Junior Grand Prix: Skate Long Beach

Long Beach, CA
Sep. 9-12, 2004

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Day 1: 9-Sep-2004

• Ladies SP (10-Sep-2004 04:12 PM)

Day 2: 10-Sep-2004

• Mens SP (12-Sep-2004 01:13 AM)
• Pairs FS (12-Sep-2004 01:13 AM)

Day 3: 11-Sep-2004

• Ladies FS (14-Sep-2004 03:26 AM)
• Mens FS (17-Sep-2004 02:54 AM)

Day 2: 10-Sep-2004

Okay here is a big negative of the new COP: it takes forever. Getting scores is taking two or three times as long as previously. The whole event is dragged out way past the ability of my back to sit without back support.

Christopher Mabee - Canada

Landed a triple axel/double toe free leg waved around a bit, but he kept the landing. He did a loop behind that danged post so I can't tell you anything about it. He has good speed in his circular steps. Landed a double axel with good flow coming out of it. Skated to the Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet, with very nice dramatic presentation. Did some difficult 1 footed steps in his footwork sequences.
Planned tech score 25.80 actual tech score 28.23 Program components score 27.67 Total score 55.90

Tatsuya Tanaka - Hong Kong

He wore a beautiful grey and white costume. Skated to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto #1. Landed a triple salchow/double toe, fell on a double axel. Did a very nice series of moves Spread Eagle into Ina Baur into a well stretched camel spin. Landed double loop.
Planned tech score 20.6 actual tech score 12.80 Program components score 14.00 Total score 25.80

Andy Chen - Taipei

Coached by Lucinda Ruh. Skated to the soundtrack from "Speed". Held on to a double axel. Did his combo behind that @&#(*#@ post so I have no idea how that went. Two footed his double loop. Had some interesting steps in his footwork sequences.
Planned tech score 18.60 actual tech score 15.21 Program components score 13.92 Total score 29.13

Adrian Schultheiss - Sweden

Skated to Toccata and Fugue. Fast skater. Landed a triple lutz/triple toe and a double axel. He has a fast camel spin with good positions. Fell on his triple loop. Good straightline step sequence. He did a cantilever.
Planned tech score 25.80 actual tech score 23.96 Program components score 25.74 Total score 49.70

Andrew Bassi - Australia

Landed a lutz/toe combo but I couldn't count the revolutions. Nice position in his camel spin spin. Fell on a loop jump. Nice positions in his combination spin. He landed an axel.
Planned tech score 25.80 actual tech score 13.18 Program components score 16.51 Total score 28.69.

Norman Keck - Germany

Ina Baur into a triple loop. Fell on a triple/double combination, behind the post so I didn't see it clearly. Landed a double axel. Did some difficult one footed steps in his footwork sequence. (If COP is the reason we are seeing so much one footed footwork at this event then that is one point in COP's favor)
Planned tech score 24.1 actual tech score 20.25 Program components score 19.29 Total score 38.54

Nobunari Oda - Japan

I am told he skated to the music from the Mario Brothers video game. He is Mr. Personality acting out a comic program with great flair (think Hamilton or Hollander.) Landed triple axel/double toe and a triple loop. His spins were pretty slow so that probably cost him a bit.
Planned tech score 27.10 actual tech score 21.56 Program components score 28.51 Total score 50.07

Kevin Reynolds - Canada

Landed a triple lutz/triple toe and a triple loop. Has really fast circular footwork, put his hand down on the axel.
Planned tech score 28.30 actual tech score 28.58 Program components score 21.84 (I think my handwriting not too clear here) Total score 53.42

Naoto Saito - Japan

Skated to a heavy metal version of Malaguena, just when I thought I couldn't hate Malaguena anymore. Fell on a triple axel. Landed a triple jump and a double axel with good flow. He is very fast. His footwork sequence was a bit sparse.
Planned tech score 29.8 actual tech score 23.35 Program components score 24.17 Total score I can't read my handwriting for his total score.

Dennis Phan - USA

Beautiful lines on this kid. Landed a triple lutz/triple toe and a triple axel. He did three turns into a triple loop, very nice sequence. Nice sit spin position. Excellent one footed steps in his footwork sequences. That gorgeous line of his gives him some lovely spin positions.
Planned tech score 28.30 actual tech score 30.78 Program components score 29.89 Total score 60.67

Charlie White - USA

Skate to some Greek music with very good presentation of Greek dance and steps. I wrote down triple salchow pull out and I have no idea what I meant by that. LOL I am a lousy reporter what can I say. Landed a triple lutz/double toe and fell out of a double axel. Good footwork sequences.
Planned tech score 28.30 actual tech score 24.83 Program components score 29.89 Total score 60.67

Princeton Kwong - USA

Landed a triple lutz/triple toe and a triple loop and a double axel. The music sounded to me like something from a Loony Tunes cartoon, very fast Flight of the Bumblebee and Chopsticks. It was very fast but he kept up with it very well.
Planned tech score 25.6 actual tech score 26.76 Program components score 27.98 Total score 53.89

Phanyaluck Raisuksiri - Thailand

As many have said Thailand is in it's skating infancy. His skating is not up to the level of the rest here. But he skated to Singing In the Rain and he was very charming doing some Gene Kelly bits. So I liked him a lot.

I didn't take notes during the Pairs. I really enjoyed the programs of the top two teams. They had some lovely choreography, well put together programs that clearly told a story.

• Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison skated to both Tchaivkovsky and Prokofieve's Romeo and Juliet. 1^st
• Aaryn Smith and Will Chitwood were lovely doing pair spread eagles and Ina Baurs, very lovely long lined Moves In the Field. Ann and I really liked them so we figure they have already broken up by now. 2^nd
• Brittany Vise and Nicholas Kole skated last years Pirates of The Caribbean program. She has a couple of bad falls, so that is why they ended up moving down in the standings. 4^th

Copyright © 2004, Antoinette M. Aubert