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Not sure what this is about. It says: "7-Jul (Fri) 23:58 - 24:12 TV Tokyo Sports Watcher Figure Skate Dreams on Ice" However, the time slot seems too short for the full show? Maybe there will be a segment on a TV show covering DOI?

Takahito Mura - FP: Phantom of the Opera

Is this Wakaba?!

I must admit I never really thought about how skaters pay for their costumes. So I'm also a bit surprised by this lol!

Ahahaha! ETA: Some context for this -- during his appearance on Gutto! Sports TV show, Shoma was asked when he last travelled overseas. He said he travelled for the WC, but couldn't remember which country it was held in lol! He's not big on tourism and sightseeing it seems 😅

Gabrielle Daleman - FP: Gladiator Rhapsody

And Gabby's FS is...

An article about Tom Zakrajzek where he talks about how he prepares his skaters for the Olys. Posting it here because he made a short mention of working with PChiddy on his 4F. It seems he's really training it seriously. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2017/07/05/240562964

Joannie!

I would be interested ^^

Proud Daddy =D

Is it all slow music?

I see. It sort of makes sense, in a not so 'logical' kind of way, but I get it I'm a bit of a superstitious person myself, so I think I'll follow suit. Every little bit helps

I hope this is an okay place to discuss this topic, and I hope this doesn't start a bashing/flaming discussion that we usually see on other boards (that's why I didn't want to start a separate thread on this lol). But recently I decided to try to understand the very high scores that Evgenia Medvedeva has been receiving in competition (please don't hit me ^_^;). To be honest, I'm not her biggest fan, and I have to admit I don't usually go out of my way to watch her performances. But she IS the reigning world champion, winning consecutively for the past 2 years, and she's basically won everything this past season, and almost everything the season before that as well. So I've started really watching some of her performances recently, specifically TEB and Skate Canada. And I've found myself starting to see some of the qualities that other people have been praising her about, namely her great skating skills and the transitions that she includes in her programs. She also has good interpretation and performs her programs well. She's not the fastest skater, at least from what I can see, but she does have good quality in her edges. In terms of jumps, I don't really see her as having the best technique, but I must admit she includes a lot of transitions into/out of her jumps, and of course the tanoes, which I guess must be part of the reason why she gets such high GOEs (I was actually amazed at some of the GOEs she's received for her jumps). Of course, these are all just my opinions, and I'm curious to hear what you guys think as well. What do you think is the reason(s) she receives such record-breaking scores? Is it really mainly just because of her consistency? Or are her qualities as a skater really such a standout from everyone else? Again, I hope I'm not starting too much of a heated discussion here. I just really want to understand what other people think of her as a skater, and where people think she really excels at thereby receiving very high scores from the judges.

Can I ask why? So I can start avoiding the word too...

These ladies LOL

Oh wow, kudos to Yano san. Thankful to him for helping make Yuzu's vision for his Seimei music a reality. And to Shae-lynn for providing her input as well. They really produced something wonderful and unique, and that has become a trademark for Yuzu as well.

Thanks! I think I might have read that before as well. But it's still amazing to to think about how much effort they put into that piece of music. I wonder if they did something similar with H&L, though I guess Onmyoji had a wider selection of musical scores to choose from, and therefore more difficult to come up with the perfect cut (and thus the 32 versions! lol!).

More proof of Yuzu's dedication and perfectionism when it comes to his music

I still remember when someone threw a big lizard to Deniss... Now he carries it around with him in Champery. I wonder will Yuzu have the same devotion to any vegetable plushies thrown onto the rink lol.

Here's an old video that talks about Yuzu's love for earphones. He seems to have one for every occasion. And the price of each one The first part of the video is also interesting, as it talks about his involvement in putting together the music cuts and polishing of his R&J 2.0 music. Our boy is a certified audiophile