, rivalries... the Russian figure skating team provided us with a lot of drama over this break, so Asher and Dyl...

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[Frau Muller]

Olympic Ice (a recap show during the Torino Games) was hosted by Mary Carillo (who was an absolute hoot), Dick Button, Scott Hamilton, David Pelletier and Jamie Sale. It was funny and informative at the same time. I think the series is floating around YouTube somewhere.

I DVR’d all Olympic Ice episodes and treasure them. So great! I loved “Moskvina Minute” towards the end of each show. AND “Push Dick’s Button”! ?

NBC tried doing something similar for Vancouver 2010 but it fell flat, as it was filmed in a studio instead of in or around the rink venue. Boo!

 

[Sylvia]

Nov. 1st episode:

Skate Canada Recap! PSYCH. Let's Talk Canadian Skaters, Medals & Programs | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Sigh. Skate Canada was supposed to happen Oct. 30-31 in Ottawa, Ont., but COVID-19 forced organizers to cancel. But Dylan and Asher still wanted to talk abou...

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[Sylvia]

Here are the competitions Dylan & Asher have recapped since this thread was last updated (links to their other recent shows were posted in relevant threads):

Cup of China (Nov. 8):

Jin Boyang Takes A Mostly Quad-less Cup of China 2020 | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

With pairs skaters Sui Wenjing and Han Cong opting out, Jin Bojang was the biggest international star at the Grand Prix and, with his arsenal of quads, he di...

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Russian Cup series (Nov. 18):

Let's Talk Cup of Russia Series ft: Evgenia Medvedeva, Mikhail Kolyada | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

Russia is basically the only country with figure skating right now. And with Rostelecom Cup around the corner, Dylan and Asher have watched the Russia Cup Se...

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Rostelecom Cup (Nov. 22):

Tuktamysheva tops Kostornaia, Trusova, Kolyada takes Rostelecom Cup gold | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

The pandemic didn’t stop the Rostelecom Cup 2020 from happening and it delivered. Women’s champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva delivered some artistry and maturit...

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NHK Trophy (Nov. 29):

Daisuke Takahashi's Dance Debut, NHK Trophy Gold For Sakamoto & Kagiyama | THAT FIGURE SKATING SHOW

*Note: We say Takahashi was the first Japanese man to win a World medal, but he was the first to win a World title. Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno didn’t compete...

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[Blair]

I gotta admit I’m loving Asher and Dylan’s show. There’s something about being funny, experts, (good looking), and not trying too hard.

Seeing their videos posted makes my day.

 

[mjb52]

They are great. They know how to be critical without being cruel, I don't agree with them at all on some things but for the most part I find them fair and they're both obviously intelligent and passionate about the sport. Dylan's rant on music was really amusing because I think it's the one thing that a lot of us find hardest to understand. I think fans (and maybe judges?) need to be accountable for our own role though - we can be so vicious to skaters when they make a bad music choice and that may be part of why they are nervous about taking chances.

 

[Frau Muller]

They’re wonderful & hilarious...but way too brief. I much prefer TSL with Dave & Jonathan because it is a 90+ minute event! It’s such a joy to prepare my tea & snacks every Sunday afternoon, settle into my chaise lounge, and just listen to Dave & Jonathan yak on about the finer points of an event. With Asher & Dylan, I barely get to one macaroon!!!