#and they are scott moir team!!!!!!!1

[macaroni-rascal]

Ohhh! Veillon and Brandys with some deeeep edges and nice ice coverage in their midline. Their pattern wasn't as good, but they were RIGHT on their music for that whole program and really performed well. Another team I had never heard of but really enjoyed! Amazing packaging as well.

[virtchandmoir]

Sports Notes: Tessa Virtue-Scott Moir reunited

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will be at the Ilderton Skating Club’s 50th anniversary ice show Saturday evening (5:30 p.m. start time) at Ilderton Arena.

March 31, 2023

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir celebrate their gold medal win in the ice dance free program at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Feb. 20, 2018. 

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir will be at the Ilderton Skating Club’s 50th anniversary ice show Saturday evening (5:30 p.m. start time) at Ilderton Arena.

The 2010 and ‘18 Olympic champs, considered the greatest ice dance team in history, were first paired at the Ilderton club by Scott’s aunt Carol Moir when Tessa was seven and Scott was nine. Their partnership is one of the most successful and longest-running in figure skating annals.

The club also will hold two more shows at the rink Sunday (1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.).

Moir, now a successful local skating coach with the Ice Academy of Montreal’s Ontario campus in Komoka, was at the recently completed world figure skating championships in Saitama, Japan. Two of his pupils, Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko, finished in 10th place in the ice dance category.

—The London Free Press

[myjunkisyuzuruhanyu]

I will miss Gravity and Aria, but I am glad he withdrew and hope ISU doesn't act too bad about it.

(Hopefully the optics of penalizing the number 1 men's figure skater who is defending GPF and Worlds (2 time) champion will convince them to not do anything)

Honestly I don't think there are any repercussions to fear. Shoma did not break any rules. Shoma is not doing an ice show at the dates of WTT and he wasn't withdrawn when he participated at SOI. Ofc Shoma withdrawing from WTT is a bummer for ISU and JSF as Shoma is undoubtedly their most popular and most decorated skater atm, but Shoma's injury is not new. He was carrying this injury since before Worlds. So it's not like the injury is an excuse he made up out of not wanting to participate. (Even ISU wrote articles on Shoma winning Worlds injured)

The ISU did the rule to avoid skaters rather skating in an ice show at the dates of the tournament instead of skating at the competition even though they could. It's supposed to be the best skaters at the event, not those who may want to participate.

Let's say lots of skaters are not actually looking forward to WTT after a long season (not saying this is the case with Shoma) and would rather start their off-season sooner than later. Quoting ice dancer Scott Moir at WTT 2012: "I hate this event" (there is a GIF of this but atm I don't find it) Also this event is always treated like some kind of fun event but with the ISU rule in place and that skaters are still able to receive personal best scores I don't think skaters feel as lighthearted about it as the event may seem from the outside.

I personally have mixed feelings about WTT as I have some dear memories from the events and it's great to see the fun and team support more openly than at other events, but bc it's a long season and bc of the ISU rules etc...for a supposedly "fun event" it carries a bit too much seriousness for my liking.

[anewbeginningagain]

IAMO is coaching the Canadian junior champions because Carol and Alma Moir brought them up from the beginning- they’re Ilderton kids who were mediocre novices two years ago. They’re not a team Montreal sent to them, they’re a team the Moirs built from scratch. What I’m saying is that it’s quite obvious Montreal aren’t sending teams to Ontario if they think they’re going to be superstars - they turned CPom down at first when they didn’t look like becoming great. Right now Montreal treats Ontario like a feeder school. Maybe Scott is fine with that! But with Montreal being the established #1 school, if he wants his school to be on par then I think turning top international juniors into top seniors is the way to go - because right now he won’t get established great teams. That ruins Montreal’s business model!

Honestly, none of this sounds even remotely true (aside from the Canadian junior champions are Ilderton kids). There's a close very apparent collaboration between the Montreal and Ontario branches. Obviously Montreal branch is way more established, but the synergy between the schools is obvious and Scott often works with Montreal teams as well. If anything Montreal are doing the right thing by letting Ontario branch settle into things with time (which proves itself with the progress of CPom and to a lesser degree Hensen/Lickers). MIDA is a good example of a new school going way too deep over its head by getting several competitive US teams and faltering with many of them. Only B/S seem to have adjusted well to the school and they came in with Greg already as their coach if I remember correctly. Building a school takes time. Roamin have been coaching ice dance for ages (did is a vampire, you can see him in the k&c with the French team all the way back in 2008 worlds and likely before), Marie France and Partice coached very few teams at the beginning (FB/S, Adria and Sara) and then took on more teams (P/C, H/D, P/I, at some point L/LG) until they took on Tessa and Scott. At 2014 Olympics I.AM were training Hurtado/Diaz only, then in 2018 they had H/D, P/C, TS, L/LG. After 2018 it's when they really exploded and by the time we got to 2022 Olympics they had 11 teams at the Olympics.

I.AM Ontario getting time to grow is not them being "feeder school" and I would expect CPom's success which is hopefully on the horizon will make them bigger, especially post 2026 Olympics when teams are making changes.

[timlucys]

Scott Moir, the only man to trend on Twitter back-to-back days for winning record-making Gold one day, and then drunkenly yelling at refs during hockey the next. Canada.

