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

Tony reports in from Lake Placid while Thomas breaks things down from home as they dissect Skate America from every angle, from NBC’s Chock/Bates-centric coverage and slow-twizzle discourse to the tech panel’s quad Lutz calls on Kevin Aymoz and Shoma Uno, Jason Brown’s Riverdance short, and the judging trends shaping the men’s field. They dig into standout dance performances from the Browns and Lajoie/Lagha, analyze the error-streaked Men's event, and have a heartfelt moment talking about fan favorite Wakaba Higuchi.

Tony and Thomas are moving right along with the Grand Prix series, this week with stop number four in Osaka, Japan for the NHK Trophy. A lengthy discussion about the dance event and the return of the Shibutanis keeps us over two hours! As always, we also highlight the pairs, mens, and women's competitions and share some of our favorite moments of the week. Enjoy, and please remember to subscribe and like!

Tony and Thomas are back with Skate Canada highlights and opinions. After last week's overall negative vibe to our review, we tried to keep all of the specific poor technical panel calls out of the conversation except for mentioning how even the ISU appointed commentator was getting fed up with it during the short programs! Included, as always, are reviews for all events: the pairs, women, men, and ice dance. Enjoy!

Tony and Thomas stayed up all night both nights watching the Cup of China the second Grand Prix event of the season. For an underwhelming competition, we still managed over 2 hours of insights and opinions! Included are all four disciplines, the questionable call that kept Sui & Han on the podium in the pairs event, the technical panels and judges in the singles' events being in a different reality, Chock & Bates season debut, and plenty of other program details and protocol analysis.

Includes Chock & Bates, Zingas & Kolesnik, Lopareva & Brissaud, Smart & Dieck, Amber Glenn, Alysa Liu, Rinka Watanabe, Anastasiia Gubanova, Jia Shin, Rino Matsuike, Shun Sato, Daniel Grassl, Mikhail Shaidorov, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Boyang Jin, Jacob Sanchez, Junhwan Cha, Metelkina & Berulava, Conti & Macii, Sui & Han, Zhang & Huang, and more!

Tony and Thomas are fresh off watching all of the first Grand Prix of the season in France. Fresh faces, judging controversies, and new programs are all here and it must mean skating season is in full-force! We dive into ice dance first, highlighting Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron's win and the decline of Guignard & Fabbri with our own views and thoughts moving forward in the Olympic season. We also go over the womens, pairs, and mens competitions discussing the top skaters and some of our favorite moments.

Includes Fournier-Beaudry & Cizeron, Fear & Gibson, Reed & Ambrulevicius, Guignard & Fabbri, Davis & Smolkin, Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto, Rion Sumiyoshi, Isabeau Levito, Miura & Kihara, Stellato-Dudek & Deschamps, Pavlova & Sviatchenko, Ilia Malinin, Adam Siao Him Fa, Nika Egadze, Lukas Britschgi, Francois Pitot, Andrew Torgashev, and more.