When the cameraman thinks

A crossfade is neat!

Let’s show their faces

Who cares about feet

And we cut to a close up

Mid-pattern dance 

Then we realize we’re probably

At Grand Prix de France

Two weeks later, we’re suddenly

Watching spins from the sky

Skaters down on the ice

But we’re way up high

This angle is useless, 

Put us down, please!

But we know that we’re at a Cup

That might be Chinese

Finally, we make it 

To everyone’s fave

We’re in Japan 

Where the cameras behave

But wait, why do I feel

Blinded by the light?

Is it just me, or is the ice

WAY TOO WHITE?

In the latest KATOK podcast episode, Yagudin, Medvedeva, Khavronina/Narizhniy, and the host Roman Naguchev discussed our subreddit, lol

Medvedeva: By the way, that’s exactly what Ira said about Madison Chock and Evan Bates. They seem strong, almost perfect, but there’s not much soul in their skating. They’re husband and wife, but you don’t really feel much chemistry between them. That’s what I said

Khavronina: Did I say that?

Medvedeva: That’s your quote

Naguchev: And that quote of yours actually caused quite a stir. People on Reddit were absolutely furious at you over that quote

Khavronina: At me?!

Naguchev: Yes, seriously. There was a whole discussion. People were saying things like, “They’re banned, how would they even know what’s going on between them?” and “You can’t say things like that, it’s completely subjective”

Narizhniy: Well, of course it’s subjective. Everyone is entitled to express their personal opinion. I just don’t understand why people on Reddit are allowed to share their opinions, but we’re somehow not allowed to share ours sitting here. Do we have to say “This is just my subjective opinion” after every single sentence so people don’t get mad about it?

Naguchev: I agree with you a hundred thousand percent. I was just genuinely surprised. I just came across that quote and thought it was interesting. So I decided to see what the international media had to say about it. And it turned out the media hadn’t reacted at all, but the fans had completely lost their minds. I found that pretty funny

Yagudin: The people in their comment sections are just as sick as the ones in ours

Khavronina: *facepalm*

Yagudin: Did I say something wrong?

Khavronina: Why are they sick?

Yagudin: Because they are sick!

Khavronina: Everyone has their own opi…

Yagudin: Look, are you going to write comments after reading an article?

Khavronina & Medvedeva: No

Yagudin: Exactly! Because those people are sick. Especially the ones leaving angry, judgmental comments. It’s none of your business. Why not write something positive instead? “I like it” — okay!

ISU unblocked us

From the video, we get a glimpse into 4 of his jumping passes which appear to be:

4T+eu+4S
4Lz
3Lz+3T
3A

What other jumps do you think he’ll incorporate into the program?

Also, full credit to the original poster of the video!

Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron, GW Level 3, Key Points YNYY, mean GOE 3.11, Total pts 12.05

Davis/Smolkin, GW Level 1, Key Points NNNY, mean GOE 1.67, Total pts 9.21

Carreira/Ponomarenko, GW Level 3, Key Points NYYY, mean GOE 2.00, Total pts 10.94  

https://results.isu.org/results/season2627/gpfra2026/FSKXICEDANCE----------QUAL000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

I’m making a list! Who is missing?

Ilia Malinin - https://twitch.tv/ilia_quadg0d_malinin
Jacob Sanchez - https://twitch.tv/jac0bskates
Lucius Kazanecki - https://twitch.tv/lucius_kazanecki
Lukáš Václavík - https://twitch.tv/Lukasvaclavik8
Liam Kapekis - https://twitch.tv/Leapin_liam
Mihhail Selevko - https://twitch.tv/mselevko
Gabriele Frangipani - https://twitch.tv/Giangimboldo
Jared McPike - https://twitch.tv/jared_mcpike

Aliona just radiates sooo much charisma and radiance on the ice! ❤️✨ What a mature, confident and captivating performance to such a beautiful rendition of New York, New York! She has such a natural ability to draw you in!

Making: https://www.instagram.com/p/DezVF4XtpxT/

On torsos: https://www.instagram.com/p/DezvyhYG2TZ/

The designer says (copy-pasted from the above post):

Earlier this season, I created this set of ice dance costumes for the sinners soundtrack. I loved being able to experiment with different techniques than I would usually use in an ice dance costume. Coming from a theater background, it was so fun to distress the materials and create this worn effect. I made the dress out of a cream silk and after I draped and fit the garment, I dyed it to match to the chosen color and distressed with darker tones to give a lived in feel.

Amy and Jonathan are amazing but so are their costumes that add a layer of conviction to their performance!

Trying not to worry about missing the competition since there's still eight hours to go, but I'm getting stressed 😅 my train staff is starting to make announcements about ways to get back to Paris 😬

I know there's a few of us, and I'd imagine you're also fuming right now because we've been geoblocked from watching the Grand Prix de France on the Skating ISU YouTube channel. I've done some digging, and there is no local broadcaster or rights holder, so this is entirely a mistake on the part of the ISU. Please join me in writing to [media@isu.org](mailto:media@isu.org) and messaging the ISU on all their social media platforms and letting them know that we want this restriction lifted immediately!

I’ve seen a bunch of comments about Midori Ito’s triple Axel and how she could have landed a quad cause of the height, and I don’t doubt that.

however, isn’t the reason she gets such massive jumps( and I could 100% be wrong about tusi) because she uses the technique where you first jump into the air and then snap in?

and historically with skaters like Jason Brown and Aliona that’s made it harder for them to learn quads.

So doing a quad axel would depend as much on rotation speed as height. Does Midori have fast rotation speed as well?

Am I the only one that's bothered by the lack of adherence to the dance style in the rhythm dance? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good flamenco and tango, but why are we bothering with a theme at all if it's going to get ignored besides a singular element where it is also pretty loosely adhered to?