EXHIBITION GALA - 2024 CANADIAN NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS - video Dailymotion

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00:00:00 Simple as fill the seeds it's not simple, but we need to all work together

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00:00:09 Exactly. No because I have been around so long and in the background and see all different sides

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00:01:15 - Good afternoon, skating fans,

00:01:17 and welcome to the 2024

00:01:20 Canadian National Skating Championships Exhibition Gala.

00:01:25 After a great week of competition,

00:01:27 the pressure is off,

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00:01:41 - Here we go, yeah.

00:01:55 Introduce the first.

00:01:57 - Yeah, so first we've got Black Gold Elite 12

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00:02:02 Synchro team, I gotta say, Ted,

00:02:04 I absolutely adore Synchro,

00:02:06 the energy that they bring.

00:02:08 Absolutely incredible, 10 out of 10.

00:02:10 Shout out to them.

00:02:11 - Yeah, it is amazing, indeed.

00:02:13 Some of the best in the world right here in Canada.

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00:10:12 - Nadia Vachinska, Peter Beaumont, and Britney Spears.

00:10:17 - Incredible performance this afternoon.

00:10:20 Look at that character.

00:10:21 Character work right to the end.

00:10:23 - She has a character, that's for sure.

00:10:24 - You gotta love that.

00:10:25 Shout out to Nadia, she's got a YouTube channel going on.

00:10:27 If you wanna go check her out and give her a subscribe,

00:10:30 I think she'd greatly appreciate that.

00:10:31 Pretty solid week that they had,

00:10:34 you know, tough free skate for them yesterday,

00:10:36 but they no doubt have a really bright future ahead of them

00:10:40 and can't wait to see what they got for us in the future.

00:10:43 - Yeah, first year seniors, so you know,

00:10:45 that's, they just moved up from junior bronze medalists

00:10:47 last year, right here in Calgary

00:10:49 at the Junior World Championships.

00:10:50 So they're in senior, starting their senior career.

00:10:52 It'll take a couple years to build up

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00:10:58 All right, so up next from Quebec,

00:11:08 eighth after the women's department,

00:11:11 we've got Justine McClet,

00:11:12 skating to "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica.

00:11:15 Very strong skater.

00:11:17 She had a pretty solid week.

00:11:20 - Pretty good, she came back in the free program for sure.

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00:14:20 Justine McClet, skating to Metallica.

00:14:30 Very popular piece.

00:14:32 As I said earlier, she had a pretty solid week

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00:14:37 Great comeback in the free program.

00:14:38 Great fighter, you can see that with her skating.

00:14:43 She has that raw power,

00:14:44 and I think with a little refinement,

00:14:47 she can really get up there.

00:14:49 But yeah, no, she was fantastic this week.

00:14:53 Great to watch.

00:14:54 - You were saying off air a little bit

00:14:55 about when you discovered what you had to do to be better

00:15:00 was later in your career.

00:15:01 - Yeah, yeah, I mean, it comes with time and maturity,

00:15:04 right, and for me, I think that came in the blue.

00:15:07 I started coming to Paris in 2018,

00:15:09 and I really took this more seriously,

00:15:11 did things for myself and not for other people.

00:15:14 So a lot of these skaters will go through that for sure.

00:15:17 So up next, good friend of mine,

00:15:20 Roman Sadovsky, another YouTuber actually

00:15:24 on our Canadian national team.

00:15:26 Throw him a subscribe, he'll like that,

00:15:28 but make sure you let him know that I gave the recommendation

00:15:31 'cause I need that.

00:15:32 He's skating to BTS, "Boy With Luv."

00:15:38 - Great film maker.

00:15:39 - Yeah. - Film maker.

00:15:40 Here we go.

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00:18:32 - Roman Turgosky with the pink sweat skating to BTS.

00:18:43 What an incredible skater he is.

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00:18:47 He's well loved by the audience worldwide.

00:18:50 And for me, when I competed against him,

00:18:53 I always thought he was a wonderful skater.

00:18:56 I hope that within time, he'll be able to,

00:18:59 you know, be able to put things together

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00:19:02 Because when you watch him in training, he is incredible.

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00:19:07 He's able to participate this week.

00:19:09 He got his skates, travel plans all worked out.

00:19:11 And yeah, I can't wait to see

00:19:14 what he's got in store for us.

00:19:16 - Also talented as we talked about,

00:19:17 his video production, his dancing, you name it.

00:19:20 This is a very special, special person.

00:19:23 - Yeah, great guy overall.

00:19:25 Gotta love him.

00:19:26 - Tough year.

00:19:27 - And subscribe to his YouTube channel.

00:19:27 - Yeah, there you go.

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00:19:31 Tough year, of course,

00:19:32 with not being able to compete very much.

00:19:34 Next up, Molly Lenehan and Dimitri Asgulia,

00:19:39 fifth in the ice dance.

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00:19:42 They've really improved this season

00:19:44 and bring a lot of fun to the ice.

00:19:47 - Great performers.

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00:19:49 - Well, the medley will be from the Spice Girls.

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00:19:59 ♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪

00:20:04 ♪ So tell me what you want, what you really, really want ♪

00:20:09 ♪ If you wanna be my lover ♪

00:20:14 ♪ Never blind as far as the eye can see ♪

00:20:31 ♪ If I mean that, the whole life's too mean ♪

00:20:36 ♪ He's a lover, I need a friend ♪

00:20:42 ♪ Once in a way, a twist in time ♪

00:20:45 ♪ But will it ever be ♪

00:20:48 ♪ Now my dear, you know that he pleases me ♪

00:20:53 ♪ I want a man, not a boy ♪

00:20:56 ♪ Do the things he can ♪

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00:21:01 ♪ Boy, do the things he can ♪

00:21:09 ♪ Too much for something is bad enough ♪

00:21:14 ♪ If something's not right, then it's a very big wonder ♪

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00:21:25 ♪ I need to know the way to feel to keep me satisfied ♪

00:21:30 ♪ But I don't know, don't you understand ♪

00:21:36 ♪ I want a man, not a boy ♪

00:21:39 ♪ Do the things he can ♪

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00:21:58 ♪ I'm a lover, I need a friend ♪

00:22:14 ♪ I'm a lover, I need a friend ♪

00:22:19 ♪ Shake it to the body, shake it to the mind ♪

00:22:22 ♪ Shake it to the body, shake it to the mind ♪

00:22:24 ♪ I can see you, I can see you ♪

00:22:29 ♪ Shake it, shake it, shake it, I got ♪

00:22:36 ♪ Shake it, shake it, shake it, I got ♪

00:22:38 ♪ I'm a lover ♪

00:22:42 ♪ Shake it to the body, shake it to the mind ♪

00:22:43 ♪ Shake it to the body, shake it to the mind ♪

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00:22:53 - Super high energy from Molly and Dini, Dimitri.

00:22:55 Great team.

00:22:58 They had a great week actually.

00:23:01 - They really did.

00:23:02 - Yeah.

00:23:03 I think for them, they just keep building

00:23:06 what they've got and see what they can put out.

00:23:11 - We know in ice dance, it always takes a little longer.

00:23:13 - It does.

00:23:14 - To mature and to grow and to be recognized.

00:23:17 And we have so many great teams.

00:23:18 - Yeah, it's a different type of mountain

00:23:19 for ice dancers to climb up, you know,

00:23:21 in comparison to what single skaters are going through.

00:23:24 But I think that that's what makes the sport so beautiful

00:23:27 is that like, and interesting,

00:23:29 is that everybody has their own processes.

00:23:31 And for Molly and Dima, you know,

00:23:34 they're on the right path, right?

00:23:35 And hopefully time will work in their favor for sure.

00:23:39 - Yeah, it's slower to climb the hill,

00:23:40 but it's also, you don't drop quite as far as you can

00:23:43 in singles as quickly.

00:23:44 - Exactly.

00:23:45 - Up next, Sarah Moe Dupuis from Quebec,

00:23:48 six in the women's event.

00:23:49 Trying to improve the overall maturity and performance,

00:23:52 had some challenges in the free program, of course,

00:23:53 stood third after the short program.

00:23:55 A lot of improvement this season.

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00:26:28 - Beautiful skate from Sarah,

00:26:30 finishing sixth in the women's event.

00:26:32 She skated to feels like by Gracie Abreu.

00:26:36 Season so far is pretty solid

00:26:40 and she has solid outing at Skate Canada International.

00:26:43 And as I was saying, Ted, off there is just,

00:26:46 you know, with these athletes,

00:26:47 the common denominator is kind of just,

00:26:48 you know, seeing them work through the process, right?

00:26:52 Everybody has their own timeline.

00:26:53 And with sports, you only have so much time

00:26:56 and, you know, to be competitive,

00:26:57 you got to kind of like beat your own clock, right?

00:27:00 And I think that's what these guys have to do

00:27:03 is just try to like figure it all out

00:27:05 and be able to produce when it really matters.

00:27:07 And I think that's kind of like her pathway right now.

00:27:13 - Yeah, certainly big improvement last season,

00:27:15 looking for more next year.

00:27:17 - Yeah, so up next, finishing fourth

00:27:19 in the men's event, Conrad Orzel.

