Canadian Nationals
January 26 - 31, 1999
Ottawa, ONT
Nationals is a very large event with practices and competitions going on at three
different rinks almost simultaneously for a week. Needless to say, I didn't manage
to go to everything. These are my notes and impressions of what I did see. I do have
complete competition notes but they are rather extensive so I will add them by request
only.
Photo links slowly being added!
The only novice event I saw was the Men's Short program and I missed the final
group of skaters.
- Eric Lyons - Riverdance, death drop, double axel, triple sal (step out and
possible two foot)-double toe, double loop, very low sit spin in combo
spin,very good change sit, nice edge quality and flow
- Jordan Tucker - Sailors Dance from Red Poppy, double axel, hard fall on
triple toe, poor change sit, double loop, not much fly to flying camel
- Mark Leslie - I described his music in my notes as 'That PBS music',
which I think refers to some music from one of the promotional clips that
could be from Dances with Wolves, nice height on double axel, triple sal
- double toe (step out), single loop, nice change sit, good speed in combo
spin
- Matt Bueno - Santana, fall on triple sal, held on to 2 axel, good speed in
combo spin, very nice feet in footwork, double loop, change sit
- Palmer Davidson - Take 5, double axel (slight step out), change sit, fall
on triple toe, 2 loop, flying camel to sit, very shaky combo spin
- Alexandré Hamel - clean double axel, triple toe - double toe, change
sit a bit slow, double loop, good combo spin
Pic1,
Pic2,
Pic3.
- Matthew King - poor death drop, combo spin had droopy camel, double loop
quite nice, triple toe- double toe, double axel, change sit, got stronger
at the end
- Maxim Lippé - Nightmare, huge double axel, huge death drop, triple
sal-double toe with slight turn out, really nice position and speed on
change sit, good speed on footwork,double loop, good speed on combo spin,
very well done
- David Lefluer - James Bond, death drop, triple toe- double toe, combo spin
with poor camel and not much speed, fall on double axel, double loop, not
much in serpentine footwork, change sit
- Rory Allen - triple toe-double toe, flying camel, double axel, very low
change sit, double loop from spread eagles, combo spin good
Created on 22 July 1999
Updated on 04 January 2000
Maintained by Amy Mossman
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