The part where you said, “He loves skating far more than everyone thinks he does,” really resonates with me. I’m thinking, of course he likes it. He’s been doing it at a very high level for many years in a country that doesn’t have a lot of guys wanting to do it. Going back to his interview that had been described as homophobic, what underlies that is that there is a lot of casual bias among a general male audience. And I think Nathan would be several steps above that cultural baseline of bias in the US just by choosing to skate. He’s just too self-critical- he took ballet, he likes to skate to classical music. Clearly he likes those things or he wouldn’t have spent time on them. I like what he’s said about self expression and how he clarified his thoughts after that interview- basically to say that it’s not necessary to approach skating from the perspective of a general male audience bias - and that in fact, approaching something from a view of appeasing someone else’s bias is just likely to mute the effect of a performance like a censored book. People may or may not like the uncensored book but the censored one is less interesting.
It could be that he just doesn’t want to overdo it in an Olympic year…and is pacing himself? What about the Japan Open? I have heard very little about it.
The Japan Open invitational currently is scheduled for October 2, 2021 in Saitama (competition announcement not yet available on the ISU's event page): https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/...japan-open-2021-invitational?templateParam=11
Same here, thought he would show, but maybe he's just avoiding the plane ride. Seems like most if not all of the US men competing are based in Boston.
Sjoberg is Team Raf and Tran is with Eldredge, i.e., both train at his rink.
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Wait, Nathan was present at 2016 Worlds? I didn't know that. It was just a couple of months after the hip injury right?
I believe the video was from 2015 GPF. Nathan, Roman, Dima, Vincent were always spotted together. The lanyards also looked like from that event.A couple of blasts from the past:
I think this was taken backstage at 2016 Worlds and he is seen walking alongside Roman Sadovsky and Vincent. PChiddy and Shoma appear in the background.
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Back when he visited the Ice House in Hackensack.
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Oh, you're right! It must have been from GPF because Roman was there.
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How did you find this out? What did I miss?
There are rumors that one of the songs used in Nathan's SP is Nemesis.
Skaters from champs camp confirmed on Reddit and twitter
Tempting fate or conquering it?
He'll conquer it. That's Nathan for you. So daring.
Wow, NICE! I'm so excited about the prospect that this could be even better than the old one.