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00:27:26 - I felt like he could have had a better week, you know,

00:27:28 and I know that he wants to have,

00:27:30 wanted to have a better week.

00:27:32 He'll be skating to "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen,

00:27:34 one of my favorite bands.

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00:27:41 ♪ There's no time for love ♪

00:27:53 ♪ There's no place for love ♪

00:27:58 ♪ Why is this thing that builds our dreams ♪

00:28:05 ♪ It slips away from us ♪

00:28:12 ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪

00:28:21 ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪

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00:28:36 ♪ There's no place for love ♪

00:28:48 ♪ No, we'll never stop ♪

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00:29:01, ♪ Touch my tears ♪

00:29:06 ♪ Touch my heart ♪

00:29:26 ♪ Open up my eyes ♪

00:29:31 ♪ And we can have a cry ♪

00:29:37 ♪ And we can have a cry ♪

00:29:43 ♪ Forever is our day ♪

00:29:55 ♪ Who wants to live forever ♪

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00:30:06 ♪ Forever is our day ♪

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00:30:20 - Great job to Conrad, skating to Queen.

00:30:40 I think the beauty of the exhibition days,

00:30:43 Ted, is that without the judges and the pressure,

00:30:46 these guys can let go and really perform.

00:30:48 And I think that's where we see a real improvement

00:30:50 from Conrad in the sense that he's actually projecting

00:30:53 way more to the audience and like,

00:30:55 it speaks volumes to the work that he's put in.

00:30:57 And so major credit to him and the team

00:31:00 for dialing in on that.

00:31:02 And hopefully they can keep that up.

00:31:05 - And we talked about how physically difficult it is

00:31:07 at the end of a psychological and physical week

00:31:11 to have the energy to do the jump.

00:31:13 So you're gonna see the miss and pop

00:31:15 and make a mistake or whatever,

00:31:17 but it's all about the performance in this case.

00:31:19 Yeah.

00:31:19 - Please welcome, very popular--

00:31:24 - Another popular ice dance team in Canada.

00:31:27 Fourth in the ice dance, Lily Henson, Nathan Lickers.

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00:31:32 We're gonna take the theme of their rhythm dance,

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00:34:24 - Lily Henson, Nathan Lickers,

00:34:33 fourth in the ice dance event.

00:34:35 - Incredible, incredible program that they put on.

00:34:39 Very fun, very entertaining.

00:34:41 Crowd loved it, I loved it.

00:34:42 Everybody's happy.

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00:34:45 - Geez, you're a happy guy today.

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00:34:48 Oh man.

00:34:50 - Straight to the point, you know.

00:34:52 They finished fourth after the ice.

00:34:56 That's very good actually.

00:34:58 - Yeah, it is good.

00:34:58 It's sort of a new position, new elevation if you will.

00:35:02 You had some withdrawals of course, but.

00:35:03 - For all these guys, there's a lot of new things

00:35:06 for them to experience.

00:35:07 You know, we talked about skating last in the short program,

00:35:11 which is traditionally for the champions the year prior.

00:35:14 And that's definitely a role that is something

00:35:18 that most of these guys will have to take on.

00:35:21 So up next, finishing third in the women's event,

00:35:25 Hedi Shi from Ontario.

00:35:27 It's game to shake it off by Taylor Swift.

00:35:29 Now I gotta say before she starts the program,

00:35:31 there's an interesting fact.

00:35:32 If you look on her right wrist,

00:35:34 she's wearing a Cartier bracelet,

00:35:36 which is objectively very expensive.

00:35:37 And I like asked her, why are you doing that?

00:35:39 She's like, just 'cause.

00:35:41 I'm like, all right.

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00:41:56 - What a great week for Kelly-Anne Lauren

00:41:58 and Luca Etie from Quebec.

00:42:00 They just sort of rose to a new level,

00:42:03 entered a new zone, if you will,

00:42:05 sort of emerged in the top echelon

00:42:08 of pair skating here in Canada.

00:42:10 - Yeah, I mean, they had such a magical week

00:42:12 and it felt like everything fell into place for them.

00:42:15 Watching their practices and their production

00:42:18 of a short in the free program,

00:42:20 it's anything that a skater can wish for, really.

00:42:24 And I was so happy to see them

00:42:27 to deliver what they've been training for

00:42:31 and yeah, wishing them the best of luck

00:42:34 as they move forward

00:42:36 and watching them on their continued journey for success.

00:42:40 - I've seen them compete over the years

00:42:43 and go through the struggles.

00:42:45 Every athlete does.

00:42:46 But when it all came together,

00:42:48 the joy on Kelly-Anne's face

00:42:50 and Luca's as well was like,

00:42:52 "Oh my gosh, we did this."

00:42:55 Working through hard work and learning

00:42:58 and growing up and all of that.

00:43:01 - Yeah.

00:43:03 So up next, we've got my replacement

00:43:06 for my actual job this week.

00:43:08 - Yeah, what are you doing up here?

00:43:10 - I know, I'm just hanging out with you.

00:43:12 They got the t-shirt toss going on.

00:43:14 I believe Paul Ayers is doing it.

00:43:16 They're trying to figure it out.

00:43:18 - Let's make some noise.

00:43:20 - So the question is,

00:43:22 will the decibels be lower or higher

00:43:24 than they are with you?

00:43:26 - Honestly, I think it could be louder.

00:43:29 Paul is from Calgary, the hometown here.

00:43:32 He has that energy for him.

00:43:34 - If it's louder, it's because he was listening to you.

00:43:37 - Nobody can top my high, shrieking laughter, though.

00:43:40 I have to say, like...

00:43:42 - I wondered where that was coming from.

00:43:45 - Yeah, every time my t-shirt

00:43:47 kind of like did not hit anybody,

00:43:49 I would just start laughing hysterically

00:43:52 and everybody in the ring heard it.

00:43:54 - I saw you shoot it up to a large.

00:43:56 - I did, yeah, we had arranged that

00:43:58 and that was like my only good shot there.

00:44:00 - But that gun was pretty weak.

00:44:02 - It was pretty weak, yeah.

00:44:04 But there was only a couple of times

00:44:06 where it actually was able to shoot.

00:44:08 So hopefully, I'll be in Montreal hosting

00:44:10 and hopefully the gun will be better.

00:44:12 - The air gun, that is.

00:44:14 - The air gun, yes, yes.

00:44:16 - The air gun, the air gun.

00:44:18 - Shooting shirts up in the audience.

00:44:20 - Quick disclaimer right there.

00:44:22 - Yeah, exactly.

00:44:24 - It's great to see a large ball game.

00:44:30 Of course, he is one of the biggest

00:44:32 social media stars out there.

00:44:34 - Absolutely.

00:44:36 - He's turned skating, he's wonderful

00:44:38 in so many ways, his art of skating.

00:44:41 Such a great human being.

00:44:43 - He is a wonderful human being.

00:44:45 - He and I have had so many conversations,

00:44:47 like very intimate, personal conversations

00:44:49 and I've learned so much from him.

00:44:51 He has really helped me with my personal life.

00:44:55 Huge shout out to him.

00:44:57 Honestly, the work that he's been doing

00:44:59 for social media, I always say

00:45:01 he's a social media sensation

00:45:03 and he's such a high quality person.

00:45:05 I'm grateful to know him

00:45:07 and anybody that has found the opportunity

00:45:09 to know him,

00:45:11 I'm so proud of him.

00:45:12 - Here we are, Trevi Show,

00:45:14 Paul Ayer with the t-shirts.

00:45:16 - A little analysis on this now.

00:45:18 - All right.

00:45:20 The only time I can be analytical.

00:45:22 - Whoa, be careful.

00:45:24 - Okay.

00:45:26 - He's got to aim it higher, don't you think?

00:45:28 - But also in fairness,

00:45:30 I have the mic in one hand

00:45:32 and these guys are double handling these guns.

00:45:34 - They're rookies, they need to be safe.

00:45:36 - They got to have it with the mic

00:45:38 and talk into the mic like,

00:45:40 "Hey, I can see you."

00:45:42 - All jokes aside though,

00:45:44 it's fun to be able to do this

00:45:46 and get the audience riled up

00:45:48 and I'm grateful for Skate Canada

00:45:50 for allowing me to have fun

00:45:52 and just enjoying what I do

00:45:54 and bringing the audience in

00:45:56 and that's what we need, right?

00:45:58 We just need the audience to kind of,

00:46:00 they need to buy into us

00:46:02 and support us and doing things like that

00:46:04 is a small part

00:46:06 and as you can see,

00:46:08 Trent kind of messed up there

00:46:10 and I'm going to say...

00:46:11 - No, you're going to have a student

00:46:13 after this to teach you how to do it.

00:46:15 - I'm going to open up a course

00:46:17 if anyone's interested

00:46:19 on how to fire off these t-shirts.

00:46:21 - And how to laugh so loud.

00:46:23 - Exactly, yeah, I know.

00:46:25 Oh my goodness.

00:46:27 - Yeah, that's hilarious.

00:46:29 Oh my God, he's pointing at a great...

00:46:31 Oh, it's okay, it's not too bad.

00:46:33 - That's hilarious.

00:46:35 Oh, Trent hyping up the audience there.

00:46:37 Oh, there we go.

00:46:39 - They don't have a mic to announce you,

00:46:41 so they don't have a mic.

00:46:43 - No, they don't have a mic

00:46:45 so the announcing team,

00:46:47 I think it's someone down there

00:46:49 is in charge of it.

00:46:51 But I had to multitask.

00:46:53 I held the mic, I had the guns,

00:46:55 the air gun and I was hyping up the audience.

00:46:57 I got three things to do at once.

00:46:59 But it's a fun job

00:47:01 and hopefully Montreal will be fun.

00:47:03 Oh, Trent, you got some work to do, buddy.

00:47:05 - Oh man, come on.

00:47:07 Didn't even make it to go over the boards.

00:47:09 - Yeah, Trent, what's going on?

00:47:11 You keep roasting me all week

00:47:13 but you can't even throw...

00:47:15 Oh, jeez, Trent.

00:47:17 - Oh, that's not good.

00:47:19 He can throw the girl across the ice,

00:47:21 he can't get that shirt in the stands?

00:47:23 - Oh, we got a good one.

00:47:25 Let's see how Paul...

00:47:27 Oh, Paul has resorted to hand throwing it now.

00:47:29 It's all right, they got lots of work.

00:47:31 It takes blood, sweat and tears to do it.

00:47:33 - He still doesn't make it.

00:47:35 That's two out of threes.

00:47:37 - He's still not making it to boards.

00:47:39 - It's all right, boys.

00:47:41 After this, I can give you a couple tips and tricks.

00:47:43 - Oh, no, you got some really good material

00:47:45 to jazz around these guys.

00:47:47 - That's funny.

00:47:49 - Oh, my God.

00:47:51 - That's funny.

00:47:53 Trent, we got to do a better job hyping them up.

00:47:55 Those hand signals won't cut it.

00:47:57 - No, and besides, those weak shots,

00:47:59 that won't work either.

00:48:01 - Yeah, yeah.

00:48:03 [laughter]

00:48:05 And fire.

00:48:07 Oh, he's not firing this yet.

00:48:09 He's teasing them.

00:48:11 - You better move towards the boards.

00:48:13 He's not going to make it again.

00:48:15 - That's too funny.

00:48:17 Also, shout out to the ice patchers

00:48:19 and the assistants.

00:48:21 And all the volunteers for this week.

00:48:23 I think it's what they've done

00:48:25 to put out an event like that.

00:48:27 It is incredible.

00:48:29 And obviously, without their help,

00:48:31 we wouldn't be where we're at.

00:48:33 So shout out to everybody

00:48:35 who's been involved in past events,

00:48:36 future events.

00:48:38 We're all grateful for you guys

00:48:40 and look forward to working alongside you.

00:48:42 - Well, Paul and Trent,

00:48:44 you guys need some work to do.

00:48:46 - I think you're going to have to go down

00:48:48 and say, "You're embarrassing."

00:48:50 I mean, if you can't shoot the shirt

00:48:52 over the boards, it's...

00:48:54 - I kind of want to yell at them right now,

00:48:56 but I don't want to blast anybody.

00:48:58 - I can turn the mic off.

00:49:00 - That's all good.

00:49:03 - I'm going to turn it off.

00:49:04 - Okay, so now we're going to get

00:49:06 the ice resurfacing.

00:49:08 So let's talk a little bit...

00:49:10 We're going to stay on

00:49:12 during the ice resurfacing chat

00:49:14 and talk about skating.

00:49:16 Let's first of all go to

00:49:18 the state of skating worldwide.

00:49:20 What are your thoughts?

00:49:22 - Well, I think that out there,

00:49:24 the Americans, Japanese,

00:49:26 South Koreans, and the other countries

00:49:28 out there, they are so competitive.

00:49:30 They are producing high-level skaters.

00:49:32 And you know what? I'm going to be very honest.

00:49:34 I think for us, we're slightly behind.

00:49:36 We've got a lot of work to do,

00:49:38 whether it's from the Federation side,

00:49:40 the skaters' coaches' side.

00:49:43 As a whole, we have a lot of work to do,

00:49:46 I feel, if we want to be competitive

00:49:49 with the field.

00:49:51 For our national team athletes,

00:49:53 we have to look beyond nationals.

00:49:55 Nationals shouldn't be

00:49:57 the peak of the season.

00:50:00 We're going now into the second half of the season.

00:50:03 Those are what I like to call

00:50:05 the championship series.

00:50:07 You have your nationals,

00:50:09 four continents, or Europeans, whatever.

00:50:11 And then you have Worlds.

00:50:13 And then every four years,

00:50:15 you've got the Olympics.

00:50:17 Obviously, I haven't been around skating as much

00:50:19 just because I've been very busy

00:50:21 with the hockey stuff.

00:50:23 But from what I watched this week,

00:50:25 we've had a number of solid skaters out there.

00:50:27 But I think in general,

00:50:29 I mean, as we talked about earlier,

00:50:32 there's a lot of moving pieces to it.

00:50:34 But I'm just going to speak strictly

00:50:36 from the skater's perspective

00:50:38 just because I only retired a couple of years ago.

00:50:41 If it were me, I would really be focused

00:50:44 on putting my head down,

00:50:46 dialing in the work and training,

00:50:48 and really committing myself to the process.

00:50:51 No doubt, it's hard.

00:50:53 It takes a lot of discipline

00:50:55 to be able to produce

00:50:57 and keep up with the standard

00:50:59 that we are dealt with now.

00:51:00 But it also boils down to

00:51:02 doing it when it really matters the most.

00:51:05 If you ever watch our athletes

00:51:07 practice behind closed doors training and whatnot,

00:51:10 you would believe that our skaters

00:51:13 are more than capable of being competitive.

00:51:16 But when it comes to doing it in competition,

00:51:19 a lot of them, they have a little bit of trouble

00:51:22 putting it all together

00:51:24 when it comes to the right time.

00:51:27 That's where we need to get our heads at,

00:51:29 being able to compete.

00:51:31 - So would you say competing more

00:51:33 will help teach them how to compete?

00:51:36 - Absolutely.

00:51:38 There's nothing else that compares to actual competition.

00:51:41 You can only run so many simulations at home,

00:51:44 perform in front of a handful of judges

00:51:47 and get their feedback.

00:51:49 But what really boils down to it

00:51:51 is you need to be able to go and compete

00:51:53 as often as you can

00:51:56 and figure out a system on what works best.

00:51:58 Your brain will start operating differently.

00:52:01 For me, personally, I remember there was a year

00:52:04 I would go to every competition

00:52:06 that there was in the season

00:52:08 and use those opportunities

00:52:10 to really figure out how I would mentally operate.

00:52:13 It's one thing to mentally operate

00:52:15 in training and feel comfortable with your surroundings.

00:52:18 It's another thing to be put into a completely different rink

00:52:21 with a bunch of people watching you

00:52:24 and expect you to perform and step up to the plate.

00:52:26 - I'm not sure quite how to word this,

00:52:29 but to some degree we are a bit spoiled in Canada

00:52:32 because we have nice rinks

00:52:34 and most of the elite athletes

00:52:36 are in pretty good training facilities.

00:52:39 So the environments are comfortable.

00:52:42 When you're in an environment,

00:52:44 it could be here at Nationals

00:52:46 with TV and lights,

00:52:48 that becomes unnatural

00:52:50 because they're not there that often.

00:52:53 - They're not comfortable.

00:52:54 When they go to a rink that's a bit colder,

00:52:56 they're not comfortable.

00:52:58 They need to get more uncomfortable more often

00:53:01 and still produce in order to cover all the bases.

00:53:04 - For me, it sounds a little harsh,

00:53:06 but it shouldn't matter where you compete.

00:53:09 Yes, we're spoiled with nice facilities

00:53:12 and buildings that we get to train and compete in,

00:53:15 but you should still be able to perform the same

00:53:18 if it's in front of zero people

00:53:21 with TV lights and cameras and all that.

00:53:23 As athletes, we're expected to perform no matter what.

00:53:27 That's our job.

00:53:29 We signed up to put ourselves out there,

00:53:32 to have a chance at that 1% success,

00:53:35 whatever that may be.

00:53:37 To some people, it's making the Olympics.

00:53:40 To some people, it's meddling at an international event.

00:53:43 It varies.

00:53:45 My goal was to always make the Olympics.

00:53:47 Unfortunately, that never happened,

00:53:50 but I learned positive lessons

00:53:51 and experiences away from my career

00:53:53 that I feel like these athletes should go through.

00:53:56 With that being said,

00:53:58 I think it's almost irrelevant in where we compete

00:54:01 because we're expected to do our job.

00:54:04 - Strategically, if you were coaching,

00:54:07 would it be good for,

00:54:09 "I'm going to put you in this competition over here."

00:54:12 It's not a very comfortable competition

00:54:14 or the rink is cold or whatever.

00:54:16 Would you strategically do that

00:54:19 in those situations to learn how to compete under varying--

00:54:21 - Absolutely.

00:54:23 Pressure is pressure.

00:54:25 You'll feel pressure whether it's a dead audience

00:54:27 or a lively audience.

00:54:29 You know you're in a competition atmosphere.