[sunskate]

IAM Ontario: 2022-23 Season

Skate Canada NextGen Camp, May 8-10 (Nottawasaga, Alliston ON)

Leyla Veillon/Alexander Brandys

Jordyn Lewis/Noah McMillan

Skate Ontario Development Camp, June 1-2 (Nottawasaga, Alliston, ON)

Maia Iannetta/Liam Carr

July Sectionals and Skate Canada NextGen Competition/Camp, July 22-24, Waterloo (7/23 RD, 7/24 FD)

Jordyn Lewis/Noah McMillan, 6th place (5th RD, 5th FD)

Layla Veillon/Alexander Brandys, 9th place (10th RD, 9th FD)

Lake Placid Ice Dance International, July 27-29, Lake Placid, NY (7/28 RD, 7/29 FD, Madison Hubbell, Adrian Diaz for IAM.O)

Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker, 5th place (5th, RD, 5th FD)

Lily Hensen/Nathan Lickers, 7th place (6th, RD, 7th FD)

Samantha Ritter/Daniel Brykalov, 9th place (9th, RD, 9th FD)

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championship July 28-29 Lake Placid NY (7/28 RD. 7/29 FD)

Leia Dozzi/Pietro Papetti, 🥈 2nd place(2nd RD, 2nd FD)

Championnats Québécois d'Eté, Aug 4-7, 2022, Pierrefonds (8/5 RD, 8/6 FD)

Sales/Wamsteeker, 🥉3rd place (4th RD, 3rd FD)

Hensen/Lickers, 5th place (5th RD, 5th FD)

Dozzi/Papetti, 8th place (6th RD, 9th FD)

Ritter/Brykalov, 9th place (11th RD, 8th FD)

Lewis/McMillan, 5th place jrs (4th RD, 5th FD)

Veillon/Brandys, 6th place jrs (7th RD, 6th FD)

Iannetta/Carr WD

2022 USFS Champs Camp, Aug 24- Bloomfield Hills, MI

Carreira/Ponomarenko

Junior Grand Prix Courchevel, Aug 24-27 Courchevel (Alma Moir for IAM.O)

Veillon/Brandys, 6th place (7th RD, 6th FD)

Skate Canada High Performance Camp, Aug 31-Sep 2, Mississauga

Sales/Wamsteeker

Junior Grand Prix Riga, Sep 7-10 Riga, Latvia (Adrian Diaz for IAM.O)

Lewis/McMillan, 7th place (7th RD, 7th FD)

ISU Challenger Series, Lake Placid, Sep 12-16, Lake Placid, NY

Sales/Wamsteeker, 5th place (5th RD, 5th FD)

Dozzi/Papetti, 9th place (10th RD, 9th FD)

Ritter/Brykalov, 12th place (12th RD, 12th FD)

Souvenir Georges-Ethier, Sep 24-25 Beauport, Quebec (Justin Trojek for IAM.O)

Hensen/Lickers, 🥈2nd place (2nd RD, 2nd FD)

Veillon/Brandys, 🥇1st place jr(1st RD, 1st FD)

JGP Baltic Cup, Oct. 7-8 Gdansk, Poland (Alma Moir for IAM.O)

Lewis/McMillan, 🥉3rd place (3rd RD, 3rd FD)

October Sectionals, Oct 15-16 Barrie, Ontario (Madison Hubbell and Adrian Diaz at the boards for IAM.O)

Hensen/Lickers 🥈2nd place (2nd RD, 1st FD)

Ritter/Brykalov, 5th place (6th RD, 5th FD)

Dozzi/Papetti 🥉3rd place (3rd RD, 3rd FD)

Robinson/Portz, 4th place (5th RD, 4th FD)

Lewis/McMillan WD

Veillon/Brandys 🥈2nd place (2nd RD, 2nd FD)

November Sectionals, Nov 5-6, Richmond Hill, Ontario (Scott Moir, Sheri Moir, Alma Moir for IAM.O)

Robinson/Portz 1st place (1st in RD and FD, the only senior dance team here)

Lewis/McMillan WD

Veillon/Brandys 1st place (3rd RD, 1st FD)

2022 Ice Challenge, Nov 9-13, Graz, Austria (Adrian Diaz for IAM/O. RD Nov 11, FD Nov 13)

Hensen/Lickers 🥉3rd place (2nd RD, 5th FD)

Dozzi/Papetti 6th place (6th RD, 6th FD)

MK John Wilson Trophy (GP Britain) Nov 11-13 Sheffield

Carreira/Ponomarenko 4th place (4th RD, 4th FD)

Sales/Wamsteeker 9th place (9th RD, 8th FD)

Open D’Andorra Nov 19-20, Canillo, Andorra (Adrian Diaz for IAM.O)

Dozzi/Papetti 🥇1st place (1st RD, 1st FD)

Grand Prix Espoo, Nov 25-26, Espoo, Finland (Madison Hubbell for IAM.O)

Carreira/Ponomarenko 4th place (3rd, RD, 4th FD)

Skate Canada Challenge, Nov 30-Dec 1 Winnipeg (Scott Moir, Cara Moir for IAM.O)

Hensen/Lickers 🥈2nd place (2nd RD, 2nd FD)

Robinson/Portz 4th place (4th RD, 4th FD)

Veillon/Brandys 🥉3rd place jr (3rd RD, 3rd FD)

Lewis/McMillan 5th place jr (6th RD, 6th FD)

Sales/Wamsteeker WD

Santa Claus Cup 2022, Dec 3-4, Budapest, Hungary (Justin Trojek for IAM.O)

Ritter/Brykalov 6th place (7th RD, 6th FD)

Golden Spin of Zagreb, Dec 9-10 Zagreb, Croatia (Madison Hubbell for IAM.O)

Carreira/Ponomarenko 🥇1st place (2nd RD, 1st FD)

Dozzi/Papetti 9th place (8th RD, 11th FD)

Ritter/Brykalov 15th place (16th RD, 14th FD)

Italian National Championships, Dec. 15-18, 2022, Brunico, Italy (Adrian Diaz for IAM.O)

Dozzi/Papetti 4th place (4th RD, 3rd FD)

IAMO 2022-23 Season part 2

2022-23 Program Music

2021-22 season

2022-23 Teams

[wntw-virtuemoir-edition]

in summation, marks are as follows:

individual events

tessa virtue 6.5/9 or 72%

scott moir 3/5 or 60%

team event (getting caught in the wild)

virtuemoir 1/1 or 100%

[illyria-and-her-pet]

Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Team vs Individual Event: Improvements & Analysis

I’ve been meaning to make an analysis of the improvements Tessa & Scott made from the team event to individual event in Pyeongchang for 2 years now because I have always been so impressed by it. I finally had the time and finished it! Here is the YouTube video along with comparison gifs. I didn’t color any of the gifs to insure that nothing messed with the viewing of their blades and ice marks. 

