When can you watch Skate America locally? Sigrid, who judged three events for us last year, has once again created a time conversion document for all of us. (THANK YOU!)
The Skate America week starts tomorrow. Here you have all the time conversions https://t.co/LrUVI2K0ms pic.twitter.com/LT2HXhcqm2
— Sigrid (@mirrorhands) October 16, 2016
Without further ado, here are the judges for Skate America 2016!
Mara B. (@missmaraskate)
Tell us a little about your experiences with figure skating or as a fan, if any. I started out as purely an ice dance fan, after watching D/W on DWTS. Gradually, I was introduced to the other disciplines, and I've found myself enjoying all of them. I've never been to a live event...hopefully that will change eventually (hi Skate America 2017!).
Margaret D. | Tumblr
Tell us a little about your experiences with figure skating or as a fan, if any. Like a lot of people, I became a figure skating fan during the whole Nancy/Tanya saga before the 1994 Olympics. Never been on the ice myself -- ha, I would fall right on my butt the second I stepped on it! -- but I just absolutely fell in love with the combination of art and athleticism and knew I would be a lifelong fan.
What's your favorite grossly underscored skate of the last five years? When it comes to the whole Sochi thing, I have no real opinion of who should have won ladies' gold and thought a case could be made for all the medalists, but I do think that Mao Asada should have at least won the free skate.
MJ C. (@arabesquing)
Tell us a little about your experiences with figure skating or as a fan, if any. I can swizzle and stroke around a rink! That's about the best I can do as a skater. :P I've been watching skating since the Sochi Olympics and had the great privilege to attend 2016 Worlds in Boston in person! (And got drunk in the hotel bar while surrounded by skaters, but that's another story.)
What's your favorite grossly underscored skate of the last five years? Tatsuki Machida's 2014 Worlds short program should have broken 100.
Ryan S. (@SkateGuardBlog) | SkateGuard
Tell us a little about your experiences with figure skating or as a fan, if any. Figure skating history blogger; former competitive skater; certified judge with CFSA (Skate Canada) under 6.0 system.
What's your favorite grossly underscored skate of the last five years? Zhiganshina and Gazsi's zombie free dance
Spiccine (@Spiccine)
Tell us a little about your experiences with figure skating or as a fan, if any. I fell in love with figure skating watching Plushenko's Euros 2005 FP on TV. After a few years I decided I absolutely had to learn to skate and now I'm teaching to kids. My fav skaters are Yuzuru and Shoma.
What's your favorite grossly underscored skate of the last five years? Misha Ge's programs in general, he deserves higher scores in Interpretation of the music and composition. Also Takahashi's 2012 Worlds FP, but there are so many, especially regarding PCs!
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Happy Grand Prix!