Superb skating by Nathan Chen. 👏 The Scott Hamilton for this generation, having fun, making it look easy, connecting with the crowd who is enjoying the excellent skating. 👍 Mahalo nui loa for the video 🌺
I don’t why people are so upset with Nathan. He represents the US all the time and does it well. He always delivers. And people are still bitching. talk all you want about Jason he isn’t able to bring home a win like Nathan does. And that’s the truth
I love Jason Brown, his skating is beautiful, but I have to agree with you here. When it comes to the world stage, Nathan delivers. And his artistry has improved significantly.
It's called being critical, about the judging, the choreography/music, what they're wearing, the skater's performance, and sometimes their behavior, although I haven't read any negative comments about Nathan's behavior. What Nathan has accomplished as a skater and student is already extraordinary. Probably because he was recovering from being ill, this performance was good enough to win by miles, but with some less-than-perfect landings, he's skated some better performances in the past. However, even without a quad, Jason Brown skated a really extraordinary performance for him. It was one of those performances which I wanted to watch over again right away, because it was so good. Most people who love skating also love certain things about skaters who will never win at the big events. It isn't all just about winning. You can be a fan of losers, too, and that's okay.
@@51gosaku52 Raf didn't say "TR is not important" and I didn't find Nathan's statement. I asked about it because I never heard it. It doesn't mean that is important to me. To be honest no matter what they said. Nothing will take away from Nathan his spectacular victories at 2019 Worlds and 2019 GPF 335.30 points !! 👍
Thank you so much for posting Nathan and Jason's free skates! I'm SO annoyed at NBC for cutting away at that time to announce that they couldn't announce anything because the families hadn't all been notified yet.
Thank you so much for posting!! I have been trying to find his long program for 24 hours now!! They cut it from NBC coverage to break away for the Kobe Bryant new conference update...thank you!!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Despite Bernie Taupin’s eloquent lyrics, I don’t think we can find a replacement for this wonderful young man. Not his best, but I think he’s saving that for World’s.
I love nathan, but I do think hes still trying to find his own personal rhythm and style on the ice. his dance break near the end shows just how expressive he can be, but theres still definitely a division separating his dance style and the more technical aspect to his performances. I'm sure soon he'll bridge those two different sides of his performance to make a beautiful, cohesive program
you probably dont care at all but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account?? I stupidly lost the account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me
OMG NBC... what were you thinking? There were probably 500 stations doing nonstop reporting on Kobe Bryant, but only YOU were televising US Figure Skating and you cut to a dumb presser as the world champion is about to skate? Really? You know, your viewers who were watching figure skating could have opened their laptops and read or watched anything they like while you did your job of being the exclusive broadcaster of the finals of the US Figure Skating Championship. Whoever made this decision should be fired.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! I had a commitment and missed the last group of male skaters. As I see some of the comments say that NBC cut it off, so it was nice of you to post it.
Прекрасен! Вот как выбирать ? Юдзуру и Нэтан !!! Вот кааак? Гении , красавчики Кааак! Обожаем обоих ! Сердце разрывается Ведь скоро ЧМ и ОИ не за горами!
у Ханью программы лучше, еще бы прыжки свои не падал он, хотя и Нейтан тут еле приземлял свои -выездов хороших нет практически, не лучшее его выступление тут на чемпионате Сша.
Гениальный и уникальный, феномен Нэтан Чен!!!! Единственный фигурист в мире с множественными четверными прыжками!!!!! Честь и слава такому Фигуристу!!!!!
I think his skating has significantly improved, his jumping technique is textbook, maybe 3A is a small exception) Overall, a really great performance! Keep my fingers crossed for Nathan at the Worlds!)
@@Gemini530 they didn't cancel it. They switched it to a different channel and there was an announcement on the bottom of the screen a good 20 minutes before they switched.
holy crap yall no offense but lay off nathan and quite griping about quads. sports evolve, quads are a part of that. I'm sure people felt the same way when they started doing doubles and then triples. let athletes continue to push themselves and not berate them for not being what you want them to be. and all artistry is not gone. and artistry is definitely not the absence of quads. while this program wasnt jason brown, dont pretend that this wasnt a good performance in its own right. also, specifically for nathan, he has said his favourite part of skating is the jumps, so obvs you're gonna see that reflected in his individual programs. no one is forcing you to like it, but stop acting like it makes him a bad skater.
