rockstaryuzu

Just like Yuzu, I'm going to deny any evil intentions.... I was just thinking about photography techniques, that's all....

That would be for the bad boy look.

"Okay now, what do you say to everyone who's seen you practice 4A? " Yuzu: "...shh!...." "Ah, lovely, that finger is in just the right spot...hold that pose...yes. "

Oh, you know he would. That's if he couldn't figure out how to take it off during the 3A itself.

......... I'm speechless. Who did this and why they want to assassinate me?!!!

But how much of a one? Does it really add to score? I have to agree that outside edge SE is more difficult, esp travelling in a straight line like that. OTOH, I'm a very basic recreational skater and I'm still able to do SEs, so to me it doesn't seem like something that would gain a top level skater much score. Agree that a moment of stillness in a program isn't a bad thing...

Oh dear Lord. Oh my sainted aunt. I wasn't ready to be dead first thing in the morning today. Have mercy, Yuzu! Dead bunny emoji don't seem enough to express my reaction to that!

You say that like there was something wrong with the Vertigo hip roll...but his technique there was perfect! +5 GOE for sure. Just pretend it wasn't done by a 15-yr old baby...

That photo of him on the left is so beautiful it's just unfair.

The new scoring means that the judges are basically spanking anyone who tries a jump and doesn't succeed....makes the quads a lot less enticing until you can land one reliably

The only SE I saw was in the Origin section but maybe I missed it

I watched that through, and I think the spread eagle they show is actually from Origin, not Otonal. They show it in the Origin half of the program. And I agree, it looks nicer. Just waiting to catch the train to Montreal to go see SCI....but I feel more excited for GP Helsinki next week...argh.

I swear I just watched this yesterday...is Jack stalking my YT lists now?

Yes yes. It makes a handy example of what I'm trying to say, though.

I love all his twizzles; that's one move of his that I think should be done longer and more often in every program of his. But that's just my bias. If he actually did all-twizzle programs all the time, we'd soon be tired of them .

Probably? The phrase 'glittering career' seems to have been coined with him in mind.

& @makebelieveup Yes, it works in Seimei. But I'm saying that it didn't work in Origin; it looked out of place there.

Mass Axels? I wonder if there's a Guinness Book category for that.

Same. Particularly the Seimei-style side lunge...it just didn't work. It would have been better to put a different step there. So when I say Yuzu should sometimes leave his favorites out instead of trying to force them to all fit into every program, this is the kind of thing I mean. I'm not saying he should stop doing his favorites altogether. I'm saying he should pick and choose and add new things in instead. For example, if he could learn that sliding backwards lunge thingy that Kevin Aymoz does, that would add a cool new element to his repertoire. By now, we all know a Yuzu program is going to have a certain set of moves in it no matter what. That's a strength but also a weakness because he runs the danger of becoming too predictable. I don't want him to ever become predictable.

This is what I was thinking too. And Nathan took his costume inspiration from Patrick. Or maybe straight up borrowed the shirt. 😃

Isn't Keegan still doing Singing in the Rain? I know he kept Chaplin. I'd love to see Yuzu do this kind of a program though.

don't you think that's a little mean? After all, Nathan is five years younger than Yuzu and still learning...maybe we should cut the kid some slack.

About 'artistry': I think Nathan has a long way to go before he's at Yuzu's level, but his Skate America SP did indeed have a level of artistry that was similar to some of Yuzu's programs. One 'artistic' program does not an artist make. The difference between Yuzu and a lot of other skaters is that Yuzu has internalized 'artistry'. The art in his programs comes from within himself. It's not something imposed on him by the choreographer from outside.

The thing is, when Yuzu puts all of his favorite elements in every competition program he makes, every single time, after a while all the programs start looking similar to each other. It would be good for him to have variety, add new things in, sometimes leave other things out, just to keep his programs fresh.

If I were a figure skater, this would so be me. People would have to cover their kids' ears because of the language.