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Very sad news. I remember him from the days he coached Angela Nikodinov. RIP Igor. 
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Youtube's incredible Sk8Frasch (have you subscribed?) has put together a playlist of Pashkevich videos. A great tribute for someone gone much too soon.
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SO SHOCKED, I remember Igor from 1996 Europeans, original and inventive and it was the first time I heard Variations from A. Lloyd Webber, and loved his program. Obviously seen him over the years in the kiss and cry with skaters and I can also remember the horrible car crash he was involved with - with Angela Nikodinov - Sad Loss. I heard it was suicide (I think it is confirmed now) so I assume he was suffering with Depression? - RIP Igor
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Rest in peace, you will be missed.
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Article about Pashkevich's death from IceNetwork:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/03/29/169581264
In the IN article, Boris Chait of the Israeli federation credits Pashkevich with "strengthening Samohin's jumps ... and working constantly with Samohin until the last moment." But then why was the decision made to leave Pashkevich out of the Junior World Championships event which Samohin won? That's so sad if Pashkevich felt bad about not being included, and then not being able to celebrate with Daniel in the kiss 'n cry.
A lot of nice tributes, but it would have been great if Pashkevich could have known deep in his heart how much he meant to so many people, and that people would have wanted to help him through anything he was facing if there was any way they could ease his pain. So sad for Pashkevich for the family losses he suffered. And that unfortunate traffic accident which affected so many people. Both he and Angela Nikidinov surely had to overcome deep emotional and physical scars. I realize that sometimes when sadness is too great a person can be overcome and unable to see there's still hope and possibility. When a person is feeling bad, the slightest trigger of something not going your way can be too much. Taking a deep breath and taking a step back and seeking out comfort from a friend or close relative, or spiritual or psychological counselor can sometimes bring back a bit of perspective.
I'm sad that I didn't know much about Pashkevich, nor do I remember him that well as a competitive skater. Thanks for the video links and remembrances by those who fondly recall his competitive and coaching careers. Condolences to those who knew and loved Igor Pashkevich.
The instagram link @ Sylvia posted (#41 in this thread) to Samohin's tribute does not work for me. Possibly it is no longer up? Does anyone have another copy?
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/03/29/169581264
In the IN article, Boris Chait of the Israeli federation credits Pashkevich with "strengthening Samohin's jumps ... and working constantly with Samohin until the last moment." But then why was the decision made to leave Pashkevich out of the Junior World Championships event which Samohin won? That's so sad if Pashkevich felt bad about not being included, and then not being able to celebrate with Daniel in the kiss 'n cry.
A lot of nice tributes, but it would have been great if Pashkevich could have known deep in his heart how much he meant to so many people, and that people would have wanted to help him through anything he was facing if there was any way they could ease his pain. So sad for Pashkevich for the family losses he suffered. And that unfortunate traffic accident which affected so many people. Both he and Angela Nikidinov surely had to overcome deep emotional and physical scars. I realize that sometimes when sadness is too great a person can be overcome and unable to see there's still hope and possibility. When a person is feeling bad, the slightest trigger of something not going your way can be too much. Taking a deep breath and taking a step back and seeking out comfort from a friend or close relative, or spiritual or psychological counselor can sometimes bring back a bit of perspective.
I'm sad that I didn't know much about Pashkevich, nor do I remember him that well as a competitive skater. Thanks for the video links and remembrances by those who fondly recall his competitive and coaching careers. Condolences to those who knew and loved Igor Pashkevich.
The instagram link @ Sylvia posted (#41 in this thread) to Samohin's tribute does not work for me. Possibly it is no longer up? Does anyone have another copy?
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^^ Since I didn't know anything about it, I didn't expect anything. 
This is all after the fact supposition. It was reported (I don't know how accurately) that Pashkevich was upset at being left out of accompanying Daniel to Junior Worlds. Obviously, there doesn't have to be any direct correlation between him being upset about this one minor situation and his subsequent death. However, he could have experienced it as major disappointment, and with other stresses going on in his life he may have become overwhelmed. Or there is no connection at all.
Is Daniel's father a coach too? What does Irina have to do with Daniel's skating? Is she a choreographer or just somehow related to the head of Israeli Federation? I am lacking information.
Anyway, I was struck by the sadness of Pashkevich's passing. I wish there was a way he could have seen it through whatever distress he was feeling and regained perspective and equilibrium. But life is not easy. May his spirit be at peace.
This is all after the fact supposition. It was reported (I don't know how accurately) that Pashkevich was upset at being left out of accompanying Daniel to Junior Worlds. Obviously, there doesn't have to be any direct correlation between him being upset about this one minor situation and his subsequent death. However, he could have experienced it as major disappointment, and with other stresses going on in his life he may have become overwhelmed. Or there is no connection at all.Is Daniel's father a coach too? What does Irina have to do with Daniel's skating? Is she a choreographer or just somehow related to the head of Israeli Federation? I am lacking information.
Anyway, I was struck by the sadness of Pashkevich's passing. I wish there was a way he could have seen it through whatever distress he was feeling and regained perspective and equilibrium. But life is not easy. May his spirit be at peace.
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So very sad. RIP Igor. I will always remember him for his Chopin and Rachmaninov programs from 1998 - classy, classical and sensitive.
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I skated with Igor and he coached me a few times. I have some funny and interesting memories I'd like to share.
When I knew him, he was trying to learn a backflip because he wanted to become a pro and thought he needed it. He could do it, but he used to land too far forward. I was scared to be on the ice with him when he was working on it because he used to cry and scream and swear and kick the ice.
