Skate Canada 2012

Skate Canada will be happening this weekend so this thread will be all about the events there.

Event Website: http://www.skatecanada.ca/tabid/18136/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Entries: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051404.htm

Men
Elladj BALDE CAN
Patrick CHAN CAN
Liam FIRUS CAN
Florent AMODIO FRA
Takahito MURA JPN
Nobunari ODA JPN
Denis TEN KAZ
Artur GACHINSKI RUS
Javier FERNANDEZ ESP
Ross MINER USA


Ladies
Amelie LACOSTE CAN
Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN
Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO
Kanako MURAKAMI JPN
Akiko SUZUKI JPN
Ksenia MAKAROVA RUS
Polina SHELEPEN RUS
Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS
Gracie GOLD USA
Caroline ZHANG USA

Pairs
Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN
Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS CAN
Daria POPOVA / Bruno MASSOT FRA
Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY GER
Stacey KEMP / David KING GBR (as of this document update dated 10.24.12)
Stefania BERTON / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA
Lindsay DAVIS / Mark LADWIG USA
Tiffany VISE / Don BALDWIN USA

Ice Dance
Julia ZLOBINA / Alexei SITNIKOV AZE
Piper GILLES / Paul POIRIER CAN
Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN
Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR CAN
Pernelle CARRON / Lloyd JONES FRA
Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA
Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Ilia TKACHENKO RUS
Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA

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Here's a practice clip and interview of Scott and Tessa in their preparation for Skate Canada:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ndyz0OX9mo
Seems their Carmen will be a modern version.

It'll be interesting to see Liza vs Gracie and if Kaetlyn will be able to deliver like she did at Nebelhorn. But I will still be rooting for Akiko and Kanako.

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Anybody going to see the competition live?

Oh, i can't wait for SC to start. Go Javi (i absolutely adore his charlie Chaplin free program ), and Nobu!

For the ladies, I hope Liza is going to kick some major butt. I could live with Liza winning, Akiko getting the silver and Elene the bronze (I like her free program).

Will there be any streaming available like it was for last year SC? I don't think Eurosport is going to be showing everything.

I don't know about live streaming, but there is one for the training sessions tomorrow: http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/12283

I want Liza to show confident and powerful skating, come on girl!!! Also I'm cheering for Kanako, for others I don't care that much)

I want Liza to do well too! Esp after what's happened to Adelina in FP...such a shame!

Rooting for Akiko and Kanako, Nobu and Mura of course...I'm guessing Akiko will be in better shape than JO. Kanako, I have no idea. Nobu...getting better it seems, but very worried if he can go for a quad yet. Mura I think has a better chance of nailing a quad than Nobu, but he's one of those middle class skaters in Jpn which the media almost never report on, so don't have a clue how his condition is.

Last but not least, I truely hope that Denis will be able to skate better than the past seasons...I really care for him so much eversince I saw him skating in an ice show in Jpn. He had so much obvious potential then, I want to go on believing he still has it! Plz cheer for him too guys, cause he's really a very nice person too (I've exchanged personal messages with him on FB several times )!

Mao2012 wrote:

I don't know about live streaming, but there is one for the training sessions tomorrow: http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/12283

Thanx for the link. I can't believe I missed the practice. I completely forgot. Luckily there's the afternoon practice as well.

zarinaballerina wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

I don't know about live streaming, but there is one for the training sessions tomorrow: http://www.artonice.it/?q=it/node/12283

Thanx for the link. I can't believe I missed the practice. I completely forgot. Luckily there's the afternoon practice as well.

Don't worry our Liza wasn't there

Practice is still going on. Here's another livestream:

http://www.skatebuzz.com/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?id=a5c0e7b6-4054-4ef4-b140-0e9815a0c4b2

polosatik wrote:

Don't worry our Liza wasn't there

Oh, well I do feel better now. I guess it was to early for her? Savchenko/Szolkowy also missed their morning practice.

roma, thanks. I forgot to add that it was the ladies I missed. Now I'm glued to the computer. I refuse to miss any more practice, since SC is so nicely showing them live. I wish other countries would do the same.

Some Practice Vids:

Gracie (SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo4k23GmEnY
Akiko (FS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-UStplF8rQ
Kanako (FS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE7OdxOR5c8

PChan (SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga9nhJyDkyo
Nobu (FS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khJkGBm7Q5g
Javi (SP): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYYDYWk1IY
Mura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef-4KQmn3io (blocked) | DailyMotion copy

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

Was it a good one?