Short Dance: 80. 51 (41.61 TES, 38.90 PCS) vs 83.67 (44.53 TES, 39.14 PCS)

Non-Touching Midline Step Sequence: 10.40 (7.10 BV, 3.30 GOE) vs 11.90 (8.60 BV, 3.30 GOE)

Tessa & Scott received level 3 in the team event because Scott’s LFO-Choctaw (LFO to RBI, CW) was not credited due to his unclear right back inside exit edge. All 5 difficult steps and turns were credited for level 4 in the individual event since Scott showed a much clearer right back inside edge. Both received credit for the left forward outside entry edge already, but they also improved both the edge depth and held it longer. 

Rhumba Pattern: 5.26 (3.80 BV, 1.46 GOE) vs 6.37 (5.00 BV, 1.37 GOE)

In the team event, Tessa & Scott received level 2 because they only got credit for 1/3 key points. In the individual event, they got level 4 and credit for 3/3 key points.

Key Points 1 & 2 (Lady Steps 11-13, Man Steps 11-13)

Tessa did not receive credit for key point 1 in the team event due to not showing a clear enough right back outside edge (step 12). Her right back outside edge was clearer in the double choctaw in the individual event, so she received credit there. Scott received credit for key point 2 in both events.

Key Point 3 (BOTH Lady & Man Steps 16, 1-4 of Pattern Restart) 

The flat left forward outside edge of Scott’s LFOIO change of edge (step 3 of the pattern restart) led to “no” on key point 3 in the team event. His left forward inside edge could have been clearer as well. In the individual event, Scott received credit by displaying a much deeper left forward outside edge. He also showed a clearer left forward inside edge and better free leg unison with Tessa. Tessa’s steps were clean in both the team and individual event.

Non-Key Points

Tessa & Scott showed better free leg unison & height on the creative free leg movement of their left forward outside edge (step 5).

Tessa & Scott showed bigger ice coverage on their RFI-Three Turn (step 14). 

Partial Step Sequence: 11.43 (8.60 BV, 2.83 GOE) vs 11.74 (8.60 BV, 3.14 GOE)

Tessa & Scott received level 4 in both the team and individual event as all 5 steps and turns were counted. However, they had higher GOE in the individual event due to superior ice coverage. This is most noticeable when comparing their proximity to the boards on each of their double twizzles. 

Transitional Steps 

In the team event, Tessa hops her three turn, leading to a loss of balance on her cross roll. Scott’s stability and edge quality is not as good on his cross steps in the team event as it was in the individual event. They executed the transitional steps between their synchronized twizzles and rotational lift perfectly in the individual event. 

Free Dance: 118.10 (59.25 TES, 58.85 PCS) vs 122.40 (63.35 TES, 59.05 PCS)

Opening

In Tessa & Scott’s free dance opening, Scott circles Tessa with an inside spread eagle as she attempts 5 rotations. In the team event, Tessa loses balance and struggles to complete all 5 rotations. They do the Moulin Rouge free dance opening perfectly in the individual event.

Circular Step Sequence: 10.09 (7.10 BV, 2.99 GOE) vs 11.59 (8.60 BV, 2.99 GOE)

In the team event, Tessa & Scott received level 3 due to the initial blade placement of Scott’s right back inside edge on his LFO-Swing Choctaw (LFO to RBI, CW) not being clear enough. They received level 4 in the individual event as all 9 steps and turns were credited since Scott showed better initial blade placement on the right back inside edge of his LFO-Swing Choctaw. Although this doesn’t affect base value, he also swung his free leg higher and held the left forward outside edge longer, as well as holding a deeper right back inside edge longer to achieve better unison with the right back inside edge of Tessa’s RBO to RBI change of edge and RBI-Counter (RBI to RFI, CCW). 

Rotational Lift: 5.96 (4.50 BV, 1.43 GOE) vs 6.21 (4.50 BV, 1.71 GOE)

Tessa & Scott changed the position of their rotational lift to look less “suggestive” and more “aesthetically pleasing” in the team event. However, it made the lift much less impressive. Thankfully, they changed it back for the individual event, which led to higher GOE, a more enthusiastic audience response, greater speed, and a cleaner position. 

Midline Step Sequence: 9.61 (7.10 BV, 2.51 GOE) vs 11.59 (8.60 BV, 2.99 GOE)

Tessa & Scott received level 3 due to the left back outside entry of Tessa’s LBO-Mohawk (LBO to RFO, CW) not being clear enough. They received level 4 in the individual event as all 5 difficult steps and turns were credited. Tessa showed a deeper left back outside entry edge, as well as holding her right forward outside exit edge longer and swinging her free leg higher to achieve better unison with Scott’s free leg on his RFO-Swing Choctaw (RFO to LBI, CCW).

[bex-pendragon]

Bex's Book Corner #14

And we're back!

I am once again doing monthly roundups of the books I've read in 2022. I've set a higher goal for myself this year: 58 books. I got off to a good start in January by reading a total of 6 books. I'm also doing the Popsugar Reading Challenge again because hey, why not?

