Joshua Farris: Not Allergic To Gold - the Uber thread!

[dinakt]

I wonder how recent the concussion was (it was obviously before TSL was at World Arena). It's concerning that he wasn't well enough to even attend the meetings and team building portions of Champs Camp. He lives right down the road, so he wouldn't have had to travel.

... and what caused it. Training? Car accident? Smth. else?

 

[dinakt]

Josh updated his programs on icenetwork
SP Music: "Give Me Love" by Ed Sheeran
FS Music: "Pines of Rome" by Ottorino Respighi
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/profile/joshua_farris

 

[wickedwitch]

PERSONAL NOTES

... Enjoys songwriting, singing, playing guitar, mountain biking and cosmology

Oh, Josh.

I wish there were "heart eyes" or "uber fan" smilies so I could graphically show how much I love that he has an interest in cosmology.

I like the LP music choice, too, as much as I was hoping he'd choose something by Copland with worlds being in the US.

 

[lauravvv]

Oh, Josh.

I wish there were "heart eyes" or "uber fan" smilies so I could graphically show how much I love that he has an interest in cosmology.

There is no a heart eyes smiley, but there is this .

 

[personwhoishere]

Someone in the US men's thread said Josh is out of the GP now to!? This suuuucks

 

[Sylvia]

Official statement via USFS: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2015/09/25/151565328

"I couldn't be more disappointed to withdraw from my Grand Prix assignments," Farris said.
...
"I am steadily healing and hope to be back on the ice as soon as possible," said Farris

 

[Allskate]

I'm so sad for him. And on a more selfish note, I'm sad that we won't be seeing him skate in the GP.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

More information about Josh's concussion from Christy Krall. He sustained it in July on a fall on the quad toe (yet another reason for me to hate quads).

http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2015/09/26/151748724

 

[el henry]

More information about Josh's concussion from Christy Krall. He sustained it in July on a fall on the quad toe (yet another reason for me to hate quads).

http://www.icenetwork.com/news/2015/09/26/151748724

Agreed about quads. Depriving us of a lovely skater whose programs are beautiful without them (Adam, are you listening?)
Soooo glad he is taking this seriously. Healing thoughts to Josh!

 

[dinakt]

((Josh)). Hoping he heals completely, and returns to skating when he is totally fine, whenever that is. This must be very hard for him, an injury with no timeline. Coraggio.

 

[OnyxRose81]

I'm just really sad for Josh. It's just really been one thing after another.

 

[Sylvia]

If anyone would like to share a message of support on FB, here's Josh's FB fan page: https://www.facebook.com/Joshua-Farris-55274311630/timeline/
It's nice to see the positive messages posted there so far!

 

[Sylvia]

Nice to see all the fan support for Josh Farris on Twitter, too! https://twitter.com/joshDfarris/status/650517555996549120

I started crying after reading all your replies. I just want to thank you all for the love and support, it means a lot
11:47pm - 3 Oct 15

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Cameo by Josh in Joe Johnson's Instagram video. It's nice to see him in any capacity

https://instagram.com/p/8oNTfUpxx7/

 

[misskarne]

Nice to see him flick his head up like that. Hopefully a good sign!

 

[bwayrose7]

Bumping this thread to let you all know about something I and a few others have organized: a Twitter/social media trend of #GiveJoshLove this next Sunday, Feb. 14, on the anniversary of his 4CC silver medal! Here are the details, if you'd like to participate:

• The event will take place on February 14.
  
• Use the hashtag #GiveJoshLove along with your best wishes, favorite program/memories, etc.
• We are striving to concentrate the tweets/posts/etc. in a specific time window, which is 2-4 PM Colorado time (9-11 PM GMT/UTC). This will move into the morning of Feb. 15 for some time zones. For those who need to figure out what that is for their time zone, here’s a time zone converter:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
• Twitter is where the main event will be concentrated. If you have a Tumblr but not a Twitter, feel free to contact someone who has a Twitter and ask them to post screenshots of your Tumblr post and tag it.
• In case you will have plans that day or otherwise may not be able to be on Twitter during the planned window, I’m told that https://buffer.com/ has a way to schedule tweets to be sent out at a preset time.
• Particularly since the 4CC anniversary (and thus our trend) ended up falling on Feb. 14, this bears repeating: The idea is to send encouragement, well wishes, positivity. The idea is NOT to pressure someone into more social media engagement or send any creepy messages, no matter how funny they might seem at the moment. This is a show of affectionate support, no more, no less. Please be respectful.