00:54:32 That is the same thing across the board.

00:54:34 It doesn't matter what building you're in.

00:54:36 You're in that competitive mindset.

00:54:38 Now we have to work with that.

00:54:40 You're pushing to a corner.

00:54:42 I'm only speaking from personal experience.

00:54:44 I'm not speaking on behalf of any athletes here.

00:54:46 - Got it. Appreciate that.

00:54:48 - Whether it was Thornhill Summer Skate

00:54:51 or Worlds in Saitama, Japan,

00:54:54 I always felt the same nerves,

00:54:57 the same jitters going into my programs.

00:55:00 That's what we have to learn how to work with

00:55:03 because you can do it a hundred times at home

00:55:07 and feel like you have it set

00:55:09 but when you walk into the competition building,

00:55:12 things change.

00:55:14 Anything can happen and your job is to adapt to it

00:55:17 and still perform under the pressure

00:55:19 that life has given you.

00:55:22 - How do you feel that rivalries

00:55:29 are important for the progress?

00:55:32 I don't know if you've had a rivalry.

00:55:34 I know that your friendship with Keegan Messing

00:55:36 didn't start off on the right foot.

00:55:38 You talked about that very openly.

00:55:40 Then you became best friends.

00:55:42 At the same time, you were pushing each other.

00:55:45 We go back to Kurt and Elvis.

00:55:47 Those rivalries within our own country

00:55:50 push this country to a higher level

00:55:52 and perhaps we don't have those rivalries.

00:55:54 No one's fault at this point.

00:55:57 How important do you think rivalries are?

00:56:00 - It's so important to have that competitive edge

00:56:03 not with just yourself but with your peers around you.

00:56:06 For me and Keegan,

00:56:09 we have been very lucky to have

00:56:12 this beautiful friendship blossom

00:56:14 but we know when it's time to work

00:56:16 we're competitive with each other.

00:56:18 Sometimes we'll start chirping each other

00:56:20 to keep it very edgy.

00:56:22 - That's hilarious. What would you say?

00:56:24 - I don't know if it's safe to say on air

00:56:27 but we would sometimes really go at it

00:56:30 especially after competition and behind closed doors.

00:56:34 This is probably the first time I'm going to say this out loud

00:56:36 but we would really go at it behind closed doors.

00:56:40 We would start going at each other

00:56:42 but at the end of it, we know we're still friends.

00:56:45 I think rivalry is so important.

00:56:48 Obviously right now we don't have the volumes

00:56:51 to have a rivalry situation happening for now

00:56:55 and hopefully in the next few years or so

00:56:57 we'll have a really strong crop of skaters

00:57:00 that can get up there and start pushing each other.

00:57:03 - Looking at the men's, this is a change of tide.

00:57:07 We've got Wesley.

00:57:10 This may be relatively new for him.

00:57:14 Of course, you've still got Roman there.

00:57:18 You've still got Conrad there.

00:57:20 Maybe because this tide is changing really radically

00:57:24 that those rivalries will begin.

00:57:27 - They will form.

00:57:29 - One year it will be one person winning.

00:57:31 The next year it will be another person winning.

00:57:33 Then boom, it starts to get a rivalry.

00:57:35 We need that, I think.

00:57:37 - I also think that makes figure skating so interesting.

00:57:39 We have those rivalries

00:57:43 and that little bit of competitive edge

00:57:46 between the competitors.

00:57:48 I think, as we've mentioned,

00:57:51 this is a new generation of skaters coming up.

00:57:54 Fresh faces on the podiums.

00:57:56 Now is their time to really start digging deep,

00:58:00 pushing themselves in training,

00:58:02 pushing themselves in competition.

00:58:04 Naturally, these will form

00:58:06 because in certain events throughout the season

00:58:08 you'll have different guys come out on top

00:58:10 and that automatically creates this reaction

00:58:12 between the Canadian boys,

00:58:14 or Canadian skiers in general,

00:58:16 to really wanting to go after these guys.

00:58:18 When Keegan was above me for a few competitions

00:58:21 I would hone in on him

00:58:24 and try my best in training and competition

00:58:26 to really get after him

00:58:28 and finish on top of him.

00:58:30 Vice versa.

00:58:32 That's what really made the dynamic

00:58:34 between Keegan and I really good.

00:58:36 I think that's what we need

00:58:38 in Canadian skating

00:58:40 is how to take that to the next level.

00:58:42 I think the next year

00:58:43 when they get back to this championship

00:58:45 it'll be in Laval.

00:58:47 I'm not sure if that's announced yet.

00:58:49 It is that when Wesley steps on the ice

00:58:51 and you've got Roman back

00:58:53 I want my title back.

00:58:55 I won in 2020, I want this thing back.

00:58:57 All of a sudden there's a new intensity.

00:58:59 Maybe these types of years

00:59:01 it's a bit of a down year,

00:59:03 we've talked about that,

00:59:05 but might set up for a more successful year.

00:59:08 A lot of the skaters, women and men,

00:59:11 they're relatively new.

00:59:13 They haven't been around for 10 years.

00:59:15 So that rivalry may take a few years

00:59:17 to build that.

00:59:19 Hopefully that does happen.

00:59:21 Hopefully the audience gets connected

00:59:23 to this as well.

00:59:25 We talked about,

00:59:27 let's just see here,

00:59:29 Anthony Parody bringing something

00:59:31 absolutely brand new to the sport.

00:59:33 Of course.

00:59:35 And an interest will follow him.

00:59:37 Olage was an interesting thing

00:59:39 because he had a massive following

00:59:41 and yet he was not the one

00:59:42 that was winning or on the podium all the time.

00:59:44 But his personality

00:59:46 and his performance

00:59:48 was at such a level

00:59:50 that it enhanced the whole experience.

00:59:52 For a fan.

00:59:54 People loved Olage.

00:59:56 As you said, he wasn't able

00:59:58 to get onto the podium at Nationals

01:00:00 or whatnot,

01:00:02 but you can always appreciate

01:00:04 his style of skating

01:00:06 because it's so genuine.

01:00:08 Same thing with Anthony.

01:00:10 He has such a level of character, personality

01:00:12 that we haven't really seen

01:00:14 in Canadian skating.

01:00:16 People in the crowds this week

01:00:18 or online,

01:00:20 they love him.

01:00:22 And I think that now

01:00:24 Anthony has amassed a new following

01:00:26 because what he's bringing

01:00:28 to the table is so fresh.

01:00:30 And he delivered hardcore this week.

01:00:32 Especially the short program.

01:00:34 It was incredible to see.

01:00:36 I don't know if I would have been able

01:00:38 to see that.

01:00:40 I don't know if you saw this,

01:00:42 but normally when the skaters are introduced

01:00:44 they prep themselves

01:00:46 and then they get right into their starting position.

01:00:48 Anthony had a whole choreography set up

01:00:50 going into the starting position

01:00:52 for the short program.

01:00:54 And I thought right then and there

01:00:56 that's what we need.

01:00:58 We need that level of commitment

01:01:00 and that energy.

01:01:02 And I think he's going to take the charge on that.

01:01:04 This is why people love him now.

01:01:06 I think also he'll push the other people

01:01:08 to bring something else other than the jumps

01:01:10 and we'll see what happens.

01:01:11 We've talked a lot about off-air.

01:01:13 We've talked a lot about

01:01:15 what we don't have,

01:01:17 what we're missing.

01:01:19 Of course an audience,

01:01:21 you can't cover that up.

01:01:23 The seats are empty here at least.

01:01:25 Pretty scarce.

01:01:27 And we've talked about where we are

01:01:29 with skating a little bit.

01:01:31 We hope the skaters will continue

01:01:33 to progress and pick up

01:01:35 and get more at a world level.

01:01:38 Because you've got soccer,

01:01:39 and you've got baseball and football

01:01:41 and hockey and professional.

01:01:43 We don't have television now

01:01:45 because television wants it for free.

01:01:47 They don't want to pay.

01:01:49 They want it for absolutely free.

01:01:51 There's lots of challenges

01:01:53 that the sport has

01:01:55 that people don't really know about.

01:01:57 So we have to look at what we do have.

01:01:59 We have a young group of athletes

01:02:01 that are not fully experienced.

01:02:03 When you take a look at a 24-year-old

01:02:05 being the most experienced,

01:02:07 we need to give them time.

01:02:09 They need to produce,

01:02:11 but we need to give them time

01:02:13 and support.

01:02:15 Maybe there's some hope here.

01:02:17 We probably have to think

01:02:19 about how we get more fans

01:02:21 into the live audience.

01:02:23 We came out of COVID.

01:02:25 Not easy.

01:02:27 And so corporate people involved as well.

01:02:29 It is not impossible

01:02:31 because I've been around so long,

01:02:33 too long, I know that,

01:02:35 but the vision never changes

01:02:37 what we want to have.

01:02:39 The process might change

01:02:41 because society is a little bit different,

01:02:43 but you have to find a way

01:02:45 is what we're asking the athletes to do as well.

01:02:47 Yeah, I mean,

01:02:49 the world is changing

01:02:51 and a lot of things are changing.

01:02:53 There's a lot of moving parts,

01:02:55 but at the end of the day,

01:02:57 we're in this sport

01:02:59 because we want to succeed.

