Why do I Love Brian Joubert?

Brian Joubert, the 22-year-old figure skating bombshell, has been in the media spotlight for almost five years now. Since the age of 18, Brian Joubert has continuously amazed us with his high-performance quads, skillful footwork sequences and dazzling interpretation of music that represents him best.

Even tough he speaks fluent English; he chooses to articulate English words with a very strong French accent just to make the thousand of admirers across Europe and America fall harder for him. Brian leaves room for imagination, by concealing almost every aspect of his personal life. He is coquettish; he knows it and takes benefit from it. His disarming smile is reason enough for thousands of supporters to eagerly track his performance and follow him on the competitions he challenges.

The majority of Brian’s fans are (obviously) girls and women. Every country in Europe has a Brian Joubert fan club, and the number of fans is increasing with the popularity growth of the figure skating charmer.

The Internet is also a Brian Joubert admirer, since, if googled up, the keyword Brian Joubert displays nearly one million results. Moreover, this only means that there are a million pages, which have subscribed with Google, and this figure is not the total amount of WebPages available on the Internet about Brian Joubert. YouTube has 400 short movies featuring Brian, and new videos are uploaded every day.

One could ask, Why choose Brian Joubert over Evgeni Plushenko? Plushenko’s confidence on the rink is his medal winning quality; he makes it look so easy to jump three quads in one performance. Joubert does not have the arrogance and self-confidence of Plushenko, and maybe he doesn’t have the talent either, but this only means that he worked and will continue to work many times harder for the awards he fully deserves. Brian Joubert was the first to meet the high skating standards imposed by Plushenko; he was the first to tip Evgeni from his throne and claim the gold medal.

After Brian’s downfall of the 2006 Olympics Championship, instead of support and cheering up, Brian received causeless criticism and discredit. This event was the boiling point of several quarrels with his coach, whom he ultimately dismissed, and members of the French Skating Association. Brian managed to put himself pass the difficult moments, and returned to the 2006-2007 skating season with a firm attitude. In fact, the 2006-2007 season turned out to be great, so far Brian qualified first in every competition he entered.

Baboo (Brian’s nickname) is very dependent on his family, especially his mother – Raymonde Joubert. She follows him to every competition he enters. Trough Raymonde’s eyes Brian is the perfect child, not because of his skating skills, but rather for being in his position and maintaining such a strong relationship with his family. Most kids leave their homes by the time they reach their twenties.

But why do I admire Brian Joubert? Because he proved that hard work pays off.