@T Cavalcante look friend I'm not going to pretend that I'm some super expert in figure skating but obviously every judge, commentator, and skater currently in the sport disagrees with you. if you dont like him that's your own opinion and that's perfectly fine. if you think hes boring to watch or whatever, perfectly fine. but saying that hes an objectively bad technical skater is just a lie. admittedly, I think hes had much better performances than this one but point still stands. also, my post was mostly about how people are griping about the prevalence of quads in general not about how good or bad one thinks nathan is. frankly, I dont care to argue about whether or not someone /likes/ him because that's subjective.
@T Cavalcante well like I said my main problem was people saying that quads were ruining the sport, so I'm glad we're there on that. I know that judges are people and get affected by shit like popularity and rep. but I also think that that reputation comes for a reason. it is true tho that below par performances by these athletes are then often ignored/given inflated scores. as for this specific performance: I agree that his landings arent all that good. I dont know if you mean stiff leg, cause his landing leg is bent but like,, doesn't move with the landing fluidly. yeah idk like I said, I dont think this is one of his good performances, hes done better. and tbh I like this free dance but not like... a lot. so theres also that lol
His consistent clean skating is phenomenal. I am a huge Yuzuru Hanyu fan and this young man's talents, intelligence and hardwork amaze me. I am glad that Yuzuru's closest rival is Nathan. If he continues to compete at this technical level, Nathan will remain unbeatable for some time. It is to do with stamina, age and pressure as well, but let's accept it: Nathan skates flawless. Yet, (to me) emotionless. Yuzu skates on a mission, Nathan skates on a goal. Both are different "candy for the eye" to watch, but I am a very emotional person so Yuzu is and always will be the GOAT for me.
@Tarot lilith linares Wow, exactly how I feel. I liken Nathan to Adele, he skates perfectly, technically very strong, has his own style etc But Yuzuru is my Amy Winehouse: even when he doesn't skate perfectly, the true emotion is there, you know that he will pour his heart out on the rink and that he will move you with his existence. I prefer the imperfect that passes me the emotion.
@Tarot lilith linares I was almost falling off my chair with delight as I was reading your comment 😅 Since I am an absolute beginner in ice skating, I gladly assume that what you say about Yuzuru's technical prowess is true :) Sorry, I can not stay impartial when it comes to Yuzuru
FS and I have an old connection as well. In 1980s and 1990s there was only 1 TV channel in Turkey so we used to watch a lot of FS competiitons in winter, because TRT used to broadcast them live. Katarina Witt, Natalia Bestaniyova, Torvill-Dean, Plushenko, Yagudin, Kurt Browning are all well known names to me. I adored Witt and Torvil-Dean as a child (btw, I am 50). I remember drinking tea with my dad and commenting on skaters, betting on who will win and guessing the scores. Then I gave a looong break to watching FS. But at the begining of February 2021, RU-vid randomly recommended a video which introduced Yuzuru to me (Notte Stellata). I can't describe you the feeling, but at the end of his performance I shed a few tears. I had seen many performances FS before, but honestly this much of grace and expression on ice , had I never. I was deeply moved. So I started to search on him, again fell in love with FS in general. About Crescando: I actually know about Christina, her work and her company, I contacted her for my Winnie the Pooh campaign :) yuzuru4children.blogspot.com/2021/03/let-pooh-sans-and-toys-rain-on.html and I have seen the video you recommended me. Interesting how Yuzuru connects people. I am sincerely very happy to meet you and thank you very much for all explanations. Take care and stay well.
@Tarot lilith linares Here are some good ones that I follow: facebook.com/groups/YHworldwide facebook.com/groups/1610393525875114 (I don't follow this one, but you may find it interesting since you are from Mexico): facebook.com/yuzurulatino/?ref=page_internal
That was awesome. I noticed though that he didn’t do a lutz at all. He replaced his quad lutz with a quad salchow and never inserted a lutz anywhere in the program after. Thank you for posting. So upset that NBC had to take away all 2 hrs of the scheduled LP just to announce Kobe’s death. So dumb.
