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I thought Kolyada said before that he was very happy for fans to approach him, as the skating culture in Russia is not like in Japan

I know some people dm with skaters (NOT Nathan!) and these skaters seem to appreciate the interest and support. Though I suspect some of these people exchange dm's in a way to feel closer to Nathan (like chatting with Karen)

I do not support 'stalking' - but it seems that some skaters do appreciate the attention and love from fans

it is true, I kr at least in China, in COC many fans had very lovely encounter with skaters such as Alina, Kolyada, P/C and Vincent.

ETA, SUI/HAN are very very casual with their fans in international competitions, I heard in US, they actually had like a group chat (in person) kinda thing with a bunch of fans in or near the arena.
 
yeah, I was going to post the GPF tickets have been sold out for a while now. It's also a very small venue. Essentially any event Hanyu is likely to attend would be sold out immediately.

Does anyone know when the Worlds tickets are going to go on sale and if there's any good way to get a hold of these tickets? I feel like if I want to go I need to be very prepared as soon as the tickets go on sale. :dev2:
 
I thought Kolyada said before that he was very happy for fans to approach him, as the skating culture in Russia is not like in Japan

I know some people dm with skaters (NOT Nathan!) and these skaters seem to appreciate the interest and support. Though I suspect some of these people exchange dm's in a way to feel closer to Nathan (like chatting with Karen)

I do not support 'stalking' - but it seems that some skaters do appreciate the attention and love from fans

In one of my past posts on this I mentioned USA/Canada skaters mostly. There are skaters from other countries that also fall in that category.
 
yeah, I was going to post the GPF tickets have been sold out for a while now. It's also a very small venue. Essentially any event Hanyu is likely to attend would be sold out immediately.

Does anyone know when the Worlds tickets are going to go on sale and if there's any good way to get a hold of these tickets? I feel like if I want to go I need to be very prepared as soon as the tickets go on sale. :dev2:

shine - you vs. the Japanese/Hanyu fans? GOOD LUCK!

I really have no idea though :)
 
yeah good luck competing with Yuzuru fans!:biggrin:
actually the "stalking" that i mentioned here is nothing compares to the kinda things fans willing to do in order to get a glimpse of Yuzuru.
 
I actually used to live only a few miles away from the new Irvine facility. So I would think random encounters with skaters are not impossible if you live in the same area as them.

But I live nowhere near the Irvine facility now !
 
I've actually been wondering why there hasn't been more fans "stalking" Nathan at his Lakewood training base :laugh: I feel like anyone could essentially just walk in and watch the skaters there since it's not a private rink? Also, not saying I would but I was surprised that his music for this season never got leaked over the summer just by anyone who happened to be at the rink and saw him practice.
 
I actually used to live only a few miles away from the new Irvine facility. So I would think random encounters with skaters are not impossible if you live in the same area as them.

But I live nowhere near the Irvine facility now !

yes, this is very possible, especially before they are so famous. Sometimes, international skaters will even do warm-up in the public area. I have seen Satoko do warm-ups in the lobby of arena and the Japanese TV crew was recording her and all the fans give her space, only walk-by or observe in distance for a bit.
 
shine - I really don't know ... I feel like that certainly wouldn't be encouraged - but no idea what kind of security/rules they have at Lakewood. Maybe there was a rule - NO RECORDING OF NATHAN practicing his new programs ?

I do regret not going to the Lakewood send off before the Olympics - which was a public event - no stalking required :)

As much interest as there may seem in Nathan - I think he mostly gets to live a normal life - outside of the skating environment.
 
I've actually been wondering why there hasn't been more fans "stalking" Nathan at his Lakewood training base :laugh: I feel like anyone could essentially just walk in and watch the skaters there since it's not a private rink? Also, not saying I would but I was surprised that his music for this season never got leaked over the summer just by anyone who happened to be at the rink and saw him practice.

I would assume most figure skating fans are very respective to skaters even if they somehow randomly heard Nathan's music they would respect Nathan's privacy.

The kinda "stalking" behavior in hotel lobby etc., you can also do it in a very respective way.

ETA, also the stalking behavior in the hotel lobby is really not "stalking", the hotel lobby is a public area.
 
Surprised the GPF is already sold out. Hanyu or not, skating events rarely sell out that early (if they even end up selling out).

Speaking of Nathan and Polina, found this video Polina posted of the 2013 JGPF. Lots of bb Nathan in the video.

https://youtu.be/n9cutTccxpA
 
shine - I really don't know ... I feel like that certainly wouldn't be encouraged - but no idea what kind of security/rules they have at Lakewood. Maybe there was a rule - NO RECORDING OF NATHAN practicing his new programs ?

I do regret not going to the Lakewood send off before the Olympics - which was a public event - no stalking required :)

As much interest as there may seem in Nathan - I think he mostly gets to live a normal life - outside of the skating environment.

Can you imagine there is a send-off party for Yuzuru, I think the arena would exploded.
 
I imagine they’ll be more strict about not leaking this year given his higher profile now. Being at Yale and them being pretty strict on protecting his privacy (this is according to some students) will probably help with that as well.
 
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