One of the greatest male skaters ever... He has everything. I'm just amazed by his performance. So brilliant. It's so good to see young skaters with this technical and artistic level... Once you have known past generations, people tend to say, no one is going to skate like them, blablabla... And then comes this new generation, which makes me drop my jaw... I'm such a fan. Congratulations. And thanks for the post.
Everyone has said all the +ves for him so I will write a bit of -ves. He has effortless skating, jumps, and step works, but I think he could work more on his spins and artistry. The big concern i have for him is that he doesn't have the originality, at least, not yet. When I see him skate, i wouldn't go and say "yes, that's patrick!" If i see other fig skater's like Plushenko's, Yagudin's, Takahashi's, Lambiel's, Weir's, I can tell their skating. Maybe Chan's skating is a bit "manual-like"?
@yi81 just see his face and im sure you can say that he is patrick.. LOL.. every skater i think is so unique.. just appreciate chan's skating capablities and im sure you can see the difference between these skaters.. that is for sure..
Here is the CBC FS version.. all you needed to list was cbc men's long program... sometimes it's easy as that...sometimes you can't find anything no matter how hard you try..anyhow..here it is
Im proud to be Canadian. HE DID A QUAD!<33 i remember watchin him at the olympics i was freakin out n he slipped on a triple. NOW HE CAN DO A QUAD! thats amazing. im so proud. :D
I think he might take the world title. I watched all programs from the best 20 skaters, and I can say it is Patrick Chan and Takahashi who are most likely to take it. Takahashi had problems landing his first quad, so if he fails to do that in the worlds as well, then Patrick has the title, however, if both perform flawlessly...then boy oh boy judges are gonna have a hard time deciding. However, I would say that Takahashi has better presentation that might just give him the edge.
it's great, but it's funny how much these people gush about Lori Nichol, I mean I think they say it like 5 times in this video, it's like they're her ad department. They probably give out better choreography marks just for having her name on your coaches list. Ugh.
@filipinoICEsk8ter That she might be, but it seems like they gush over her all the time like she's the only choreographer out there. I wish the skaters had to make their own programs, it would at least make it more interesting, especially considering everyone needs to get a "Nicol" program to hope and pray for component marks. I'm sure half the competition is done by her, and the top skaters like Patrick get their programs paid for by the federation, (sometimes up to 10,000 per program). Crazy.
@niceiceskating I know. Lori Nichol and David Wilson are known though. And they are Canadian citizens. Lori Nichol had a lot of skaters in the Olympics also. I don't think the Federation would pay that much for one Choreography, It's usually the students who pay them. Their federation would lose money that way. I have friends who had her and David Wilson as a Choreographer, and it's a lot of money just for choreography. I agree, skaters should choreograph their own to make things interesting.
As Ryan Bradley said of himself, "one year too late!" This would be the OGM if this was one year ago. Simply brilliant and flawless! The 3T-half loop-3S was a combo according to the new rule change, not an error, nor a sequence. It gets full score for (3T+1L+3S)81.1 as it was done in the later half of the progam, huge scores! Joannie could have got a couple of more scores if the rue had been in place during the olympic year. she got (3T+3S)*0.8*1.1 I believe.
just a side note on the triple toe half loop triple salchow combination .... i think this year the half-loop in the combination counts as a single loop in the scoring ... since, after all, the half loop is a 360 rotation ... some skaters in the past have used this combination ... surya bonaly in her 1994 worlds free skate and some other occasion, Tara Lipinski 1998 olympics free skate, maria butryskaia in the 2002 winter olympics free skate, joannie rochette last season.
@mdf1960 no. that is a turn.. if not, how to do salchow? i also thought that was wrong when i saw joannie rochette doing that. but i found out that that was the 3-turn before going into salchow
@sumimimi0 OK, thanks for the correction. I doubt if he can repeat this performance at Worlds, however. (Remember Jeremy Abbott's problems last year after his sensational performance at Nationals?)
@sumimimi0 you are correct it was not a mistake, but the connecting move was a half loop, not a 3-turn. Wiki: A related jump in figure skating is the half loop. In spite of its name, it is a full rotation jump. It differs from a regular loop jump in that it is landed on the opposite foot, on a backward inside edge. Half loops are only done as single jumps, and are primarily used as connecting elements in a jump sequence, before a salchow jump or flip jump which take off from a back inside edge.
If he competed that same exact program in an ISU competition, he would break an all time record. That was the craziest program I've seen from him. It was by far the best I've seen all season. It will be a battle at worlds.
Wow. That was incredible. I've some some great skates in my time, and that's one of them. However, the problem with being so brilliant at Nationals is keeping it up at Worlds. However, has Chan has had a fairly good season, so hopefully he can keep it up.
The circular step sequence, beginning at 4:30 is simply stunning. However, the 15 seconds before that, the program almost dies. Weird. But he's finally got it together. Hope he can hold onto it for the next three years.
