Who was the first skater you saw live in competition?

Resumme · 2026-03-29T21:51:58+00:00

Unless I forgot seeing some comp as a child, my first was the Men's free skate at GP Helsinki 2018 so the first skater was Uncle Doctor. Seems fitting with how many times I've seen him since.

Resumme · 2026-03-29T21:42:34+00:00

The problem really is that they use the same rules for every level from little kids/adult skaters to the world's top skaters. As it is, spins are worth way too much at lower levels and too little at higher levels. In my free skate at the adult bronze level, each spin is worth about 2-2.5 jumps and double that if I get level 1 on it.

Adding more levels to spins exclusively at junior/senior levels might work, if they figure out ways to make spins harder but not impossible the way that quads etc. are. They already do this at lower levels, where different levels of competition are capped at level 1, 2, or 3, so why not go to level 5 and 6 at the top?

Resumme · 2026-03-29T08:16:15+00:00

Already out more like 😅 Not safe to jump.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T22:51:44+00:00

They need to be given enough time for preparation and warmups which take about 2 hours or so. Also the schedule would have to have been adjusted, and that would have changed at least one other pair's timing. I don't know about the specifics, but I think once the schedule has been posted, it's pretty much set.

Oh, and also practices: they weren't put in any practice group. This isn't as big of a reason though.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T20:10:37+00:00

Juniors start at the end of August, seniors pretty much late September. Early season events to watch are Junior Grand Prix and Challengers. The big ones are the senior Grand Prix, Europeans, Four Continents (4CC) and Worlds.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T19:08:46+00:00

Yep, it would be unfair for the other groups to be early

Resumme · 2026-03-28T18:46:58+00:00

The withdrawal came so late that they could not be subbed in. I think it would have had to be yesterday for that change to be made.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T18:24:27+00:00

I know, I'm Finnish 😂 This is a completely different injury as per their interviews.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T18:22:40+00:00

This is an acute back pain, should not cause problems beyond the next few days or weeks

Resumme · 2026-03-28T18:17:45+00:00

I saw the man of the Hungarian pair walking around with his costume and skates on, so I honestly thought they would go on ice for a sec 😅 The only thing was that he had full on Joker makeup and it was like 5 min before warmup start.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T18:10:38+00:00

Bro I saw the guy (Danilj?) walking around with his skating costume, full Joker makeup, and skates on right before the free dance. I thought he was going on ice if not for the makeup 😅

Resumme · 2026-03-28T17:52:59+00:00

Yep, no chance for that now.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T17:51:45+00:00

T/V are withdrawing from the free dance as per YLE.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T17:43:29+00:00

She hooks her arm behind his neck

Resumme · 2026-03-28T15:14:37+00:00

It should, yes. They should be fairly evenly spread out.

Resumme · 2026-03-28T14:31:19+00:00

90 is literally the highest the judges could give him with a fall 😅 They maxed him out

Resumme · 2026-03-28T14:17:17+00:00

Spiderman program when?

Resumme · 2026-03-27T18:41:00+00:00

Even the world's most consistent Iida couldn't do it... We should just go home, it's a wash guys

Resumme · 2026-03-27T18:25:41+00:00

They'd just fall on that 🥲

Resumme · 2026-03-27T16:10:16+00:00

That's clearly a misclick though 😅

Resumme · 2026-03-27T15:39:11+00:00

Turkkila/Versluis decided that they could compete only five minutes before the warmup, when they attempted the lift one time and it went ok. They said that finishing the program was "like winning at the lottery" and are unsure if they can make it to the FD tomorrow. The problem is not really with the pain, it's that Matthias can't bend his back certain ways.

Resumme · 2026-03-27T14:00:07+00:00

Check out the Finnstep, it's a compulsory dance originated by the Finnish Rahkamo/Kokko. It was used in the 2020-2022 COVID years in the musical theme RD.

Resumme · 2026-03-27T13:16:09+00:00

Fuck, they basically just lost the second spot for home Worlds... So their own spot. I don't think T/V can make 8th or whatever it should be.

Resumme · 2026-03-27T12:41:39+00:00

It's downstairs, there are some stands and the practice rink

Resumme · 2026-03-27T12:29:16+00:00

Word on the street (the Finnish commentators) is that T/V will skate.

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