Skate America

I’ve been watching Olympic ice skating for years with B.   I grew to understand the sport, but then along came Nathan Chen which made me love the sport

After the 2018 winter games, we saw an ad for Skate America.  It was in Everett.   I decided to buy session passes for us.  We had no idea what it even was.

We showed up Friday night and took our seats 6 rows back for the ice.  It was amazing being that close.
We spent most the weekend in Everett.  After Saturday day session, we met cousin Mikey for dinner. She drive us a few blocks to a Mexican restaurant. It was very busy. It was great to catch up with Mike since Danika cancelled her wedding which was supposed to have been this fall.

We learned a great deal about the event and were thrilled to see Johnny Weir and Tara Lipisky there!

We learned that this was the first of seven events.  It’s the top skaters in the world.

Nathan Chen was amazing.  He easily won gold.  Brady Tennel took 5th. Both compete again, all skaters compete at two events to qualify for the finals.

We bought the NBC skating package to watch all the events.   I have learned so much now.   So much now that I now know the Americans have their work cut out to medal in 2022