Recent content by Vagabond

I wish that people who post links to social media or paywalled sources would quote key parts of any text. It would be common courtesy to do so.

Substitute Compulsory Figures for the "usual short program, and I’m in. Add on Special Figures for 15%, taking away 5% from the other three phases, and I am deliriously happy. :rollin:

Mimi becomes a kept woman to a certain viscount between Acts III and IV but leaves him to die in Rodolfo's arms.

Unlike ISU Championships, the Olympics stretch over a bit more than two full weeks. It is not uncommon for Olympic skaters who train in other countries to go back to their home training centers between the Opening Ceremony and their competitions, and it would be extremely difficult to enforce a...

Mountain lion spotted in San Francisco's Pacific Heights neighborhood located https://share.google/U6KPnkWKvlkfDhmFt Not in my own backyard, but close enough. I saw the operation but not the mountain lion itself on my walk this morning.

🤔 But what happened to the rink?

No La Traviata,  no La Bohème, no Manon or Manon Lescaut? That's going overboard.

Gibraltar has its own Olympic Committee, though it is apparently not currently recognized by the ISU but has been in the past. It even has -- or had -- its own Gibraltar Ice Skating Association, which is not currently recognized by the ISU. What is does not havei is an ice rink. There used to be...

I believe that if you check other threads here, you can find a link to a social media post confirming his announcement.

In the Kiss and Cry after his Free Skate in Beijing, he looked at the camera and told the viewers that it was his last competition.

😨 Do  not conjure the spirits of dead artistic ideas!

I'm Too Sexy I think that the guy should stop worrying about whether he is "too this" or "too that" and just accept himself for who he is. :P

This thread and items posted in other threads prompted me to look at the Ice Academy of Montreal's website, where I found their Charter of Values. SMH.

I think that the personal considerations for Naumov are different from those for other skaters. I would be much less surprised to see Torgashev than Naumov stay on for at least another season. Naumov may well want to get on with other things, whether or not they include coaching.

They did indeed, and look how that worked out for them. :grandpa: