She was awesome! Maybe not top You in terms of things like a 3A, but her performance, audience engagement and musical expression are wonderful now, and so much better than I've seen her in past years. Was never a fan before, but I love her this season.
I was kind of wishing for Kaetlyn Osmond. She's right there in the building!
ITA. I get so nervous for her. This morning, I searched for the replay to truly appreciate her skating without holding my breath.
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Never heard her commentary but she would be interesting cuz she's more current and can provide some local insight. Tonia just feels so irrelevant and generic.
looks to me like its a fight for the podium between Isabeau and Haein. I mean, no way Kaori isn't there, and Loena was awesome yesterday and I think that's where she will be in the free.
Hope they all do way better in the free.
And this is for you, my friend. She was amazing! Editing to add that she was in 10th place after her SP.
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Hey, if board vamping works for Fear/Gibson in dance and Loena in the women's event...
I thought Tonia was a little less effective for pairs - we could have a drinking game for whatever positive adjective she uses to describe every team's 3tw, even the ones that aren't that great.
I guess I've missed how over the past two decades the popularity of skating in Asia has grown without their skaters pandering a lot of in-your-face choreography to the judges.
I thought Tonia was fine last night, but I just think that when there are two people there is too much talking. Mark was a little over-enthusiastic last night, as if he'd been primed to "make it exciting" which maybe he was; but he could tone it down a little. I did think there was a lot of good information and I particularly liked Mark's focus on other elements than jumps.
ETA: admittedly if there is that much talking during dance I will be
He wasn't overly talkative earlier in the season but he also was by himself.
I’d rather have no commentary, too, but Tonia wasn’t bad. She sounds confident, her voice is pleasant, and she mostly kept to technical insights (perhaps she was a bit generous in overlooking mistakes, but when she did talk about them, she explained what went wrong with an element). And thankfully, there was no “witty” banter.
Because Jason Brown is putting butts in the seats and headlining sell-out shows across NA and Europe? He's a fabulous skater but he is no Scott Hamilton or Katarina Witt.
Jason Brown, the most popular NA skater since Kwan, and what I'd consider a larger than life personality on ice, also doesn't do the Plushy.... Leona.... IAM teams choreo judge pandering either. More quality, less pandering, please.
And this is for you, my friend. She was amazing! Editing to add that she was in 10th place after her SP.
Elaine Zayak - 1982 Worlds LP(UKTV)
Elaine's winning LP from Copenhagen in 1982. 4th in figures, 10th in SP after a fall she rebounded to win from 7th after this LP.
I'd like a little less of it myself, but it's not like Asian skaters never do it. Remember Haein?
Jason Brown, the most popular NA skater since Kwan, and what I'd consider a larger than life personality on ice, also doesn't do the Plushy.... Leona.... IAM teams choreo judge pandering either. More quality, less pandering, please.
Here's Phil Hersh's analysis of the Women's short progrm:
Women's short program at figure skating worlds produces tears, thrills
Belgian Loena Hendrickx leads American Isabeau Levito at the world figure skating championships.www.nbcsports.com
OMG, how old ARE you?Thanks! I forgot the number…but my mom & I were there, in the audience!
Best-Tour-of-Our-Lives!
“Younger than springtime am I!”OMG, how old ARE you?
And I will subtract bellowing background man from the feed lol
I like his commentary. He's well informed, does his homework, explains technique and key points. I hope Tonia learns to go beyond stating the obvious