01:03:01 Success is different in every athlete,

01:03:03 but if you want to get

01:03:05 a medal,

01:03:06 whether it's Olympic champion

01:03:08 or making the Olympics

01:03:10 or medaling at an international event,

01:03:12 whatever that may be,

01:03:14 we have to be able to

01:03:16 not be afraid of blood, sweat and tears.

01:03:18 We got to work hard,

01:03:20 commit to your coaching team,

01:03:22 commit to the Federation

01:03:24 and it all starts,

01:03:26 honestly,

01:03:28 and I could be wrong for saying this,

01:03:30 but it honestly starts with the skating.

01:03:33 Or get the sponsors,

01:03:34 or get the TVs back in here.

01:03:36 It all starts with the athletes

01:03:38 and how they produce out there

01:03:40 in competition.

01:03:42 I've already spoken a little bit about that,

01:03:44 but it's so important.

01:03:46 We need to give these guys a reason

01:03:48 to be obsessed with our sport again.

01:03:50 I think just emotionless skating

01:03:52 is not going to cut it.

01:03:54 The skaters have to learn

01:03:56 how to connect to the audience,

01:03:58 connect to the judges,

01:04:00 reach out to the people

01:04:02 behind the screen

01:04:04 so that one day

01:04:06 they could translate

01:04:08 from sitting on the couch at home

01:04:10 to sitting here

01:04:12 and watching live in person.

01:04:14 From my personal experience,

01:04:16 I love performing.

01:04:18 I love talking to the audience.

01:04:20 I remember at Skate Canada International

01:04:22 in 2019,

01:04:24 I would start placing bets

01:04:26 with audience members.

01:04:28 I'd go around the corner of the rink

01:04:30 and I'd be like,

01:04:32 "Hey, I'm the best skater in the world."

01:04:34 Things like that.

01:04:36 Those are little quirks

01:04:38 that I felt would help me

01:04:40 make skating a little bit

01:04:42 more cool in a way.

01:04:44 We just need that.

01:04:46 I think watching

01:04:48 the overall event this week

01:04:50 and some events,

01:04:52 you're watching these skaters

01:04:54 and they're still very internal

01:04:56 to themselves.

01:04:58 I think that just comes

01:05:00 with a lack of experience.

01:05:02 -I think that's a big part

01:05:03 of the reason why

01:05:05 we're doing this.

01:05:07 We're doing this

01:05:09 to help the community.

01:05:11 We're doing this

01:05:13 to help the community.

01:05:15 We're doing this

01:05:17 to help the community.

01:05:19 We're doing this

01:05:21 to help the community.

01:05:23 We're doing this

01:05:25 to help the community.

01:05:27 We're doing this

01:05:30 to help the community.

01:05:31 -I think we want to figure out

01:05:33 how we can move forward

01:05:35 but also be competitive

01:05:37 or on par

01:05:39 with the international standard

01:05:41 that is set in front of us.

01:05:43 -We need to all work together.

01:05:45 It's easy to be critical.

01:05:47 The easiest thing in life

01:05:49 is to be critical.

01:05:51 Analytical is fine

01:05:53 because that's analyzing

01:05:55 the realities and doing

01:05:58 the right thing.

01:05:59 -Thank you,

01:06:01 Dr. Koenig.

01:06:03 That's a good insight.

01:06:05 We'll be back in just a few

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01:06:09 We'll start at 3.12.

01:06:11 We have six minutes.

01:06:13 -A six-minute warm-up.

01:06:15 -Thank you.

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01:12:24 Thank you so much to all the volunteers and everyone that has supported the event this week.

01:12:28 It really means a lot to me. Thank you so much.

01:12:31 Hi, I'm Molly. Hi, I'm Dimitri. Thank you, Calgary, for hosting such an amazing Nationals.

01:12:35 And thank you to all the volunteers for making such a special event.

01:12:39 Hi, Calgary, I'm Roman Sadowsky. I competed in the Senior Men's event.

01:12:42 Thank you to all the volunteers and thank you to all the fans that supported us.

01:12:45 It was a very memorable experience and probably one of the best places to do Nationals.

01:12:49 Hi, my name is Justine McCurth. I'm competing in Senior Women.

01:12:53 I just want to say thank you to all the volunteers in Calgary.

01:12:57 I really enjoyed competing in Nationals. It's one of my favorite competitions. Thank you so much.

01:13:01 Hi, my name is Sarah Modifi. I'm competing in Senior Women in Calgary.

01:13:05 Thank you to all the volunteers and to the city of Calgary for this great event. We are so grateful.

01:13:10 Thank you so much, Calgary. We've had so much fun.

01:13:13 We can't wait to come back.

01:13:15 Thank you so much, volunteers, for such an outstanding event.

01:13:19 Hi, I'm Leah Pereira. And I'm Trent Michaud.

01:13:24 We're so grateful for all the volunteers and their hard work this week.

01:13:27 Thank you to the LOC and everybody in Calgary for putting on such a great event for us.

01:13:31 Even though it was a little cold.

01:13:33 Thank you.

01:13:35 Hi, I'm Wesley Chu, Senior Canadian Men's National Champion.

01:13:39 And I just want to say thank you to all the volunteers at Skate Canada for organizing such an amazing event.

01:13:45 It's been a great week here in Calgary, so thank you.

01:13:49 Hi, everyone. I'm Lucas. I'm Kyria.

01:13:53 And I just wanted to say a big thank you to all the volunteers here at Nationals in Calgary.

01:13:56 We just wanted to say thank you to all the volunteers here at Nationals in Calgary. Thank you.

01:14:02 Hi, everyone. It's Alicia and Paul, Senior Ice Dancers.

01:14:07 We wanted to thank everyone from the bottom of our hearts for the volunteers and all of Calgary

01:14:14 for helping create an amazing event. We absolutely loved it.

01:14:19 And it's going to go down in our memories for one of the best events of our lives.

01:14:23 Thank you.

01:14:25 Hi, my name is Madeline Skizos. Thank you to Calgary and thank you to the volunteers.

01:14:30 I'm Alexa Rakic and thank you to all the volunteers and to Calgary for hosting such an incredible event.

01:14:36 Bonjour, mon nom est Anthony Paradis and I want to thank Calgary for this amazing event

01:14:41 and for everything that everyone did.

01:14:43 I'm so thankful and so grateful for everyone who was in this stand.

01:14:47 And yeah, see you next year.

01:14:49 Hi, my name is Hedy and I would like to thank Calgary and all the volunteers here

01:14:53 for hosting such a great event for me to skate in.

01:14:57 Hello, I'm Romain Legac. I'm Marjah Delorio.

01:15:01 And we want to thank all the volunteers here in Calgary.

01:15:05 Thank you.

01:15:07 Bonjour, mon nom est Marjah Delorio. Et moi Romain Legac.

01:15:10 Et on tient à remercier tous les volontaires ici à Calgary. Merci pour votre accueil.

01:15:16 Hi, I'm Deanna Solano Dudek.

01:15:17 And I'm Maxim Deschamps. We want to thank you all the fans.

01:15:20 You were an amazing crowd here and thank you for all the support.

01:15:23 And we wanted to thank all the volunteers for donating your time

01:15:26 and for the City of Calgary for putting on a great event.

01:15:28 It was a cold one, but it was one we won't forget.

01:15:31 Thank you everybody.

01:15:33 Hi everyone, it's Piper and Paul. We wanted to thank all the volunteers for all their hard work this week.

01:15:37 We've had such a great time in Calgary and we can't wait to see you again soon.

01:15:42 Hi, my name is Kai Reiter, the Canadian Women's Champion.

01:15:45 I'd like to thank all my friends and family for coming to watch this amazing event.

01:15:50 I'd like to thank Winsport and this incredible facility for hosting us.

01:15:54 And thank you to all of our volunteers and thank you Calgary.

01:15:58 Thank you volunteers!

01:16:10 Welcome back to the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships Exhibition Gala.

01:16:16 We're back everyone to Calgary in the Exhibition Day second half coming up in just a few moments.

01:16:21 I'm your host Ted Barton along with Canadian Champion, World Junior Champion Nam Nguyen.

01:16:26 We had a really wonderful discussion during the intermission.

01:16:29 We hope you caught that as we move on to the second half.

01:16:34 Starting off with Alicia Fabry and Paul Eyre, hometown favorites.

01:16:39 Oh boy, did they ever shine.

01:16:42 Oh yeah.

01:16:44 What are they skating to?

01:16:46 Burlesque soundtrack.

01:16:48 There you go!

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01:19:27 Crowd favorites Alicia Fabry and Paul Eyre finishing third in their ice dance event.

01:19:33 They were fantastic. I think probably was one of the few performances this week that actually moved me.

01:19:41 The movements that these two guys put out there was so special.

01:19:45 Obviously the crowd was really invested into it.

01:19:49 For them to land on the podium at the senior nationals level is quite incredible.

01:19:55 So major kudos to them and best of luck for them moving forward.

01:20:00 Yeah, they were thrilled with their performance and with the result.

01:20:04 So was the crowd. So many people pulling for them.

