Here's a random comment about the Shibs: It seems that they are somewhat of a loner pair within the other US teams/skaters. I'm not inferring that they are unfriendly but it seems that you don't often see them pal-ing around with other US ice dance skaters during galas, before/ after competitions. Sometimes you'll see them with other country skaters, but not US and usually not ice dancers. It this just their personality gravitating to those they feel comfortable with or a purposefull strategy to distinguish them from Chock/Bates and Hubbell/Donahue? I don't think I've ever seen either US ice dance competitors in their vlogs. No psycho-analysis required - just an observation.
I was at GPF in Marselle and C/B and H/D were not precisely pal-ing around. I know that Madison Chock is very close friend with Ashley and Marissa, and Madison H. with Gabriella P. , I guess the ambient in US ice dance is a little tense, just like V/M and D/W used to be friends and all changed when they were fighting for the gold medal. I guess C/B see them like the team that took their place as number 1 in the USA, and H/D see them as the team that is preventing them from reaching the first place. We do not know if it is Maia and Alex who are moving away from them, or if it is C/B and H/D who are moving away from Maia and Alex, they used to be friends https://www.instagram.com/p/U8uJmFBdu0/?taken-by=splashmadison, Alex and Evan were roomates.
Anyway, Maia is Alex's best friend, he always says it, and he also always asks Maia if he is her best friend , to which she always answers yes. So, actually they are super best friends with American ice dancers (Maia and Alex) . ¨chapis logic¨.