A final appearance for Skate Canada's short-lived snowflake logo By 1990, the financial services and insurance company Sun Life was in its third year as title sponsor of Skate Canada, North America's oldest international figure skating invitational. Marked by a logo that appears to be a hybrid of a snowflake and an asterisk, the 1990… Continue reading 1990 Skate Canada Pins: Figure Skating and a Barbecue.
Category: 1990s
1990 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
In Colorado Springs, one pin design got a second (and even a third) spin around the rink If you’ve ever had a “Wait a minute, haven’t I seen this before?” moment when looking at the 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships pins, there's a reason for that feeling. In a world where figure skating event… Continue reading 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 World Figure Skating Championships, Halifax, Canada Get ready to embark on a journey back to the 1990s! Hosted in the Canadian Maritimes city of Halifax, the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships made history in two memorable ways: for ushering in the beginning of one era while sending another one packing.… Continue reading 1990 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: First and Last.
1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Big Nickel.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Sudbury, Canada The world's largest depiction of a coin, called the Big Nickel, can be found in Sudbury, Ontario, on the grounds of Dynamic Earth, an interactive science museum. The 30-foot, 12-sided shape is recreated on a smaller scale on the lapel pins that commemorated the… Continue reading 1990 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Big Nickel.
1990 Skate America Pin: Upstate New York Skate of Mind.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1990 Skate America, Buffalo, New York By 1990, Buffalo, New York, had not hosted a major figure skating event since the 1971 US Figure Skating Championships were in town, and even then the city was not known as a skating town by any means. But what Buffalo had become known for… Continue reading 1990 Skate America Pin: Upstate New York Skate of Mind.