Here's what I read in January:

1. On Top of Glass by Karina Manta

Karina Manta made history back in 2019 when her essay “I Can’t Hate My Body if I Love Hers” was published in the New York Times. Karina was the first female Team USA figure skater to come out as bisexual back in 2018.

Her memoir, On Top of Glass, follows up on her essay with the full story of her coming of age as a figure skater and her struggle to find acceptance in a sport that hasn’t always been welcoming. As a lifelong figure skating fan, I found this to be a fascinating read. I loved learning more about skating culture, training, and everything else. Manta’s writing style is lively and engaging. Even when she was struggling with anxiety and body image, she found her way to make a mark on the sport with her partner, Joe Johnson. Together, they became the first known ice dancers where both members of the team were LGBT and both came out while they were still competing. Fun fact: she also went to the prom with Jason Brown!

You can see their final free dance, choreographed by Christopher Dean, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCugp67NNmU

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A sapphic book (Manta is bisexual) or a book by a Latinx author (Manta’s father is Uruguyan)

Similar Books: Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold by Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, One Life by Megan Rapinoe.

Content Warnings: discussion of anxiety, body dysmorphia, and disordered eating.

2. The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White

This book is the conclusion of the Camelot Rising trilogy. And what a ride it’s been! I read the first instalment, The Guinevere Deception, way back in 2020. I’m a fan of Arthurian retellings and I’ve been very keen to see how the series would end.

In this retelling, Guinevere is a changeling: an unknown entity sent to Camelot by Merlin to protect Arthur with her forbidden magic. Guinevere faces many challenges over the course of the series - most of all, struggling to find a place in a world that would not accept her if they knew who she truly was. Many key figures from Arthurian legend are reimagined here, including Mordred, Morgana, Isolde, and a genderbent version of Lancelot. Just as Arthur has his knights, Guinevere has spent the series cultivating her own group of loyal and extraordinary women. Seeing them take matters into their own hands was extremely satisfying.

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book about someone leading a double life.

Similar Books: The Queen’s Rising duology by Rebecca Ross and Seven Endless Forests by April Genevieve Tucholke.

Content Warnings: Kidnapping, stabbing, drowning.

3. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

My first audiobook of the year and my second TJR book. I finally gave into the hype last year and read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which I loved. There’s an interconnectedness between the two books: Mick Riva, the father of the Riva children at the centre of Malibu Rising, was one of the infamous seven husbands. Celia St. James also gets a shoutout.

The story is told in two timelines. It’s 1983, and the grownup Riva children are about to host the party of the year in their beachfront mansion. Between the hours of the day leading up to the party, we get flashbacks of the early years to set the scene. Their parents had a turbulent relationship. One of the kids has a different mother. Their dad was never there. But through it all, the kids had each other. Back in the present, the party starts and drama ensues: the siblings all have secrets. By the end of the party, all their dirty laundry will be aired.

TJR is the master of dual timelines. I was glued to this audio from start to finish.

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book set in the 1980’s.

Similar Books: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas.

Content Warnings: alcoholism, drowning, parental abandonment, fire.

4. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

This was one of those books I meant to read last year and didn’t get to. It’s also my third Emily Henry book. Like Malibu Rising before it, People We Meet on Vacation is told in dual timelines. In the present day, it’s been two years since the friendship breakup of Poppy and Alex: a pair of millennials who have been friends since college. They’ve gone on vacation together every year since they met. But two years ago, something happened. Chronological snippets of their past vacations are interspersed between the chapters and eventually a pattern begins to emerge. I kind of guessed what it was that broke them up, but let me tell you: the eventual reconciliation was excellent. Emily Henry nailed the best friends to lovers trope. And lucky for me, she has another book coming out this year!

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book set during a holiday.

Similar Books: Beach Read by Emily Henry, The Ex-Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon, and Much Ado About You by Suzanne Young.

Content Warnings: sexual content, brief mention of drug usage.

5. Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

One of those classics I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. I watched the movie adaptation a couple of years ago and I loved it. I find that when I watch the movie first, I often like it better than the book - if I ever get around to reading the book at all. But this is one of those instances where I liked both equally. The movie is gorgeous and heartfelt. The book has a slightly different vibe, but it’s also enjoyable.

There are some subplots that were cut from the film and because we get to spend more time with the characters, we really get to see them develop. I loved Sophie in both iterations. She’s a young woman turned into an old lady by a witch’s spell and she gives zero forks. She’s finally able to express herself. Howl is more rakish than he was in the movie, but I enjoyed him too. There were several subplots from the book that got cut from the movie, so it was nice to get more backstory about Sophie and Howl’s families as well. This ended up being one of those instances where I enjoyed the book and the movie equally.

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book with an onomatopoeia in the title

Similar Books: Stardust by Neil Gaiman, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin

Content Warnings: death of a parent (off page)

6. Six Crimson Cranes by Elizabeth Lim

I’m always here for retellings - especially fairytale retellings. Elizabeth Lim’s Six Crimson Cranes is loosely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s Wild Swans, infused with East Asian folklore. It also takes place in the same fictional universe as her earlier Spin the Dawn duology, but you don’t need to read one to understand the other. The heroine of the story is Princess Shiori, the only sister in a family of royal brothers. She possesses magic in a land where magic has been forbidden. Her stepmother also has magic, and when she finds out about Shiori’s powers, she curses her and her brothers. But not everything is what it seems.

Shiori goes on a journey reminiscent of a Disney princess. I’ve always loved some of Hans Christian Andersen’s lesser known stories - The Snow Queen was a favourite of mine before Frozen came along. The Wild Swans is another story I’ve hoped to see a retelling of and I finally got it with Six Crimson Cranes. It preserves just enough of the original story while also being its own thing. Elizabeth Lim nailed it. Now I’m impatiently awaiting the sequel!

