Fred's, (Used to be Barb's), Board

The skaters are arriving in Las Vegas, being COVID tested, and entering "the bubble": https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/ar ... ing-bubble

An article on the sole skater representing Canada on this year's GP circuit and who is now in "the bubble": https://torontosun.com/sports/olympics/ ... the-chance

The links to entries by discipline are here: http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00110230.htm

The time & practice schedule: http://www.isuresults.com/schedules/202 ... eFinal.pdf

It appears that the only portion of the competition we will be able to watch on TV from Canada will be Saturday afternoon on NBC - my PVR has already set itself

TV SCHEDULE

All times Eastern; check local listings. Subject to change.

• Friday, Oct. 23 | 8 p.m. - 12 a.m. | NBCSN (Live)
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | 3-6 p.m. | NBC (Live)
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | 9 p.m. - 12 a.m. | NBCSN (Live)

EVENT SCHEDULE

All times Eastern. Subject to change.

• Friday, Oct. 23 | Ladies Short Program | 7:06 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 23 | Men's Short Program | 8:56 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 23 | Pairs Short Program | 10:46 p.m.
• Friday, Oct. 23 | Rhythm Dance | 11:25 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | Ladies Free Skate | 1:59 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | Men's Free Skate | 4:03 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | Pairs Free Skate | 8:43 p.m.
• Saturday, Oct. 24 | Free Dance | 10:17 p.m.

Thank you, Elizabwth at a tiny bit I can tape and watch, hopefully including Jason Brown's performance.

happyheini wrote: Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:13 pm Thank you, Elizabwth at a tiny bit I can tape and watch, hopefully including Jason Brown's performance.

Since he trains in Canada, Jason was supposed to be competing at the now cancelled Skate Canada International - he is not among the entries for Skate America. Two of the US ice dance teams who train in Montreal are scheduled to compete at Skate America - I fear that they may have difficulty returning to Canada afterward as the border closure is now extended to Nov. 21st for non-essential travel. I am wondering what they are doing regarding coaching while they are there.

There will be no live fans in the stands at Skate America but there will be images of fans/family members/pets, etc.
USFS provided an opportunity for people to purchase the right to have images in the seats as a fundraiser for the U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund - of course, there were premiums for the seats closest to the ice.

A couple of photos from Twitter:





And an article: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news ... erica.aspx

Good news!! CBC will be providing a live stream of Skate America

Here's a link to the CBC Player which shows separate "boxes" for each of the portions of the event: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1808996931721

The schedule - all times EST:


The entries, by discipline:

According to this page on the ISU website, it appears that those of us in Canada will have the option of watching the CBC stream or watching on the ISU YouTube channel: https://www.isu.org/wheretowatchgp?templateParam=15

ISU YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/SkatingISU

A Skate America preview from Jackie Wong: https://www.rockerskating.com/news/2020 ... o-remember

The start orders/results page: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderb ... /index.asp

The top 3 ladies after the SP.

After the Pairs SP

There are several cats, dogs and bears among the (cutout) fans at Skate America but their "voices" don't seem to be included in the piped-in crowd reactions after the skating performances.

Here's an article with some background on a few of them: https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/ar ... o-let-pets

Bev Smith's article on Skate America which includes some results information: https://bevsmithwrites.com/skate-america-happens/


Keegan "representing" proudly in the Kiss 'n Cry

The TV coverage available to those of US in Canada will be on NBC from 3 to 6 p.m. this afternoon.

The live stream will again be available via the ISU YouTube and CBC as posted earlier.

Day 2 detailed start orders (Las Vegas time which is 3 hours different from ET)

Congratulations on that bronze medal, Keegan!!



That hydroblade move was so low that he had snow in his hair - it reminded me of Barb's death spirals!

A wrap-up article from Bev Smith: https://bevsmithwrites.com/skate-americ ... f-skating/

All the medalists at the "strange" GP event

Sure takes away a lot of the joy of watching the competitions. Congratulations to Keegan, well done.

Asher Hill's interview with Keegan Messing after Skate America: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1812651587900

One final picture from Skate America - the amazing hydroblade move by Keegan that left snow in his hair!

Great Photo!

happyheini wrote: Mon Nov 09, 2020 11:59 amGreat Photo!

Indeed! Robin is a great skating photographer whose full-time job is in health care