Gripping stuff It's programs like these that will bring back fans that figure skating has lost over the years. I'm South African and we certainly don't have any where the quality of skater that Chan is(and probably never will) it is still great to see what's possible
Phenomenal performance!! I still feel there's room to improve by embodying the character more fully, especially emoting more. Physically Patrick could slick his hair back to visually mimick the Phantom more closely and I'd love to see a costume change. I think these improvements would put this already untouchable performance to one we'll be talking about long after Patrick's skating career.
Patrick, I'm speechless. You gave me endless goosebumps and chills all the way through. That performance was just golden. I'm just so proud of you. I think that you have great potential to be an international superstar and an Olympic champion in the future. You are already incredibly talented, and you will just keep growing as a skater. I hope that Andrew Lloyd Webber sees this performance and is proud of what you did with his most popular music.
so glad he gave this performance. i've been against him all season since the judges has been overmarking him to hell and back despite his constant falls. but if he can skate like this at worlds, he should easily establish himself as the world's top skater.
I wish someone would post the CBC version and not the Bold version. I would rather hear Kurt and Tracey with their sparce and appropriate comments than the chattering on this video. Doesn't someone have the CBC Sports video?
@1867TrueNorth this is from CBC Sports. someone else uploaded the Bold version (in HD!). so unless someone has a DVR recording of it, we're out of luck, it seems.
@MagZness Someone loaded the CBC version with Kurt and Tracy. Love their reactions and it's a pleasure not to have to listen to these women. I appreciate that you loaded this for so many to enjoy, it's just that I don't like to hear talking all the way through.
@1867TrueNorth Agree! I like Tracey and Kurt's comments much better. Weird thing is that even on CBC website I can only see this Bold version. Fortunately I watched CBC live last night. Kurt and Tracey were just quiet after the second quad. And that was appropriate comment.
@1867TrueNorth Agree! I like Tracey and Kurt's comments much better. Weird thing is that even on CBC website I can only see this Bold version. Fortunately I watched CBC live last night. Kurt and Tracey were just quiet after the second quad. And that was appropriate comment.
@MadZiggyStardust Do you want us believe this is the most complex program that a skater will ever skate in the history of FS? Are you joking? Imagine what will be 10 or 20 years from now. We can see quints or God knows. A program isn´t great because of his technical elements, technique is developing constantly, after some time Chan´s programs will look just as outdated as Winter or any other program skated in the past.
@SimonaCB History is defined as what happened in the past, not as what's going to happen in the future. ;) And I'm not a fortune teller either. ;)
And I was talking about the complexity of the entire program as a whole, and not particular elements (although they were all very well performed). I actually wouldn't be surprised if we only ever saw a few programs of similar difficulty.
@MadZiggyStardust This program is more complex than programs of the past just like programs of the future
will be more complex than this one, you don´t have to be a fortune teller to know it, you simply have to look at how FS is constantly changing. I can show you programs of Dick Button, for example, which are as complex as this one, but I´m afraid you don´t understand a performance should be judged in the context of his time.
@SimonaCB Yes, we will see skaters executing even harder jumps in the future but that's beside the point. The point is that this kind of quality of basic skating, which allows him to have tons of transitions connecting all the elements together (because he generates speed so easily) is very rarely seen and I doubt we will see much of it in the future. We might not even ever see it again. The vast majority of skaters (whether now or in the past) don't do much besides stroking into their elements.
@MadZiggyStardust I did not say Button programs were as complex as Patrick´s programs, Dick Button skated 50 years ago, figure skating changed a lot since 50s, but both Button and Chan have made their contributions, Button in the past and Chan, now, in the present. I have no doubt we´ll see amazing skaters in the future too, which it does not mean that Chan,Button, Boitano, etc, were not great.
OMG PAT CHAN! YOU'RE INSANE! I LOVE THE WAY YOU MOVE ON ICE LIKE WIND! I LOVE YOUR ENERGY! I LOVE YOUR PASSION! OMG!!! YOU'RE GORGEOUS!!! INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm not usually a fan of Patrick's skating, but this was fantastic! Good to see him gaining consistency - hopefully he'll keep it for Worlds. :3
Really wish the (esp. Canadian) judges would knock it off with the crazy scores, though. No program in the world is worth 197, and they know it as well as I do... it's kind of a buzzkill to see even a wonderful performance overscored that much.
My Lord, that was just brilliant. I saw the link on Twitter and immediately came to check him out. That was such a passionate performance, like singing an aria! Just wonderful, gave me chills.
Oh my gosh, no one had a chance against Patrick. That was such a beautifully done routine, I actually cried when he was finished. He's amazing. I believe, if he continues to do this well in competition, he'll get gold, or at least a medal in Sochi 2014.
