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I'm guessing the link rockstaryuzu posted is from the official CBC youtube channel (it's geoblocked for me for I'm not sure). The youtube link barbara posted is the same video but it was uploaded by another user and not CBC, so if the intention is to show CBC that folks are watching and the link from rockstaryuzu is geoblocked for you, I'd go with the link on CBC's website (below) that barbara shared earlier. It doesn't visibly show the clicks or views, but they must be tracking that somehow.

their side by side Ina Bauers at the NHK special ex in 2016 were breathtaking. Iirc, Yuzu's said he watched other skaters' hand and arm movements because he didn't have formal ballet training, and watching that ex made me wonder how deliberately he may have modeled his hands on Shizuka's, because their gestures are almost identical. It would be fun if they did something with Shun, too 😁

I wonder if this is going to come down to PC Chopin vs. PC Seimei. Or Chopin vs Chopin 😬

Following @Veveco's lead, favorite non-skating moment: Yuzuru dragging Jun and Jason into a TCC brothers photo at 4CC favorite skating moment: up close view of the spread eagle in Hope & Legacy favorite fanyu moment: at my first live competition, sitting next to a total stranger and instantly bonding over Yuzu

Yuzu's certainly the TCC sempai and plays that role well. But one of the things I love about Jason being at TCC is that Yuzu now has someone the same age to train with; they're only about 8 days apart in age.

Thank you! Just what we need right now

OT but I love that ANA calls them the "flying honu" models. Honu is the Hawaiian name for the green sea turtle.

I think this is a new ad, although it doesn't have any new footage. Sorry, I haven't figured out how to properly embed a tweet with a video in it. Its here Sekkisei Miyabi x #YuzuruHanyu 🥰☺😚 https://t.co/0jQu5Z3fyy — Yuzuru Hanyu Fairy - Fanyu ❤🌹🍀😎 (@yuzuru_fairy) March 1, 2020

Or even when another country's flag is in someone else's hands.... Ensuring the Japanese flags don't cover the US flag: Yuzu adjusting the national flag for Boyang!😭 How can he be so nice and so considerate all the time??❤️😭 #YuzuruHanyu #HanyuYuzuru #羽生結弦 pic.twitter.com/IoJhmvskxf — 小小🎀 (@Xiaoxiao_Leslie) May 5, 2017

Here's yet another angle: スマホ動画なので画質もアングルも申し訳ないのですが… ブラウン君とのやり取りが可愛いので記念に🥰✨#4CC2020 pic.twitter.com/d15RtHvzke — ヒロチ (@hirotiksst) February 14, 2020

The hand sliding down his leg in the final spin at 2020 4CC

Maybe he'll bring back everything from PC and go with Notte Stellata, even though he already did it in Torino. I would love to see Otonal, though.

I think they're thumb holes, which according to google facilitate holding the sleeve in place while putting on another layer and/or prevent gaps of exposed skin between the sleeve and a glove.

Expecting Chopin but kinda tickled at the idea of He could use a couple of different kinds of music and add a lecture on musicality, too. Although if he were to do stroking exercises at a gala, I think Worlds would be more appropriate as a commentary on the awards show.

Probably also thanks to Google that PyeongChang Seimei on YT just hit 7.1 million views. It's still 4 hours to go 'till 2020 here in Hawaii, but the fireworks have started ramping up already so Happy New Year, everyone!

First post! Sorry it's a little long. Thanks for letting me orbit the planet with you! Programs and music have come up a few times lately... ...and it crystallized something I felt while watching a bunch of videos getting up to speed as a new fan. With most skaters, how I feel about their music makes little difference in what I think of their program, but it does make a difference with Yuzuru. I think this is because most skaters either skate with music playing in the background or skate to the music, but Yuzuru skates with the music. In the first case, the skater is doing what they do and there's music playing at the same time, but there's little connection between the skater's motion and the music. In the second case, the skater matches much of their motion to the timing of the music and in some instances this reaches a level of musicality where they are also interpreting the music, using their skating to highlight or communicate something specific in the music. For me, Yuzuru does something more: he uses his skating to weave together the music, the feelings of the audience, and his own feelings into something greater than its individual parts. It's part of the reason why two performances of the same program can feel very different, because the audience and Yuzuru are different every time. (I hope someday to experience this in person.) Or as rockstar said much more succinctly and eloquently: Because H&L's music is quite different from what I usually listen to, I had to watch it several times before I understood and could feel its music, and it wasn't until I did that I really liked the program itself. (And learning more about skating helped, too.) So I think "gateway" programs like Notte and Seimei appeal to a lot of people in part because their musical language is familiar to many (although I don't know much about music theory so my opinion is informed only by my own experience).