Oh, it wasn't much of an encounter but in 2007 I attended an adult skating weekend camp at the Ice House in NJ, headed by Craig Maurizi and Morosov. I had forgotten my blade guards and needed to get upstairs so I asked Adam in the lobby if there were an elevator. He was so nice and walked me over there. A couple of years later or so I wrote an email to Adam saying I was a fan of his skating and wished him the best; he wrote back and thanked me for the email-- before he became natl. champ and then famous! Also before that I used to see him compete at the Liberty Open in Aston, PA; even then you could see the kid had talent.
Wow, livetoskate, thank you for sharing such interesting stories of your meeting with Adam and the other skaters. I love hearing personal anecdotes and impressions. Thanks for confirming what a nice and caring guy Adam truly is. That was so nice of him to email you back. I love when he went out of the way to hug Vincent and Boyang (who are not huggers) and thanked the knitting volunteers for the gifts in the
2017 Finlandia Trophy Victory Ceremony. Boyang is so funny, he looks like he works at a spa and Vincent looks like a hotel clerk/attendant in that old FS costume, LOL. Adam’s white top is really elegant. I have a lot to say about FS costumes
, which I will save for another post.
At the skating camp, there were a bunch of elite skaters there helping, like John Zimmerman, Silvia Fontana, the Reeds, Elene Gedevanishvili, Kyoko Ina. Oksana Baiul was on a session with the adults but she didn't really give us any tips; she just kept jumping big double jumps (salchow maybe) over and over again. Miki Ando and Daisuke Takahashi were also there. My friend spoke Japanese so she talked a little to them as well as the Reeds; they were all so nice and friendly. I thought it was a little weird that Morosov was giving Miki a shoulder massage right in front of everyone in the lobby/eating area, and Miki looked a little awkward. My friend made some comment that after talking to him, she didn't get the vibe that Takahashi was gay (but perhaps her gaydar isn't too good). She also said that Morosov looked at her in a suggestive way, staring directly at her a little too long during group instruction.
Your impressions of Morozov are a bit too much
but funny nonetheless
Thanks for sharing your honest feedback. I’m sure it must have been really strange. Despite his scandalous rumors, I still tear up with his emotional reaction to Florent Amodio’s skate. And you met Daisuke
! My favorite skate of his is the
2013 NHK LP to Beatles Medley, which I have watched more times than I can count and can never get enough. The part starting from 4:30 with the spins and skate around the rink (to the Long and Winding Road) always give me goosebumps and tear me up. In fact, I have to credit Daisuke for making me a real FS fan. After Dai retired, I kind of got bored for a while when Yuzuru was winning everything (same with Medvedeva) and couldn’t get excited until Shoma came on the scene, and now Nathan and Vincent and Alina. It’s so good to have new blood to challenge the same winners and bring new excitement into the field.
Anyway, I'm not a pro, just a former adult competitor who started skating at little too late at age 12. I've lived on the west and east coasts, skated at a bunch of different rinks (incl. Berkeley Iceland, Oakland US Ice, Lake Arrowhead for a camp, Fairfax Ice Arena when Michael Weiss trained there), and was the figure skating reporter for AsianAthlete.com, now defunct, for several years. It was lots of fun, but also exhausting running around getting interviews and writing up articles during competitions. Maybe I'll compete again in another year or so, but I have kids now and a real job. The adult skating community is very supportive and fun. Thanks for sharing in this interesting and entertaining forum for fellow skating fanatics.
It must have been really interesting working as a FS reporter. I can imagine how exhausting it must be. Was that before the age of cellphones and social media? I really have to take my hat off to the likes of Jackie Wong and all those photographers at Worlds constantly churning out information, tweets and pics. Too bad you are no longer reporting or this season would have been the best ever with all the Asian American skaters in the Olympic team and Nathan being the Golden Boy. When you get back to competing, be sure to let us know so we can cheer you on!
I am not a skating fanatic like the regular posters. My head swells just stepping foot into some of the other threads, with debates, term papers, attacks, theories, long-winded arguments and conjectures back and forth on skater's personal lives, etc. I have learned a lot but sometimes, it gets overwhelming, LOL. My other favorites all have hundreds of pages in their FF (well, Dima and Junhwan are not there yet but they are doing fine so far), they don't need me to add in my two cents. So I am doing all I can to help Vincent build up his FF. It's my nature to root for the underdog and I truly feel he is underappreciated, undervalued and dismissed. Case in point, the
video of "On the Ice with the 2018 US Olympic Skating Team" hardly showed Vincent's face in his part (0:50-1:02). In the promo shoot
video, Vincent is shown at the beginning and again at 2:29-3:33, but the final result only showed 12 seconds of his spins. I made a
GIF out of his part. It would have been nice to showcase his spread eagle.
Thanks again for sharing and have a good night!
. He tweeted a few times that he just didn't have time to eat.
hwell: 
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I hope you gain lots of new Korean fans. Your poor Japanese fans are trying really hard to buy tickets to see you! 