@varzabarza Not the most technically difficult... there have been a lot of programs with 3 quads, or 2 quads + 2 3as, or larger combinations. But him and Kevin Reynolds probably have the most difficult programs this season. :)
@maovays It's arguably the most difficult. Transitions before and after the jumps, the constant footwork, the footwork sequences themselves, no resting. Come on, give it to him this once people!
@jl22aries I'll definitely agree with you that it was the best this season, I just don't agree that no skater has done that before or skated more difficult programs. But I don't want to argue over his big moment, so - let's just agree that it was pretty fantastic. ;)
@MadZiggyStardust I find it difficult to pick between styles, and 'more complex' is complicated by the fact that skaters excel in different ways. So these might not be to your taste, and in a sport as subjective as this, it's all arguable. :3 But personally, I would say Yagudin's Winter, Takahashi's Cyberswan, Plushenko's Nijinsky and Tango Flamenco (and his performance @ the 2001 GPF is, to me, one of the most technically impressive). But of course, Patrick is still young, and growing!
@maovays See, the point here is that Chan excels at absolutely everything (well as long as he doesn't fall 3 times) and there weren't really any weak points in that performance.
None of the programs you mentioned were anywhere near as complex in terms of transitions or program layout. And I don't remember them ever being performed with all the technical elements executed to such a high standard either.
@MadZiggyStardust I guess it's a matter of opinion. I find his strong points to be transitions, spins, and footwork, while his jumps are still lacking in steadiness and confidence when he lands them and his artistry has yet to reach (I hope) the limits of its potential. To me he doesn't show the ease and grace exemplified in the programs below, nor the jumping content. So I hold reservations about calling any of his programs the greatest.. I've seen too many individual elements executed better.
@MadZiggyStardust But I want to add that I think confidence and stability will probably come as he ages and gains consistency (if he hasn't already - his last two competitions have gone pretty well, I'd say!). I just wouldn't be too quick to hand him the crown now, because I think his real glory is still ahead of him. :3
If Patrick skates like this at Worlds then he will be nearly impossible to beat. A top performance from Brian Joubert wouldn't come close to this program.
@cheburashka19 I only mentioned Joubert because he still thinks he's has a shot with a clean program. Personally I think Joubert should have retired at the end of last season. He will never grow artistically to the level of other top skaters.
@cheburashka19 I only mentioned Joubert because he thinks he still has a shot at the top with a clean program. Personally I think Joubert should have retired at the end of last season. He will never grow artistically to the level of other top competitors.
@cheburashka19 I don´t like Joubert but he should retire when he wants to. It´s not a shame to challenge yourself. People said the same thing about him after the 2006 Olys and he won a lot of medals since then. They said the same after the Vancouver Olys and he won a bronze medal in Worlds. Who are you to decide when should have Joubert retired? If you don´t like his programs you are free to use the remote control while he´s skating!
Fantastic skate. WOW,2 quads, triple axel, and lots and lots of other triples, footwork to die for, and spins, Wow. This will be hard to beat if he skates like this at Worlds.
Omg, Patrick's feet. <3 Not his biggest fan, but I think I finally understand. His basic skating is phenomenal.
JAMIESHOCK 3 days ago
Shawn Sawyer and Joey Russell .... they sure appreciated good skating...they were all smiles.. that is what good sportsmanship is all about..
lyniehall 5 days ago
One of the greatest male skaters ever... He has everything. I'm just amazed by his performance. So brilliant. It's so good to see young skaters with this technical and artistic level... Once you have known past generations, people tend to say, no one is going to skate like them, blablabla... And then comes this new generation, which makes me drop my jaw... I'm such a fan. Congratulations. And thanks for the post.
Tanguynew08 3 weeks ago
it doesn't matter which country he is from , doesn't matter what kind of blood he is mixed with
it only means he is a human who is delivering something to all the others by representing himself
support him
jasonsunjun 1 month ago
tears in my eyes
once you know these stars stories behind you will cry
human are not easy in life
sigh...
jasonsunjun 1 month ago
He doesn't offer much except quads. I find other skaters much, much more engaging and enjoyable to watch.
xmadaboutmusicxxx 1 month ago
chan and takahashi fan!!!!
flyoffdaice 1 month ago
FLAWLESS O_O
AmandaIsPanda 1 month ago
I used to skate JUST LIKE THAT...until i took an arrow to the knee. :'(
P3T3RYANG 2 months ago 2
huge fan!
acupunctur4163568666 2 months ago
huge fan
zq89 2 months ago
That was just amazing, brilliant, wow!
KatefromUsa 3 months ago
holy sugar. He practically flies on ice.
hanluy1215 4 months ago 2
who could dislikethis...??? they must be really jealous :S'
Skate11Canada 5 months ago
he is SO SMOOTH! Really beautiful to watch.
mlc2005 7 months ago 2
His parents look so disappointed I mean I don't even think they were clapping...
bleachster123 7 months ago
@bleachster123 I know iw as like umm ?
candybruh 3 months ago
he really attempt to be the best in the quadruple !1
awkheiyz 8 months ago
Everyone has said all the +ves for him so I will write a bit of -ves. He has effortless skating, jumps, and step works, but I think he could work more on his spins and artistry. The big concern i have for him is that he doesn't have the originality, at least, not yet. When I see him skate, i wouldn't go and say "yes, that's patrick!" If i see other fig skater's like Plushenko's, Yagudin's, Takahashi's, Lambiel's, Weir's, I can tell their skating. Maybe Chan's skating is a bit "manual-like"?
yi81 8 months ago
@yi81 just see his face and im sure you can say that he is patrick.. LOL.. every skater i think is so unique.. just appreciate chan's skating capablities and im sure you can see the difference between these skaters.. that is for sure..
supersamahan1 8 months ago
do guys not incorporate the spiral into their routine anymore?
onetwocue 9 months ago
Here is the CBC FS version.. all you needed to list was cbc men's long program... sometimes it's easy as that...sometimes you can't find anything no matter how hard you try..anyhow..here it is
lyniehall 9 months ago
Im proud to be Canadian. HE DID A QUAD!<33 i remember watchin him at the olympics i was freakin out n he slipped on a triple. NOW HE CAN DO A QUAD! thats amazing. im so proud. :D
jonasluver1897 10 months ago
I'm amazed by the flawlessness of Patrick Chan's jumps!
mlee251 10 months ago
he was AMAZING...!
416merenda 10 months ago
my best friend is friends with this guy i might meet him thumbs up for his skating
aaronthuysbaert 10 months ago
bravo.
ReturnOfJackDawson 10 months ago
i skate with patrick chan!!!
Coloursofthesky1 10 months ago
every creature on the planet would love this performance.
truehaebaru 10 months ago
Wow.
LadyTwizzlers 10 months ago
I think he might take the world title. I watched all programs from the best 20 skaters, and I can say it is Patrick Chan and Takahashi who are most likely to take it. Takahashi had problems landing his first quad, so if he fails to do that in the worlds as well, then Patrick has the title, however, if both perform flawlessly...then boy oh boy judges are gonna have a hard time deciding. However, I would say that Takahashi has better presentation that might just give him the edge.
lukosius1221 10 months ago
it's great, but it's funny how much these people gush about Lori Nichol, I mean I think they say it like 5 times in this video, it's like they're her ad department. They probably give out better choreography marks just for having her name on your coaches list. Ugh.
niceiceskating 11 months ago
@niceiceskating She is a great choreographer.
filipinoICEsk8ter 11 months ago
@filipinoICEsk8ter That she might be, but it seems like they gush over her all the time like she's the only choreographer out there. I wish the skaters had to make their own programs, it would at least make it more interesting, especially considering everyone needs to get a "Nicol" program to hope and pray for component marks. I'm sure half the competition is done by her, and the top skaters like Patrick get their programs paid for by the federation, (sometimes up to 10,000 per program). Crazy.
niceiceskating 11 months ago
@niceiceskating I know. Lori Nichol and David Wilson are known though. And they are Canadian citizens. Lori Nichol had a lot of skaters in the Olympics also. I don't think the Federation would pay that much for one Choreography, It's usually the students who pay them. Their federation would lose money that way. I have friends who had her and David Wilson as a Choreographer, and it's a lot of money just for choreography. I agree, skaters should choreograph their own to make things interesting.
filipinoICEsk8ter 11 months ago
Perfection. You can't get any better than this :D
Chocoholic319 1 year ago 6
OMG! I love you Patrick Chan!!! <3 <3 <3
Sive1313 1 year ago
Patrick Chan does the most beautiful quad toe. Love the choreography. Hes definitely going to win gold if he performs like this at worlds.
timdanv3v 1 year ago
It's gonna be a fight for the Gold at worlds.
filipinoICEsk8ter 1 year ago
lol just loved how his mom looks like she has no idea what the hack is happening.
His parents didn't even smile or clap during or after the perfomance, they are very very humble people
venussimo 1 year ago
As Ryan Bradley said of himself, "one year too late!" This would be the OGM if this was one year ago. Simply brilliant and flawless! The 3T-half loop-3S was a combo according to the new rule change, not an error, nor a sequence. It gets full score for (3T+1L+3S)81.1 as it was done in the later half of the progam, huge scores! Joannie could have got a couple of more scores if the rue had been in place during the olympic year. she got (3T+3S)*0.8*1.1 I believe.
hongligl 1 year ago
That´s true, in the protocols the half loop appears as a 1Lo because it receives the base value of a 1Lo.
SimonaCB 1 year ago
just a side note on the triple toe half loop triple salchow combination .... i think this year the half-loop in the combination counts as a single loop in the scoring ... since, after all, the half loop is a 360 rotation ... some skaters in the past have used this combination ... surya bonaly in her 1994 worlds free skate and some other occasion, Tara Lipinski 1998 olympics free skate, maria butryskaia in the 2002 winter olympics free skate, joannie rochette last season.
lutz84 1 year ago
Great, but not perfect as had a bit of trouble with one jump combination.
mdf1960 1 year ago
@mdf1960 um... which combo? they were all done properly!?
adamzapple666 1 year ago
@adamzapple666 At 3:15 he singles the second jump of a 3 jump combo. A small error, correct?
mdf1960 1 year ago
@mdf1960 no. that is a turn.. if not, how to do salchow? i also thought that was wrong when i saw joannie rochette doing that. but i found out that that was the 3-turn before going into salchow
sumimimi0 1 year ago
@sumimimi0 OK, thanks for the correction. I doubt if he can repeat this performance at Worlds, however. (Remember Jeremy Abbott's problems last year after his sensational performance at Nationals?)
mdf1960 1 year ago
@sumimimi0 you are correct it was not a mistake, but the connecting move was a half loop, not a 3-turn. Wiki: A related jump in figure skating is the half loop. In spite of its name, it is a full rotation jump. It differs from a regular loop jump in that it is landed on the opposite foot, on a backward inside edge. Half loops are only done as single jumps, and are primarily used as connecting elements in a jump sequence, before a salchow jump or flip jump which take off from a back inside edge.
sk8412c 1 year ago
@mdf1960 No, it's not an error. It's a half-loop.
cplilrm 1 year ago
If he competed that same exact program in an ISU competition, he would break an all time record. That was the craziest program I've seen from him. It was by far the best I've seen all season. It will be a battle at worlds.
filipinoICEsk8ter 1 year ago
Canada is PROUD of you Mr Chan!!!!
NiteOwl1224 1 year ago
This guy isnt human.
AfroN1nj4 1 year ago
Brilliant.
KlankyPiston 1 year ago
He will be the world champion if he skates like that !
m4o7 1 year ago
god !! i should have been there to watch this !! cant believe i missed it !!!
taylorlautnerS2 1 year ago
beautiful,
step is amazing.
perfect 4 revolution.
makotoawara 1 year ago
my sort of friend gets to skate with him!! he's practicing at the same arena she goes to for a week. ^^
wepunktheworld781 1 year ago
Wow. That was incredible. I've some some great skates in my time, and that's one of them. However, the problem with being so brilliant at Nationals is keeping it up at Worlds. However, has Chan has had a fairly good season, so hopefully he can keep it up.
GiaSesshoumaru 1 year ago
The circular step sequence, beginning at 4:30 is simply stunning. However, the 15 seconds before that, the program almost dies. Weird. But he's finally got it together. Hope he can hold onto it for the next three years.
calvintoronto 1 year ago
I think if this was old system it would've been a skate that had 6.0's not only for artistic but also for technical merit. Truly Unbelievable skate.
dreamhigher 1 year ago
at 5:14 is that him spining like that or the camera movement
014trainman 1 year ago
@014trainman That's all him - he's a great spinner!
1867TrueNorth 1 year ago
Gripping stuff It's programs like these that will bring back fans that figure skating has lost over the years. I'm South African and we certainly don't have any where the quality of skater that Chan is(and probably never will) it is still great to see what's possible
venussimo 1 year ago
Phenomenal performance!! I still feel there's room to improve by embodying the character more fully, especially emoting more. Physically Patrick could slick his hair back to visually mimick the Phantom more closely and I'd love to see a costume change. I think these improvements would put this already untouchable performance to one we'll be talking about long after Patrick's skating career.
onelove4j 1 year ago
Patrick, I'm speechless. You gave me endless goosebumps and chills all the way through. That performance was just golden. I'm just so proud of you. I think that you have great potential to be an international superstar and an Olympic champion in the future. You are already incredibly talented, and you will just keep growing as a skater. I hope that Andrew Lloyd Webber sees this performance and is proud of what you did with his most popular music.
Thank you Patrick, with all my heart.
Manigran 1 year ago
Somewhere Ozzie is smiling :)
Debb1701 1 year ago 13
this could be an Olympic GOLD medal performance ! :)
ngoyashiro 1 year ago
That was amazing, I have no problem with his scores when he skates like that! The only possible improvement would be to get in the 3 jump combo!
BigB0882 1 year ago
@BigB0882 Actually, the triple lutz/salchow sequence is scored as three jump combo, and he can only do one.
Proustable 1 year ago
@Proustable Oh, that is right! I forgot about this rule change! Thanks, then it was as good as he can do!!
BigB0882 1 year ago
lovely!! Patrick is perfect! Perfect jumps, perfect everything! I look forward to see him represent Canadians in Worlds!
vancouverhktown 1 year ago
whoa... His parents look nothing like him...
leadpencil96 1 year ago
Nice job Patrick ! I'm happy for you :D
paradisefulll 1 year ago
so glad he gave this performance. i've been against him all season since the judges has been overmarking him to hell and back despite his constant falls. but if he can skate like this at worlds, he should easily establish himself as the world's top skater.
cw6391 1 year ago
man. if he did this at the olympics... he would have killed !
aznaries13 1 year ago
Amazing performance and song!!
iamangiepants 1 year ago
OMG he won by a margin of like 50 points.
patrick = the epitome of graceful sexiness on ice.
rinsohma107 1 year ago 2
his little footwork was amazing,
why couldn't do this at the Olympics
iTzHiro 1 year ago 2
wow that was epic. i got shivers watching that!
octopusink01 1 year ago
OMG...
It was just amazing!
Goooo Patrick!!
PulmoSpellable 1 year ago
Seriously I don't understand much about figure skating, but this was so wonderful! *-*
MusicOfNeko 1 year ago
Easily....easily EASILY the greatest free skate in the history of the sport. Unreal!!
The speed, the polish, the presentation, the quality of movement, plus 2 quads, one in combo
StewNWT 1 year ago
I wish someone would post the CBC version and not the Bold version. I would rather hear Kurt and Tracey with their sparce and appropriate comments than the chattering on this video. Doesn't someone have the CBC Sports video?
1867TrueNorth 1 year ago 7
@1867TrueNorth this is from CBC Sports. someone else uploaded the Bold version (in HD!). so unless someone has a DVR recording of it, we're out of luck, it seems.
MagZness 1 year ago
@MagZness Someone loaded the CBC version with Kurt and Tracy. Love their reactions and it's a pleasure not to have to listen to these women. I appreciate that you loaded this for so many to enjoy, it's just that I don't like to hear talking all the way through.
1867TrueNorth 1 year ago
@1867TrueNorth send me a message with the link?
MagZness 1 year ago
@1867TrueNorth Agree! I like Tracey and Kurt's comments much better. Weird thing is that even on CBC website I can only see this Bold version. Fortunately I watched CBC live last night. Kurt and Tracey were just quiet after the second quad. And that was appropriate comment.
edmhdc 1 year ago
@1867TrueNorth Agree! I like Tracey and Kurt's comments much better. Weird thing is that even on CBC website I can only see this Bold version. Fortunately I watched CBC live last night. Kurt and Tracey were just quiet after the second quad. And that was appropriate comment.
edmhdc 1 year ago
@1867TrueNorth I'd love to have the CBC video too. I don't like it when the commentators talk too much, because you can't enjoy the performance.
Manigran 1 year ago
@1867TrueNorth
But at least it's nice to hear Josee Chouinard
alistairkok 11 months ago
@1867TrueNorth Here is the CBC version w Kurt & Tracey
lyniehall 9 months ago
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@1867TrueNorth Here is the CBC version w Kurt & Tracey /watch?v=E49QK_Fto5M
lyniehall 9 months ago
5:28 - His parents aren't impressed.
markleung 1 year ago 2
I´ve noticed that too, maybe they don´t like FS very much but I hope they support Patrick. :((((((
SimonaCB 1 year ago
I gave up my favorite stuffy for Patrick chan... Your lucky Patrick bc I miss my stuffy so much it was so special to me!!!!!!
TheIceskates2 1 year ago
@MadZiggyStardust Do you want us believe this is the most complex program that a skater will ever skate in the history of FS? Are you joking? Imagine what will be 10 or 20 years from now. We can see quints or God knows. A program isn´t great because of his technical elements, technique is developing constantly, after some time Chan´s programs will look just as outdated as Winter or any other program skated in the past.
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SimonaCB 1 year ago
@SimonaCB History is defined as what happened in the past, not as what's going to happen in the future. ;) And I'm not a fortune teller either. ;)
And I was talking about the complexity of the entire program as a whole, and not particular elements (although they were all very well performed). I actually wouldn't be surprised if we only ever saw a few programs of similar difficulty.
MadZiggyStardust 1 year ago
@MadZiggyStardust This program is more complex than programs of the past just like programs of the future
will be more complex than this one, you don´t have to be a fortune teller to know it, you simply have to look at how FS is constantly changing. I can show you programs of Dick Button, for example, which are as complex as this one, but I´m afraid you don´t understand a performance should be judged in the context of his time.
SimonaCB 1 year ago
@SimonaCB Yes, we will see skaters executing even harder jumps in the future but that's beside the point. The point is that this kind of quality of basic skating, which allows him to have tons of transitions connecting all the elements together (because he generates speed so easily) is very rarely seen and I doubt we will see much of it in the future. We might not even ever see it again. The vast majority of skaters (whether now or in the past) don't do much besides stroking into their elements.
