Nathan Chen

[yyyskate]

Nathan’s Japanese fans seem so dedicated, their birthday gifts/video etc seem like they’ve taken a lot of time and effort. The rest of us fans gotta step it up lol (jk haha)

Shoutout to his Korean fanbase too because they’re super quick with getting Nathan related video/info up.

you forget his Chinese fans :sad21:

Thank you Nathan for addressing to your Chinese Fans:luv17:

 

[shine]

Making sure he'll receive a lot more of these in the future... very clever of him!




Really? Because supposedly he's super slow compared to other skaters, especially when people see him live. But then again, that was comparing him to the other top men, which aren't present at SOI, so...

I think his "choppy" stroking and gliding is simply his "natural" way of moving across the ice, I mean, there's bound to be different skating styles and he happens to fall on one extreme end of the spectrum (and I imagine that people from the opposite side otoh would look too sluggish and steady, and their movements might not be explosive enough).
So I'd say this is just his innate body language and for some reason this was never addressed and developed properly?

And I think it might have been even fostered further by his very busy novice and junior programs (both in his transitions and step sequences), although maybe they chose those types of programs because they suited him and they tried to use his quickness as a strength, who knows.

He was definitely not slow at SOI. Nathan is in general a very competent skater. But the number of quads does wear him down in competitions and compared to the other top skaters his ss is weaker. But weaker =/= weak.

Also agile and nimble movement is definitely not mutually exclusive from efficient, long strokes. Andrew Toegashev for example has some of the best skating skills but still is able to exhibit both very fluid and nimble qualities. Jason Brown as well.

 

[heyheyhey]

^^ Aww, it’s only because I honestly don’t know much about his Chinese fanbase. My main source is usually through twitter but I don’t think they’re active there right? Weibo I would assume is where they post stuff about him? Does he have a big active fanbase?

 

[oatmella]

Did Nathan give a shoutout to his Chinese fans ?

Let’s hope all Nathan’s birthday wishes come true - including perhaps improved SS

I wish him good health always as that is most important !

 

[yyyskate]

Did Nathan give a shoutout to his Chinese fans ?

Let’s hope all Nathan’s birthday wishes come true - including perhaps more improved SS

I wish him good health always as that is most important !

yes he did shoutout to his Chinese fans! Thank you Nathan!!!

 

[yyyskate]

^^ Aww, it’s only because I honestly don’t know much about his Chinese fanbase. My main source is usually through twitter but I don’t think they’re active there right? Weibo I would assume is where they post stuff about him? Does he have a big active fanbase?

not very big, growing, but some Nathan Chinese fans' love is really deep!
time to post this video again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtb59KdjLT8
and this is her message to Nathan. Hope Nathan can understand one day.
回头看 雪染白长头发
少年被 风催大
容颜未改心有疤
我爱你 爱让我放下

 

[oatmella]

yes he did shoutout to his Chinese fans! Thank you Nathan!!!

wow where - and did he say 陈巍

 

[yyyskate]

the scream competition between Japanese housewives and US teenagers

Now the fandom competition betwen countries

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wow where - and did he say 陈巍

nope He did not.

in a interview, he said thanks to his Japanese fans, American fans and Chinese fans.

He needs to say thanks to his Korean fans too. he may have said hello, or thank you in Korean on Korean TV during OG. I am not sure.

 

[heyheyhey]

^ Maybe he thinks he doesn’t have much Korean fans then. I’m not sure but it seems his Korean fanbase mainly grew/became active after the Olympics no?

Thanks for sharing the video. Glad his Chinese fans are passionate. Let’s hope it grows more on his way to the 2022 Olympics, he is one of their own.

 

[shine]

I think it was a habit that developed long term. His coaches worked oparound his condition, so he still mentally inadvertently doesn’t deepen his knees yet. It’s something he’ll have to train his body to do.

That’s very interesting, purposely changing (weakening?) his skating technique due to the Osgood Schlatter condition. But this something you are guessing or what his team had actually discussed in the past? I wasnt following him as closely in his junior days..

 

[hhh]

Wishing Nathan a healthy and fruitful 19th. Hope his family will be there in Milwaukee to celebrate with him.

You would think scheduling Milwaukee before or after Chicago made sense... and all MI cities on the same weekend, was the venue unavailable last weekend? The traveling is unreal.

 

[oatmella]

hhh - yeah I was wondering about that too - the MI shows not being on the same weekend.

Nathan’s last year in the teens !!

 

[oatmella]

Some of Nathan’s Japanese fans on twitter are posting about macarons now

https://twitter.com/rikkobe_figure/status/992760853588983808?s=21

And his favorite is his mom’s homemade dumplings too

 

[Mamamiia]

Some of Nathan’s Japanese fans on twitter are posting about macarons now

https://twitter.com/rikkobe_figure/status/992760853588983808?s=21

And his favorite is his mom’s homemade dumplings too

Aww Nathan and I share the same favorite beverage and season.

 

[oatmella]

haha - I share 4 out of Nathan’s 12 favorites

A Laduree macaron birthday post for Nathan:

https://instagram.com/p/BiZpdKgDMxp/

 

[alexaa]

wow where - and did he say 陈巍

In this Fuji video, 1'24". Thanks to the lovely Korea fan aboutNathan0505. He did thank fans all over the world.


https://twitter.com/aboutNathan0505/status/977409212849385473

Cut - 1 about his practice was posted in this FF the night before the FS.

 

[yyyskate]

Aww Nathan and I share the same favorite beverage and season.

me too, #soulmates #iloveyousomuch

 

[oatmella]

haha a green tea latte doesn’t cut if for me - need something with way more caffeine !

Birthday post from Nathan’s sister Alice:
https://instagram.com/p/BiZvJBAFcGr/

lol at the comments:

Nathan: doesn’t text me hbd but does it for the gram. I see how it is

Alice: I texted you about the more important holiday, #CincoDeMayo

 

[colton12314]

where are his shoutouts


oooh, and iced matcha lattes. yum

 

[sheetz]

That’s very interesting, purposely changing (weakening?) his skating technique due to the Osgood Schlatter condition. But this something you are guessing or what his team had actually discussed in the past? I wasnt following him as closely in his junior days..

I took a look back at some of Vincent's early programs and it looked like he was flying across the ice as well. Same with Nam. Perhaps after a growth spurt it takes some time for muscle strength/coordination to catch up. Nam is now starting to look better on the ice, and I do think Nathan is as well.