01:20:06 When you have that support behind you it fuels your passion and it makes you believe that you've got something to offer.

01:20:14 Our next entertainer boy.

01:20:17 My favorite skater. One of my all-time favorite skaters now.

01:20:21 This is a highlight and this is generational.

01:20:24 This young man will change how people see our sport.

01:20:28 Bronze medalist and senior men's.

01:20:32 Anthony Paradis skating to Chateau by Rob Dugan.

01:20:36 He's an athlete but mostly he's an artist.

01:20:39 Choose the red pill, you're staying in the land of wonders.

01:20:44 Eric Zemina, here you go.

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01:23:27 - Go ahead.

01:23:28 - Okay, that is like the epitome

01:23:29 of real show skating right there.

01:23:31 I mean, using something as simple as a chair,

01:23:34 but for him to elevate it with those flashing lights

01:23:36 and utilizing it for the majority of his programs,

01:23:39 I think that should just speak volumes

01:23:42 on Anthony's talent and him as a performer.

01:23:47 And as I said, or as we said earlier,

01:23:50 that's what we need, right?

01:23:51 Performance.

01:23:52 And just watch how he projects to the audience.

01:23:55 I mean, with not that many people here today,

01:23:58 but he has all of them engaged

01:24:01 into the palm of his hands.

01:24:03 - Well, real artists have built new canvases

01:24:06 and he is building a new canvas on the ice.

01:24:08 And fantastic.

01:24:09 Two-time Canadian champion,

01:24:12 but this year, the silver medalist

01:24:14 in the women's event, Madeline Skiesis.

01:24:20 She'll skate to everyone wants to be a cat.

01:24:22 Pretty cool in practice.

01:24:24 Check it out.

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01:24:30 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:24:36 ♪ Because a cat's the only cat ♪

01:24:39 ♪ Who knows where it's at ♪

01:24:41 ♪ Everybody's picking up on that feline beat ♪

01:24:45 ♪ 'Cause everything else is obsolete ♪

01:24:49 ♪ A square with a hole ♪

01:24:51 ♪ Makes you wish you weren't born ♪

01:24:52 ♪ Every time he plays ♪

01:24:56 ♪ With a square in the act ♪

01:24:58 ♪ You can set this music back to the caveman days ♪

01:25:03 ♪ I've heard some carnivores who try to sing ♪

01:25:09 ♪ Still a cat's the only cat ♪

01:25:11 ♪ Who knows how to swing ♪

01:25:13 ♪ Who wants to dig a long hair gig ♪

01:25:15 ♪ Or step like that ♪

01:25:17 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:25:21 ♪ Yeah ♪

01:25:24 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:25:29 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:25:37 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:25:42 ♪ Let's take it to another key ♪

01:25:48 ♪ Modulate and wait for me ♪

01:25:52 ♪ I'll take a few ad-libs in pretty soon ♪

01:25:57 ♪ The other cats will all commence ♪

01:26:04 ♪ Congregating on the fence ♪

01:26:08 ♪ Beneath the alley is only light ♪

01:26:11 ♪ Where every note is out of sight ♪

01:26:20 ♪ Yeah ♪

01:26:22 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪

01:26:26 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:26:29 ♪ Hallelujah ♪

01:26:30 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪

01:26:34 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:26:37 ♪ Hallelujah ♪

01:26:38 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪

01:26:42 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:26:45 ♪ So take it to another key ♪

01:26:46 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪

01:26:50 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

01:26:53 ♪ So take it to another key ♪

01:26:54 ♪ Everybody, everybody ♪

01:26:58 ♪ Everybody wants to be a cat ♪

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01:27:08 - Very unique program for Madeline Schiza,

01:27:10 second at the Ladies' Event.

01:27:12 Obviously a tough week for her.

01:27:16 You know, she made an interesting comment

01:27:18 in one of her interviews saying that, you know,

01:27:20 this event didn't feel like Nationals and all that,

01:27:23 but, you know, I think that's the nature of it, right?

01:27:26 Like, whether or not it feels like Nationals,

01:27:28 I think we're still expected to perform at our best

01:27:30 and really, you know, put forth our efforts and whatnot,

01:27:34 but wishing her the best of luck

01:27:36 going into the second half of the season.

01:27:38 - Yeah, tough week for her, no question,

01:27:40 but through this tough week, will she respond?

01:27:43 How will she respond?

01:27:44 This will be her journey.

01:27:45 We'll see, we'll find out in the next few months.

01:27:49 - Yeah.

01:27:50 Up next from Ontario, Leah Pereira and Trent Michaud.

01:27:54 They had such a great week.

01:27:56 Showed us how, you know, what their fight is like,

01:28:00 'cause obviously their week wasn't as magical, right?

01:28:02 But they still pushed through and, yeah,

01:28:06 they'll be skating to stick season by Noah Kahan.

01:28:09 (soft music)

01:28:12 ♪ I suppose to see that I was more than all the miles combined ♪

01:28:16 ♪ You must have had yourself a change of heart ♪

01:28:19 ♪ Like halfway through the drive ♪

01:28:21 ♪ Because your voice chilled off exactly ♪

01:28:23 ♪ As you passed my exit sign ♪

01:28:25 ♪ Kept on driving straight and left our future to the right ♪

01:28:29 ♪ Now I am stuck between my anger and the blame ♪

01:28:32 ♪ That I can't face memories of something even smoking weed ♪

01:28:36 ♪ Does not replace and I am terrified of weather ♪

01:28:39 ♪ 'Cause I see you when it rains ♪

01:28:42 ♪ Doc told me to travel but there's COVID on the planes ♪

01:28:46 ♪ And I'm a Vermont but it's the season of the sticks ♪

01:28:50 ♪ And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed ♪

01:28:54 ♪ And it's half my fault ♪

01:28:56 ♪ But I just have to play the victim ♪

01:28:58 ♪ I'll drink alcohol 'til my friends come home for Christmas ♪

01:29:02 ♪ And I'll dream each night of some version of you ♪

01:29:06 ♪ That I might not have but I did not lose ♪

01:29:10 ♪ Now you're tire tracks and one pair of shoes ♪

01:29:14 ♪ And I'm split in half but I don't have to do ♪

01:29:19 ♪ Oh, I don't have to do ♪

01:29:24 ♪ My other half was you ♪

01:29:28 ♪ I hope this pain just passes through ♪

01:29:33 ♪ But I've done it ♪

01:29:36 ♪ I love Vermont but it's the season of the sticks ♪

01:29:39 ♪ And I saw your mom, she forgot that I existed ♪

01:29:43 ♪ And it's half my fault ♪

01:29:45 ♪ But I just have to play the victim ♪

01:29:47 ♪ I'll drink alcohol 'til my friends come home for Christmas ♪

01:29:51 ♪ And I'll dream each night of some version of you ♪

01:29:55 ♪ That I might not have but I did not lose ♪

01:29:59 ♪ Now you're tire tracks and one pair of shoes ♪

01:30:03 ♪ And I'm split in half but I don't have to do ♪

01:30:07 ♪ Have to do ♪

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01:30:15 Beautiful program to stick season by Noah Cahan.

01:30:19 Leah and Tren, honestly, I think they are such great athletes

01:30:23 and they work so well together and, um, them as a team this season.

01:30:27 Huge congratulations for having a really successful first half

01:30:31 and I can't wait to see what they do going into the championship series.

01:30:36 Yeah, and for Leah, being a single skater most of her life,

01:30:40 now into pairs, what a big change in her life.

01:30:43 And she's loving it and she's really good at it

01:30:46 and they're a wonderful team, both, you know, technically

01:30:49 but they're matching so well as personalities.

01:30:52 Yeah.

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01:30:59 They're laughing as to where they were in that final position.

01:31:03 Well, up next, second in ice dance.

01:31:07 Boy, these guys are entertaining. They're just so great.

01:31:09 Mary-Jane L'Oreal and Roman Lecoq from Quebec.

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01:41:39 What a beautiful, sensitive program by the new Canadian champion, man.

01:41:43 Absolutely. You know what? He has worked so hard, and I think that from watching him,

01:41:49 I think, last year's nationals, he had a tremendous, or still has a tremendous amount of potential.

01:41:55 And again, big congratulations to Wesley, and I couldn't think of anyone more deserving to have the national title this year.

01:42:05 And congratulations to his team of coaches, Eileen and Keegan Murphy, as all the other coaches that work there at the Kanawha Skating Club.

01:42:12 They've done an amazing job. They have about 25, 30 male skaters.

01:42:16 It's really great, and he's done a wonderful job. Much more work to come, because this won't be any easier as he moves through his career.

01:42:24 But great start here in Calgary.

01:42:27 I'm just going to introduce our next, quickly, the new Canadian women's champion from right here, home rink, Kaya Ryder. Your thoughts, now.

01:42:35 I think the hometown advantage really helped her. Such a great person. I remember interviewing her the other day,

01:42:42 and I'm complimenting her and asking her questions, and she's off mic saying, "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

01:42:48 I'm like, "Oh my, Kaya, you're too nice." But yeah, no, she had a great weekend. So glad that she pulled away with the win.

01:42:56 She's famous for saying thank you.

01:42:58 Skating to "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Cinematic Pop.

