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Maybe that's the case. To get to a big city there's always more options, Grenoble (Lyon) not so much and most likely not direct flight.

I feel like this season have the potential to be full of sakura themed banners *I'll sure make one if will be lucky to attend comp live this season * sakura plushies maybe?

Pink eyeshadow and slight lipgloss will do But even as it is I'll prepare my popcorn for western media, never was more happy that Yuzu just don't care I think the only way it could be better is if the pant were white

For Marseilles tickets didn't fly that fast and it was GPF (and I decided to go rather late), tickets flew way faster for last year's CoR, but in Russia CoR has big audience even without Yuzu there during last years.

Kimono sleeves will look great on pics but in motion I really love those ruffles - it reminds me of petals dancing in the wind the only distracting part in costume for me is dark grey in the front

Beautiful video! Though I still prefer piano version cuz of the moments when piano notes are highlighted with movements (I'm not musician so hard to explain ). I think Yuzu can arrange recording if he really wants, but at least I hope that new hydro and IB are here to stay (never thought I'll say that I want more DW choreo for Yuzu )

And singing Shoma

Yes, but that programme would be so fitting for Worlds in Japan...

This one is really good I have 2 previous ones, always buy them on cdjapan cuz Amazon delivery doesn't work for my country

Well, proper Russian is even hard for native speakers but for simple communication maybe it's not that awful. When Yuzu spoke a couple of words in Russian it was very cute and Japanese that are learning Russian mostly have not that bad accent

I agree. At first I thought that kanji will be the hardest part (it still is), but when the grammar became more complicated I thought wtf I didn't write for this And I'm still learning more simple one. Especially when you have several ways to explain for example why smth happened and need to use different ways in different cases. To be less OT I now understand better why English is hard for Yuzu it's very different from Japanese and it's not like he ever was that much interested in it, had more fun things to do I can relate, I like studying Japanese cuz I like Yuzu and Japanese culture, whish I was that much invested into my work stuff

I agree. But even more I'm interested in ladies. I'd say Kathleen, Liza Tuk, Gabby can hit +3GOE at least, but what will Med and Zagi get? Med I think has more distance jumps but I will not call it "very good height" if we compare her to Osmond, will her GOEs drop or no? What GOEs Satoko will get? I'd say watching ladies we will need even more popcorn (or alcohol) then before.

I will be surprised if Yuzu will not backload his two safe 3As and if I'm right, now that there's no coefficient so score-wise it doesn't matter to backload 4T or 3A with 3S combo. So if Yuzu will repeat 4T it will be safer to do ... 4T3T//4T 3A1Lo3S 3A2T to avoid BV loss if second 4T will not go well, but I will not put it past him to backload all his combos in the end (he's never gone for safest options after all)

I'm Russian and know all my English from school - especially last two years of school where quite serious (I had to learn some subjects more in-depth than if I was in normal class). I hadn't forgotten it till now due to my love for at first American band, then Finnish F1 driver, later Yuzu - always read English articles about my faves and loved English commentators. Also I love to travel. Now I'm studying Japanese and wondering why I'm doing it to myself?!

I think it will be SC and NHK for Yuzu if Canada invites him, though if a miracle happen I will be happy with France (for selfish reasons))

For me GPF 2016 was clean - not perfect landing on 4Lo even added the drive

I want LGC in show or a an EX not to see it clean but to see sassy Yuzu having full throttle fun with it and not in a competition mood

I've just read a GOE bullet point for jumps comparison on other forum Old bullets: 1) unexpected / creative / difficult entry 2) clear recognizable (creative, interesting, original for jump preceded by steps/movements of the Short Program) steps/free skating movements immediately preceding element 3) varied position in the air / delay in rotation 4) good height and distance 5) good extension on landing / creative exit 6) good flow from entry to exit including jump combinations / sequences 7) effortless throughout 8) element matched to the musical structure New bullets: 1) very good height and very good length (of all jumps in a combo or sequence) 2) good take-off and landing 3) effortless throughout (including rhythm in Jump combination) 4) steps before the jump, unexpected or creative entry 5) very good body position from take-off to landing 6) element matches the music Well, it would be interesting to see what they mean by very good height and very good length... very good body position from take-off to landing - don't get what's that about, if jump has good height, length and landing I don't know how it can have bad body position o_O I'm sad to see good extension on landing to go though And does new bullets mean that tano and rippons will not have extra points? (I'm actually OK with it and think they must be used only if match the music) Or does it will count in very good body position? It's not like I think judges will judge by rules but still... I feel like I'll be able to check ladies protocols only after emptying a bar

So much nice stuff today

Actually I think Shoma's stamina is quite good, so he can do two 3As in the second half and 4T rather then 4S 4F 4Lo 4S 4T3T//4T 3A1Lo3F 3A2T - in the best form or he can drop 4S for 3S2T, or maybe he'll go for 3Lz again but in the first part I bet. Also I think for guys there's no need for too much backloading cuz the price for a mistake will be higher, better go for your most stable jumps in the end like Yuzu's and Shoma's 3A. As for Yuzu all will depend on his recovery first.

The best consequence of the rule

I'm not worried about Yuzu though it will be interesting what he'll do for FS. Now he have no point to do 4S and then 4S+3T and risk BV cut off if the second 4S is not ideal. Though he can theoretically backload 4T+3T in FS (and two 3A after that). But the thing is for men you'll get more BV with good GOE than backloading, so if your quads have better quality in the the first half, there's no point to remove them to the end and add more risk with questionable reward.

I dunno maybe the change was more due to more "trivial" money/visa issues anyway I don't believe that LilBet will be Eteri's first priority.

About backloading. I'm OK with 2+1 for SP, but for FS would like 3+4 more cuz second half of FS is not literally "half" but more like 2/3 of it. So now will be interesting to see how the choreo will be made. I can bet Yuzu and Shoma will have 4T/4S+3T as last jump element for SP, also they can backload one such combo for FS plus 3A combos. Alina can have all combos in second part for SP and FS. But I don't think everybody will backload their combos cuz it will be too risky - you will not have a room to make up for it if you miss one. And surely I don't see anybody backloading 4Lz or 4F - boys still are not robots. Some math (for fun): 3Lz +3GOE (1 half) 7.67 / 4T+3T +3GOE (2 half) 19.59 = 27.26 4T +3GOE (1 half) 12.35 / 3Lz+3T +3GOE (2 half) 14.44 = 26.79 3Lz+3T +3GOE (1 half) 13.13 / 4T +3GOE (2 half) 13.59 = 26.72 4T+3T +3GOE (1 half) 17.81 / 3Lz +3GOE (2 half) 8.44 = 26.25 So can't say that backloading 4T (or any other quad) is worth a risk especially if in the first half of FS will get you better GOE (afterall backloading is only 10% of BV and new GOE can give you more).

Like the true ドS that he is