Figure Skaters Recall Odd Gifts from Fans
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Michelle is missing an opportunity. I bet there is one random one in there that is randomly worth money now or at least enough for a charity ebay auction. Could be a neat project actually, seeing the sample of days gone by. I bet she could find some interest.
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Evan Lysacek, the 2010 Olympic champion, said he’s received a bobblehead of himself, among stranger things.
“I got a self-sufficient ecosystem with a statue of me in the middle, so if the earth ever like came to an end, you could open this up, and the earth would regrow again from the center of this ecosystem with a statue of me,” he said.
I find this comment by Evan to be bizarre and hilarious.
“I got a self-sufficient ecosystem with a statue of me in the middle, so if the earth ever like came to an end, you could open this up, and the earth would regrow again from the center of this ecosystem with a statue of me,” he said.
I find this comment by Evan to be bizarre and hilarious.
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This part is killing me!
I wonder how much lingerie Kurt Browning got in the course of his career.
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More than Elvis Stojko, I bet.
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Evan Lysacek, the 2010 Olympic champion, said he’s received a bobblehead of himself, among stranger things.
“I got a self-sufficient ecosystem with a statue of me in the middle, so if the earth ever like came to an end, you could open this up, and the earth would regrow again from the center of this ecosystem with a statue of me,” he said.
I find this comment by Evan to be bizarre and hilarious.
Sooooo bizarre. Almost as bizarre as this from a tour of his home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFgSctFFKqM
What the F...
Also, how does one receive pizza? I mean I'm pretty sure it was just delivered to her door or something, but I just imagine someone throwing a box of pizza on the ice.
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I wonder if Javi still has the big Donald Duck & sombrero that he received from fans a few seasons back @ Skate Canada. He was playing around with both in the K&C. I actually met the fan who gave him that Donald Duck once @ Skate America (Reading, PA - 2007) , a few years before that happened.
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Have any of you given offbeat toss gifts?
I've only given toss gifts once, at nationals. I wanted to give them something functional so they might actually keep it, so I tossed fuzzy socks and tech-compatible skating gloves from Target of Greensboro. I don't know what happened to them (duh).
I've only given toss gifts once, at nationals. I wanted to give them something functional so they might actually keep it, so I tossed fuzzy socks and tech-compatible skating gloves from Target of Greensboro. I don't know what happened to them (duh).
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I like to give skaters gifts in person if I have the chance to meet up with them. I try to give something that reflects their interests (Todd - a pack of golf balls, golf glove, golf towel). If a special life event has happened recently - marriage, new baby, I would give them an appropriate picture frame or mini photo album for their pics of the occasion.
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Have any of you given offbeat toss gifts?
I've only given toss gifts once, at nationals. I wanted to give them something functional so they might actually keep it, so I tossed fuzzy socks and tech-compatible skating gloves from Target of Greensboro. I don't know what happened to them (duh).
Same here! Like I knit my gifts because it makes it more meaningful and it shows I put in effort. Like I knitted purple socks for Jason Brown for when I saw him at Skate America. The handmade quality of gifts can make it that more special.
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I'd love to see your gifts to them, do you have photos?
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https://instagram.com/p/qax1a5sThP/?taken-by=cheerknithanson
This is when I was working on the socks for Jason this past summer.
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Awww lovely, I am sure all skaters love socks.
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Jason follows my twitter so I told him that I was going to make him socks and he replied saying that he likes socks. Then weeks after SA 2014, I DMed him and asked him if he got the socks and he said he did and he loves them and he thanked me.
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Once I gave Liz Manley a T-shirt that was a take-off on the Olympic motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Fastest, Highest, Strongest); it had the Olympic 5-color rings at the top, with the words "Brevius, Suavius, Lepidius". When I told her what that meant, "Shortest, Sweetest, Cutest", she went "Awe...how sweet!". Sent me a postcard 6 months later, saying "I've been wearing the t-shirt all year on tour! It's great, thanks!" Recently sent a similar one to Rachael Flatt, and received a hand-written thank-you letter from her!
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Jason follows my twitter so I told him that I was going to make him socks and he replied saying that he likes socks. Then weeks after SA 2014, I DMed him and asked him if he got the socks and he said he did and he loves them and he thanked me.
How nice that was!
I know Charlie White once complained in a pre Nationals interview that he did not get socks for Christmas.
I wonder how many socks must have been thrown at Nationals that year. Socks make a nice ball to throw!
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How nice that was!
I know Charlie White once complained in a pre Nationals interview that he did not get socks for Christmas.
Plus they're less likely to inure someone. And when I threw them, they barely made it onto the ice cause my throw is SO HORRIBLE.
