Jason Brown | Rinkside: Men | DAY 1 | 2026 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Check out an Ice Dance with Advanced Rotational Lift. Oh, audible cheers for Jason Brown, understandably. Going free skate first for Jason. Pull axles from him and warm up. Promising. Jason has the ability to kind of transport you to the world that he lives when he skates. Slipped off the edge on that axle. Better on the rotation there. Just a little lazy on the checkout. Just watch him skate all day. Everyone says that, but... So I got a little bit more insight on the story of this particular music selection for Jason. And it's very much around... If you listen to the lyrics, it's things about giving up on you, like all those types of things. I don't actually know what this song is about. After listening to it for so long. But there's a lot about the doubt that people have put on him over the years. And that has translated to him putting doubt upon himself about his skating ability, whether or not he belongs, all that sort of stuff. And this whole program is about him conquering that. Oh, wow, it's beautiful. I mean, yeah, when you're at the top, the higher you get, the more people hate. Yes, more people love you, but more people have things to say what they don't like or what you're not doing well. You're not good enough with certain things if you don't do it exactly how they would like you to do it. Everyone's entitled to their opinion. But all of those things, as much as we'd like as a skater to ignore, we do hear or see. Even if you delete every social media platform in the world. You hear the chatter, you feel the judgment. It always gets back to you. I mean, we're talking about a guy who has finished at the top ten at a World's or an Olympics eight times. Right? And he was talking about the fact that he hasn't won a World or Olympic individual medal. Somehow, to him, as his career has gone, that's changed the way that he's thought about his career. And now that he's 31, he thinks about those accomplishments very differently. Like, hey, no individual Olympic medals, but still the longevity and the fact that he's been around the top ten for that long in the world. It's just crazy to think about. I mean, he's leaving a legacy and something that people will remember for so many years in the sport versus congratulations. You've won a World Championship. You don't remember. It's just you're really good, right? You have to bring something to the table like there's only so many.