MadZiggyStardust 3 months ago
@SimonaCB And if you can show me a Dick Button's program that's anywhere near as complex, I would love to see it. :P
MadZiggyStardust 3 months ago
@MadZiggyStardust I did not say Button programs were as complex as Patrick´s programs, Dick Button skated 50 years ago, figure skating changed a lot since 50s, but both Button and Chan have made their contributions, Button in the past and Chan, now, in the present. I have no doubt we´ll see amazing skaters in the future too, which it does not mean that Chan,Button, Boitano, etc, were not great.
SimonaCB 2 months ago
I saw it live everyone was on there feet before he even finished... it was the best skate I have ever seen.
MellBele 1 year ago
I like the way he skates good and stuff
DUKEmoose66 1 year ago
I love when he smiles at 4:58
MadeleineBabin 1 year ago
WOW!ヽ(ﾟ◇ﾟ )ﾉ
excellent！
momokikko2 1 year ago
5 people are unable to see the beauty in figure skating.
JBspantsparty 1 year ago
Amazing!
I pray that he can repeat this performance at the world championships and that he didn't peak too soon.
joe11880 1 year ago 3
Patrick is an inspiration and wonderful role model.
truthtimes100 1 year ago
amazing! wish i was there in the stadium in victoria. go patrick!
skyboarder2046 1 year ago
wowowowowoww
alicesqueeks 1 year ago
This guy amkes me proud to be Canadian . :)
SecretTarget 1 year ago
The 4 dislikes are: Shawn, Joey, Kevin and Elladj
Emrak304 1 year ago
OMG PAT CHAN! YOU'RE INSANE! I LOVE THE WAY YOU MOVE ON ICE LIKE WIND! I LOVE YOUR ENERGY! I LOVE YOUR PASSION! OMG!!! YOU'RE GORGEOUS!!! INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE INCREDIBLE! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
skaterjomag 1 year ago
I'm not usually a fan of Patrick's skating, but this was fantastic! Good to see him gaining consistency - hopefully he'll keep it for Worlds. :3
Really wish the (esp. Canadian) judges would knock it off with the crazy scores, though. No program in the world is worth 197, and they know it as well as I do... it's kind of a buzzkill to see even a wonderful performance overscored that much.
maovays 1 year ago 2
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
chachacha0p0p 1 year ago
Quite simply the most amazing mens free skate program I have ever seen
npage009 1 year ago
Phenomenal! A true masterpiece.
elmbirch 1 year ago 2
HOW can 4 people dislike this?!? Obviously blind. Patrick Chan - Phenomenal
3dressedupasa9 1 year ago
NO NO NO I MISSED THIS ON TV.
STUPID EXAMSSS.
fionatheninja 1 year ago
Patrick is the Alexei Yagudin of his generation!
lb1309 1 year ago 3
@lb1309 Huh? I think I don't get the comparison.
SimonaCB 1 year ago
One of the best programs I've EVER seen!
chuhboemember6 1 year ago 39
My Lord, that was just brilliant. I saw the link on Twitter and immediately came to check him out. That was such a passionate performance, like singing an aria! Just wonderful, gave me chills.
singingXroses 1 year ago 9
that was beautiful
pointyourtoe 1 year ago
Oh my gosh, no one had a chance against Patrick. That was such a beautifully done routine, I actually cried when he was finished. He's amazing. I believe, if he continues to do this well in competition, he'll get gold, or at least a medal in Sochi 2014.
LindsayPoyser 1 year ago 5
Holy crap. He sure wasn't doing this last time I saw him.
JeniferEmily 1 year ago 4
@JeniferEmily Indeed he wasn't! WOW!! THAT was great!
muscleboi4use 1 year ago 3
WOW WOW WOW, simply the best...
clicmoi 1 year ago 4
Very clean skate wow.
leezalynch 1 year ago
OMG! I would give him 10 for the skating skills, he's flying!
QueenSonohraDevil 1 year ago 3
interesting for such points
redastify 1 year ago
brilliant program chjrepgraphy and execution!!!
SunshineGirlUa 1 year ago
tasteful costume!!!
SunshineGirlUa 1 year ago
one triple axel is enough.. but two quads.. Insane!! Go Patrick!
ilovedonpodring 1 year ago
1triple axel??? hahaha...
kimosa1127 1 year ago
2 quads???? LOL
ilovedonpodring 1 year ago
2 quads???? LOL..
ilovedonpodring 1 year ago
@kimosa1127 Hope he cleans up his axel. It's just weird to see a skater land three clean quads in competition and still struggle on easier jumps.
maovays 1 year ago
This is more like floating,,, than skating. Anyhow elegant!!
octal10 1 year ago
He will be world champion at Tokyo.
