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Now we know... the secret to doing great 3As is... strong butt muscles!
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Now we know... the secret to doing great 3As is... strong butt muscles!
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Thanks, but he might get tired of my nagging after awhile. :lol:
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Thank you, Calica! I told them to correct his Chinese name in the video.
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Apparently, Patrick spoke in his Chinese when asked. He said Happy New Year in Cantonese instead of being coached in Mandarin. However, they translated Patrick Chan for his Chinese name, including having his family name last. I've never seen such a name for him. He has always been Patrick Chan or 陈伟群, not 派翠陈.
Was this made At 4CC? Good to see Kevin included. Why was Zhang Hao there?
eta. I see Skating Canada has responded to vivley.
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See Skating China's first response to me here.
I think they just transliterated Patrick's English name into Chinese (edited - I see you noticed the same thing). 派翠 is a transliteration of "Patrick" and not really a nickname. I responded that I thought his nickname was 群群 (the last character of his name doubled), just like Jin Boyang's is 天天 (as you saw on the yellow banner in the audience at 4CC). Their response here. Scroll down to see the rest.
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In case you didn't read this article "Canada's Patrick Chan befriends young Filipino figure skater"
"It felt really great," Martinez said, with a big grin. "I feel like a champion because I'm skating with Patrick Chan, and I feel like a world champion also. . . the way he skated, the way his edges are, I was trying to copy him but I couldn't.
"He gave me some knowledge because before I was just watching him on YouTube. Now I can see how he really does bend his knees (etc.). . ."
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/canada-s-patrick-chan-befriends-young-filipino-figure-skater-1.1684732
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Calica, Patrick has given a number of interviews in French... and I know I posted one a few pages ago... by few... I mean... probably 30-50? haha
His French is excellent and what I find strange is that it gets better and better every year, but it's not like he has much exposure to it, unless he did speak French with Elladj when they were both training in Detroit. Patrick was in French immersion in Toronto and born in Ottawa (which is technically bilingual) when in school, where he learned the basics. But from my own experience, his French surpasses French Immersion level by far, and is close to be of a working level proficiency.
His French is excellent and what I find strange is that it gets better and better every year, but it's not like he has much exposure to it, unless he did speak French with Elladj when they were both training in Detroit. Patrick was in French immersion in Toronto and born in Ottawa (which is technically bilingual) when in school, where he learned the basics. But from my own experience, his French surpasses French Immersion level by far, and is close to be of a working level proficiency.
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for you Calica : it's not the one I was referring to, but this is one... http://ici.radio-canada.ca/sports/patinage/2015/09/02/001-patrick-chan-patinage-entrainement.shtml
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Thanks for sharing, m0001! I didn't see this before.
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Aw, Patrick just thanked all of us for our kind words!
And that's a beautiful photo of Vancouver? in the background.
https://twitter.com/Pchiddy/status/703004603441283072
And that's a beautiful photo of Vancouver? in the background.
https://twitter.com/Pchiddy/status/703004603441283072
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looks like my former hometown indeed 
and the YOU was for me only... HAHHAHAHA just kidding 
and the YOU was for me only... HAHHAHAHA just kidding
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looks like my former hometown indeed
It was so nice to login to Twitter and see his message come up first on the screen... and the "YOU" made me feel like he was talking to me personally, as well. I also loved that he used the word "reflection" - he must have thought of a lot of good things to skate so well.
I guess he was in Vancouver because someone on Twitter mentioned that their dad saw Patrick go into a fancy gym.
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well it looks like he is on a BC ferry : i am not 100 percent sure of where he is headed with that mountain view though... considering he was coming from taipei, it makes sense he would lay over in BC and of course, he has been to Vancouver quite often giving skating masterclasses and what not
unfortunately, I have never seen him in person... I saw Emmanuel and talked to him in a bar once LOL and saw Jeremy Ten as well... friends saw Jeff Buttle on the streets (I was very jealous) but I am still waiting for the day where my Patrick Chan (just noticed how his initials are the same as Prince Charming!!!!!) will come! I am glad he answered your tweet... you deserve it... and I am sure he meant more YOU than ME
since you have been doing a lot more cheering than I have... I just laid there in awe.
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Aw, that's very sweet of you, 4everchan. I am but one of many fans who sent him support on Twitter.
Crazy idea - Perhaps our best chance of seeing him outside of an arena would be to take a trip to Bloomfield Hills and watch him practice at the DSC (might be fun for a group of fans to go together). Since it's a town of only 4,000 people, if we hang around the gyms or pets stores, or better yet, this place, we just might spot him.
Crazy idea - Perhaps our best chance of seeing him outside of an arena would be to take a trip to Bloomfield Hills and watch him practice at the DSC (might be fun for a group of fans to go together). Since it's a town of only 4,000 people, if we hang around the gyms or pets stores, or better yet, this place, we just might spot him.
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Some more tidbits from 4CC Taipei. Another blogger's recap :
A real-time visualization of hot words in Japan last Sunday. "Patrick Chan Great! Chopin" was the hottest one.
https://tword.net/j2OT5Shw
A real-time visualization of hot words in Japan last Sunday. "Patrick Chan Great! Chopin" was the hottest one.
https://tword.net/j2OT5Shw
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4everchan, I'd love to hear more about your Mack The Knife show. I recall earlier posts in which you described researching MTK. Was this inspired by Patrick?
I too am seriously thinking about going to Cdn Nats 2017 however it's hard to commit to something that's more than ten months away!
Crazy idea - Perhaps our best chance of seeing him outside of an arena would be to take a trip to Bloomfield Hills and watch him practice at the DSC (might be fun for a group of fans to go together). Since it's a town of only 4,000 people, if we hang around the gyms or pets stores, or better yet, this place, we just might spot him.
That would be both fun and crazy at the same time! A group of fans lurking around trying to catch glimpses of Patrick! If I can't go I demand that someone documents every second of it so everybody else can enjoy it vicariously! I'd even pay to see that!
eta: A reminder to everybody that cbc will be broadcasting the men's 4cc competition tomorrow afternoon. (Feb 27th). I can hardly wait to see Patrick's brilliant performance on a big screen tv in HD. I still have Patrick's Skate Canada fs and National's sp pvr'd and I re-watch it often. There really is a difference than watching it on youtube!
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