Popsugar Reading Challenge: A book about a secret

Similar Books: Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim, Jade Fire Gold by June C.L. Tan, The Swan Kingdom by Zoe Marriott.

Content Warnings: death of a parent (off page), animal death, blood, fire.

That's it for January! I'm two books ahead of my goal for this year, so we'll see how it goes.

[virtuemoired]

2010 - 2011 (Short Dance: Schenkst Du Beim Tango Mir Dein Herz/Nights and Days | Free Dance: Hip Hip Chin Chin/Temptation/Mujer Latina)

2011 Arctic Edge Test Skate FD - [Fancam]

2011 4CC SD - [No commentary]

2011 4CC FD - [CBC] [No commentary]

2011 Worlds SD - [CBC] [Russian 720p]

2011 Worlds FD - [British Eurosport 720p] [NBC] [CBC] [Japanese 720p]

2011 Worlds EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [Russian 720p]

2011 - 2012 (Short Dance: Hip Hip Chin Chin/Temptation/Mujer Latina | Free Dance: Funny Face Medley)

2011 Finlandia Trophy SD - [Fancam]

2011 Finlandia Trophy FD - [Finnish]

2011 Skate Canada SD - [Russian] [No commentary]

2011 Skate Canada FD - [British Eurosport 720p] [Russian 720p]

2011 Skate Canada EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [Russian 720p]

2011 Trophée Éric Bompard SD - [British Eurosport]

2011 Trophée Éric Bompard FD - [British Eurosport]

2011 Trophée Éric Bompard EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [Fancam]

2011 Grand Prix Final SD - [CBC] [Russian]

2011 Grand Prix Final FD - [British Eurosport, 2] [CBC]

2011 Grand Prix Final EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [CBC]

2012 Canadian Nationals SD - [No commentary 720p]

2012 Canadian Nationals FD - [No commentary 720p]

2012 Canadian Nationals EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [No commentary 720p]

2012 4CC SD - [No commentary]

2012 4CC FD - [NBC] [No commentary]

2012 4CC EX (I Wanna Hold Your Hand) - [No commentary]

2012 Worlds SD - [British Eurosport]

2012 Worlds FD - [British Eurosport] [Russian 720p]

2012 Worlds EX (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) - [Italian 720p]

2012 World Team Trophy SD - [Japanese 720p]

2012 World Team Trophy FD - [Japanese 720p]

2012 World Team Trophy EX (Ain’t No Mountain High Enough) - [Japanese 720p]

2012 - 2013 (Short Dance: And The Waltz Goes On | Free Dance: Carmen)

2012 Skate Canada SD - [British Eurosport 480p] [No commentary]

2012 Skate Canada FD - [Russian 720p]

2011 Skate Canada EX (Hallelujah) - [Russian 720p]

2012 Rostelecom Cup SD - [Russian 720p]

2012 Rostelecom Cup FD - [Russian 720p]

2012 Rostelecom Cup EX (Hallelujah) - [Russian 720p] [No commentary]

2012 Grand Prix Final SD - [Italian] [Fancam]

2012 Grand Prix Final FD - [British Eurosport] [Russian 720p] [No commentary 720p]

2012 Grand Prix Final EX (Hallelujah) - [No commentary]

2013 Canadian Nationals SD - [TSN] [CTV 720p]

2013 Canadian Nationals FD - [TSN 720p] [CTV]

2013 Canadian Nationals EX (Hallelujah) - [Fancam]

2013 4CC SD - [Russian]

2013 4CC FD - [British Eurosport] [CBC]

2013 4CC EX (Hallelujah) - [British Eurosport]

2013 Worlds SD - [CBC 720p] [British Eurosport]

2013 Worlds FD - [CBC 720p] [British Eurosport 720p]

2013 Worlds EX (Hallelujah) - [CBC 720p] [British Eurosport]

2013-2014 (Short Dance: Dream A Little Dream Of Me/Muskrat Ramble/Cheek To Cheek | Free Dance: Glazunov’s The Seasons)

2013 Québec Summer Championships SD - [No commentary]

2013 Finlandia Trophy SD - [No commentary]

2013 Finlandia Trophy FD - [No commentary]

2013 Skate Canada SD - [CBC] [Russian]

2013 Skate Canada FD - [British Eurosport 720p] [CBC] [No commentary 720p]

2013 Skate Canada EX (Stay) - [Chinese 720p] [TSN]

2013 Trophée Éric Bompard SD - [No commentary 720p] [Russian 720p]

2013 Trophée Éric Bompard FD - [CBC] [British Eurosport] [Russian 720p]

2013 Trophée Éric Bompard EX (Stay) - [Russian 720p]

2013 Grand Prix Final SD - [Russian 720p] [Japanese 720p]

2013 Grand Prix Final FD - [Japanese 720p]

2013 Grand Prix Final EX (Stay) - [Spanish 720p]

2014 Canadian Nationals SD - [TSN]

2014 Canadian Nationals FD - [TSN]

2014 Canadian Nationals EX (Stay) - [CTV]

2014 Winter Olympic Games Team Event SD - [CBC 720p]

2014 Winter Olympic Games Team Event FD - [CBC 720p]

2014 Winter Olympic Games SD - [NBC 720p] [CBC 720p] [BBC 720p] [Radio-Canada 720p]

2014 Winter Olympic Games FD - [NBC 720p] [CBC 720p] [BBC 720p] [Olympics]

2014 Winter Olympic Games EX (Stay) - [CBC 720p] [No commentary 720p]

2016-2017 (Short Dance: Kiss/Five Women/Purple Rain | Free Dance: Pilgrims On A Long Journey/Shadows/You Upset My Life/Latch)

