29 minutes ago, rockstaryuzu said:

The short-sleeve UA is definitely the best choice for this purpose - it shows all the body lines properly, so you can measure the actual dimensions instead of waffling around with  bunches of fabric. From that perspective, Chopin is not so useful. 

 

 

 

 

Without sleeves is even better, but eight years ago he was young and had less muscle, and one don't see the part under his knees.

Warning : these photos are well known but can still cause a shock.

Spoiler

 

 

The cutest, softest boy...

12 hours ago, Aydmen said:

Do we know if there will be / when it will come out - a paper or wall calendar for 2020 / 2021?

 

The season calendar is usually published around mid/late September, so if they plan to release them this year as well, we'll get more info about maybe a few weeks before the release date. The year calendar comes out earlier I think, but I haven't bought any of them so not sure about that.

1 час назад, rockstaryuzu сказал:

I prefer LIFA and Helly Hansen for that. LIFA is especially good for Nordic skiers like myself, because you can get it in various weights for different temperatures/activity levels.  Neither brand is cheap, though. A set of LIFA (long-sleeve top and longjohn bottoms) is $100 or more. 

 

 

I like Craft (but only one line, which is more light, not warm), but have it for a long time (use very rare), so I guess it's more expensive now already, and one local company for warm clothes which quality is very good.

Gravity is just a theory.

About the Planet's Twitter calendar...

29/06/19 (it was still 28/06 "in the West") : last release of Photogenic Sendai featuring...  Big queue to get one.

 

 

29/06/19 (but early  30th in Japan) :  back to TCC.

 

 

Released 30/06 but it is about July, so maybe it would be more convenient for 01/07?

Yuzuru Hanyu as animated picture for ANA's July calendar, on a Hawaii background, with a turtle announcing maybe the painting of ANA's three A380 which fly this route.

 

20 minutes ago, SitTwizzle said:

About the Planet's Twitter calendar...

29/06/19 (it was still 28/06 "in the West") : last release of Photogenic Sendai featuring...  Big queue to get one.

 

 

29/06/19 (but early  30th in Japan) :  back to TCC.

 

 

Released 30/06 but it is about July, so maybe it would be more convenient for 01/07?

Yuzuru Hanyu as animated picture for ANA's July calendar, on a Hawaii background, with a turtle announcing maybe the painting of ANA's three A380 which fly this route.

 

OMG these are great. Thank you so much! Unfortunately I already have events for these dates, they will be posted next year  If you see any more, please let me know

 

ETA: Actually, I'll probably move some things around, because these are potentially more interesting.

Short Program has passed the 130.000 mark, but Free Skating is shy of 180.000.

 

One detail I had not noticed at the end of last group practice for free, the smiling gaze (3:25:36) between Brian Orser and Kikuchi-san, the former with a hand on Pooh-san... No risk of another time deduction! 

1 hour ago, yuzuangel said:

OMG these are great. Thank you so much! Unfortunately I already have events for these dates, they will be posted next year  If you see any more, please let me know

 

ETA: Actually, I'll probably move some things around, because these are potentially more interesting.

Why can’t we have more than one event on the same date? The more the merrier

For July 2d, there is of course the 2018 People's Honor award?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/07/02/figure-skating/two-time-olympic-gold-medalist-yuzuru-hanyu-receives-peoples-honor-award/

 

These three videos were taken after the July 16th, 2012 Prince Ice World in Tokyo, the last is mostly Daisuke Takahashi and two others but Yuzuru Hanyu appears a little.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ObgTmAALo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAQ_ccvIyY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdtYL8ZT0PI

I tend to think this one too is from the same day, but I'm not sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcnMgkBYBCQ

 

But I don't manage to date with certainty this one. From Suzuki Arakawa's site, we know the dates for this show were 13-16 July, and from the date of posting this, and the previous video, by the same youtuber, I would say 15th is a bit more likely than 13th or 14th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfVSlKpZPXU

 

And much, but much much later, on November 7th (it is not a drought period but it may change from GP trophies) 2011, Kanako Murakami celebrating her 17th birthday with Nobunari Oda and Yuzuru Hanyu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSc9VsOU7Q

 

Edit : it was PIW 2012, not 2011, I am really sorry because he also did 2011 PIW (and 2014) so it was misleading.

Sendai guidebook 🥰

10 off ice pictures of Yuzu from the previous season

 

 

...slightly OoT but you know you are a dehydrated cactus 🌵 when you are relieved by a brief glimpse of Yuzu (...and an old photo at that too 😅😫🙈) in a video you'd least expect him to be in...

 

21 minutes ago, Figure_Frenzy said:

...slightly OoT but you know you are a dehydrated cactus 🌵 when you are relieved by a brief glimpse of Yuzu (...and an old photo at that too 😅😫🙈) in a video you'd least expect him to be in...

 

Twoset and Yuzu in a video is something I did NOT expect. They picked a great pic of Yuzu too. 

24 minutes ago, Figure_Frenzy said:

...slightly OoT but you know you are a dehydrated cactus 🌵 when you are relieved by a brief glimpse of Yuzu (...and an old photo at that too 😅😫🙈) in a video you'd least expect him to be in...

 

Timestamp for reference - 5:34