Tony and Thomas are back on this “off week” in preparation for the Grand Prix Final. We have some updates on the response from our Finlandia judging video, including reactions around the Internet and through the ISU as well as a current competitor writing to us about all of it. We also opened up the forum this week to ask questions that you would like us to answer and discuss. Enjoy!

Link to YouTube videos of edges: The Four Figure Skating Turns

Thomas’ “Technical Panel” Youtube videos: @thetechnical panel

Olympic qualifying document / SkatingScores charts:

USFS Oly Selection Criteria

Skating Scores Women's Chart

Skating Scores Men's Chart

Skating Scores Pairs Chart

Skating Scores Dance Chart

ISU Technical Documentation

The Technical Requirements for 2025/2026

Ice Dance Scoring Rules & Rubric

Scale of Values

Tony and Thomas are back after the SOS ice dance judging rant yesterday with a full review of the sixth and final Grand Prix regular season stop, Finlandia Trophy. Were there more ice dance shenanigans in the free dance? What was the fallout of the scoring yesterday? As always, a review of all four disciplines plus mention of who we will see in two weeks at the Grand Prix Final. Hopefully by then, Tony's voice and his health will be back to normal. Enjoy!

You know something is up when we break our normal upload schedule to bring you a special episode on the ice dance technical panel calling that ramped up last week at Skate America and has continued this week at Finlandia Trophy. Shawn Rettstatt, head of the ice dance technical committee, is the technical controller in both events. Although not the be-all end-all of the scores, we discuss some of the element calls we saw in the rhythm dance today. And for the millionth time, we beg for the complete overhaul the discipline needs.

See it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2DZ3Kx3HTIk