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Figure Skating Friendships

Sam-Skwantch

“I solemnly swear I’m up to no good”
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Let's have some fun. Lots of skaters are friends off of the ice and it's cool to explore that side of the sport.

I can't believe how close the Russian ladies have become especially considering how intense the training and competition is there and I'm loving all of the photos that came out during Adian's bday party the other day. Here's some cool pics of the group.

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Anyone else care to share any stories or pics of our favorite skaters just being friends?
 
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Krunchii

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Zijun Li and So Youn Park are very good friends, they've roomed together before and they take pictures together at pretty much every competition together, Worlds 2015, CoC 2015, 2015 4CC, Really old photo

Takahiko Kozuka and Patrick are good friends, after Worlds 2012 in Nice they went sight seeing together and Patrick translated for Taka, also Patrick is in Kozuka's photo from his final skate earlier this year albeit a bit blurry

Elena Ilinykh is also close to Yulia Lipnitskaya, I follow both on instagram and they comment on each other's photos, Elena calls Yulia her princess sometimes. I think Elena Radionova is close to Elena Ilinykh too, apparently Elena I. taught Elena R. how to put on make up back in the day
 

Mango

Royal Chinet 👑🍽️
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Kaitlyn Weaver and Ksenia Stolbova have a great friendship. They look good together here.

Kaitlyn's also best friends with Tessa Virtue. Canadian ice dance drama only happens on the ice. :biggrin:

Eric Radford, Patrick Chan, Javier Fernandez, Kaitlyn Weaver, and Andrew Poje all appear to be good friends. They've hung out a lot during Japanese and Canadian Stars on Ice. Here's a group photo with Miki.
 

ozmodiar

On the Ice
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I like this pic of Ashley and Adam (taken by Alex Shibutani).
Here's their Skating magazine cover photo.
And a cute throwback.


Ashley is also good friends with Marissa Castelli. In addition to borrowing her skating dress for her SP, she and Marissa just went on a Miami vacation together.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFVJcycir9n/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFW3Gitir7H/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFdzW3jDTup/

They're also buddies with Madison Chock:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BAxp0AJDTid/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BA7le8GCr5S/
 

ice coverage

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BROMANCE THREAD!

Any excuse to post the Most Bromantic Picture of the Year!

There's also a particularly cute reverse angle that shows poor Max up on his tip-toes to reach Adam in his skates :laugh: but I can't find it

And this sweet one of SnuggleBat anxiously watching Adam's free skate.

I think you mean this one :luv17: of Max on his toes to hug Adam in his skates:

And I always like to add this one of Adam and Max enjoying their medals together :yay: at 2013 Skate America.


Thanks for the thread, Sam-S :). I am a sucker for this kind of stuff.

A recent favorite that really struck me is Krasnozhon's photo with Nathan Chen at Worlds.
Both the image and the caption are heart-melting.

akrasnozhon
Throwback to the best long talks and walks in Boston ����#bestfriends#needtogettogethermoreoften
https://www.instagram.com/p/BESD8MIpcRg/
 

cathlen

Team Gorgeous Cacti!
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Great, an excuse to post about Michal & Ondrej :hap93:
   
At Ondrej wedding: https://www.instagram.com/p/4NK9L9PTNt/ Michal was, of course, the best man :)
And the video about their friendship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt9tE-93sM

Maxim Trankov & Fedor Klimov are another great example of friendshiep between direct rivals:
          
At Max and Tatiana wedding: https://www.instagram.com/p/6kcc2rRUxH/

Maxim Trankov is also best friend with Stephane Lambiel:
    
At Max and Tatiana wedding: https://www.instagram.com/p/6hSbk0ICcs/
 

ioanna

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Lovely thread :)

Mao Asada, Akiko Suzuki and Kanako Murakami (formerly known as the 3 sisters of Team Japan)
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Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda and Takahiko Kozuka (formerly known as the 3 brothers of Team Japan)
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Daisuke Takahashi and Akiko Suzuki
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Mao Asada and Yuna Kim
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Yuzuru Hanyu and Tatsuki Machida
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Satoko Miyahara and Rika Hongo
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plushyfan

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Plushenko-Weir-Joubert-Verner https://www.instagram.com/p/BANY_6DGywU/?taken-by=plushenkoofficial :laugh:

Brian and Tomas were Plushy's personal army.. https://www.instagram.com/p/_4RK5Emy_m/?taken-by=plushenkoofficial :agree:

Plushy-Brian -Tomas : Tomas and Brian helped Plushy to hold master classes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNMsyOA0EtA and Johnny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMS572u3XAw sooooooo cute

Plushy-Johnny are the best friends : https://www.instagram.com/p/BAq7hf6Gy9Q/?taken-by=plushenkoofficial :laugh2:

Plushy-Abt

Plushy-Soloviev

Plushy-Lambiel https://twitter.com/Zhenyaphoto_bot/status/732208995197288448

Joubert- Verner
 
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apgold

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Skating is such an insular world that many good friendships are bound to happen. I find it heartwarming to see that even if they are competing on the ice, off ice most of them are friendly. Especially with social media, you see so many group selfies, or skaters hanging out on tour. I also like to see friendships between skaters of different countries, despite language barriers or cultural ones. Maybe I'm naive, but I think social media has enabled the skaters to stay in touch with each other and strengthen those bonds even if they are not always in the same place. I don't think the same level of friendships existed back in the 80s and 90s, I could be wrong.

I think everyone likes the ShibSibs and wants to be in their videos. I've never heard a bad word ever about Maia or Alex. Maia and Gracie seem close even though they don't live in the same part of the country.

Ashley Wagner seems to have very close friendships with her skating cohorts. Adam obviously is like family to her, but also Madi Chock and Marissa Castelli.

I also was watching "Access Hollywood" yesterday and they had a segment about Tara Lipinski's engagement party. Her fiance, Todd, spoke how he had to curry favor with Johnny Weir. It's clear that they have a close friendship that blossomed well after their competitive days.
 
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