I haven't watched any of the performances from USNats yet, but going off of what I've seen on my Twitter feed, it feels like this was a pretty lackluster event and more commentators pointed out the abysmal, elderly crowd. Figure skating is in real trouble and I think it is just a sinking ship at this point - even with Ilia jumping his 4A no one really cares. 

 

In fact, from what I've heard, Jason was the absolute star with two amazing back to back skates which makes me so happy to hear! But he lost to Ilia by 10 points due to the technical elements on Ilia's SP, but Ilia, yet again, fell apart in his FS.  It was the first time I saw people actually being upset at USNats with having the skater with the messy FS win Nationals overall, people wanted Jason as the champion! Not only that, but Ilia was upstaged, not only by Jason, but by Jimmy Ma and Samuel Mindra (correct me if I'm wrong). 

 

Just as I thought, people are getting bored by quads, they want to see good performances. But it's too late, figure skating as a competitive sport is on it's way out and US kids are just going to use it as a tool to get into good colleges. 

17 hours ago, airi said:

I was asking myself whatever am I doing spending my free evening on watching Men's at US Nats, but I already got my answer - Samuel Mindra (a skater I've never seen before) had a fantastic performance, I honestly don't care that he's not doing any quads, that is what real skating talent looks like. Skating skills and performance level WAY above current no. 1, even if it's never recognized, I'm glad I could see it.

Thank you for the recommendation, I agree, he was very nice to watch. I couldn't find his SP, do you have any link?

14 minutes ago, nekodearu said:

Thank you for the recommendation, I agree, he was very nice to watch. I couldn't find his SP, do you have any link?

No, not a lot videos of him anywhere

On 1/30/2023 at 6:39 PM, airi said:

No, not a lot videos of him anywhere

Found it! 

 

I also add his FS: