My friend MN caught this moment during the Freestyles 8 and 9 Tests conducted during Skate Malaysia 2009. This, although not an official event, was one of the highlights of the competition as it was not often we get a chance to witness the Freestyle 9 tests. For those not in the know, Freestyles 8 and above tests under the ISI guidelines are not usually conducted locally because it needs to be tested by 3 Gold Test judges which we do not have here. As such, it either have to be videotaped and sent to Hong Kong for evaluation or we have to wait for an occasion such as this for the testers to come in from Hong Kong. Or in the extreme case, the skater goes to Hong Kong to be tested!
As you can see, all the moms (except Chrisha, who's definitely not a mom!!! hehe) got 'Grandstand seats' - er...actually we were all standing on top of the bench!! I am second from the left ( with cap and my trusty cup of coffee in hand). See if you guys can tell who else is who...of course Chrisha looks sexy even from the back!!
If this looks like fun to you, that's because it IS!!! A lot of excited cheering and clapping going on. Four skaters took the test, including Ryan. But the most entertaining to watch was W from Jakarta. You could really see the happiness on his face each time he landed his jumps . It was so endearing!! Well, there were of course some very anxious moments, especially when Ryan did his program. I thought my heart stopped beating for that 4 long long minutes. Not to mention the sweaty palms!! And my trusty cup of coffee helped calm those pesky butterflies.
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