01:43:08 Welcome to your life. There's no turning back. Even while we sleep, we will find you acting for the best.

01:43:26 Be careful, don't go back for another nation. Everybody wants to rule the world.

01:43:36 [applause]

01:43:40 [music]

01:43:42 It's my own design. It's my own way.

01:43:50 No need to decide.

01:43:55 We make the most of it.

01:44:01 End of question.

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01:45:10 Everybody wants to rule the world.

01:45:15 Everywhere's alive, we'll find you.

01:45:19 Hold your head up high, show 'em what you're made of.

01:45:23 And you'll be happy right where you are.

01:45:27 Say it's your life, life, life, life, life, baby.

01:45:32 Put your hand in mine, you might believe it.

01:45:36 Everybody wants to rule the world.

01:45:41 Everybody wants to rule the world.

01:45:45 Everybody wants to rule the world.

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01:45:53 [applause]

01:45:58 Really beautiful performance by Kaia this afternoon.

01:46:01 I was just saying, her programs this season fit her so well,

01:46:06 with her short program kind of representing her youthful energy,

01:46:09 and then with the long program, it really showcases her desire

01:46:14 to be that more performative, emotional, kind of in tune.

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01:48:18 [applause]

01:48:21 I love these guys so much.

01:48:22 I don't know if I've said that many times.

01:48:24 Yeah, about four or five times.

01:48:26 But no, I think that what these guys are doing,

01:48:29 they really embody the spirit of skating is for all ages, right?

01:48:34 And I think with Deanna and her story,

01:48:38 coming back and joining our Canadian team,

01:48:41 I think we should be honored that she graced us with her presence.

01:48:44 That's how big of a fan I am of these guys.

01:48:47 And I wish them the best of luck, the absolute most best of luck

01:48:52 for going into Worlds in Montreal.

01:48:55 But yeah, they had a solid week, obviously rough short,

01:48:59 but they came back with a vengeance to free,

01:49:01 and they came away with the win.

01:49:04 So yeah, great to see them as always.

01:49:07 Yeah, an inspiration for sure for the skaters of today and maybe of tomorrow.

01:49:12 Yeah.

01:49:13 So our final performance of this afternoon,

01:49:20 Piper Gillis and my favorite roommate, Paul Poirier.

01:49:25 I love them so much.

01:49:28 The success that they've garnered, well-deserved.

01:49:31 Are those your chaps?

01:49:33 Basically, yeah, basically.

01:49:35 This is a great number. This is so much fun.

01:49:37 Yeah, they'll be skating to Annie's Song,

01:49:39 and thank God I'm a Country Boy by John Denver.

01:49:43 Here we go.

01:49:53 You fill up my senses

01:49:58 Like a night in a forest

01:50:02 Like the mountains in springtime

01:50:08 Like a walk in the rain

01:50:13 Like a storm in the desert

01:50:18 Like a sleepy blue ocean

01:50:23 You fill up my senses

01:50:28 Come fill me again

01:50:33 Come let me love you

01:50:38 Let me give my life to you

01:50:43 Let me drown in your laughter

01:50:47 Let me die in your arms

01:50:52 Let me lay down beside you

01:50:57 Let me always be with you

01:51:02 Come let me love you

01:51:07 Come love me again

01:51:16 (audience cheering)

01:51:19 Well, my old farm is kind of laid back

01:51:27 Ain't much an old country boy like me can have

01:51:30 It's early to rise, early in the sack

01:51:32 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:51:34 Well, a single kind of life

01:51:36 Never did me no harm

01:51:37 Of raising me a family and working on the farm

01:51:39 My days are all filled with an easy country charm

01:51:42 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:51:44 Well, I got me a fine wife

01:51:46 I got me old fiddle

01:51:47 When the sun's coming up

01:51:48 I got cakes on the griddle

01:51:49 Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle

01:51:52 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:51:54 When the work's all done

01:51:56 And the sun's setting low

01:51:57 All I have is a fiddle

01:51:58 And a cross to cut the bow

01:51:59 The kids are all asleep

01:52:00 So I keep a kind of bow

01:52:02 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:52:04 Well, I got me a fine wife

01:52:05 I got me old fiddle

01:52:06 When the sun's coming up

01:52:07 I got cakes on the griddle

01:52:09 Life ain't nothing but a funny, funny riddle

01:52:11 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:52:14 Well, my daddy taught me all

01:52:34 How to hunt and how to riddle

01:52:36 Taught me how to work the plow

01:52:37 And how to feed the cattle

01:52:38 He taught me how to love

01:52:39 And how to give just a little

01:52:42 Thank God I'm a country boy

01:52:45 That is so much fun.

01:53:04 Love those guys.

01:53:06 Really fitting for the crowd this afternoon.

01:53:10 Impromptu performance from Deanna and Max there.

01:53:13 Interesting choice of hat from Max.

01:53:16 I'm not sure it was cowboy, but close enough.

01:53:19 We'll take it.

01:53:20 But yeah, what a wonderful way to close off the gala.

01:53:23 Followed up by the group number,

01:53:26 which is actually choreographed by Kaitlyn Osmond.

01:53:29 Yeah, my commentary partner.

01:53:30 Love her. She's awesome.

01:53:32 She did great work this week.

01:53:33 And shout out to her for putting all these guys together

01:53:36 and pulling something together within the hour.

01:53:39 Have you choreographed an exhibition?

01:53:42 Not a group number, but for me,

01:53:45 I actually don't choreograph stuff.

01:53:47 I just make stuff up as I go through the program.

01:53:50 Oh, I see, when you skated yourself.

01:53:52 Yeah, when I skated.

01:53:53 But I've never choreographed for anybody else.

01:53:55 I don't think it's something that I'd be interested in.

01:53:57 Well, the choreographing the group number is like herding cats.

01:53:59 Yeah.

01:54:00 Especially with the young.

01:54:02 She actually asked me earlier this week if I could help her

01:54:05 kind of like just keep them in line.

01:54:06 I'm like, no, I think you guys have like, you know,

01:54:09 more than capable people and whatnot.

01:54:12 But I'm looking forward to what she has for us this afternoon.

01:54:16 And huge congratulations to all athletes this week.

01:54:18 It's been such a pleasure watching each and every one of them,

01:54:21 you know, perform.

01:54:23 And we can only go up from here.

01:54:25 Yeah, you know, there's work to be done,

01:54:27 but the heart is there.

01:54:29 And they're on their journey.

01:54:31 We talked about this.

01:54:32 It's a new generation of skaters.

01:54:35 It's going to take a while to mold together.

01:54:37 And we need to inspire them and support them.

01:54:39 It starts with them.

01:54:41 It starts with them.

01:54:42 That's right.

01:54:43 If you want, you know, the jam-packed audience, if you want the TV,

01:54:46 if you want all these things, it starts with the skaters.

01:54:49 And they all know what they need to do and the process that it takes

01:54:53 and the discipline.

01:54:54 And so, yeah, I'm really excited to see what we have from them

01:54:58 in the next number of years.

01:55:00 [MUSIC]

01:55:04 Yeah, sort of checking with each other, okay, where do we go now?

01:55:06 Yeah, it's always like that.

01:55:08 I saw Anthony, and he's the guy that's the most --

01:55:10 [LAUGHTER]

01:55:11 He's like, "Where do we go?

01:55:12 What steps are we doing?"

01:55:13 Like, yeah, like for those of you that don't know, when, you know,

01:55:17 the skaters have to come together and choreograph the finale,

01:55:20 we only get an hour, actually.

01:55:22 And so there's not a lot of time.

01:55:24 And normally it's just, you know, to have fun, right?

01:55:27 And hopefully you guys can see through TV or in person,

01:55:31 like they'll just be laughing with each other

01:55:34 and enjoying every moment of it.

01:55:36 And have some sort of loose organization to it.

01:55:39 Exactly, exactly.

01:55:40 It's always good to let loose, and that's what today is all about, right,

01:55:43 without the judges, without the pressure.

01:55:45 Just let your hair down and have fun.

01:55:48 And, yeah, look at them.

01:55:50 They're trying to figure it out.

01:55:51 All right, all right, here we go.

01:55:53 Okay.

01:55:54 Oh, this is pretty interesting.

01:55:56 I think you can lift the other.

01:55:57 Let's go.

01:55:58 What's happening?

01:55:59 There it is.

01:56:00 There it is.

01:56:01 Okay.

01:56:02 Gold star right there.

01:56:03 Gold star.

01:56:04 Good job.

01:56:05 Yeah.

01:56:08 This is fun.

01:56:09 This is cool.

01:56:11 I would like to be part of this number.

01:56:13 Yeah, you had a chance.

01:56:14 He asked you and you said no.

01:56:15 I had a chance and I said no.

01:56:17 But I'm also wearing hockey skates because I actually don't own a pair of

01:56:19 figure skates anymore.

01:56:20 Oh, that's good PR.

01:56:22 I mean, well done now.

01:56:23 I mean, we're at a figure skating event.

01:56:25 The national champions.

01:56:26 I don't own it.

01:56:27 Yeah, I know.

01:56:28 I did the t-shirt toss in hockey skates.

01:56:30 So not very good branding, but that's okay.

