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Sunday, October 18, 2020

Remember When: Skate America 2019 Pairs Short

The Ice Sweeps were very Vegas in costume.
Continuing with this weekend of whining - today's blog post will be a series of four so that I don't completely go over kill in one giant blog post. Kudos to anyone who is reading, at this point I'm not doing much with content other than just photo dumping and I do apologize. I should have posted these photos a year ago and I never got around to it (to be fair I didn't finish editing these photos until mid 2020). 

The great thing about Skate America is it's a quick weekend event. Two days of competition bookended with an official practice and an exhibition gala. I had never been to an international event - the only other skating competitions I've been to are US Nationals in 2005, 06, 08, and 18 - so it was a new and very enjoyable experience. The arena was smaller than what I'm used to for events, but the staff were incredibly friendly. The seats were great for spectating. We met some awesome fans (and one not so awesome one, but it ended up being highly entertaining anyway). Made some new friends.

And the skating was amazing. I don't shoot photos for any reason other than for my own enjoyment. I like to challenge myself into getting the right shot. The lighting in the arena worked really well for cameras and of course once the TV lights come on it's perfect.

The first discipline was pairs. It was a small field and not many of the big names were there other than those from the US (which if you're a figure skating fan you know it's the weak link for Team USA). Didn't matter to me as it was still a great event and I found some new pairs to follow. I'll try to keep the photos to 1-2 per pair, but I make no promises. It's like choosing between your children... ya just shouldn't! (As always, click the "read more" to see all the photos under the cut, and check out my gallery for all of my photos from Skate America 2019.)

Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI - GREAT BRITAIN

Jessica CALALANG / Brian JOHNSON - USA

Jessica CALALANG / Brian JOHNSON - USA

Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE - CANADA

Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE - CANADA

Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER - USA

Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER - USA

Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR - AUSTRAILA

Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN - RUSSIA

Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC - USA

Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC - USA

Cheng PENG / Yang JIN - CHINA

Cheng PENG / Yang JIN - CHINA

Short Program Results
1 Cheng PENG / Yang JIN   72.73
2 Daria PAVLIUCHENKO / Denis KHODYKIN   71.25
3 Ashley CAIN-GRIBBLE / Timothy LEDUC   68.20
4 Haven DENNEY / Brandon FRAZIER   65.18
5 Jessica CALALANG / Brian JOHNSON   61.27
6 Ekaterina ALEXANDROVSKAYA / Harley WINDSOR   55.06
7 Camille RUEST / Andrew WOLFE   54.63
8 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI   47.92

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