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Really good taste. I'm not joking. It takes a discerning eye to fully appreciate all Yuzu has to offer. But more importantly, I think our hearts were open at the right time while Yuzu was there ready to walk in. You feel it when he skates: the guy is trying to communicate with his performances, trying to say something important from the depths of his heart. If you're ready for it, you'll receive the signal and the connection gets made. It sounds a bit hokey, but I really do think that's what it is.

ACI usually has a box behind the ticket table where the volunteers will place gifts for skaters, because throwing things on the ice has always been against the rules there. So it can be done that way. I think Geo1's experience was different though.

I don't think any of them are into figure skating, or know/care who Yuzu is. But in a way, that makes their videos more useful, because you get to see Sendai more as Yuzu himself would see it: not 'home of Yuzuru Hanyu' touristy, but just 'Sendai, the city' . Also, I don't think Norm has plans to leave Tokyo any time soon, but I imagine he'll be in Sendai more often now.

Norm ( the man) and Sharla ( the woman) are both well-known Youtubers who have been living and working in Japan for many years and speak Japanese fluently. But they're new to Sendai. As for insects, Canada has nothing nearly as big and scary as the hornets Sharla was describing. Blackflies and mosquitoes are tiny but annoying. The hornets in the video can grow up to 2 inches long!

Blues for Klook and Beatles Medley were definitely crowd pleasers...esp in Kelowna..maybe too much . I distinctly felt wooed after watching. Or perhaps "strongly flirted with" would be a better choice of words.

Is he even in contention? He dropped out of sight last year after moving to Raf which in my opinion was a big mistake on his part. Nicholas Nadeau saw the writing on the wall, for him anyway, and switched to pairs. If he gets the right partner, he could still do really well, he's a very decent skater and only 20 or so.

I think we can say for certain that Nam is challenging himself by trying White Legend. While we're on that topic, we can definitely expect the Canadian men to be pulling out all the stops to secure their Olympic spot. They're all high quality skaters who have the ability to score top 10 in the world, but there's only two spots, and a bunch of young and hungry lads chasing after them coming up from juniors, too. It is going to be a battle Royale for them.

Nam 100% feeds off crowd energy, so if it works to get the crowd with him, I say go for it, but it's also pretty risky. If he can't perform up to snuff people will be dissing him for trying to follow in Yuzu's steps and failing. I think Nam is very confident in his abilities though.

So this is vaguely Yuzu-related... If anyone's bored and wondering what the weather's been like in Sendai recently, just generally what Yuzu's city and the area around it is like, here are two Canadian ex-pats who know zip about Yuzu and Sendai getting into adventures there:

This goes without saying, it's their constant state

It's probably just some tech-unsavvy volunteer who made a mistake updating the pages. Someone who can't be bothered to proofread. Never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.

Definitely better commitment to the hip thrusting than the bum-wiggling. I think Yuzu would have a ton of fun playing a mascot character though. Especially if he was doing it for a rink full of kids or something.

The cuteness of that would truly kill us all. I want to see it!!

Thank you! You know, I know it's easy for us to diss T-shirt and jeans skating costumes when other skaters wear them....but Yuzu just looks SO. DARN. GOOD! In them.... It's really not fair...I'm dead again over here.

Wow, another few pounds and he'll be looking the way he did at the Calgary 88 Games.

So, all the Latvian skaters, including Deniss, withdrew from ACI. This put its status as a Challenger series competition in danger, apparently, because they need a minimum of 8 skaters from 4 different countries for that. Frick COVID. That's all I can say.

So apparently the ACI list of entries is out and Yuzu's not on it. It's what I expected but it still hurts...

This is just cute. Yuzu looks like an anime character again with the way he's nibbling on the rice ball.

Why would anyone....?

Twitter's been having a field day shutting down BTS fan accounts for DCMA violations if they use clips of the music or other copyright material, so maybe that's it? I think you mostly post links to YouTube though. Edited: Oops, Never Mind! I read the rest of the thread. Glad that Twitter is being reasonable with you.

Definitely not, if it's RusFed.

Yuzu new SP speculation: what if he brought back Sing Sing Sing, only revamped to match his current skill level, and made it into a real razzle-dazzler? Not only would he be coming full circle on his career but he'd be trolling all the people who slag him for recycling with a massive flex.

seconded

I don't know. Pairs is a whole different ballgame. There's more to it than just being a really good singles skater and finding a guy to toss you around the ice. I think Evgenia would have to change her personality to some degree, to be successful in pairs. the irony of all this is, if she were with any other fed than Rusfed, she wouldn't even have to sit out - the country would be falling all over itself to help her through whatever she needed. Just goes to show how Russia has an embarrassment of riches in ladies. To be honest with you though, I think she got some really really bad advice last year about what to do after Worlds was canceled and in the long run it cost her everything. had she hunkered down in Toronto, I think she'd still be in contention, even with all the interruptions in training due to lockdowns etc. I mean, look at how Jason has prospered. Also, I'm not going to count her out until she counts herself out. Someone as determined as her to win? if there's a way, she's got the will.

Keegan SP at the BC Summer Skate. Definitely an early season skate.