I'm as cynical as the next poster and always had doubts about Sasha's comeback, but not enough to think it was done to boost SOI tix sales...I dont see how...
My Saturday newspaper, the San Diego Union Tribune, included a glossy magazine advertisement for South Coast Plaza, an upscale shopping mall in Costa Mesa...
... I think you got a good point here. I never paid attention to this team before, but I watched yesterday their FD twice on CBC. I learned with this occassion...
... The USFSA has an established policy nowadays about automatic byes for skaters who are assigned to international events within a specific time period of...
... Very doubtful. She probably gave it a try and her body cannot sustain the effort to master competitive routines at this stage in her life. The new system...
... Well that's the least USFS should do considering the last minute call to compete although something tells me she was told a while ago to prepare for this. ...
... I was assuming it was a reference to the choreographers (Denkova/Stavisky from Bulgaria). Also, the referee was Evgenia Karnolska. These officials are all...
Susan
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Nov 9, 2009 6:24 pm
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... Hersh reports that this means Emily will get a bye to US Nationals because Eastern Sectionals is three days after Skate America....
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Nov 9, 2009 6:24 pm
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... I think you're right that all music is "folk" except that written for the upper classes, like symphonies and operas (and I guess the big orchestral...
Susan
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Nov 9, 2009 6:09 pm
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Some of you Skatefans predicted it, but I gotta agree it was easy to see it coming: <http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43804> Emily Hughes will...
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/sports_globetrotting/2009/11/cohen-withdraws-from-skate-america.html [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
SASHA COHEN WITHDRAWS FROM 2009 CANCER.NET SKATE AMERICA – 2006 Olympian Emily Hughes to take Cohen's place – COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 6, 2009) –...
... Korpi failed to qualify, she has an 8th place finish at TEB. Flatt can qualify only if she wins SA. The best bets right now are Yu Na and Suzuki, who will...
... Now, once Cleo corrected your "typo", I have to point out that there was no Bulgarian judge on the panel either. It is quite obvious that your are in love...
I thought he had moments of real musicality and charm, but although the jumps were solidly landed, repeatedly throughout the program there were moments of...
won the ladies event at the Coupe de Nice this past weekend. I was impressed by her at the JGP in Lake Placid earlier this season. She did qulify for the JGP...
... Then again, doesn't that fit in with my theory that technically, if it's not art music, it's folk music, and therefore legitimate for use in the OD? I...
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Nov 9, 2009 3:03 pm
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... [snip] ... Read it like this: Well, obviously this kid has been a skating genius since he learned to walk, why didn't we know about it? :-) Seriously,...
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Nov 9, 2009 2:11 pm
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... LOL, this is actually one of the most popular/recognizable music pieces in Russia. It has been used in skating before (Abt and Borodulin did SPs to it, and...
... I had to laugh out loud at those costumes. Headband, one-shoulder tunics with criss-cross bands, complete with borders in a greek key pattern? All...
... I assume they meant never landed it in competition. Does anyone know how often they land it in practice? Susan McC [Non-text portions of this message have...
Susan
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Nov 8, 2009 10:53 pm
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They didn't show any Ice Dancing at the NHK. At least, not on the channel that I watched....
... I attended Regionals and yes, Em is still having trouble with her 3F and 3Z - underrotating and flipping out. The loop is gone never to be resurrected....
... They were not hiding him. He was runner up to Adam Rippon at the junior worlds earlier this spring and now he just beat him (because of the 3 axel). Check...
I turned the program on in the middle of Joubert's skate (after the quad) and thought it was some guy just up from juniors or a mid-ranked skater. Then it...
After watching it on CBC, they have mentioned that Yuko could've dislocated her right shoulder. Joseph ~~~ Kawaguchi/Smirnov didn't skate in the Gala which I...
And Rippon...Adam, Adam, Adam, you really need to go back and work on that axel, because it's gonna be the death of you. Everything else is so beautiful. Don't...
... Absolutely. The girl can jumps, that is the first condition to be a good figure skater. Check her 2 axel, she's got spring, very easy. On top of it, she...
... After watching it on CBC, they have mentioned that Yuko could've dislocated her right shoulder. Also that they have never landed the throw 4sal adn they...