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Maybe I should just book all six of those weekends off right now...can always take them back if I don't need 'em...

Halp, I've been attacked by a beauty!

Swanyu but no HYK though...even though his Helsinki HYK was incredible... Also, the thought of Yuzu and Javi reunited makes me

6 years since his first GPF with Brian as coach.

Agree. Except that most writers wouldn't create a character as good as Yuzu because readers wouldn't believe he could be real.

Someone's trying to write it into existence, aren't they? Of course he'll be back, the lad hasn't done his 4A yet... I do like this picture though.

Can anyone forget how he was so dazzled by being next to Yuzu that Yuzu had to remind him to accept the medal? What a great way to start the season. Luck, be a lady for me!🍀🍀🍀

Happy New Year Satellites!!! Healthy New Year to Yuzu!!! My biggest wish for 2019 is that it be injury-free. Not just for Yuzu, but for all the skaters. I want to watch some 100% healthy, everybody-is-able-to-do-their-best-performance competitions already! My best moment of 2018? Surprisingly, it wasn't when Yuzu finished Seimei and won Olympic gold. It was when he landed that opening quad in Ballade, and showed us all that he was going to be OK. I had such a sense of relief and joy. It was like watched a caged bird break free...everything after that was just bonus items to me.

To my mind, this is what holds back not just figure skaters, but all Chinese athletes in general - the fact that there's way too much political interference in their athletic careers. They have tons of talented athletes who work hard and get nowhere because they don't have the right political connections. My hope for them is that the Chinese government's eagerness for a good medal count in Beijing will for once override their politics and they'll do whatever is best for their athletes. I agree with you, no one gets to the Olympics without a long-term plan. And when I see how Yuzuru did it, I'm reminded of someone else: the astronaut Chris Hadfield. After he came back from his term as commander of the International Space Station, he wrote a book about how he achieved such a big goal, and it goes like this: when he was very young, he decided he wanted to be an astronaut. From that point on, every single thing he did in his life was geared towards that goal. Every decision he made, every step he took, he evaluated it to see if it took him closer to or farther away from his goal, and only did what took him closer. It took him 45 years to get to fly in space but he finally did. Yuzuru is exactly like Chris Hadfield - he knew from an early age what he wanted to do and always kept taking steps towards it. I agree with you about the others - they don't have this quality. Well, maybe Shoma does now. This GP season, it seems as if he's finally woken up and started aiming seriously for something.

Well, I don't think it's too early for the athletes to set goals and plan if they want to go to Beijing. But it's a fool's game to make any predictions. I mean seven weeks ago I was predicting Yuzu to win GPF...and then look what happened. Four years is a long time, and anything can happen. I can say one thing for certain - there's going to be a very strong, and probably pretty large, men's field chasing gold in Beijing. And that's really all that can be said.

According to the interview Brian gave about this, it was pure strategy - they didn't want to reveal what Yuzu could do too soon, partly to psych out the other competitors. And I have to say, it was a stroke of genius.

If Boyang was able to go clean, that's all that matters. He hasn't skated clean in a long time.

Not just the Emperor. Everyone in that crowd was listening intently to what Yuzu was saying. They all wanted to know!

Ah, that makes sense. Especially after CoC '14.

If so, I would love to see them!

I'm not sure, but I think that photo is posted over in the thread. It's definitely a good look for him.

So, another 80 or so days until Worlds...aka 80 days of drought... I was thinking 'what are we going to talk about? Yuzu's in his cave.' Then the universe gave me a sign: Think the gift shop people know something we don't?

Every time I watch this video, it makes me want to do the exact same thing, because it looks like skating that way would feel really good - all glidey and flowy and fun. And since it's just edge exercises, it raises my hopes because in theory it's the only part of his skating I could possibly learn to do...

Yeah. I think tickets will be hard to come by, the hometown crowd will snap them up.

It's only Christmas Eve here, but I think won't have time to stop by tomorrow, so Merry Christmas satellites! It's been a lot of fun so far, here's to more of the same!

My favorite part is when he hitched up his trousers at 0:51. Maybe Yuzu could steal that move. This is very cute, though!

179. The fact that there are so many different details about him to focus on and love, and yet the whole remains far greater than the sum of the parts. ( Also, once more, with feeling, for The Waist!)

Great banner, mods, thank you. It's very cheery.

But in order for Dai to go to World's, he'd have to meet the minimum qualifying TES, which he doesn't have right now. Which would mean he,'d have to go to 4CC with a revamped program to get it.

I was doing the same! Javi's skating is beautiful, don't get me wrong. But I was looking for the two of them together.