Downtown Jason Brown - Let the Good Times Roll (uber thread #2)

An interesting article from May about Jason's last season and prep for the upcoming season. I don't recall seeing it previously, though it may already have been posted here earlier:
figureskatersonline.com

Jason Brown focused on off-season training over show skating - Figure Skaters Online

2015 U.S. Champion and 2014 Olympic team bronze medalist Jason Brown took some time out of his pre-show warmup at the Chicago stop of the Stars on Ice tour—his hometown show—to catch up with Figure Skaters Online.
figureskatersonline.com
 
Excerpt from the Challenger Series thread (and re-posted in the U.S. Men's thread) in GSD:
Impromptu said:
I guess this is probably unofficial, but the Nebelhorn Trophy's page, does list a couple of the planned competitors (translation provided by Google - so if spelling/grammar/weird errors, blame the bot):

"... The popular American Jason Brown wants to present his new freestyle on "Schindler's List" in Germany for the first time in front of an audience."
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Off-Season Adventures with Jason Brown: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/...g-off-season-adventures-with-jason-brown.aspx
 
A new article about Jason as he prepares for Skate America.

Brown is looking forward to debuting two new programs this season: a short program to Kaleo's "I Can't Go On Without You," choreographed by Rohene Ward, and a free skate choreographed by David Wilson to music from the 1993 drama Schindler's List.

"The short program is very sultry and fun and has a good beat," he said. "I like the darker, cool undertone to the program; I just absolutely love it. I think it shows off a little bit of my personality and I hope that the audience really gets into it and enjoys it as well.

"Schindler's List is a piece of music I've always wanted to skate to. I'm really excited that I'm doing it this year and it's very powerful, emotional, strong and captivating, but also dark, and I just really hope to pull the audience in and take them on a bit of an emotional journey. I love that program and I'm just so eager to get out in front of an audience."
 
missing said:
A new article about Jason as he prepares for Skate America.

Brown is looking forward to debuting two new programs this season: a short program to Kaleo's "I Can't Go On Without You," choreographed by Rohene Ward, and a free skate choreographed by David Wilson to music from the 1993 drama Schindler's List.

"The short program is very sultry and fun and has a good beat," he said. "I like the darker, cool undertone to the program; I just absolutely love it. I think it shows off a little bit of my personality and I hope that the audience really gets into it and enjoys it as well.

"Schindler's List is a piece of music I've always wanted to skate to. I'm really excited that I'm doing it this year and it's very powerful, emotional, strong and captivating, but also dark, and I just really hope to pull the audience in and take them on a bit of an emotional journey. I love that program and I'm just so eager to get out in front of an audience."
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And we eagerly await seeing you!
 
aftershocks said:
And this one never grows old. It will go down in history on the list of the greatest performances in figure skating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61k2XjRryM
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The first few seconds - the look, the moves, as he took command of the ice and the entire arena. Loved the costuming as well.
Added: and I love the reaction to his scores! Every point well-deserved!
 
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I realized what was unusual about the Jason article I linked to.

There is no mention of quads- what he's tried, what he's working on, what he needs to have.

It's a fluffy fluff piece and maybe that's why the quad struggles go unmentioned. But it is noticeable (by me at least, after a good night's sleep) that there are no references to them at all.
 
missing said:
I realized what was unusual about the Jason article I linked to.

There is no mention of quads- what he's tried, what he's working on, what he needs to have.

It's a fluffy fluff piece and maybe that's why the quad struggles go unmentioned. But it is noticeable (by me at least, after a good night's sleep) that there are no references to them at all.
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But, he did say, at the end of the season (sorry can't remember exactly where I read that), that he was starting to rotate his quad. Since he hasn't yet landed one deemed fully rotated by the judges yet, he's not known for landing them. Maybe why that is missing?
 
On the one hand, Jackie Wong's notes on Jason's practice session aren't too promising:





Jackie Wong

@rockerskating


Practice notes Brown: 2A, 3F, 3Lz2T, 3Lz3T, 3A, 3A(hangs on), 3F, runthru (3F, 3A(2ft?), 3Lz3T, 3F, 2S, 3S, 4S(ur,fall), 1S(step), 1S(step), 4S(ur,step)

On the other hand, Sylvia's link to footage of Jason's footwork section is just wonderful:

twitter.com

Sylvia on Twitter

“Exciting footwork section in @jasonbskates’ SP run through on Friday morning here in Las Vegas! #SkateAmerica https://t.co/pmFocbdNzU”
twitter.com twitter.com

I think the two in combination explain the joys and frustrations of Jason fandom.
 
Well, I'm really no judge, but to me his jumps (minus the pops) looked as solid as I've ever seen them! Certainly a hop, skip and a jump better than last year.
And of course both programs were wonderfully performed :D I only could have asked for (even) higher components at least in the fs (didn't take note in sp) -- humph! :P
 
Article via JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency):
www.timesofisrael.com

Jewish Olympian now skates to music from ‘Schindler’s List’

Figure skater Jason Brown wins silver at Grand Prix international competition while performing to John Williams' film soundtrack
www.timesofisrael.com www.timesofisrael.com

ETA that the article references this one that was published during Skate America:
olympics.nbcsports.com

Jason Brown makes special season debut at Skate America after concussion setback

A concussion kept Jason Brown out of his planned season debut in Germany, where he wanted to debut his "Schindler's List" free skate, but instead, he's healthy and unveiling the program at Skate America.
olympics.nbcsports.com olympics.nbcsports.com
 
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I am really hoping he does well at Golden Spin. In itself it’s not a particularly meaningful competition, but it would be wonderful to see that he’s regained his confidence, figured out what went wrong at NHK, and moved beyond it. I’m also curious if they’ll retain the NHK layout and if he will make an actual attempt at the 4T this time. Whatever the reasons for the change, I’m happy because it has allowed him to bring back his beautiful 3Z-Euler-3S.
 
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