Aaron prepares for battle by returning to his roots

ice coverage · Aug 1, 2014

@SkaterRater

@MaxTAaron Fantastic Short Program skate at Colorado Champs!!! Love the Footloose program! Great energy and elements!
12:19 PM - 1 Aug 2014
https://twitter.com/SkaterRater/status/495287827106914304

(Decided that this post belongs here more than in the competition thread, where I have removed it.)

karne · Aug 1, 2014

Oh, I hope videos surface!

This is my LEAST favourite part of the off-season - where we know the music, and the assignments, and the new programs start coming out around the domestic traps, but so frequently there are no videos...

ice coverage · Aug 1, 2014

karne said:
Oh, I hope videos surface!

This is my LEAST favourite part of the off-season - where we know the music, and the assignments, and the new programs start coming out around the domestic traps, but so frequently there are no videos...

Not a program video, but a glimpse of Max's speed training that @coachtomz posted on Jul 25:

World class training: 2013 US Champion and twice USA World Team member Max Aaron finishes his laps at the end of the session in the power chute. He feels the need...the need for speed!
http://instagram.com/p/q4zRV6DY6_/

karne · Aug 1, 2014

golden411 said:
He feels the need...the need for speed!

Perhaps a Top Gun program IS still in his future, then.

LRK · Aug 1, 2014

Mathman said:
^ I think that's a good point. There are lots of articles about fearless figure skating ladies striding into battle. I think it is more an individual thing. Some skaters are advertised, whether accurately or not, as warriors (Ashley Wagner = the new Thor ), while others are delicate flowers (Jeremy Abbott).

Here is Michelle Kwan in 2002.

http://www.tias.com/stores/adateintime/pictures/20439a.jpg

Oh, my.... ! (You've heard about that, then?

)

ice coverage · Aug 2, 2014

Tom Zakrajsek ‏@CoachTomZ

Congrats to @MaxTAaron and @becky_coach for personal best SP of 83.77. Good start!
6:27 AM - 2 Aug 2014
https://twitter.com/CoachTomZ/status/495561613785563137

(Tom Z is not with Max at the Colorado Championships. TZ is in California ... presumably at Glacier Falls.)

ETA, another bit regarding Max's work on the quad loop:

As of the end of May, @mkblades' self-promotional comments on Instagram cited a rumor that Max "is now landing quad loops" (as a "result" of switching to a certain type of its blades).
http://instagram.com/p/orGR81FyIX/ (May 31)

gmyers · Aug 3, 2014

He must please the cognoscenti

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