Walley and Flip are so back. This week, we’re recapping the Denis Ten Memorial Challenger and a handful of early domestic events. The season has only just begun, but there’s already a lot to talk about.

Keegan Messing made his return at a Canadian event, but the scoring left us with some questions. With just one Olympic spot available for Canadian men, the competition is already intense. We also get into the growing conversation around Mikhail Shaidorov and Ilia Malinin’s skating skills and how that comparison is playing out.

On the women’s side, we’re applauding Bradie Tennell’s switch to Young and Beautiful for her short program. We’re also wondering whether Haein Lee might be finding her way back to the form that earned her a world silver in 2023. And with Maddie Schizas competing a lot this fall, we’re asking whether this strategy will help her build momentum or end up putting her Olympic spot at risk.

We also talk about Oona and Gage Brown’s new free dance (and violent ending) to The Godfather.

To close out the episode, we debut a new game - "Three Beats to Glory" where we each name three pieces of music a skater or team has used, and the other has to guess who we’re thinking of.

Tune in for another fun episode!

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00:00 Introductions

01;02 Keegan Messing at Texas Trophy

02:09 Bradie Tennell at Boston Open

03:05 Adam Siao Him Fa shoutout

03:48 Denis Ten Memorial Men recap (Mikhail Shaidorov)

05:52 jump value discourse: are difficult combinations awarded appropriately?

08:49 Ilia Malinin vs. Mikhail Shaidorov skating skills?

09:39 Denis Ten Memorial (Nika Egadze and Jason Brown)

13:30 Den Ten Memorial Women recap (Haein Lee, Maddie Schizas)

18:39 Denis Ten Memorial Ice Dance recap (Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin, Oona/Gage Brown)