Recent content by jmtfti

Shhhh, we can't get logic get in the way here!

In fact, there's a new fan conspiracy theory I've seen floated about elsewhere that IAM and Skate Canada are in league, dastardly supporting LaLa and somehow ruining G/P's results by doing so. No, I don't understand how this remotely maths, either.

This has just reached new depths of pathetic, including the part when Piper or her husband used their dog's Instagram account to support G/P's honor in the comments. Never have I seen a single team who has received more than their share of gifts over the years -- including all the way back to...

Probably not a minority opinion -- R/A's RD has been one of the few (the only?) I've seen getting praised this season. Another aspect of G/P's skating that's been consistent from the beginning of their partnership that's always baffled me is their lifts, namely that most (or at least the ones...

I appreciated the skaters calling out Rettstatt at Finlandia. He's the person with arguably the most power on the tech end of the sport, as head of the committee, and he's putting himself in positions to sit on competition panels. It's absurd and prominent competitors should call him and his...

I don't think that rule is still in effect, or if it is, it's as @Theatregirl1122 suggests. Fear/Gibson have used their Rocky FD as an ex, and Lajoie/Lagha have done the same with several of their rhythm dances (in both instances a season or more after competing them).

I find junior ice dance much more enjoyable than senior at this point. Two real patterns and no choreo sequence in a rhythm dance makes such a tremendous difference.

Well, if this translation is accurate, Guillaume wasn't too shy about calling out the person he perceives as the issue. (Original article.)

Charlene Bailey posted about the pairs journey with Nate Bartholomay, as well as the accident and injury that ended their (brief) season: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRcfS3REdj9/

I was a Paul/Islam fan so...... in general, teams are probably better off being ignored by me.

A few lower ranked teams are using "Smooth" this season, so it seems like judges are OK with it. (At least for obscure Euro and Canadian teams.) Hensen/Lickers are doing Ricky Martin, though, and it seems like IAMO tends to diversify RD approaches among their seniors each season.

Ha, I spent the offseason imagining a two-step style RD with "No One Needs to Know" (BPM of 134-135!).

He made costume recommendations for their Beauty and the Beast FD a few seasons ago. Though, as Karen notes, it's not at all unusual for tech panelists and judges to provide such "advice" (which is....a problem!). In general, I've had the sense over the years that he's been fairly friendly with...

I just personally don't like the program, so if this incentivized them to change it, I'd be completely on board. That said, this seemed inevitable the moment Rettstatt, who's consulted Z/K in the past, was put on this panel.

Or conversely, Canada owed France one for Vanessa James...