A source has informed me that there may, hopefully, be an insider ally who will ensure Josh actually goes on social media that day (because he's on social media so much most of the time ) so let's all send our very best to this amazingly talented young man who's had a rough year and could use the love. If you have any questions let me know. Thanks!

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ What a lovely idea... thanks for helping to organize, @bwayrose7!

Cameo by Josh in Joe Johnson's Instagram video. It's nice to see him in any capacity

And Joe Johnson has obliged again : https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdQnyXJx5m/

 

[YukiNieve]

bwayrose7, are you suggesting we also include his twitter address @joshDfarris in the tweet?

 

[bwayrose7]

bwayrose7, are you suggesting we also include his twitter address @joshDfarris in the tweet?

We totally can! We don't need to include it in every tweet necessarily, because the hope is that everyone using the hashtag #GiveJoshLove in a concentrated timespan will trigger the Twitter trend algorithms, but it couldn't hurt to @ him as well

 

[bwayrose7]

^^^ What a lovely idea... thanks for helping to organize, @bwayrose7!

Happy to do it I'm sure it hasn't been the easiest year for Josh, and this is one thing we can do that hopefully can show our appreciation for him and that we're all in his corner.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

A positive tweet tonight from Josh!

Recovering from these concussions has been the most challenging thing that's ever happened to me. I've also never been more determined. #PCS

 

[mtnskater]

I am so glad! I agree...I'm determined to see Josh as World Champion

 

[aftershocks]

@bwayrose7, how did the #GiveJoshLove social media event turn out?

 

[bwayrose7]

@bwayrose7, how did the #GiveJoshLove social media event turn out?

It turned out quite well, I must say! Although we don't know whether or not Josh saw the messages (we hope he did), we did get a really nice turnout. Here are a few links from the event: (thanks to musicfan80 on GS for assembling these!)

Twitter feed of the hashtag: https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=#GiveJoshLove&src=typd
A couple of sports blog posts for the event: http://thefinersports.sportsblog.co...ua-farris--figure-skating-s-gentle-beast.html
http://karenlovatt.fansunite.com.au/2016/02/15/27878/memory-joshuas-magic-moment

 

[wickedwitch]

Josh can be seen in the kiss and cry with two of the junior ladies in the icenetwork videos from SW regionals. He seems to be assisting Damon.

 

[misskarne]

Thanks so much for the news, @wickedwitch!

I watched some of the Juvenile ladies final round (mostly because I was curious about what level equivalent it was), and he sat with the first three ladies in a row! I'm pretty sure Damon was their primary coach, but Josh was helping out. He looks good, there were smiles, he's cut his hair.

I miss him so much.

 

[Sylvia]

And almost four months later... some exciting news for his many fans!

GSD news thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/in...arris-announces-return-to-competition.100629/

 

[misskarne]

And to celebrate, we're bringing #GiveJoshLove back!

Stay tuned for more details for this year's PARTY PARTY HE'S COMING BACK!

 

[misskarne]

Here we go! Thanks to @bwayrose7's help, we have all the details for this year's #GIVEJOSHLOVE event!

• The event will take place on February 14.
  
• Use the hashtag #GiveJoshLove along with your best wishes, favorite program/memories, etc.
• We are striving to concentrate the tweets/posts/etc. in a specific time window, which is 2-4 PM Colorado time (9-11 PM GMT/UTC). This will move into the morning of Feb. 15 for some time zones. For those who need to figure out what that is for their time zone, here’s a time zone converter:http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
• Twitter is where the main event will be concentrated. If you have a Tumblr but not a Twitter, feel free to contact someone who has a Twitter and ask them to post screenshots of your Tumblr post and tag it.
• In case you will have plans that day or otherwise may not be able to be on Twitter during the planned window, I’m told that https://buffer.com/ has a way to schedule tweets to be sent out at a preset time.
• Particularly since the 4CC anniversary (and thus our trend) ended up falling on Feb. 14, this bears repeating: The idea is to send encouragement, well wishes, positivity. The idea is NOT to pressure someone into more social media engagement or send any creepy messages, no matter how funny they might seem at the moment. This is a show of affectionate support, no more, no less. Please be respectful.

Let's shower him in love to show how happy we are that he's back!

 

[Sylvia]

Effortless-looking 4S in practice! https://www.instagram.com/p/BQYX-jagKJA/
(@wickedwitch originally posted the link earlier in GSD)

Looks like his official website will be back, too! http://figureskatersonline.com/joshfarris/