Vincent Zhou

Well, every jump lands backwards. So you learn that very early on. If you land forward, there's a huge toe pick there that typically tends to stop your stop your motion. If you land on it, landing forward would probably result in some really unfortunate accidents. We learn very on usually the hard way not to land forwards.

I still can't come up with the perfect answer to that question. But what I do know is that from the start, figure skating felt like it had a very tangible learning curve that kept me motivated. It kept me motivated and kept me reaching for the next big thing. When I was eight years old, I was still doing a couple other activities. I was playing piano, I was playing soccer, and I was swimming.

I still can't come up with the perfect answer to that question. But what I do know is that from the start, figure skating felt like it had a very tangible learning curve that kept me motivated. It kept me motivated and kept me reaching for the next big thing. When I was eight years old, I was still doing a couple other activities. I was playing piano, I was playing soccer, and I was swimming.

I still can't come up with the perfect answer to that question. But what I do know is that from the start, figure skating felt like it had a very tangible learning curve that kept me motivated. It kept me motivated and kept me reaching for the next big thing. When I was eight years old, I was still doing a couple other activities. I was playing piano, I was playing soccer, and I was swimming.

And swimming, I didn't spend enough time on it. So it didn't occupy as much head space. And I think I was able to dismiss it more easily. Soccer, I did spend quite a bit of time on, but I was just too small in size compared to the other boys in my league. And I couldn't keep up with them. I couldn't run as fast. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't out jostle them on the field.

And swimming, I didn't spend enough time on it. So it didn't occupy as much head space. And I think I was able to dismiss it more easily. Soccer, I did spend quite a bit of time on, but I was just too small in size compared to the other boys in my league. And I couldn't keep up with them. I couldn't run as fast. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't out jostle them on the field.

And swimming, I didn't spend enough time on it. So it didn't occupy as much head space. And I think I was able to dismiss it more easily. Soccer, I did spend quite a bit of time on, but I was just too small in size compared to the other boys in my league. And I couldn't keep up with them. I couldn't run as fast. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't out jostle them on the field.

I was good at scoring goals because I had innate grit But, but soccer didn't end up being the channel through which that grit manifested that ended up being skating because from a young age, skating requires long early hours and lots of dedication. And I think that just cemented it from very early on. So yeah.

I was good at scoring goals because I had innate grit But, but soccer didn't end up being the channel through which that grit manifested that ended up being skating because from a young age, skating requires long early hours and lots of dedication. And I think that just cemented it from very early on. So yeah.

I was good at scoring goals because I had innate grit But, but soccer didn't end up being the channel through which that grit manifested that ended up being skating because from a young age, skating requires long early hours and lots of dedication. And I think that just cemented it from very early on. So yeah.

When my mom sat me down in the office to ask me the question of which one do you want to choose? She basically said, Vincent, you're starting middle school. You won't have time anymore to do all these things. You have to pick one. And eight year old me was sitting in my office in big office chair, like tiny. I was just spinning around and around.

When my mom sat me down in the office to ask me the question of which one do you want to choose? She basically said, Vincent, you're starting middle school. You won't have time anymore to do all these things. You have to pick one. And eight year old me was sitting in my office in big office chair, like tiny. I was just spinning around and around.

When my mom sat me down in the office to ask me the question of which one do you want to choose? She basically said, Vincent, you're starting middle school. You won't have time anymore to do all these things. You have to pick one. And eight year old me was sitting in my office in big office chair, like tiny. I was just spinning around and around.

And my mom asked me the question and I stopped, sat straight up and said, my heart is with skating. And from that moment on, we just went all out.

And my mom asked me the question and I stopped, sat straight up and said, my heart is with skating. And from that moment on, we just went all out.

And my mom asked me the question and I stopped, sat straight up and said, my heart is with skating. And from that moment on, we just went all out.

Oh, absolutely. I watched pretty much every single video of skating I could get my hands on. If you showed me a clip of someone doing a jump, I could probably tell you the exact... I could tell you the skater, the competition, the program, the music name, the score they got for the program. I could probably tell you everything. I think my memory is a little...

Oh, absolutely. I watched pretty much every single video of skating I could get my hands on. If you showed me a clip of someone doing a jump, I could probably tell you the exact... I could tell you the skater, the competition, the program, the music name, the score they got for the program. I could probably tell you everything. I think my memory is a little...

Oh, absolutely. I watched pretty much every single video of skating I could get my hands on. If you showed me a clip of someone doing a jump, I could probably tell you the exact... I could tell you the skater, the competition, the program, the music name, the score they got for the program. I could probably tell you everything. I think my memory is a little...

faded now from all of that but i had a lot of inspirations the biggest ones were probably brian boitano 1988 olympic champion there was the infamous battle of the bryans at that olympics uh also evan lysacek 2010 olympic champion patrick chan who was multiple time world champion uh first skater to break 300 points in a domestic competition uh