This has been another weekend of skating insanity, and we begin our recaps with the men and pairs at the US International Classic. We discuss how hard it can be to get a good idea of a skaters actual readiness when they're skating at high altitude, how some of the men were able to rise to the occasion in spite of it, and how much we wish the pairs had just competed in Oakville rather than here.

We finally finish playing catch-up with last week's JGP event in Chelyabinsk and recap the men's and ice dance events. We discuss the many guys facing growth spurts, the breaking of the Canadian ice dance pewter curse, and the dominance the Russian skaters in all disciplines showed at this event.

The fourth JGP event in Chelyabinsk, Russia showed the dominance of Russian junior skating, particularly in the ladies and pairs events. We are forced to be a bit nitpicky about the top competitors who were all so good that we don't even really have much to critique at all, and we enthuse about a new pairs team from North Korea who blew us away with their unity.

There were other competitions than just the Autumn Classic happening this weekend, and in this episode we play catch-up with the Lombardia Trophy! We get excited about how strong the competition was in the ladies event, discuss the improvements we're seeing from the men here, and discuss awkward music choices and twizzle mind-melds in ice dance.

Finally, we wrap up with the men, AKA the Kevin Aymoz special, in which we try in vain to eloquently express our adoration for Kevin and his new programs, try to support all the young guys and new seniors with screams and burgeoning emotional over-investment, and guilt you into playing along at any and all competitions.

We continue our Autumn Classic recap with the ladies in which we lament missing seeing an amazing short program live for work, worry about the health and happiness of everyone, and also talk about some jumps and stuff.

We have returned home from Autumn Classic, so prepare yourself for a deluge of content! We begin with the small but mighty ice dance event, in which we get way too emotionally over-invested in literally every single team and talk probably far too much about voguing.

There was a ton of great skating at the third Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia, and we break down all three disciplines that competed! We discuss the rise of South Korean skating, the ridiculous expectations placed on the Russian ladies based on previous dominance, men's skaters with tons of potential who let inconsistency and spins get in the way of success, and the curse of the Canadian pewter ice dance medalists.

In part two of our JGP Lake Placid recap we discuss the ice dance and the men, and assess the quads that were attempted in the men's event, discuss our horror over witnessing a disastrous RD event live in the front row, and laugh over a teeny tiny Canadian flag at the men's medal ceremony.

We attended the second JGP event in Lake Placid and it was a big one! In part one we discuss the pairs and ladies events, including our frustration with some viewers overly criticizing junior skaters, our live in-arena thoughts on Alysa Liu's quad lutz, and our adoration for all Russian pairs skaters.