Wow, just wow. I did not expect such a performance from him, everything looked so smooth and he was so on point and on the music, even his jumps and the spreadeagle, I'm really, really impressed! Especially taking into account how early in the season it is.
And I really enjoyed his interpretation of the different music tracks.
Also, what happened to his 3As, what kind of sorcery is this?! :shocked:
They're still not the highest or cover lots of distance, but they looked so effortless! I've never seen such easy looking 3As from him, and two of those in one program at that!
And omg, he's even landing the one before his StSq starts right on the beat of the music (did the same at JO and in practice too), when has he ever managed to do that?
And even his landings were great, usually he has a tendency to land with his left hip kind of opening up too much and his left leg 'escaping' him, but this time both landing positions were great.
I wonder why he sometimes seems to go through phases where he pops his 'comfy quad' 4T into a double... the same thing used to happen early in the olympic season.
Looks like he's struggling to get the rhythm for the +1Eu+3F right, I assume his muscle memory is still set on adding the +3S.
I've noticed these past 2-3 days, that he seems to get awfully close to the boards when gaining speed into his jumps. Is the rink in Las Vegas smaller than usual, or has Nathan gotten faster or something? I can't say if it was the same or not for other skaters, because I don't follow them this closely.
And I really enjoyed his interpretation of the different music tracks.
Also, what happened to his 3As, what kind of sorcery is this?! :shocked:
They're still not the highest or cover lots of distance, but they looked so effortless! I've never seen such easy looking 3As from him, and two of those in one program at that!
And omg, he's even landing the one before his StSq starts right on the beat of the music (did the same at JO and in practice too), when has he ever managed to do that?
And even his landings were great, usually he has a tendency to land with his left hip kind of opening up too much and his left leg 'escaping' him, but this time both landing positions were great.
I wonder why he sometimes seems to go through phases where he pops his 'comfy quad' 4T into a double... the same thing used to happen early in the olympic season.
Looks like he's struggling to get the rhythm for the +1Eu+3F right, I assume his muscle memory is still set on adding the +3S.
I've noticed these past 2-3 days, that he seems to get awfully close to the boards when gaining speed into his jumps. Is the rink in Las Vegas smaller than usual, or has Nathan gotten faster or something? I can't say if it was the same or not for other skaters, because I don't follow them this closely.