France's Kevin Aymoz captures men's title at Skate Canada International

Here is Kevin Amos, always a showman, I can tell you, behind the scenes here at the rink. He was dancing, having the time of his life. It's been a long journey, a long off-season. He was in the hospital, injury, illness. And Kurt, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this. He said, I hated skating last night. So much nerves and build-up to all of it. He's second last tonight with the hopes of finishing first. Devin, he sits second place, two points back of first. Certainly was a hit with the audience and with the judges with that Pirates of the Caribbean program. ...step and held that edge for what felt like forever. Careful now not to make too many changes. He's got his triple axel planned. Let's see if he sticks with the program. Stayed there. Carol's referencing the fact that he had a planned combo at the first jumping pass and didn't get it out, so... Another difficult quad. Quad toe, will he put it in combo? Yes, he has to, actually. Oh! Went for triple-triple. Probably a good decision. Needs to go clean now. Dying triple salchow into a beautiful edge. That's what you call a choreo spin. Almost has the ability to use it with his skating, rather than the music changes. It's a totally unique quality he possesses. Excesses. That's a Grand Prix medal number two. I'm going to be going home tonight watching the opening of that program about 27 times in a row. That was just magnificent. Self-choreographed. Oh, really? And rightly so. Nobody should interfere with that process. It's amazing. Wow. Amazing. We're also probably looking at a future great choreographer of other skaters someday. Oh, wow. And two totally different Kevins. I was going to say that. A pirate last night and this contemplative person in the mirror today. Funny, amusing, charismatic last night and then... I wanted to take the time to do everything. Well, he's always said, you know, my dream is not to be a champion of gold medals. The gold medal is a bonus, but the dream is to go on the ice and just skate. Well, what a great opportunity to showcase what I've been trying to teach at seminars lately, which is the rhythm of your skating into your jumps. Yeah. He's not a natural jumper, and yet he fights for his jumps. Perhaps. But when that, look at that three-turn and the timing. It's just so, it's so beautiful, but he just... And almost as the program, he had most of his struggles at the beginning, as the program went on, and he settled, and he inhabited this music, and lived it, the jumps got better. The middle section got slow for me, not slow emotionally, but slow across the ice, and then once he finished his last jump, the triple flip, the choreo sequence flew, and all of a sudden it was like bubbling and light again. I mean it's just fun. He's an artist. He's his own artist. He's a one-off for sure. Reminder again, he's at second place. Also a reminder, he usually wins the kiss and cry. You think it's enough? Only a couple of points back from our final skater. The kiss and cry is judged only on Joey. Oh, it's a double handhold situation. Alright, alright. That's an old trick. It is a little bit. Let's look for his height on this when he sees this part. All right, thanks. One hundred and sixty-eight points. Ah, he knew that. One hundred and sixty-eight. A total score of two hundred and fifty. And that! Oh, there it is! There it is! Woo-hoo! And winning the Grand Prix, he gets to try a gold medal again. Now he knows he can finish no lower than in second place with just Ryo Nakata left to skate here in this men's competition. That was fun. Please welcome the...