Max Aaron: "I'm shooting for Olympic gold" (per IN, May 21)

[LRK]

I'd be more excited if Max had started working with Christopher Dean about 5 years ago. I don't know how drastically you can instill grace and smoothness in someone in a few short months.

Well, lacking a time machine, there's nothing can be done about that. What he can do something about is what he's doing now.

 

[ice coverage]

@MaxTAaron

Getting ready to compete in my first ballroom competition! Beyond excited!
5:01 PM - 19 Jul 13
https://twitter.com/MaxTAaron/status/358375993876025344​

From his reddit AMA on Tuesday:

"I have been doing both ballet and ballroom dance for a while and as I became more mature I began to enjoy them in their own way. I tried to perform them in the studio like it was a competition."
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1iexrm/i_am_max_aaron_the_2013_us_mens_figure_skating/cb3tqwy
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Guess Aaron really meant it about treating ballroom as a competition. (Not that he is incapable of resisting any kind of competition, LOL.) No doubt that he will give his adversaries on the floor tonight a run for their money.
Wonder who his partner is.

ETA, update from @MaxTAaron:

@USFigureSkating it went great! We won! Looking forward to more events!
12:06 PM - 21 Jul 13
https://twitter.com/MaxTAaron/status/359026559249690624​

Wow, good for him. Seems that Aaron is a man of many talents, and a winner at anything to which he puts his mind. ​

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On a separate (although related) topic:

I don't know how drastically you can instill grace and smoothness in someone in a few short months.

FWIW, based on Gracie Gold's recent FS at Skate Milwaukee, some supporters of hers are crediting Zoueva with improving Gold's artistry in the few short months since WTT. (I have no opinion either way -- just paraphrasing what certain other posters have said on GS.)