http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/ SkateFans Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:09:33 GMT herios http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191659 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191659 ... Most skating fans would agree, I think, that the mens event is currently the most exciting out of the 4 skating disciplines. At worlds in Gothenburg in Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:33:16 GMT herios http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191658 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191658 ... If Santa will be generous with you Trudi and get you 2 tickets instead of one, give me a shout if you'll be lacking a better company:) ... We could have Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:38:15 GMT Susan http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191657 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191657 ... After seeing Honda dressed as an American GI skating to Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, there is little left in this cultural do-over to surprise me. I wonder if Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:05:51 GMT herios http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191656 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191656 ... I pressed the enter earlier than I wanted to in my previous message, as I wanted to attch more vidoes here: Kerr's OD, if they dance well, anything can Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:17 GMT herios http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191655 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191655 ... Both teams looked a lot much more prepared here in their second event. The judges rewarded them, lifting their marks, but still a lot lower than Davis and Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:06:03 GMT Stinger2007@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191654 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191654 Earlier I wrote: "Both Miki Ando and Elena Leonova clinched spots in the GP final. AshleyWagner looks like a good bet now with a 2nd and a 3rd in her two Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:52:00 GMT Stinger2007@... http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191653 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191653 S P O I L   E R Well the curse continues.....GROAN!! No American lady has ever won the NHK Trophy and today Ashley Wagner had a chance but she faltered in the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:17:38 GMT Cleo http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191652 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191652 s p o i l e r s p o i l e r http://www.isuresults.com/results/gpjpn09/CAT001RS.HTM Yikes, though taking place in Japan, that must have been Czech ice as Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:59:03 GMT Cleo http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191651 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191651 Add kevin reynolds on the elements, he scored 72-plus in China (3rd best on elements) but was slammed on the reputation-place- holders,er, PCSs. (he fell out Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:40:29 GMT Barb Iverson http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191650 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191650 Oh I so totally disagree And just watched Jeremy totally bomb in the LP Barb Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:19:17 GMT ncurrie40 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191649 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191649 ... Honest and to Goodness? A short Japanese man in a black suit coat (looking oddly like the ambassadors aboard the Missouri in late '45)skating to a theme Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:09:08 GMT ncurrie40 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191648 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191648 ... You can add Mroz and Ponsero to the list in terms of "surprise" podium conendes,or i suppose Abbott should he make the team .... Kozuka I'd take off the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:07:41 GMT Cleo http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191647 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191647 s p o i l e r First flight was kind of a mess aside from Rippon (who was only slightly a mess).  Lots of missed jumps overall.  Adam hit his first 3X/2T, but Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:02:04 GMT ncurrie40 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191646 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191646 NHK ODs ..... semi-soiler s p o i l er s p a c e.... The Kerr's OD is just fabu! Their mid-line step seq is terrific and the entre program merges w/ the music Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:20:02 GMT Don Winn http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191645 http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SkateFans/message/191645 ...   I agree, very good event!  The men are so far ahead of the ladies in terms of technical and artistic achievements that I think they should get paid