Team USA Answers: What's One Thing You're Looking Forward to This Season?

Are you looking forward to the 2018-19 season? You're not alone: the figure skaters of Team USA are excited and ready to kick off a new season. From traveling to new places and debuting new programs, to training at a new home base, the beginning of a new quad holds countless new opportunities.
 
Read on to find out what your favorite skaters are most looking forward to this season.
 
Nathan Bartholomay
"Deanna and I have really focused on our music choices for this year, and we're really excited to show off a different side to Deanna and Nate, and more passion and just really why we're out there and why we're doing what we're doing. We're excited to perform these new programs for everybody."
 
Jason Brown
"Wow. A lot. Honestly I think this is just a season of change and transition, and that is very, very difficult. It hasn't been easy, but it's also something I'm really looking forward to. I'm looking forward to the change. I'm looking forward to the newness of it. I really have no idea how it's going to turn out or what it's going to be like, but I'm giving it my all and it's kind of a cool, neat first year in the next quad of experimenting."
 
Quinn Carpenter
"It's hard to pick one out. We're looking forward to all of our international events and show the programs we made. We're really excited about them. And to just do the best we can and show off, I guess."
 
Karen Chen
"I just moved to Colorado Springs, which is very exciting. So that's something I'm excited about, to be training here in the altitude to see how that affects my training and consistency."
  Nathan Chen
"I'm going to college this season, so being able to manage both college and skating will definitely be a new challenge for me, but I'm looking forward to it and we'll see how it goes."
 
Kaitlin Hawayek
"The new quad. I think it's been a big season of changes for Jean-Luc and I. We moved to Montreal and we switched coaching teams and felt a new energy and a new environment and we're really excited to see how that makes us grow."
 
Brian Johnson
"Nationals in my hometown. My whole family's going to be there, it's going to be great."
 
Jimmy Ma
"Just being able to compete a lot more, put my programs out there and have fun."
 
Bradie Tennell
"I'm really looking forward to my Grand Prixes. I'm looking forward to being back at Skate America. I think it's going to be super fun."