2010 Swedish Nationals

Subject: 2010 Swedish Nationals Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:26 pm

Senior Men Final Results:

1 Kristoffer BERNTSSON 205.31 sunny

2 Adrian SCHULTHEISS 198.87
3 Alexander MAJOROV 186.84
4 Michael NEUMAN 139.96
5 Ondrej SPIEGL 139.80
6 Girts JEKABSONS 136.17
7 Anton TRUVÉ 136.06
8 Jimmy KARLSSON 134.11
9 Lucas WICKSTRÖM 92.50

Subject: Re: 2010 Swedish Nationals Fri Dec 24, 2010 10:53 am

I was there!!!! sunny

It was great to see Koffe winning the championship. And even though I might be a little bias, I think he got the biggest applause from the audience even before he started his programme. Wink

He really has two great programmes this year, yet again. SP is my favourite, because I like the story and the music a loooooot! The beginning, the ending and the other "hitting-parts" are awesome.... and the atmosphere during the programme was great. The LP got the girls screaming. xDDDD The Michael Jackson moves in the beginning, hilarious!!!!!

Another skater that caught my attention was Ondrej Spiegl. He had a really interesting LP. It was a wholesome programme, because he kept doing that little strange hand movement throughout the programme.

Joshi Helgesson sat right behind me for a little while during the men's short programme. And Aylwin Iantchenko & Josef Oscarsson-Ericsson sat next to me during the men's LP. I chose my seat very well. Haha. x))

Subject: Re: 2010 Swedish Nationals Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:52 am

Thanks for sharing your experience at the competition with us! Smile

The few people on FSU and GoldenSkate who pay attention to Kris' career have mentioned that they absolutely love his "Comptine d'un autre été" SP; they consider it to be an instant classic! Very Happy

The MJ moves at the beginning of his long program are indeed fabulous, but my favourite part is when he touches the judges' the table! LOL!!! During the Skate Canada broadcast, PJ Kwong (she's the commentator for CBC bold) said that she appreciated the "cheekiness" of the choreography and his confidence to pull off that little stunt . Wink

Yeah, you did get very good seats at the arena! Laughing

Speaking of the other skaters, I did use my screen recorder to capture some of the performances from the live stream. (The feed did give me a lot trouble, so I don't have everything). If you want, I can share them with you.

Before I forget, Koffe added a blog entry yesterday describing his thoughts on Nationals! flower

http://www.landvetterkk.com/Kristoffer/My_thoughts/Entries/2010/12/26_Nationals_2010.html

Subject: Re: 2010 Swedish Nationals Mon Dec 27, 2010 11:32 am

siberia82 wrote:: The few people on FSU and GoldenSkate who pay attention to Kris' career have mentioned that they absolutely love his "Comptine d'un autre été" SP; they consider it to be an instant classic!

I totally agree! And there is also one very genious detail in the programme (which he actually didn't fully do in the Nationals Sad

). After the first jump, when hits something, he holds his fist for a while and shakes his hand. Love that part...

siberia82 wrote:: but my favourite part is when he touches the judges' the table! LOL!!!

Yeah, that's great too! Laughing

When I watched the LP from youtube for the first time and saw that part, i was like.... OMG, what happened, that's feaking cool! I couldn't keep a pokerface during a stunt like that. And I'd love to see the reaction of the judge who's facing him at that moment. ;D

siberia82 wrote:: Speaking of the other skaters, I did use my screen recorder to capture some of the performances from the live stream. (The feed did give me a lot trouble, so I don't have everything). If you want, I can share them with you.

That would be great! Very Happy

Do you happen to have for example Ondrej Spiegl's and Alexander Majorov's Short Programmes? I was very surprised that Majorov delivered such a fun performance because the last time I saw him (about 2 years ago) he was soooo serious.

Subject: Re: 2010 Swedish Nationals Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:10 pm

vaapukka wrote:: After the first jump, when hits something, he holds his fist for a while and shakes his hand. Love that part...

Me, too! ♥ Koffe and his choreographer chose a cute and clever way to express, "Ouch that hurts!" Laughing

vaapukka wrote:: When I watched the LP from youtube for the first time and saw that part, i was like.... OMG, what happened, that's feaking cool!

I actually had not watched Kris' Finlandia Trophy performances before I attended Skate Canada, so it was a huge surprise for me to see him slam his hands on the judges' table! Surprised

Like everyone else in the audience, I laughed and cheered, but a spilt second later I thought, "Wait a minute, is he allowed to do that during a competition??? Will the judges give him a severe deduction for daring to invade their personal space???" Shocked

vaapukka wrote:: I couldn't keep a pokerface during a stunt like that.

Do we know for sure that he keeps a pokerface? tongue

vaapukka wrote:: Do you happen to have for example Ondrej Spiegl's and Alexander Majorov's Short Programmes?

Yes, I do! Luckily I was able to record all of the Senior Men's performances. I will upload them for you within a day or two. Smile

vaapukka wrote:: I was very surprised that Majorov delivered such a fun performance because the last time I saw him (about 2 years ago) he was soooo serious.

Although I was vaguely aware that Sasha was Sweden's #3 before this season began, his Ice Challenge SP was my introduction to his skating (a live stream was available for that event), so I didn't know at the time that he usually performed dramatic routines. When I realized during the Ice Challenge practice session that his SP was set to "Soul Bossa Nova", I simply assumed that Swedish guys had a knack for choosing great songs to skate to and that they were naturally entertaining. Wink

Did you notice that Sasha's LP music is the same as Koffe's LP from the 2004/2005 season?

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