2016 Autumn Classic International SD - [Dailymotion (Group 1)]

2016 Autumn Classic International FD - [No commentary]

2016 Skate Canada SD - [TSN]

2016 Skate Canada FD - [TSN] [British Eurosport] [Russian] [No commentary]

2016 Skate Canada EX (Sorry) - [No commentary]

2016 NHK Trophy SD - [CBC 720p]

2016 NHK Trophy FD - [CBC 720p] [British Eurosport] [No commentary 720p]

2016 NHK Trophy EX (Sorry) - [Russian] [No commentary 720p]

2016 Grand Prix Final SD - [NBC 720p] [CBC 720p] [No commentary 720p]

2016 Grand Prix Final FD - [NBC 720p (audio slightly altered)] [British Eurosport] [No commentary 720p]

2016 Grand Prix Final EX (Sorry) - [No commentary 720p]

2017 Canadian Nationals SD - [TSN]

2017 Canadian Nationals FD - [CTV 720p]

2017 Canadian Nationals EX (Sorry) - [TSN]

2017 4CC SD - [CBC 720p] [NBC 720p] [No commentary 720p]

2017 4CC FD - [British Eurosport] [No commentary 720p]

2017 4CC EX (Sorry) - [No commentary 480p] [Russian]

2017 Worlds SD - [NBC 480p] [British Eurosport 720p] [CBC 480p] [CBC 720p] [No commentary 720p] [Official ISU Stream]

2017 Worlds FD - [NBC 480p] [British Eurosport] [CBC 720p] [No commentary 720p] [Official ISU Stream]

2017 Worlds EX (Sorry) - [Official ISU Stream]

2017 Worlds SD Practice - [Official ISU Stream]

2017 Worlds FD Practice 1 - [CBC]

2017 Worlds FD Practice 2 - [ISU Official Stream]

2017-2018 (Short Dance: Sympathy For The Devil/Hotel California/Oye Como Va | Free Dance: The Show Must Go On/El Tango De Roxanne/Come What May)

2017 Autumn Classic International SD - [Livestream]

2017 Autumn Classic International FD - [Livestream]

2017 Autumn Classic International SD Practice 1 - [Official Stream] [Dailymotion]

2017 Autumn Classic International FD Practice 1 - [Official Stream]

2017 Autumn Classic International FD Practice 2 - [Official Stream, 2]

2017 Skate Canada SD - [British Eurosport 720p, 2] [Olympic Channel 720p, 2, 3]

2017 Skate Canada FD - [TSN] [Olympic Channel 720p, 2] [No commentary 720p]

2017 Skate Canada SD Practice 1 - [No audio]

2017 Skate Canada SD Practice 2 - [Dailymotion]

2017 Skate Canada FD Practice - [Dailymotion]

2017 Skate Canada EX (Long Time Running) - [No commentary]

2017 NHK Trophy SD - [Telesport] [Olympic Channel 720p] [No commentary]

2017 NHK Trophy FD - [Telesport] [Olympic Channel 720p] [No commentary]

2017 NHK Trophy EX (Long Time Running) - [Telesport]

2017 Grand Prix Final SD - [Telesport] [Olympic Channel 720p]

2017 Grand Prix Final FD - [CBC] [Olympic Channel 720p] [No commentary 720p]

2017 Grand Prix Final EX (Long Time Running) - [No commentary 720p]

2018 Canadian Nationals SD - [TSN 720p]

2018 Canadian Nationals FD - [TSN 720p]

2018 Canadian Nationals EX (Long Time Running) - [RDS]

2018 Winter Olympic Games Team Event SD - [CBC 720p] [NBC 1080p] [NBC Extended Feed 720p]

2018 Winter Olympic Games Team Event FD - [CBC 720p] [NBC 720p] [NBC Extended Feed 720p] [Radio-Canada 720p]

2018 Winter Olympic Games SD - [CBC 1080p] [NBC 720p] [NBC Extended Feed 720p] [British Eurosport] [BBC]

2018 Winter Olympic Games FD - [CBC 1080p] [NBC 720p] [NBC Extended Feed 720p] [British Eurosport] [BBC] [Radio-Canada 720p] [No commentary 720p] [Olympics] [Olympics Full Event]

2018 Winter Olympic Games EX (Long Time Running) - [CBC 1080p] [NBC 720p] [Olympic Channel 720p] [Radio-Canada 720p] [Olympics Full Gala]

2018 Winter Olympic Games FD Practice - [Dailymotion]

Olympic Compilation (2010, 2014, 2018) - [Olympics]

Droplets aka VM Watching Skating

2013 Finlandia Trophy Reaction To Yuzuru Hanyu - [Fancam, Edit]

2018 Winter Olympic Games Reaction To Kaetlyn Osmond - [Fancam]

2020 Canadian Nationals Scott Moir Cameo - [TSN]

Last updated 19 July 2020

2004 - 2010 VirtueMoir Programs Masterpost

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Anonymous said:

What do you think of so many Moirs in the new satellite IAM school? I know they all coach but like not elite level right? Or is this temp till Scott can recruit more help?

I think it’s not really a surprise; the Moirs are a coaching family and they’ve all kept a skate in the rink.  I don’t know what their individual, literal coaching qualifications are, though of course they’ve used them for Western University, for synchro, for CanSkate (the wee littles and up) and of course, the ice dance teams we’ve all taken note of, now that Scott’s done some choreo.  But it’s entirely possible that any or all of them have passed coaching levels for beyond all these.  Scott is listed as the ‘head coach’, and I suppose we may never know how the work or responsibilities break down for sure.  

