Recent content by divan

Episode 46: Gabriella Papadakis & Madison Hubbell https://youtu.be/Qxa0ERLdR4o

Gary's iconic video "Malevolent Landscape" (1992) was recently removed from youtube (the whole channel went down). I had it downloaded on my laptop, so reuploaded it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Umf3mjIqM

I can't find any discussions of it in other threads, but what exactly Eteri were doing with Nika's leg in Men SP Kiss&Cry at Skate America? https://youtu.be/lXm4kYvb90g?t=4867

Yesterday russians destroyed the last survived ice rink in Kharkiv with a direct hit by a ballistic missile. It was a home ice rink for generations of Ukrainian skaters. There were 6 strikes (some missiles hit the ground nearby). https://www.instagram.com/p/C_YfHwOIggd/...

Yes and no. Our skaters complain sometimes that some of those migrated russian skaters a making pro-war statements (not publicly of course). It pisses them off and makes participation in ISU events really uncomfortable. But some, especially those who migrated long time ago, are the opposite and...

russians just hit Odesa with ballistic missiles a few hours ago and damaged the main practice ice rink in Odesa ("Palace of Sports"). Luckily, kids who were at the practice went to the bomb shelter on time and were safe. Here are a video and a photo from the inside...

Couldn't find the topic, so creating one for the Future of Figure Skating podcast with host Anna Kellar. Each episode is an interview with a new person from the figure skating community and explores a wide range of topics and thoughts centered around the current and systemic problems in this...

Interactive storytelling map about ice rinks destroyed in first 3 months of russian invasion of Ukraine. https://skateukraine.org/war/icerinks/en/

Hi everyone, we just launched Skate Ukraine Direct Help project. If you want to help Ukrainian figure skaters, but are not sure how - check it out. Every Ukrainian skater/coach who needs help, can fill a request and self-report what help do they seek, how much and what for. We verify that the...

Some photos and videos from today's warm welcome at Montpellier (also check stories) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbdUuRAIggY/

No, it's not related. She just don't realize that likes policing is a thing, and carelessly liking fellow skaters photos, often without reading the text. They decided to withdraw from the first days of the war. Statements she made were just defensive phrases like "it's my business whose posts I...

They're pretty ecstatic and proud, actually. Katsalapov posted video on his Vk page with selfie and "speech" about "It's important for me to represent my country under the flag.. Sport is separated from politics.. Sport is peace.. Sport is life". The video itself called "Concert". Full...

Yes, Nazarova/Nikitin, Shmuratko and Holichenko-Darensky will be participating at Worlds. (I'm part of org committee here at Montpellier, by the way) They all in Europe already, heading to France. They didn't practice for 3 weeks, obviously :(

So most of skaters mentioned earlier are safe, except Ivan Shmuratko – trying to evacuate him from Kyiv (it becomes more and more difficult, as escaping by car becomes more dangerous). Maksym Nikitin and Oleksandra Nazarova are safe now too, and trying to get to the border and go to the Worlds...

There are many, yes. Sylvia's list has tons of options. But, if you want to specifically help ukrainian skating community – the answer is no at the moment. I'd love to setup a fund for this purpose, but I have no people with experience running the fund. Plus it's a bit complicated process in...