Patrick Chan

[Mango]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tPJiIUVtSs&nohtml5=False
I was searching for some old videos and accidentally found this one, baby Patrick was so cute Sorry if it was already shared

I wonder how involved Brian was when Patrick was at The Cricket?

 

[4everchan]

i feel that's something VB may know where are you Bliss ?

I wonder how involved Brian was when Patrick was at The Cricket?

 

[calica]

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/8TKe64pHIy/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEK7H1AG7c4/?taken-by=diceskates

 

[calica]

Photos: Patrick and Icewine

https://twitter.com/WFS_JP/status/720561674789388288

https://twitter.com/APinTokyo/status/720556979756732417

https://twitter.com/APinTokyo/status/720552121347670016

If you put :large before jpg, the photos apears more big...


https://pp.vk.me/c631821/v631821046/262bd/azvc3BaFg8k.jpg

https://pp.vk.me/c631821/v631821046/262b5/3DWVe2y3JGs.jpg

 

[Eric]

Welcome, Eric, welcome to the fest where we celebrate Patrick and his skating! I hope you stay and have fun with us.

I especially appreciate that you and I share favorite skaters such as Takahiko, Jeremy, and of course Patrick, all with wonderful skating skills.

Thanks, Violett Bliss! Yes, I'm excited you and I have much common in favorite skaters! I love skaters who skates like without any friction as if they are delivered by something magical or floating on the ice

 

[Eric]

Welcome, Eric! Thanks for sharing your on-site experience with us! When did you see Patrick skate in person?



Hahaha, that might be a group number for the exhibition gala...

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Today's "Where in the world is Patrick Chan?":

He was spotted in Nagoya, jogging in the cold wind. So glad he is so recognizable there!

https://twitter.com/mkr_en/status/719507701210873856

And some more photos from Worlds practice:

https://twitter.com/keroncho/status/719557508713459712

Thanks Vivley,

The first time I saw Patrick on the ice in person was Stars on Ice Japan tour in January 2015. To be honest, I was there to see Takahiko skating(it was my first time to saw him skating in person though I had been his fan since 2008), and I thought Patrick was a bit overrated like some people said(sorry,no offence), but found I was totally wrong. I was instantly absorbed in his performance and have been his huge fan from that point on! Later, in ,August, I saw Patrick @ The ICE too. I was so excited to see his Black bird He and Taka's close, they were so cute laughing and talking on the ice together!!

 

[Violet Bliss]

Eric, Patrick and Takahiko have been very good friends since their Junior years and Taka usually shows him around in Japan. They were roommates for TEB and Patrick was the translator for Taka in France. Taka was very upset about his collision with Daisuke in China and during the press conference, only when Patrick walked in did Taka smile and get up to greet him. Patrick, of course comforted him about the incident for which Taka felt so guilty. Good to know the friendship continues and I hope they keep it up in retirement(s).

 

[calica]

Eric Taka was very upset about his collision with Daisuke in China and during the press conference, only when Patrick walked in did Taka smile and get up to greet him. Patrick, of course comforted him about the incident for which Taka felt so guilty.

I'd love to see video of that moment.

 

[vivley]

Thanks, Eric for your comments! I'm happy to hear about one of Patrick's close friends!

And for today's location report:

Patrick and the gang took a dance class! The angle of his face reminds me of that childhood video posted by Marin:

https://twitter.com/pchan_canada/status/720621511640363009

A couple more photos from the ice wine event (thanks, Calica for posting the others):

https://twitter.com/dreamer_2121/status/720594939734720512

Patrick with another fan - fans commented that he looked very thin:

https://twitter.com/kimutax/status/720562314991112192

Another photo with a fan, same pose:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BELspENSnR8Oxfl5Rme_6I12m1FYunVEo04nz40/

Patrick went to a party, dressed the same:

https://twitter.com/victoria_amp_07/status/720570769621692416

And here's a fan pic of his Tango:

https://twitter.com/havemona/status/720228970428440576

Also, Japan was hit by an earthquake today - I'm sure everyone is safe, but it probably jolted the SOI team.

 

[calica]

wine brought me the fortune to meet #patrickchan in person!! Such a nice guy!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BELspENSnR8Oxfl5Rme_6I12m1FYunVEo04nz40/

 

[4everchan]

wine brought me the fortune to meet #patrickchan in person!! Such a nice guy!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BELspENSnR8Oxfl5Rme_6I12m1FYunVEo04nz40/

This is so unfair... i keep buying wine to meet Patrick... and NADA

 

[calica]

Edit:

Damn!! I want to know Japanese

https://twitter.com/kyaoru1/status/720724198436417536

 

[Violet Bliss]

er, sorry, 4everchan,

 

[Violet Bliss]

Damn!! I want to know Japanese

https://twitter.com/kyaoru1/status/720724198436417536

From what little I can read, the poster was nervous about her English as she met Patrick.

 

[Violet Bliss]

I'd love to see video of that moment.

That video is harder to find but I always remember Patrick flashed an extra big smile from the top of the podium at Takahiko when the latter received his Silver medal at Worlds 2011.

eta Takahiko's demeanour at the press conference was reported by a Chinese fan and I later did see the video.

 

[vivley]

4everchan, better luck next time!

Here's some important news that will impact Patrick: The ISU just released an updated scale of values for the 2016-2017 season. There are changes to GOEs, etc. They also proposed a change concerning repeated jumps in combinations.

Read here: http://static.isu.org/media/317288/2000-sptc-sov-and-goe_2016-2017.pdf

It looks like they are proposing to only invalidate the second repeated jump if it's in a combo, and not the entire combo.

Short Program, Repetitions*:
If the same jump is executed twice as a solo jump and as a part of the jump combination, the
second execution will not be counted (if this repetition is in a jump combination, only the individual jump which is not according to the above requirements will not be counted)
.
Free Skating, extra jump elements*:
If an extra jump(s) is executed, only the individual jump(s), which is not according to the requirements will have no value. The jumps are considered in the order of execution.
*Subject to Congress 2016 decision.

 

[vivley]

Here's Jackie Wong's analysis of the new proposed rule on repeated jumps:

https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/720725595416576003

Here's a graphic with examples explaining the proposal:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgCIG_rXIAIFgt0.jpg

 

[Mango]

Here's Jackie Wong's analysis of the new proposed rule on repeated jumps:

https://twitter.com/rockerskating/status/720725595416576003

Here's a graphic with examples explaining the proposal:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CgCIG_rXIAIFgt0.jpg

It only took Yuzuru and Patrick getting dinged hard this past season for the ISU to wake up. But glad that it might be happening finally!

 

[calica]

It was necessary to change, especially if the olympic champion loses points for that

 

[Violet Bliss]

It only took Yuzuru and Patrick getting dinged hard this past season for the ISU to wake up. But glad that it might be happening finally!

Too late for Oda who could really benefit from this.

I surely hope they would increase the BV of step sequences, or rather at least bring back the original values. That would balance the jump advantage just a little.

As well, combos should be rewarded more than the sum of the BV, especially the super difficult ones. Penalty is also too harsh on any combo mistake.

I haven't read through the new rules yet but it seems these issues are not dealt with.