Mao2012 wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

Was it a good one?

Yep, but she was quite slow today, I hope it's jet lag or something but she's in a good shape and that's what matters the most

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

Was it a good one?

Yep, but she was quite slow today, I hope it's jet lag or something but she's in a good shape and that's what matters the most

She looked very tired to me. But seing 3L-3T was great, though the 3T looked a bit UR to me. wasn't she supposed to be in Canada since saturday?
Man, all this live practice streaming makes me wish Mao was at SC.

zarinaballerina wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

Was it a good one?

Yep, but she was quite slow today, I hope it's jet lag or something but she's in a good shape and that's what matters the most

She looked very tired to me. But seing 3L-3T was great, though the 3T looked a bit UR to me. wasn't she supposed to be in Canada since saturday?
Man, all this live practice streaming makes me wish Mao was at SC.

Yes, but jet lag is at 5th day i guess, but it differs usually . Maybe you are right, she was tired. I also like Ksusha though her jumps are not good ,I like her skating and her programs are so lovely!!!

polosatik wrote:

Yes, but jet lag is at 5th day i guess, but it differs usually . Maybe you are right, she was tired. I also like Ksusha though her jumps are not good ,I like her skating and her programs are so lovely!!!

I've forgotten about jet lag. I liked Ksenia's practice outfit, but she looks like she lost a lot of weight. And I love her short program.

zarinaballerina wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

polosatik wrote:

Mao2012 wrote:

Did you watch the second Ladies practice? How did Liza skate?

well she was ok, didn't do many jumps she fell from 2 a ,other jumps were good. Oh and she did 3lz-3t)

Was it a good one?

Yep, but she was quite slow today, I hope it's jet lag or something but she's in a good shape and that's what matters the most

She looked very tired to me. But seing 3L-3T was great, though the 3T looked a bit UR to me. wasn't she supposed to be in Canada since saturday?
Man, all this live practice streaming makes me wish Mao was at SC.

me too, i also wish Mao was here, just imagining that one could watch her practice during the whole day and live on top of it, that's really more then a could ask for.

I liked Ksenia a lot too, but I kind of lost my faith in her sadly. I don't expect her to surprise me and improve her jumps and consistency by a whole lot, but I hope she proves me wrong. She has some really nice qualities that would make her my favorite Russian girl otherwise.

First look at Virtue and Moir's Carmen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnA3Xp63IB0

What do you think about their FD from the bits and pieces in this video?

roma wrote:

First look at Virtue and Moir's Carmen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnA3Xp63IB0

What do you think about their FD from the bits and pieces in this video?

They blew me away with this to be honest, I expect a masterpiece. But I would like to wait and see it in full and in costumes before making my final judgement. But I definitely like it a lot more than last year's Funny Face. I am not sure about some of the moves though very brave.

Yeah. This one looks better than FF but there seems to be too much sexual vibe from what we can currently see... Lets see how it goes when they finally skate it in full.

VM SD practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6U1Tu9J1R8

babayaga wrote:

They blew me away with this to be honest, I expect a masterpiece. But I would like to wait and see it in full and in costumes before making my final judgement. But I definitely like it a lot more than last year's Funny Face. I am not sure about some of the moves though very brave.

Me too, IMO, it's a masterpiece in the making, and this is coming from a HUGE Merly/Charlie fan. I can't wait to see this in the competition.

roma wrote:

Yeah. This one looks better than FF but there seems to be too much sexual vibe from what we can currently see...

Yep, agree, however, Carmen is a temptress/seducer, so some sexual vibe has to be there, imo, I hope though they're not going overboard with it.

Carmen's charachter is the reason I cringe when I see 16 year olds skate to this. Most of the time they portray her in a cute way (Mirai), and this isn't Carmen. Even with Sasha, I'd prefer it if she skated Carmen years later instead of in SLC, imo, she could've blown everyone away.

Ladies short program just finished,what can i say. Elene really deserved her 1st place, huge improvement! Huge 3lz-3t, little dirty spots in steps and 3 sal but overall great performance. Osmond, nothing special, just good jumps and...Canadian. Ksusha, if only you did that 2 axel!!! The program is magical! Skating was gorgeous ...and Akiko, don't like program, don't like skating. Today she was heavy and slow. Well, I guess it's all jet lag hope she will recover at FS! Liza too)

The scores are all very close. Liza may be in sixth, but she's only five points behind Elene and I still doubt Elene's ability to pull off a clean lp. I think that any of the top six still has a good chance to win or medal.