PCAS 2013 Showcase Dramatic
I skated my Showcase Dramatic program "100 Years" today at Pacific Coast Adult Sectionals. I was skating against a division I skater (21-30); although he has not yet (if I remember correctly) passed his Bronze test he had skated in the Bronze free skate but Pre-Bronze for this event. It was just the two of us, and I skated second. We shared a warmup with a group of Pre-Bronze ladies who skated after us.
I had not skated since the day before; no practice ice today as I figured I was better off getting a good night's sleep, especially since DST kicked in Saturday night. I think it was the right call. I was up around 7:30 to watch skate buddy Melissa skate, then had plenty of time to prep for my 12:15 skate. I changed and got my skates on around 11:30 and took some time to loosen up and focus. During the (large) group before mine I checked in with the ice monitor... and waited.
Finally it was time to warmup. Out on the ice, and I had a pretty good warmup. As I anticipated I needed a little extra time to feel the ice since I'd not skated that day yet. Fortunately I feel pretty comfortable with the Dramatic program elements. Warmed up spins, jumps and practiced a couple of chunks from the program. Time was up and I went off the ice, waited, drank some water and took off my club jacket.
Time to skate! Went out to my starting position, said a quick prayer and off I went... again it's mostly a blur. Waltz jump felt okay, I set it up a bit better but it wasn't particularly high. I had a small issue on the first of the RFO3s but nothing major. I think the spin went pretty well. Salchow was okay. In generally I felt that I was moving pretty fast (for me) and I finished right on time, which made me pretty happy.
In generally I think that's the best I've skated that program -- even a little better than Autumn Antics, since this was full ice and I was right on time, and I think I looked up a little more and my movements were at least a little crisper.
Got a silver medal (or I will -- they ran out of medals! sheesh) but I'm happy with my skate. I'll post video of them both when I get them.
I had not skated since the day before; no practice ice today as I figured I was better off getting a good night's sleep, especially since DST kicked in Saturday night. I think it was the right call. I was up around 7:30 to watch skate buddy Melissa skate, then had plenty of time to prep for my 12:15 skate. I changed and got my skates on around 11:30 and took some time to loosen up and focus. During the (large) group before mine I checked in with the ice monitor... and waited.
Finally it was time to warmup. Out on the ice, and I had a pretty good warmup. As I anticipated I needed a little extra time to feel the ice since I'd not skated that day yet. Fortunately I feel pretty comfortable with the Dramatic program elements. Warmed up spins, jumps and practiced a couple of chunks from the program. Time was up and I went off the ice, waited, drank some water and took off my club jacket.
Time to skate! Went out to my starting position, said a quick prayer and off I went... again it's mostly a blur. Waltz jump felt okay, I set it up a bit better but it wasn't particularly high. I had a small issue on the first of the RFO3s but nothing major. I think the spin went pretty well. Salchow was okay. In generally I felt that I was moving pretty fast (for me) and I finished right on time, which made me pretty happy.
In generally I think that's the best I've skated that program -- even a little better than Autumn Antics, since this was full ice and I was right on time, and I think I looked up a little more and my movements were at least a little crisper.
Got a silver medal (or I will -- they ran out of medals! sheesh) but I'm happy with my skate. I'll post video of them both when I get them.
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