01:56:33 Yeah, got to work on that.

01:56:34 Yeah.

01:56:35 Here we are with the ladies.

01:56:36 They've got something to flex.

01:56:37 Let's go.

01:56:39 Go.

01:56:45 Oh, yeah.

01:56:46 Oh, yeah, double axles.

01:56:47 Whoa, you're watching not the monitor here.

01:56:50 This is where you got to watch.

01:56:51 Oh, I'm not watching.

01:56:53 You're talking about something people aren't watching here, man.

01:56:57 I still got lots of work to do.

01:56:59 That's okay.

01:57:00 Oh, we have a duet number.

01:57:02 There we go.

01:57:03 Oh, look at that.

01:57:04 [Laughter]

01:57:07 Where's Wesley?

01:57:08 I love this.

01:57:10 I'm getting a good kick out of this.

01:57:12 Oh, here we go.

01:57:13 Anthony with the cantilever.

01:57:15 Nice.

01:57:16 Field moves.

01:57:17 I don't know how he does that.

01:57:18 We don't see a lot of field moves these days, hey?

01:57:20 No, they've got the choreographic sequence.

01:57:23 Yeah.

01:57:24 It would be cool if we could increase the length of programs to have more room to just be expressive.

01:57:32 Man, when I skated it was five minutes.

01:57:34 No one wants to watch you skate for five minutes no matter how good you are.

01:57:37 I did four minutes and 40 seconds.

01:57:40 That I felt was the perfect length.

01:57:42 Yeah.

01:57:43 I don't know.

01:57:45 What do I know?

01:57:46 I know nothing.

01:57:47 Oh, you know a lot.

01:57:48 Not everything.

01:57:51 Pair section, Deanna Max, trademark deadlift--or, nope, death spiral.

01:57:57 Yeah, there we go.

01:57:58 I said--

01:57:59 What edge is that death lift?

01:58:00 [Laughter]

01:58:02 Not good.

01:58:03 Man, not good.

01:58:04 I've got to start watching figure skating more.

01:58:07 I've got to balance it out with the hockey.

01:58:09 Yeah, there you go.

01:58:11 Oh, this is cool.

01:58:12 This is a great show move.

01:58:14 Up and down the headbangers, is that what it's called?

01:58:16 Well, it's called the airplane.

01:58:18 Oh, okay.

01:58:19 But headbangers also work.

01:58:20 Yeah.

01:58:21 It depends.

01:58:22 Yeah.

01:58:23 My hockey players get a kick out of watching figure skating

01:58:25 because I make them watch some of these guys.

01:58:28 Oh, that's good, yeah.

01:58:29 They have an appreciation for the sport, which is great.

01:58:33 Yeah, yeah.

01:58:37 Nice edge quality.

01:58:39 There we go, working our transitions and skating skills.

01:58:42 [Music playing]

01:58:47 Yeah, great job to Caitlin for putting all of this together.

01:58:50 Yeah, not easy with like an hour or whatever they have.

01:58:53 It's not very much.

01:58:54 Yeah.

01:58:55 A couple late stragglers coming into their life.

01:58:57 [Laughter]

01:58:59 Oh, they all look like they're getting the steps right here.

01:59:01 That's pretty good.

01:59:02 Almost a synchro team there.

01:59:03 Yeah.

01:59:04 Shout out to synchro.

01:59:05 I love synchro.

01:59:06 I'm going to keep saying that.

01:59:07 No, it's true.

01:59:08 It's amazing, amazing.

01:59:10 Better live.

01:59:11 Yeah.

01:59:12 Oh, this is great.

01:59:14 Oh, come on, Wesley.

01:59:16 Get with the team there.

01:59:18 You're national champion.

01:59:19 You got to rep that title, man.

01:59:20 Yeah.

01:59:22 Roman's like in his element.

01:59:24 Oh, yeah.

01:59:25 Yeah.

01:59:26 I'm not even watching the monitor.

01:59:27 I'm just watching like in person.

01:59:28 Like Roman's in his element.

01:59:29 He's a dancer at heart.

01:59:31 There you go.

01:59:34 Okay, I'll turn the mic off.

01:59:36 You can speak if you want.

01:59:37 No, it's okay.

01:59:38 [Laughter]

01:59:39 He was about to scream at that wall.

01:59:40 I was about to scream at the top of my lungs, but I will spare all of your guys' ear buds.

01:59:44 Yeah, there you go.

01:59:45 But, yeah, again, massive congratulations to everybody involved this week.

01:59:50 It's always great to have the skaters come together for an event like this and, you know,

01:59:54 for the volunteers, officials, staff of Skate Canada.

01:59:58 And, you know, we ask the people that are listening to this, when Skate Canada comes to town,

02:00:02 no matter whether it's, you know, pre-Novice, Novice, or a Novice, Champion, or Synchro,

02:00:07 or whatever it is, come out and support the athletes.

02:00:10 We need to rebuild our audience.

02:00:12 We need to ask them to come back.

02:00:13 We need to do a better job, obviously, as broadcasters, as an association.

02:00:19 We all need to do better, but we need to do it together.

02:00:22 And if you can come and support the skaters in the stands, it makes the production better.

02:00:26 It makes the environment for the athlete better.

02:00:28 That's the priority, of course.

02:00:30 We need everyone in our country.

02:00:32 We were the best at events.

02:00:34 We were the best in the building, the most enthusiastic and educated fans.

02:00:38 We need to rebuild that, but we need your help to do so.

02:00:41 Make figure skating great again.

02:00:43 Yeah, and we're going to--okay, no red hats for that one.

02:00:46 [laughter]

02:00:49 So that's okay, but we hope that we can--everyone do their job and get back on top

02:00:55 and become alive and relevant again.

02:00:59 Yeah.

02:01:00 Hi, Wesley!

02:01:02 Oh, that was--[laughs]

02:01:04 Yeah, he heard you.

02:01:05 There we go.

02:01:06 There we go.

02:01:08 Yeah, what a fun afternoon today was.

02:01:10 Thank you to Calgary for hosting us.

02:01:12 Yeah.

02:01:13 And looking forward to where we end up next year.

02:01:15 Thanks to the Winsport Arena here in the Canada Olympic Park.

02:01:18 They have a great facility and wonderful people helping us out.

02:01:21 And the Alberta section, really have to mention them.

02:01:23 They've had a lot of volunteers come from around the province to help pull this event off.

02:01:29 We thank them, and thank you for the Arctic Cortex that cooled down everything.

02:01:35 [laughs]

02:01:36 I don't know if I'd be thanking that.

02:01:37 That was pretty brutal to walk in with this lordy.

02:01:39 Hey, well, last year, World Junior Championships here, same thing.

02:01:42 Yeah, absolutely.

02:01:43 It was incredible.

02:01:44 Absolutely.

02:01:45 We want to thank everybody that makes this work.

02:01:46 And the Skate Canada staff, they work long, long hours.

02:01:50 It's really incredible for the work that they do.

02:01:52 They go silently in the background.

02:01:54 It's about the skaters and the coaches and the judges, but the staff do a wonderful job.

02:01:58 I have to thank our broadcast crew here.

02:02:00 It's just a remarkable group.

02:02:02 What we do with so few people, it's extraordinary.

02:02:07 And, of course, I just want to really highlight Steve Muffin and Joni McPhail,

02:02:11 who are amazing in organization and technology.

02:02:15 I have the easy part.

02:02:17 I sit in the chair and I talk about the sport that I love.

02:02:19 So I can't do what I do without all the incredible work that they do.

02:02:26 And, of course, all of our camera people as well.

02:02:29 You know, just the production crew is so special.

02:02:31 So thank you to them.

02:02:33 Thank you to Skate Canada staff.

02:02:35 Thank you to Calgary and the volunteers of Alberta.

02:02:39 And, Nam, you know, it's been great to work with you.

02:02:41 Really love talking to you at the intermission.

02:02:43 Much more to say.

02:02:44 I'm sure we'll have you on the broadcast many more times in the future.

02:02:47 And we look forward to you helping us build back the sport.

02:02:51 Absolutely.

02:02:52 Thank you very much, Ted, for the opportunity.

02:02:54 And it was really fun to chat with you and enjoy some great skating.

02:03:00 And I had so much fun this week hosting and riling up the audience,

02:03:04 misfiring my air cannon and whatnot.

02:03:07 But great experience to be back around the figure skating environment again

02:03:10 after being around hockey for a long time now.

02:03:13 And my next project is buying you a pair of plastic figure skates.

02:03:16 Yes.

02:03:17 So we don't see you there.

02:03:18 Okay.

02:03:19 We hope you've enjoyed the show.

02:03:20 We hope you've enjoyed the competition here from Calgary.

02:03:22 Next up for us will be the pre-novice novice challenge event that will

02:03:25 happen in Oakville.

02:03:27 And we will broadcast that.

02:03:28 No commentary on that, but we'll bring you all the skates.

02:03:31 So look forward to that.

02:03:33 Thank you for watching, everyone.

02:03:34 Safe drive home.

02:03:36 And for all of us here at Skate Canada, the very best in the new year.

02:03:42 Thank you for watching.

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EXHIBITION GALA - 2024 CANADIAN NATIONAL SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS

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