Yatagarasu

Tally so far: Men Ladies Ice Dance Pairs Andrew TORGASHEV (USA) 24 Stephen GOGOLEV (CAN) 22 Roman SAVOSIN (RUS) 18 Daniel GRASSL (ITA) 18 Camden PULKINEN (USA) 15 Petr GUMENNIK (RUS) 15 Koshiro SHIMADA (JPN) 13 Tomoki HIWATASHI (USA) 13 Mitsuki SUMOTO (JPN) 13 Kirill IAKOVLEV (RUS) 13 Adam SIAO HIM FA (FRA) 11 Yuto KISHINA (JPN) 11 Anna SHCHERBAKOVA (RUS) 30 Young YOU (KOR) 20 Alexandra TRUSOVA (RUS) 15 Alena KOSTORNAIA (RUS) 15 Yelim KIM (KOR) 13 Alena KANYSHEVA (RUS) 13 Anastasia TARAKANOVA (RUS) 13 Anna TARUSINA (RUS) 13 Kseniia SINITSYNA (RUS) 11 Rion SUMIYOSHI (JPN) 11 Shiika YOSHIOKA (JPN) 11 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA (CAN) 28 Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE (USA) 18 Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER (FRA) 16 Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV (RUS) 15 Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Nikita NAZAROV (RUS) 15 Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO (RUS) 15 Natalie D'ALESSANDRO / Bruce WADDELL (CAN) 14 Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK (USA) 13 Elizaveta SHANAEVA / Devid NARYZHNYY (RUS) 13 Polina IVANENKO / Daniil KARPOV (RUS) 13 Ksenia KONKINA / Alexander VAKHNOV (RUS) 11 Eva KUTS / Dmitrii MIKHAILOV (RUS) 11 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV (UKR) 11 Anastasia MISHINA / Aleksandr GALLIAMOV (RUS) 30 Apollinariia PANFILOVA / Dmitry RYLOV (RUS) 26 Polina KOSTIUKOVICH / Dmitrii IALIN (RUS) 15 Anastasia POLUIANOVA / Dmitry SOPOT (RUS) 13 Riku MIURA / Shoya ICHIHASHI (JPN) 13 Patricia ANDREW / Paxton FLETCHER (CAN) 13 Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV (RUS) 11 Alina PEPELEVA / Roman PLESHKOV (RUS) 11 Daria KVARTALOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO (RUS) 11 Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW (USA) 9

I have no memory of this

(true trouble is that his brain probably does work in the - it's just one more rotation - way) (I shall now go hide in a corner)

Not a mistake, he intended it that way. In the RT during practice, he did the same thing, so it's choreographed, at least for now, for all 3 passes to be in the first half. Don't ask me why. I suppose there's the whole don't care about the scores bit, but on the other hand, he does want to win so....

I think it was not in the translated bits, I'll ask if I can get the Japanese once ACI is done!

Which is a lot actually. Especially if the fall is called a UR, what he would get for that is pittance. 4A is 12.50 now. 4A < 9.38. Then add the -5 GOE that's tied to the BV. One fall also means PCS scores under 9.5 now. If he bombs the SP that badly, then that competition is pretty much over. @Xen I have no idea what happens if 4A jumps into the first slot. He may want to keep the 4Lo and dump one of the 4Ts. Or he might go wilding and try 5 quads. It'd actually be interesting if he has decided to adopt Brian's up the content as the season goes tactic, as he hasn't really done that before and yet, it's so difficult to implement with this difficulty. I have a feeling we'll end up with every possible LO permutation here and still be left going ummm.

Oh yes, this is pretty much how that goes, but especially Zhenya I think would be in a similar place like Jason's. Though if Jason is dying from Tracy's skating skills class .... Considering that they're all adults now, and been around for a while, I have no doubt at all he's even underplaying a little bit about how hard these sessions can be mentally.

Yes but I'm sure it's all adjusted for the switch too, and probably one of the reasons why he may stretch the introduction of it. He's not going to want a set up of two laps around the rink. He'll go for as short as possible, so to speak. But it won't be the SP because, his words aside, it makes no sense to do so, especially under the new rules, where the BV of the 4A is lowered and the falls really hurt you. A fall would be massively costly and finding himself in something like 3rd group for the FS is no where near ideal. FS is way better for these experiments.

That's a great read, thanks for bringing it over. I almost wish there was more because some of the bits are really interesting, the training ones. This part: Jumps are his biggest issues, as otherwise he is such a lovely skater. But even last season, though previously it had gotten better, even his 3A went poof on him. Looking at Zu media day footage, you could actually spot Jason zooming around and there was definitely a 4S try there. Underrotated and fall but he tried. Now this is curious as of course previously it was the 4T and he didn't really like the Sal. So at least in some ways, it may be indication he is mentally in a much better place where he is willing to give the jumps a go even if they are still not ready. But it's ok to do so. Fingers crossed!

He said it'd be the first jumping pass in the FS, where the 4Lo is now.

You really do have a desire for him to kill his fans off right at the start of the season!

I say yes. Then he'll flub the next one, then it'll start stabilizing.

I am not too fond of the skirt like thing, but otherwise this is nice too. I am still in love with the all black with gold from a few days ago. Sigh.

*pops in* Apart from the ACI, we have another thing happening this week, with pretty big names, so don't forget to check it out too. Should be fun!

He'll try it this season for sure. And yes, deadline i.e. before someone else does. It is unlikely he'd try it at Worlds. Nor would he try a brand new jump at GPF. Nationals is a pressure cooker of various kinds this season. So, ACI/Helsinki/CoR or 4CC. He won't go for it if he thinks chances are low so it really depends where he is at with the practice %s at the moment, and onward.

I would gladly share both but somehow the zen doesn't seem to stick. But I do highly recommend the tea at least.

Short program. So you can relax because there will be no 4As on Friday. On Saturday .... who knows. But by then you will end up with more if one rotation each day so ... a quint? Ommmm.

She is! Moi?

Yes, he's also at ACI. One of the reasons I am so excited is that apart from the Zu of it, we get Jun, Jason, Zhenya, Wakaba and Mae. And of course others but I really want to see the above ^^

Cinderella? Huh I want to see that R&J is good for him.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack jumps on fire off the shoulder of Helsinki. I watched A-spins glitter in the dark near the Boston Gate. All those moments will not be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to .... be zen now. (or something. *drinks more tea*)

@Rainbow Thank you so much for this translation, that was such a fun read! And it's so good to see him finally healthy and just enjoying himself. Knock on wood, it'll be all good from now on.