I don’t particularly mean this towards you, anon, but it was something I was thinking about already; which is that I feel like people are already making mountains out of their expectations for this.  I mean, I could be wrong (I’ve been many times in the past), but I’m anticipating that it won’t be a sudden massive number of super-elite athletes.  Their regular skaters, and perhaps some new additions (though even that may wait until things settle down some with lockdowns and such), but schools can take some time to get established.  He’s got an extra boost, being associated with IAM, and you know, 5 Olympic medals.  But it’s a big deal to switch up coaching, training cities, etc. and skaters may take their time.  As well, quite frankly, even when you have senior skaters, many of them are not truly in contention for international podium results.  Even Gadbois didn’t ‘make it big’ until Papadakis and Cizeron’s 2014/2015 season and caused everyone to take notice and start the unexpected Montreal boom.  After all, until then, their skaters were 13th, 16th, and 29th at 2014 Worlds.  (Huh, I’m not sure I ever noticed that while PC jumped from 13 to 1 in one year, FB/S jumped from 29 - final not reached - to 11.)

Anyway, sorry for the ramble, but my point - coaching staff may change, because that happens, but we shouldn’t be assuming that this isn’t exactly what they want, right now, and we should be careful (again) with assuming that our expectations and ambitions coincide with theirs.  (And me included - for all I know, Scott wants a team of his own to win 2022.)

[serene-faerie]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Ghost of Tsushima (Video Game) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jin Sakai/Yuna Characters: Jin Sakai, Yuna (Ghost of Tsushima), Masako Adachi Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, figure skating, World Figure Skating Championships, Inspired by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue, Ice Dancing, Sexual Tension, Sexual Content, Romance Summary:

He's a World champion and Olympic-level solo figure skater, ending his retirement to start a career in ice dancing. She's a national champion ice dancer, joining forces with the skater whom she's always admired.

It's only been a year since Jin Sakai and Yuna Takahashi have partnered together, but they've already become a hotly-anticipated dream team in the world of figure skating. Their chemistry is undeniable, their bond unbreakable, and they practically melt the ice every time they step out onto the rink together.

But amidst the heat of competition and media speculations about their passionate chemistry and nature of their relationship, both Jin and Yuna find themselves contemplating their feelings for each other as they compete in this year's World Championships, and the very nature of their dances may even push them to finally acting upon their mutual desire for each other.

@dicax-asina @bri-notthecheese Remember that Ice Dancing AU I talked about a while back? I’ve managed to write up a one-shot for it! I hope you enjoy!

[virtchandmoir]

Olympic great Scott Moir credits coaches-turned-colleagues for rediscovering his love of skating

Gold medallist now head of Ice Academy of Montreal's satellite program in London, Ont.

September 1, 2022

Scott Moir, seen here during an unveiling of his Canada's Walk of Fame Hometown Star in Ilderton, Ont., in 2019, has transitioned from his figure skating career to coaching and is now head of the Ice Academy of Montreal's satellite program in London, Ont. (Geoff Robins/The Canadian Press)

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came out of retirement to compete at the 2018 Olympics with a "stone cold" focus."T and I . . . we wanted to win, and nothing else," Moir said.

Their ferocious gold-medal pursuit led to a fierce push and pull with Montreal coaches Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon, whose focus was on the process and not the outcome.

"They helped us understand that [gold] actually wasn't the goal. Our goal was to be the best we could possibly be . . . but the double-edged sword of it is it allows you to be your best as well, when you have your priorities and you're connected with the joy of skating and why you started skating," Moir said Wednesday at Skate Canada's national team training camp.

"And the higher you get, the higher the pressure is. And you forget that so easily."

Virtue and Moir retired after winning gold at the 2018 Games as the most decorated ice dancers in history.

Dubreuil, Lauzon serve as inspiration

Moir hadn't considered coaching as a career, but he was so sold on the philosophy instilled by Dubreuil and Lauzon at the Ice Academy of Montreal (I.AM), he became the head of their satellite program in London, Ont.

"My time in Montreal changed . . . well, it changed my life. I know Tess feels the same way," Moir said. "I fell back in love with the sport again."

Of the 23 dance teams at the Beijing Olympics, Dubreuil and Lauzon, who captured back-to-back world silver medals before retiring in 2007, coached 10 of them at I.AM, including gold medallists Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France.

Dubreuil, Lauzon and former French skater Romain Haguenauer co-founded the academy in 2014. They had one team in the Sochi Olympics that year. They had four teams four years later in Pyeongchang, including Virtue and Moir.

In Beijing, country allegiances seemed to melt away between the 10 Montreal-based teams. Instead there were plenty of hugs and high-fives.

"We take care of the human being more than anything else," Lauzon said in Beijing. "I think that's what draws people in."

'His love for skating has not faded'

Haley Sales and Nikolas Wamsteeker, who are at this week's national team camp, are one of Moir's dance teams.

The two, who've twice been fourth at the Canadian championships, described Moir as a positive, high-energy coach who spends most of his time on the ice rather than behind the boards.

"His love for skating has not faded," Wamsteeker said.

They've noticed a shift in their skating since moving to London a year ago.

"The really unique thing about having a coach so fresh off the circuit was interesting, and more in tune with the modern kind of ice dance," said Sales. "I would say we've learned a lot more of the artistic side of skating, which we felt like we really needed."

"I'm starting to realize more and more of [Moir's influence] in my skating, watching the videos from years past it wasn't there," added Wamsteeker. "And it's hard to put my finger on it, but it's a fluidity, it's performance."

They're one of nine dance couples based in London. There are another 17 in the Montreal program.

While there's been criticism about coaching skaters who compete for countries other than Canada, Moir said the program works for the Canadians as well.

"We see the strength in the numbers . . . we believe that it makes our Canadian kids better, stronger," Moir said. "There are some people that it doesn't work for, which is fine. But usually it is life changing, and in this day and age, we need sport done in the right way more than ever. That's the whole commitment we made to each other. And hopefully, we can continue to uphold it."

