NATHAN CHEN ISN'T THE ONLY BB PLOTTING WORLD DOMINATION
Since this bb will likely be debuting on the Junior Grand Prix this coming season, I figured it was time for a
NAM NGUYEN APPRECIATION POST!
From Nam's website:
Date of Birth: May 20, 1998
Current Age: 13 years old
Height: 155 cm
Weight: 85 lbs.
Home Town: Ottawa, ON. Canada
Resident: Burnaby, B.C. Canada
School: Brentwood Park Elementary School
Club: North Shore Winter Club, B.C. Canada
Training site: BC Centre of Excellence, Canada
Coaches: Joanne McLeod
Choreographer: Joanne McLeod
Stan of: Jeffrey Buttle, Patrick Chan
Titles:
2011 Canadian Jr. Men Champion
2010 Canadian Jr. Men Bronze Medalist
2009 Canadian Novice Men Champion
2008 Canadian Pre-Novice Men Champion
2007 Canadian Juvenile Men Champion
(he was the youngest ever to win these titles, j s y k)
Interests:
Ballet
Piano
Guitar
Hockey
Beyblades
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie)
Reading
Math
PSP, Nintendo DS, X-Box
Chatting with friends
Other factoids:
- Vietnamese-Canadian (in case you couldn't tell)
- started out playing hockey
- began skating at age 5
- plays piano and takes ballet lessons
- has 2 sisters, Kim (6, also a skater) and Nhien (28)
VIDEOS
2011 Junior Nationals FS (Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4), with bonus interview
(skating starts at 2:12-ish)
2010 Skate Canada Challenge FS (Kung Fu Panda)
2009 Novice Nationals FS
2009 SP (Bee Movie)
Hilariously awkward dance/montage video made by Nam's friends:
Latest attempt at a triple axel (about 2 weeks ago):
Go Nam go! Beat the Chanadian triple axel curse!
(more at Nam's official Youtube channel)
INTERVIEWS AND GOALS FOR NEXT SEASON
For the tl;dr crowd, some highlights from this very interesting but very long interview:
“The technique that I learned from piano lessons gave me the ability to listen to and empower the tiniest notes in every piece of music, and I try to bring that out in my skating,” he revealed. “I’ve trained in ballet since I was six, and I have been taught to pay close attention to the movements of my body and face and how they directly relate to the music. I have applied this to my skating routines because I want them to look nice and perfect, and I specifically want the audience to be happy with what I have performed for them.”
“I am trying to learn the triple axel for next season, and I have working on it since last April. After I learn that, I might start to practice the quadruple Salchow because I feel ready to learn that jump.”
“The goals for next season are to increase my speed by using deeper edges plus having transitions into my skating and to improve my spins with more power,” he said confidently. “I also want to make the landings of all my triple combinations more consistent and have more speed in and out of them.”
On his little sister:
“She is in grade one in the same school as me,” Nguyen said of his sister who has been skating for two years. “Her signature jump is the Axel, and one of her biggest challenges is to beat my record in figure skating someday. Kim is landing the double Salchow and is now learning the other double jumps. I think that her talent in figure skating is much better than mine."
From this interview after 2011 nats:
- "It's not strange at all, I've been through that, it's almost in every competition, second and third place, they're taller than me. It's quite funny."
- “My long-term goal is to represent Canada in competition in the years 2014 to 2018 at the World Championships and Olympic Winter Games,”
- will compete at senior nationals next season
- Nguyen said he's talked several times to Chan, the conversation usually turning to the smaller skater's height. "I'm up to his neck," Nguyen said with a grin.
PICSPAM
(mostly from his website)
BB NAM PLAYING HOCKEY
OOOOOOOOH CANADAAAAAA
LOOKING GR8 IN GLASSES
oh hi pchan
ORLY
2009 Novice Nationals
(probably his little sister, I'm not sure)
2007 Juvenile Nationals
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WINNING AWARDS AND STUFF
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS GALA
oh hi evan
2011 Junior Nationals
lol this podium
WERKING THE MJ
oblig spinface
ADORABLE BB TYFYT AND SAYS SEE YOU ON THE JGP~
NAM NGUYEN APPRECIATION POST!
