Nathan Chen

[yyyskate]

Vincent may prefer his short program to be aired.

NBC even did not mention Vincent's SP for a second......

 

[Mamamiia]

Mikhail's face looks like Fuji apple:

 

[SkatingMusic]

I for the first time, was deeply moved by Shoma's performance. Also, he has great posture.

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Mikhail's face looks like Fuji apple:

Ha ha. So true.

 

[Mamamiia]

Why isn't Nathan's sit spin as low as many other skaters? Does it matter?

 

[yyyskate]

ahhhaahh, NBC mentioned Vincent

 

[yyyskate]

I secretly love Shoma’s deep knee bend, his absolute passion and devotion to skating, his love of yakiniku and I admit I have spent more time than I will admit watching baby videos of Shoma with my Shoma loving friend (SO CUTE)

Shoma's round baby puppy eyes is kinda cute

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OMG, I recognized some legendary skaters

 

[yyyskate]

vincent looking cute

 

[yyyskate]

vincent SS

 

[SkatingMusic]

Shoma's round baby puppy eyes is kinda cute

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OMG, I recognized some legendary skaters

Oh my god. Saw Michelle Kwan and Alexie Yagudin! My all time favorites from way back when.

 

[yyyskate]

ooohhhhh, vincent...:sad21:

 

[discode]

He should really lay off so many quads. It's painful to watch.

Nathan is coming up soon. :hap57:

 

[SkatingMusic]

Poor Vincent. :sad4:

 

[yyyskate]

nATHAN

 

[yyyskate]

Nathan is soooooo much better! Nathan I LOVE YOU

 

[Mamamiia]

He is soooo cute in kiss and cry

 

[yyyskate]

heads and shoulders above others indeed.
Kingly indeed.

 

[classicalfan]

also, I don't think Nathan's posture problem will resolve if he skated to classic music. to me, his posture problem does not related to music type.
His posture is okay (at least suited to the style) in Nemesis which is not classic music, and his posture is not ideal in parts of his junior Chopin program.
it seems to me the problem is that Nathan is used to balance with certain bad posture. and it has been there since baby days.
One reason maybe due to his nature built (anatomical structure), his shoulders are not naturally open. Vincent also has similar issues (he said his shoulder blades are naturally inward) and he is working on that.
I think this posture problem can be solved, I think as Nathan grow old, his shoulder will become more open (as it is indeed better now). But Nathan needs to pay attention to his posture, and he needs a specialist (maybe a choreographer) who values these things, understand these things and how to improve, to reminds his on daily basis, tweak the details, break his old habit on the site.

EDIT: may Chinese figure skating fans (not necessary Nathan fan) have expressed their concern about Nathan's posture thought his upper back, shoulder, neck area and coordination is weird some times.

The problem is not whether he is capable of doing it, but whether he pays attention to it. When he pays attention to it, he is really beautiful. Personally I found the intricacy in classical music helping him a lot on that front. When he skates to pop or others, he is more relaxed but may lose some tension in holding himself as elegant and perfect.

 

[discode]

Unnecessary Olympic comments from Tara of course, but like see Nathan in HD on my tv.

 

[yyyskate]

yes that quad lutz is absolutely beautiful, that high free leg landing position with perfectly pointed toe, and my fav deep outside edge of a quad lutz jump.

and Nathan's skin is flawless :eekn:

 

[SkatingMusic]

Now I’m watching staring at his posture the whole time lol

My roommate (who also danced) just said ‘His posture looks fine to me - I don’t know what those people are talking about’ lol

Maybe we are both just blinded by his hotness, curls and that little white collar

His posture is fine in the Last Dance. We were just whining about the EX.