Asian skaters and the love of fresh fruit (and vegetables)

[SmallFairy]

Ok, this is getting better and better every GP-competition and I now feel I need a clear overview of this. This season the Asian skaters has gotten all sorts of lovely (plush) fruit and veggies thrown to them on the ice. And the deal is they all have different pet names or something that links them to these?

Cong Han - spring onion - he's name is somewhat similar to "spring onion" in Chinese?
Shoma Uno - cabbage - his pet name is petit chou, small cabbage in French?
Satoko Miyahra - pineapple - she set a record for different stuffed pineapples at one competition at SA yesterday. So, what's the deal?

Are there more? What can I expect further on? And do the skaters know how to defend themselves against fresh fruit? (and pointed sticks.....)

 

[Spun Silver]

No idea, but I hope the fans don’t start throwing carrots.

 

[Bellanca]

Yeah, that's what I want to see, cabbage, FRESH cabbage, hurling through the air at a competition... Now that's entertainment.

 

[Spun Silver]

Googling Satoko Miyahara pineapple, I got this (first post):
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?52537-Satoko-Miyahara/page130

 

[Bellanca]

Googling Satoko Miyahara pineapple, I got this (first post):
http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?52537-Satoko-Miyahara/page130

I thought it was probably something like that - a favorite fruit. I wonder who favors a watermelon?! Thank goodness they are plush!

 

[Vagabond]

Shoma Uno - cabbage - his pet name is petit chou, small cabbage in French?

Literally, "little cabbage." But "mon petit chou" really means "(my) sweetheart."

 

[teacakes]

Shoma gets vegetables because he doesn't like to eat them.

Satton's favourite food is pineapple.

Cong means spring onion in Mandarin and Cantonese.

Bonus: Marin loves pikachu; Zhenya Sailor Moon; Alina Korilakkuma. And we all know why Yuzu gets a sea of Poohs and Boyang Spidey.

 

[VGThuy]

I thought this was a really strange thread title, and then I read the posts here and the actions of the fans providing fresh produce to skaters is the weirdest thing in the world.

 

[CassAgain]

I love the spring onion connection with Cong--it answers a persistent question from Cup of China. I also love that he has such adorably fannish fans, because he so deserves them.

 

[Spun Silver]

I thought this was a really strange thread title, and then I read the posts here and the actions of the fans providing fresh produce to skaters is the weirdest thing in the world.

Not fresh. Plushy versions. https://alyraismansgirlfriend.tumbl...-love-the-pineapple-satoko-was-holding-in-the

 

[VGThuy]

Not fresh. Plushy versions. https://alyraismansgirlfriend.tumbl...-love-the-pineapple-satoko-was-holding-in-the

OMG, in my haste I missed the "plush" part. This thread is much less weird now. Somehow, I'm a bit disappointed.

 

[Spun Silver]

OMG, in my haste I missed the "plush" part. This thread is much less weird now. Somehow, I'm a bit disappointed.

I know. I particularly liked the idea of cabbages raining down around (of course not ON) Shoma, the petit chou. They are just so ridiculously opposite to his passion and exquisite artistry!

 

[Vagabond]

I don't think Adam Rippon would react very well to fresh vegetables on the ice.

 

[Spun Silver]

I don't think Adam Rippon would react very well to fresh vegetables on the ice.

Which reminds me. Did IN really mean to say he was picking up INSECTS off the ice? WTH??

I guess if anybody did throw down fresh veggies, that could certainly be related to the insects. :/

 

[Vagabond]

It looked to me like he was picking up pieces of paper, but now I see that he was using paper to pick something up, like insects!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-g-Q5UIRdc

Now I understand what they mean when they say that the early bird gets the worm.

 

[Bellanca]

Satoko's plush pineapple that someone gave to her after the SP was almost as big as she is!! Very cute!

 

[IceAlisa]

Which reminds me. Did IN really mean to say he was picking up INSECTS off the ice? WTH??

I read somewhere that it was dead flies. Yuck. Don't they have personnel for that?

 

[Spun Silver]

And there I was assuming it was the usual sequins. Ugh! Adam was a trooper!

 

[DreamSkates]

Which reminds me. Did IN really mean to say he was picking up INSECTS off the ice? WTH??

I guess if anybody did throw down fresh veggies, that could certainly be related to the insects. :/

Dead flies, actually. The referee asked him to pick them up before he skated. Didn't phase him a bit!

 

[Vagabond]

Better dead flies than live pigeons, I suppose.

 

[SmallFairy]

Better dead flies than live pigeons, I suppose.

This thread is turning out better than I ever imagined

Thanks everyone for info! Now, what skater is into durian?
https://www.google.no/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/10/10/asia/durian-genome-smell/index.html

 

[katmari]

Jason Brown donates the items he receives to Ronald McDonald houses and yesterday he posted some pictures on twitter for giving Tuesday. He has written about his love for bread more than once and, while not a fruit or vegetable, it looks like he has a giant stuffed croissant around his neck in one of the photos:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DPx4cu1W4AE8-o3.jpg

 

[paskatefan]

I just loved seeing Satoko in the K&C @ SA with that huge pineapple!