U.S. Men 2023-24 news & updates

[Sylvia]

Thanks @YukiNieve - direct link to Broussard's Senior SP (80.35) protocol from the May Blades club comp. in Tacoma, WA (his jumps were 3F+, 3A -0.80 GOE, 3Lz+3T+): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34331/SEGM002.html
I was told this is a new SP to lyrical violin music.

Jacob Sanchez shared photos of the “emerging athletes” group and the athlete coaches/demonstrators at USFS’ “Access To Excellence” camp in CO Springs for skaters, coaches, officials & parents (re-posting this link here from the U.S. Women's news thread): https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ImQsZL7E2/
Jacob, Taira Shinohara and Caleb Farrington are the male skaters in his photos. Jason Brown was a demonstrator and keynote speaker and I also saw Aleksandr Fegan there.

 

[Sylvia]

Congrats to Sean Rabbitt and the Ten80 team of coaches - Junichi and Kelly Takemura & Garnet Fiordalisi - for being awarded one of the PSA's 2024 "President's Awards of Excellence" on May 15 at USFS’ Access to Excellence reception in CO Springs - clip from when their names were announced:

Ten80 International Figure Skating Team on Instagram: "Special moment ❤️ Coaches: @coach_junichi @seanrabbitt @coachkelly_ten80fs @garnetfiordalisi Training Location: 📍 @greatparkice Follow our team @ten80fs 😃⛸ #usfigureskating #figureskating #f

75 likes, 2 comments - ten80fs on May 17, 2024: "Special moment ❤️ Coaches: @coach_junichi @seanrabbitt @coachkelly_ten80fs @garnetfiordalisi Training Location: 📍 @greatparkice...".

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Vaclav Vasquez (placed 9th in Junior Men at 2024 Nationals and listed in the current ISP) was coached primarily by Kelly Takemura at San Jose Nationals last year (ETA a photo of Coach Kelly & Vaclav that I took in the concourse: https://x.com/SylviaUnseen/status/1792345416304046180) and in Columbus this year.

Matthew Lind (2001 Novice National men's champion and a senior/junior international competitor: https://www.matthewlindcoaching.com/about) was another winner of this coaching award (link to his post about the award): https://www.instagram.com/p/C6gWwPUL4Jh/

Very grateful to @skatepsa for the countless opportunities they have given me to learn and grow as a coach in a profession that I love. Thank you to everyone involved in this organization for their commitment to seeing that everyone in our coaching community has a chance to be their best and succeed. PSA truly taught me how to evolve as a coach. As our professional organizations continue to evolve and change this spirit of community, love of learning and commitment to the growth of all of us as skating professionals is what I KNOW will continue. Congratulations to everyone honored and many thanks for this recognition.
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” - from “A Splendid Torch” by: George Bernard Shaw

 

[Sylvia]

Jacob Sanchez shared photos of the “emerging athletes” group and the athlete coaches/demonstrators at USFS’ “Access To Excellence” camp in CO Springs for skaters, coaches, officials & parents (re-posting this link here from the U.S. Women's news thread): https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ImQsZL7E2/
Jacob, Taira Shinohara and Caleb Farrington are the male skaters in his photos. Jason Brown was a demonstrator and keynote speaker and I also saw Aleksandr Fegan there.

“Sasha” Fegan's post with photos:

Aleksandr Fegan on Instagram: "The altitude of everything including the mountains at the Emerging Athlete and Access to Excellence Program was Top Notch! I would like to thank @usfigureskating for inviting me here, the coaches and officials that gav

108 likes, 2 comments - sashaskate1 on May 20, 2024: "The altitude of everything including the mountains at the Emerging Athlete and Access to Excellence Program was Top Notch! I would like ...".

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Jason is in the 2nd photo, next to Louis Mallane (top ranked Intermediate man in NQS last fall), and Nicholas Brooks (5th in Junior at Nationals who is now landing 4T in practice) is standing in the back next to Jacob.

Taira Shinohara chatted with Lindsay Wang on her and Luke Wang’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4MriLp3J33dKXM3oqJJRU9

He skates, he vlogs, AND he codes?? Lindsay and special guest Taira Shinohara have a conversation about achievements, goals, and balancing all kinds of exciting projects. This episode was graciously sponsored by ScoreSkates app. The first 10 viewers to dm the official podcast Instagram @itsofficehours can get a discount code towards Taira’s app. Thanks so much to ScoreSkates for supporting, and to all our viewers for listening.