Alex Have some respect for the dead. Maybe if it was Nathan that was killed you’d feel differently? Kobe is a world wide treasure especially to America and to Los Angeles in particular. Watch it on a RU-vid like the rest of us.
tarquinv .... Kobe’s death was tragic and may he rest in peace. If Nathan was killed, I bet no tv program on any channel would be disrupted. I have been looking forward for the LP. I don’t mind a couple of minutes disruption to break the news. But for them to cancel the whole LP slot just to show the same clip over ad over again, was not necessary. Kobe died in a helicopter crash along with his daughter and 7 other people. See? Took me less than 10 seconds to type that out. Now let me watch my TV program.
@@Brancusi2 you think they'd interrupt a basketball game to do a press conference about a figure skater who died? No. And that's okay. I don't watch basketball or give a fig about basketball or think basketball is entertaining in the least. But there are people who do like basketball and I'd feel it inappropriate to interrupt a basketball game for something that can be scrolled or announced after the game or explained very quickly. I certainly expect the same respect to be given to figure skating fans.
Miranda May ... OIC. Still a power packed program even without the lutz. Hope he recovers 100% in time for the worlds. And I hope that no superstar athlete dies on the day of the Worlds LP, or else they would not air it again.
Чемпионом мира может и станет, бо прыгает хорошо, а компоненты ему щедро не пойми за что ставят. А к олимпиаде много других подрастет, поэтому если к тому времени также будет прыгать, вполне возможно, но не факт. Я буду болеть за японцев и жду молодых подрастающих россиян. На прыгающую табуретку смотреть неинтересно.
Yuzaru maybe defending 2x olympic gold medalist but nathen has been on a role since then beating yuzaru multiple times an increasing his scores time after time to 330.17 the highest score wow even then yuzaru i say look out yuzaru nathen is coming for redemption an ur olympic title
Siri Hammond u sound like an old fart, like my grandma, too funny. No sense of fun. Well my son said finally a real man is figure skating and his skate boarding pals all said Nathan Chen’s costume is cool that they would wear it, cause they dig hip look. Oh yeah.
Lohimeno Kawa wow, a “real man”, is your son implying other skaters are not real men just because of how they look? Damn! I just think neon yellow looks horrible but the implications of that “real man” comment are too much 😬
@@victorserrano8294 Love the "yellow brick", love simplicity. His life, his choice. Nathan no one should tell you what to wear ! Be yourself Nathan ! And love the real man too ...
Честно сказать, он прекрасно делает четверные прыжки, но..... где программа!? выступление не выглядит целостным! Срочно нужен хореограф. Тогда он будет в недосягаемости! Очень прошу прощения, если моя критика покажется неуместной, я его смотрю в первый раз, и ни малейшим образом ничего против него не имею!
Nathan has good SS, interpretation, composition, performance. He also does more transitions into harder jumps than Jason. Jason's tech is low so he can do more "stuff" in between, but the harder jumps he doesn't really Go look at Jason's 3A. He stalks it for awhile, same with the 4T attempt, while Nathan does the 3A with ease with transitions. Same with his quads.
GREAT SKATE, Nathan, but you need to go back to the Vera Wang tops. The way the material flows from the tunics during your skate takes away from your performance.
Да, в этом что то есть, что она должна, а как сделать, что бы все получилось?? Жаль, очень жаль, что у нее не складывается с этими прыжками! А он просто шедевр!!! Браво!
This is how a male skater should skate. The artistic for male skaters should be strength, rhythm, flow, ability to go with the music, and expression. Don't look for gracefulness from male skaters that make them look gay, unless they are really gay. Grace comes natural in ladies and gay guys.
What a ridiculous statement. There is absolutely no reason a male skater has to be gay to be graceful on the ice. Have you watched the Ice Dancing portion of the competition? Those men are the epitome of gracefulness. Of course they combine it with great strength and athleticism, but that in no way diminishes their artistry.