JapaneseJeffsFan 1 year ago
Before I wasn't a big fan of Chan, but yikes, this was amazing!
neemarita 1 year ago
The most technically difficult program I've ever seen. No one can top a performance like that. Just unbelievable.
varzabarza 1 year ago
@varzabarza Not the most technically difficult... there have been a lot of programs with 3 quads, or 2 quads + 2 3as, or larger combinations. But him and Kevin Reynolds probably have the most difficult programs this season. :)
maovays 1 year ago
@maovays
I know, I know but I wasn't thinking of just the jumps in that program.
varzabarza 1 year ago
@maovays It's arguably the most difficult. Transitions before and after the jumps, the constant footwork, the footwork sequences themselves, no resting. Come on, give it to him this once people!
jl22aries 1 year ago
@jl22aries I'll definitely agree with you that it was the best this season, I just don't agree that no skater has done that before or skated more difficult programs. But I don't want to argue over his big moment, so - let's just agree that it was pretty fantastic. ;)
maovays 1 year ago
@maovays Name one program, more complex than this, skated to this standard then.
MadZiggyStardust 1 year ago
@MadZiggyStardust I find it difficult to pick between styles, and 'more complex' is complicated by the fact that skaters excel in different ways. So these might not be to your taste, and in a sport as subjective as this, it's all arguable. :3 But personally, I would say Yagudin's Winter, Takahashi's Cyberswan, Plushenko's Nijinsky and Tango Flamenco (and his performance @ the 2001 GPF is, to me, one of the most technically impressive). But of course, Patrick is still young, and growing!
maovays 1 year ago
@maovays See, the point here is that Chan excels at absolutely everything (well as long as he doesn't fall 3 times) and there weren't really any weak points in that performance.
None of the programs you mentioned were anywhere near as complex in terms of transitions or program layout. And I don't remember them ever being performed with all the technical elements executed to such a high standard either.
MadZiggyStardust 1 year ago
@MadZiggyStardust I guess it's a matter of opinion. I find his strong points to be transitions, spins, and footwork, while his jumps are still lacking in steadiness and confidence when he lands them and his artistry has yet to reach (I hope) the limits of its potential. To me he doesn't show the ease and grace exemplified in the programs below, nor the jumping content. So I hold reservations about calling any of his programs the greatest.. I've seen too many individual elements executed better.
maovays 1 year ago
@maovays how about a better combination of those elements?
edmhdc 1 year ago
@MadZiggyStardust But I want to add that I think confidence and stability will probably come as he ages and gains consistency (if he hasn't already - his last two competitions have gone pretty well, I'd say!). I just wouldn't be too quick to hand him the crown now, because I think his real glory is still ahead of him. :3
maovays 1 year ago
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SimonaCB 1 year ago
so excited!! 2quads + incredible skateing!?!
mituka555 1 year ago
AMAZING!!!!!!!!
honeyrose330 1 year ago
Oh My God
Serena416 1 year ago
If Patrick skates like this at Worlds then he will be nearly impossible to beat. A top performance from Brian Joubert wouldn't come close to this program.
jarwillnc 1 year ago
@jarwillnc Joubert, really? Joubert's SO far behind Chan, Takahashi, Kozuka, Oda, Abbott, Rippon, Verner......c'mon!!!
cheburashka19 1 year ago
@cheburashka19 I only mentioned Joubert because he still thinks he's has a shot with a clean program. Personally I think Joubert should have retired at the end of last season. He will never grow artistically to the level of other top skaters.
jarwillnc 1 year ago 2
@cheburashka19 I only mentioned Joubert because he thinks he still has a shot at the top with a clean program. Personally I think Joubert should have retired at the end of last season. He will never grow artistically to the level of other top competitors.
jarwillnc 1 year ago
@jarwillnc Absolutely. He really should have retired...anyway I can't wait to see how they'll all do at worlds:)
cheburashka19 1 year ago
@cheburashka19 I don´t like Joubert but he should retire when he wants to. It´s not a shame to challenge yourself. People said the same thing about him after the 2006 Olys and he won a lot of medals since then. They said the same after the Vancouver Olys and he won a bronze medal in Worlds. Who are you to decide when should have Joubert retired? If you don´t like his programs you are free to use the remote control while he´s skating!
SimonaCB 1 year ago
わお！！！！
kiritanirui 1 year ago
Just WOW!
slavaro1992 1 year ago
woww. This performance is one of the best in the History.
BigdealXXIII 1 year ago 2
Christy Krall is the best damn coach in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
trojanrob24 1 year ago 2
Just fantastic!
doradorapon 1 year ago
excellent！
masamori25 1 year ago
I love how Patrick interprets the music! His performance is so charming!!!
mlambiel 1 year ago
Fantastic skate. WOW,2 quads, triple axel, and lots and lots of other triples, footwork to die for, and spins, Wow. This will be hard to beat if he skates like this at Worlds.
bbkenn92 1 year ago