During an off ice session we were warming up and randomly doing somersaults. He asked us how to say it in English and when we told him, he said "Summer? Salt? That's so weird!"
He was coaching a girl at the time whom he used to call "sausage", and she called him "chicken".
He said that one day he wanted to drive a "BM double V". We told him it's called a BM double u and he said "Why? It look like double V. Why you call double U?"
Lastly, I was just learning a specific jump and was thisclose to landing it. He told me "You already have jump. Now take him and kill him." which I thought was hilarious
When I knew him, he was trying to learn a backflip because he wanted to become a pro and thought he needed it. He could do it, but he used to land too far forward. I was scared to be on the ice with him when he was working on it because he used to cry and scream and swear and kick the ice.
During an off ice session we were warming up and randomly doing somersaults. He asked us how to say it in English and when we told him, he said "Summer? Salt? That's so weird!"
He was coaching a girl at the time whom he used to call "sausage", and she called him "chicken".
He said that one day he wanted to drive a "BM double V". We told him it's called a BM double u and he said "Why? It look like double V. Why you call double U?"
Lastly, I was just learning a specific jump and was thisclose to landing it. He told me "You already have jump. Now take him and kill him." which I thought was hilarious
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In many Eastern Europeans alphabets W is actually called double V rather than double U.
I saw online Igor and his other friend coaches organized an awesome looking summer camp last year...I wonder what will they do this summer in terms of skating training?
It must be hard for their skaters to skate, mourning like that. I would be crying all over the place for a long period of time
Everybody loved him...
He was very good, technically, wasn't he? If Morozov said in that icenetwork article about how he was a big part in Eteri Tutberidze's success.
It must be hard for their skaters to skate, mourning like that. I would be crying all over the place for a long period of time
Everybody loved him...
He was very good, technically, wasn't he? If Morozov said in that icenetwork article about how he was a big part in Eteri Tutberidze's success.
I skated with Igor and he coached me a few times. I have some funny and interesting memories I'd like to share.
When I knew him, he was trying to learn a backflip because he wanted to become a pro and thought he needed it. He could do it, but he used to land too far forward. I was scared to be on the ice with him when he was working on it because he used to cry and scream and swear and kick the ice.
During an off ice session we were warming up and randomly doing somersaults. He asked us how to say it in English and when we told him, he said "Summer? Salt? That's so weird!"
He was coaching a girl at the time whom he used to call "sausage", and she called him "chicken".
He said that one day he wanted to drive a "BM double V". We told him it's called a BM double u and he said "Why? It look like double V. Why you call double U?"
Lastly, I was just learning a specific jump and was thisclose to landing it. He told me "You already have jump. Now take him and kill him." which I thought was hilarious
You're lucky you got to work with him!!! How was he as a coach? Was he very technical? Or a good motivator?
And hahahha, why would he call that girl 'sausage' and she would call him 'chicken'? Rofl
I love that she had a reply for him ^_^Post more please
!Also, why was he crying and screaming and swearing and kicking the ice for the backflip? Did he do that often?? Omgosh I would have been scared too. Very intense lol ....
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I was looking at the figure skating staff of the Palm Beach (FL) Ice Works rink (where Pashkevich coached before his untimely death) and noticed 3 new coaches listed: the married couple of Olga Volzhinskaya (choreographer) and Sergey Petrovskiy (singles/pairs coach) who were based for a long time in Michigan, as well as Evgeny Platov (used to be in New Jersey).
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If you consider French, German, Spanish, Portuguese Eastern European maybe. I don't know anyone except English who calls "w" "double u" instead of "double v".
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I don't know about French, German, Spanish and Portuguese, but I was talking about Czech, Slovak, Polish etc. I never claimed that I know all languages within Europe, so I was referring to those I know about.
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I have a very late reply - sorry everyone!
He called the girl "sausage" to imply she was fat. Every Russian and Ukrainian coach I worked with (and there were MANY) implied girls were fat or outright made fun of girls for being fat, even if they weren't. I could have an entire topic just on my stories of Russian coaches and their weight loss ideas (all of which were absolutely insane and unhealthy). Oh, the DIRT I have about the Russians! *evil laughter*
I speak Russian and there's no "w" in the language so I don't know anything about eastern Europeans calling that a double V. Igor was the only person I ever heard say that, ever.
He coached me very early in his coaching career, and I only had maybe 4 or 5 lessons with him. He was nice to me- motivating AND technical. But at the time, I wasn't terribly advanced as a skater and just learning double jumps. My main coach at the time was his coach, Marina Kudryavtseva. I looooooove her. She's a tiny little thing.
He was upset about not being able to do a backflip because he thought he needed to be able to do it to be competitive, and he was very hard on himself.
He called the girl "sausage" to imply she was fat. Every Russian and Ukrainian coach I worked with (and there were MANY) implied girls were fat or outright made fun of girls for being fat, even if they weren't. I could have an entire topic just on my stories of Russian coaches and their weight loss ideas (all of which were absolutely insane and unhealthy). Oh, the DIRT I have about the Russians! *evil laughter*
I speak Russian and there's no "w" in the language so I don't know anything about eastern Europeans calling that a double V. Igor was the only person I ever heard say that, ever.
He coached me very early in his coaching career, and I only had maybe 4 or 5 lessons with him. He was nice to me- motivating AND technical. But at the time, I wasn't terribly advanced as a skater and just learning double jumps. My main coach at the time was his coach, Marina Kudryavtseva. I looooooove her. She's a tiny little thing.
He was upset about not being able to do a backflip because he thought he needed to be able to do it to be competitive, and he was very hard on himself.
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