Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Kāore a Chalom/Gates i āhei ki te haere ki ngā Orimipia Hotoke o te tau 1998 nā te mea kāore anō ia kia noho hei tangata whenua o Amerika. I whakaoti ratou i te tuawha i te 1998 US Championships. I whakangunguhia e Coates me Igor Shpilband tae noa ki te mutunga o te tau 1997-98 ka huri ki a Christopher Dean me Warren Maxwell i Plano, Texas. I roto i to ratou wa whakamutunga tahi, Chalom / Gates riro ratou tuarua mētara hiriwa motu, ka mutu 17 i te 1999 World Championships
i Helsinki, i Finland.