I guess you were trying to say girlishness instead of gracefulness. I did find most male figure skaters look feminine on ice be it posture or costume. Nathan is really unique and has brought fresh air to once stuffy arena of men's figure skating! 👏
I love Nathan Chen, but this did not appear to be one of his best skates. It looked a little sluggish, the jumps were powerful, but the landings were not as controlled as Ike seen from him, and the artistry didn’t wow me. Does it just appear that way on the video? Am I dead wrong in my observations? It is very possibly I got this wrong...
@@dianasky8975 Haha, no but really. Being an "american' aside....for sure you know what the difference is between this 2 skaters right? Ill spell it for you....Nathan can out-quad Yuzuru yes, but Yuzuru can skate better than Nathan. And this routine, just proved that without a doubt... if one is truly a fan of the sport.
@@tristanbuley2409 do yourself a favor and count transitions for both skaters. Yuzuru does have better SS but this season he has been such a mess himself. And no, not talking about the jumps either. In his quest to outquad Nathan, he has emptied out his programs so much, there's nothing left. So yeah, he is an even bigger mess RN.
Why can’t Jason Brown do any quads? He was definitely my favorite of the 2. I am excited for him to start doing quads so he can claim the gold medal in 2022.
Well..because he just can't. He is learning quads for years now, he was learning when Nathan was in juniors, and he still learning 6 years later. Lol... I think he is not capable, quads not for everyone
@@mistique22003 Yes. It is a lot harder for Jason Brown to do a quad than Nathan because he is a lot bigger/heavier of a guy. Jason has a much higher polar moment of inertia than Nathan. Jason also lacks Nathan's explosiveness/power to weight. .... 95% If he was going to be able to do one, he would have done it by now..... I just watched Jason's quad toe in his LP at nationals and he simply is not using the power that he could be getting off the active edge(back outside edge to forward inside edge) to transfer his weight through to change axis. The toe heel action of the right foot during the transition to the vault to get up in the air. Jason barely gets off the ground. His body weight is not even inside of his blade on his right foot on the take off. He has almost a double hip lean on the stretch back which gives him zero power and very little ability to transfer his weight through to get off the ice even if he did have the power. His salchow jump does not utilize the correct back inside edge/body lean/hook that is proper technique that every person who does a clean quad salchow does. Quad toe and salchow are almost an identical jump that if he got one, he could conceivably get the other and have 2 quads. He will never get it the way he is doing it....
billie bellie Quads aren’t everything and the gold isn’t everything. Nathan is amazing in his own right and so is Jason! We are lucky to have both of them representing the USA! 🇺🇸
@Morgan You know what, you have a point. I should just be grateful for both of them..it’s just something about Jason I find so magnetic. I think it’s because he seems real down to earth and would never be rude to anyone..like his fans
@Morgan and everyone else: I also really respect Jason for never discussing his sexuality. I think in America we focus too much on that and when people discuss it non-stop I feel it’s almost irrelevant
Lacking artistically? Not at all. You're entitled to think whatever you want. All that matters is that the judges agree with those of us who love Nathan's artistry.
I don't care for this at all. the music mixing is a schizophrenic mess that tells no story, the costume is typically ill-fitting and belly-flashing and the choreography doesn't even reflect the feeling of the lyrics. Big whoop, quads. Yes, he's an amazing skater. But I'll take an artist like Jason Brown any day.
Siri Hammond then should have men’s dance figure skating then for sure he win gold right, not. Cause Nathan Chen would figure a way to win that to. Never underestimate a very smart and very competitive young and hungry young man, this guy is a beast, no joke. He no fear one challenge.
@@noran7809 Great question. Let me think about it for a day or so. I think something like this: "The Aquarium from the Carnival of the Animals. Back to you later. Obviously, there's a great difference between skating with music and skating to the music. The music is very important. The Russians had it right back in the 70's.
Jason, your music choices are funky and not blend in well with your skating at all. Audience cannot feel your emotions and skills of musicality. In International competitions, most top-notch skaters choose classic music to enhance their performances. I hope you can consider it seriously.
