Nathan Chen

[sheetz]

We will miss all these IG sharing after SOI and like mamamiia said, let’s get next season started already!!

https://instagram.com/p/Bi5MJYQhxWW/

Oh Charlie. :noshake:
Is there reason why skaters travel wearing baseball caps?

Are there summer competitions?

There are the Glacier Falls and Golden West comps, as well as the Liberty Classic in Philly. I can't see Nathan doing Japan Open this year.

Another fan selfie. Nathan looks like he has a beer belly. LOL
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi4pdjahjSz/

Group cheer on Meryl's IG
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi5ffxEHpTl/

 

[oatmella]

sheetz - haha ... i just posted that one and noticed the beer belly too

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Oh Charlie. :noshake:
Is there reason why skaters travel wearing baseball caps?

Because it makes it easier to "look presentable" when you don't have the time to go all out and do so, also it's comfortable, when you spend most of your life traveling you learn what works and what doesn't.

 

[oatmella]

yeah - makes messy hair look more acceptable . They will fix their hair before the show anyways.

Is there a stylist to do their hair and makeup for the shows?

 

[sheetz]

Some of the US skaters sending good wishes to the Canadian group.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi5jJ96gcRK/

 

[Mamamiia]

another lucky person who got to meet Nathan on Nathan Chen Day:
https://twitter.com/JennyWilsonUT/status/997257925809729536

Nathan's push-ups:
https://twitter.com/nathanchengifs/status/997228763589918720

another cute photo of the boys:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi5LtkagzS9/?taken-by=starsonice

lucky person who met Nathan at the airport:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi4pdjahjSz/

The last picture, is he hiding a basketball under the t?

Finally get to see the pushups, was upset that I missed it in my video.

 

[oatmella]

Nathan just can't keep his hands off Karen

and this is the last week of the tour, there seriously has been so much shipping (not by me!), I think some will be quite sad

 

[Hollymolly]

The last picture, is he hiding a basketball under the t?

Finally get to see the pushups, was upset that I missed it in my video.

Because of shadows , It looks like

 

[oatmella]

Nathan in Nike heaven - wonder how many new shoes and other gear he will be getting

https://instagram.com/p/Bi5lZzeAV4N/

 

[hhh]

Nathan in Nike heaven - wonder how many new shoes and other gear he will be getting

https://instagram.com/p/Bi5lZzeAV4N/

Utopia for him it would be nice to visit the campus.

Lots of people wear hats/caps when traveling or out running errand, not just skaters in particular... at least here.

 

[oatmella]

I’ve been there before - a really cool place to visit!

He really must be loving it there and hope he was spoiled with limited edition sneakers and more training gear that we will be admiring him wearing

Hope he is enjoying Portland for the short time he is there - one of the best cities! And home of the best ice cream ever - Salt and Straw

 

[heyheyhey]

What the heck is going on with Nathan in that one fan photo? He looks like he’s pregnant [emoji15][emoji23]

 

[oatmella]

we need to respect Nathan’s privacy and no speculation please ...

But seriously - did he just eat a really huge meal or something? Like one of those giant sandwiches and platters of fries that the Shibs share photos of

 

[heyheyhey]

Since it’s Thursday, I’ll a do a throwback Thursday Nathan edition

Here’s 12 year old Nathan’s interview with Salt Lake magazine [emoji4]

http://www.freewebs.com/nathan_chen/Salt_Lake_Magazine_NovDec_2011.pdf

He’ll do ice dancing, but don’t ever ask him to do pairs [emoji23]

 

[oatmella]

SO CUTE wearing all those medals

He even helped with kindergartners and first graders at school: ‘You just have to keep them quiet’

heyheyhey - how do you find all these gems?

Alysa Liu reminds me of young Nathan - prodigy, junior nationals at 12, fearless jumper - she’s wants to get all her quads !

 

[SkatingMusic]

SO CUTE wearing all those medals

Alysa Liu reminds me of young Nathan - prodigy, junior nationals at 12, fearless jumper - she’s wants to get all her quads !

Agree with you on Alysa. She does strike me as the female version of a young Nathan-. She is also cute and charming.

 

[oatmella]

Nemesis video - I think from SLC show - from Nathan’s Japanese superfan who is attending 6 shows ... I can feel her excitement

https://instagram.com/p/Bi5x7gNFiSf/

LOL:

https://instagram.com/p/Bi3nitKnQwa/

 

[hhh]

Yes, Alysa fan here :agree:

 

[SkatingMusic]

Then she asked if he ever considered west coast schools which made Karen & I laughed. He said yes he did, Yale reached out and as they explore the potentials, he felt it was a best fit for him. I said he can major in biostatistics and then see what his true passion lies. Being concern I said it may require some logistic planning, hope he’ll figure out and he replied, some are figured out and will plan the rest accordingly after they know the competition schedule and other info.
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So Yale snatched him away from the West Coast . Good for them

 

[oatmella]

hhh - thanks for sharing ... sounds like you and your friend had a great time chatting with Nathan and really appreciate you including all these details! Sounds like he’s quite into sneakers in general - Nike, Vans, etc. What shoes was he wearing? And lol at Yanny/Laurel - maybe he was testing you guys.

Sounds like he is quite set on SA and TDF - and did he answer if there are M&G at GP . And what did he say about GP seating? Wondering if you asked him about 4CC? sorry for so many questions! Whatever you feel comfortable sharing

And sounds like Yale did reach out to him.

And yay for SOI next year - though I’m thinking he may not really know yet how it would work out with school.

I’m not sure I’m quite following the whole NBA conversation lol - but I’m going with Warriors-Celtics. Sounds like you really share Nathan’s NBA love!

Sounds like Nathan is very easy to talk to - and doesn’t sound like you were fangirling much at all I’m not sure I would be able to have quite as coherent a conversation with him haha