From Nam's website:
Date of Birth: May 20, 1998
Current Age: 13 years old
Height: 155 cm
Weight: 85 lbs.
Home Town: Ottawa, ON. Canada
Resident: Burnaby, B.C. Canada
School: Brentwood Park Elementary School
Club: North Shore Winter Club, B.C. Canada
Training site: BC Centre of Excellence, Canada
Coaches: Joanne McLeod
Choreographer: Joanne McLeod
Stan of: Jeffrey Buttle, Patrick Chan
Titles:
2011 Canadian Jr. Men Champion
2010 Canadian Jr. Men Bronze Medalist
2009 Canadian Novice Men Champion
2008 Canadian Pre-Novice Men Champion
2007 Canadian Juvenile Men Champion
(he was the youngest ever to win these titles, j s y k)
Interests:
Ballet
Piano
Guitar
Hockey
Beyblades
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (movie)
Reading
Math
PSP, Nintendo DS, X-Box
Chatting with friends
Other factoids:
- Vietnamese-Canadian (in case you couldn't tell)
- started out playing hockey
- began skating at age 5
- plays piano and takes ballet lessons
- has 2 sisters, Kim (6, also a skater) and Nhien (28)
VIDEOS
2011 Junior Nationals FS (Beethoven Piano Concerto No.4), with bonus interview
Click to view(skating starts at 2:12-ish)
2010 Skate Canada Challenge FS (Kung Fu Panda)
2009 Novice Nationals FS
2009 SP (Bee Movie)
Hilariously awkward dance/montage video made by Nam's friends:
Latest attempt at a triple axel (about 2 weeks ago):
Go Nam go! Beat the Chanadian triple axel curse!
(more at Nam's official Youtube channel)
INTERVIEWS AND GOALS FOR NEXT SEASON
For the tl;dr crowd, some highlights from this very interesting but very long interview:
“The technique that I learned from piano lessons gave me the ability to listen to and empower the tiniest notes in every piece of music, and I try to bring that out in my skating,” he revealed. “I’ve trained in ballet since I was six, and I have been taught to pay close attention to the movements of my body and face and how they directly relate to the music. I have applied this to my skating routines because I want them to look nice and perfect, and I specifically want the audience to be happy with what I have performed for them.”
“I am trying to learn the triple axel for next season, and I have working on it since last April. After I learn that, I might start to practice the quadruple Salchow because I feel ready to learn that jump.”
“The goals for next season are to increase my speed by using deeper edges plus having transitions into my skating and to improve my spins with more power,” he said confidently. “I also want to make the landings of all my triple combinations more consistent and have more speed in and out of them.”
On his little sister:
“She is in grade one in the same school as me,” Nguyen said of his sister who has been skating for two years. “Her signature jump is the Axel, and one of her biggest challenges is to beat my record in figure skating someday. Kim is landing the double Salchow and is now learning the other double jumps. I think that her talent in figure skating is much better than mine."
From this interview after 2011 nats:
- "It's not strange at all, I've been through that, it's almost in every competition, second and third place, they're taller than me. It's quite funny."
- “My long-term goal is to represent Canada in competition in the years 2014 to 2018 at the World Championships and Olympic Winter Games,”
- will compete at senior nationals next season
- Nguyen said he's talked several times to Chan, the conversation usually turning to the smaller skater's height. "I'm up to his neck," Nguyen said with a grin.
PICSPAM
(mostly from his website)
BB NAM PLAYING HOCKEY
OOOOOOOOH CANADAAAAAA
LOOKING GR8 IN GLASSES
oh hi pchan
ORLY
2009 Novice Nationals
(probably his little sister, I'm not sure)
2007 Juvenile Nationals
WINNING AWARDS AND STUFF
VANCOUVER OLYMPICS GALA
oh hi evan
2011 Junior Nationals
lol this podium
WERKING THE MJ
oblig spinface
ADORABLE BB TYFYT AND SAYS SEE YOU ON THE JGP~