'It's the little victories that I find extremely rewarding'

The 34-year-old Moir recently married longtime girlfriend Jaclyn Mascarin after COVID-19 twice threw a wrench into wedding plans. They have an 18-month-old daughter.

Moir's mom Alma and his aunt Carol, who were Virtue and Moir's first coaches, run the nearby Ilderton Skating Club, and can provide a developmental feeder system for dancers.

"So they're bringing up little teams, and they're also involved in the I.AM Ontario campus. So it's a nice little crossover that helps us," Moir said.

Moir, who often reaches out to Virtue if he has a skating question he can't figure out, said there's a big sense of satisfaction in the success of his athletes. But it comes in the moments away from competition.

"It's the little victories, and they mostly happen in training when you have a day and everything's clicking, and you're like, 'Oh, my God, I am actually having an impact!' I do have those moments," he said. "Sometimes it's the actual skills that they're getting, such as doing a perfect rocker turn that we've been working on forever.

"Most of the time, it's how the kids behave, and their skills that they'll take on to do whatever they do in the rest of their life — little things like being vulnerable, giving everything they have and even showing up on time and writing an email that they're supposed to.

"It's the little victories that I find extremely rewarding."

—CBC

[madforskating]

We Didn’t Start the Fire (Figure Skating Edition)

Sonja Henie, Salchow, Dick Button, Choctaws

Axel Paulsen, tracing figures, Sabena 548

Protopotrovs, Dorothy Hamill, Peggy Fleming, flying camel

Wedge cuts, triple lutz, no room for the second-rate

 Carmen is a new hit, gold for Katarina Witt

Double Brians, Browning’s quad, Hamilton defies the odds

Yamaguchi saves the day, Ito’s axels pave the way

Tonya Harding, lifetime ban, Baiul edges out Kerrigan

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it 

Jayne Torvill, Chris Dean, Bolero for the winning team

Gordeeva, Grinkov dominating pairs

Ice dance drama, Russian win, Grishuk’s seeing Zhulin

Surya’s backflips give everyone a scare

 Nagano, Lipinski screams, Sarah Hughes, Olympic dream

Salt Lake pairs, double gold, goodbye to the 6.0

French judge taking bribes, Morozov’s got a new wife

Mishin’s boys can’t get along, watch out for newbies Pang/Tong

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

 Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Johnny Weir the black swan

Barbara’s glare, looks could kill, Lambiel’s inventing skating skills

Yuna Kim, Mao Asada, Joannie wins bronze for her mama

Lysacek, quad debate, the world wants Tess and Scott to date

Zueva’s going 1-2, Tohoku earthquake, Worlds gets moved

Volosozhar and Trankov meet, Carolina’s back on her feet

Yuzu’s off to senior Worlds, Ando has a baby girl

Patrick Chan, three for three, heading into Sochi

Quad twists, death spirals, Jason’s Riverdance goes viral

Gracie Gold, U.S. crown, Russia’s got new kids in town

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Lipnitskaya, red coat, now we’re calling Hanyu GOAT

Plush withdraws, crazy fans, first medal for Kazakhstan

Davis, White, Shcheherezade, men are stacking up the quads

Pink Panther, Masquerade, were the ladies’ judges paid?

 Broadway songs with words allowed, Wagner ends the US drought

Pooh bears, Glitter Twins, Virtue/Moir back again

Seimei, matador, Zhenya on the hunt for more

Montreal, ice dance, Savchenko’s got a new man

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Osmond’s on the comeback trail, Mother Gothel’s girls don’t fail

Tutu queens, backload, Karenina came so close

Sexy lifts, Moulin Rouge, dress malfunction, Shape of You

Rippon, Radford proudly gay, ShibSibs repping Coldplay

 Vera’s wetsuits, Sui and Han, North Koreans, Wakabond

Eteri’s furs, Mirai’s revenge, Virtue/Moir still just friends

Hanyu wins, Spain is proud, Russian flags are not allowed

Savchenko – Olympic champ, Code of Points getting revamped

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

Ashley Wagner, #MeToo, Nathan’s got homework to do

Shoma needs a coach now, Tarasova still screams out loud

Karina Manta, Amber Glenn, rainbow girls are rising

Kostornaia’s Juliet, Denis Ten, we won’t forget

 Bootleg streams, geoblock, snake charmer Madi Chock

Moskvina’s still a tiny queen, French fed hits the guillotine

Yuzuru gets a grand slam, yellow shirts for Rocketman

Coronavirus, season’s over, can’t get off this rollercoaster

We didn’t start the fire

It was always burning since the world’s been turning

We didn’t start the fire

No we didn’t light it but we tried to fight it

[anewbeginningagain]

How did I not remember just how bad P/C come off in this article?! 

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/podium/107/guillaume-cizeron-gabriella-papadakis-patinage-artistique-danse-jeux-olympiques-pyeongchang-tessa-virtue-scott-moir-medaille-robe

There are a lot of things about it that bugs me, but the one thing that really got me was them questioning the gap in the FD score Tessa and Scott got between the team and the individual events. 

“The dress, the composition of the panel of judges which some questioned, the fact that they had many more points than in the team competition for the same programs.”

The 4 points gap was due to them getting only level 3 for the two step sequences, once they got both up to level 4 it was an automatic 3 more points in base value which makes the real gap only a point of improvement. And the only person who questioned the judging was skating #1 corruption master - Didier. The petty in me would love to see them lose the gold again, not gonna lie.

[icevirtuemoir]

We are gathered here today to get through this thing called practice. 💜 #Prince #Helsinki2017#VirtueMoir @samchouin15 @cbc.sports | @tessavirtue (x)