Event was marked with a classically shaped pin characterized by amateurish lettering Way up in Atlantic Canada sits Halifax, a seaport city in the province of Nova Scotia that has hosted a number of figure skating championships, including the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1983 Skate Canada event, the subject of this blog… Continue reading Skate Canada 1983 Pins: The Ones With the Wonky “n.”
Category: Skate Canada – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from Skate Canada events.
1982 Skate Canada Pins: Kitchener–Waterloo in 82.
Event was the ninth Skate Canada and offered three different pins Like the previous eight Skate Canada events, 1982 Skate Canada was commemorated with lapel pins that carried the by-then-familiar stylized skater logo—the event brand, if you will. The city of Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, hosted the event, which saw 44 skaters from 12 nations come… Continue reading 1982 Skate Canada Pins: Kitchener–Waterloo in 82.
Skate Canada 1973–1980 Pins: The Early Years.
A retrospective of Skate Canada figure skating pins The 1973 Skate Canada International was the inaugural event of the senior-level invitational, staged in Calgary, Alberta, just a year and a half after the 1972 World Figure Skating Championships had taken place there. From 1973 through 1980,1 Skate Canada was the only major international figure skating… Continue reading Skate Canada 1973–1980 Pins: The Early Years.
1990 Skate Canada Pins: Figure Skating and a Barbecue.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 Skate Canada, Lethbridge, Canada By 1990, Sun Life was in its third year as the title sponsor of North America's oldest international figure skating invitational. Bearing a logo that appears to be a hybrid of a snowflake and an asterisk, the 1990 Skate Canada event, held in Lethbridge, Alberta, was… Continue reading 1990 Skate Canada Pins: Figure Skating and a Barbecue.
Ottawa: Canada’s Skateway. 1981.
For the 1981 Skate Canada event, two pins were issued: a standard pin for sale to the public and a second, larger version given only to competitors, officials, and volunteers. The standard pin is on a silver-color base metal with red enamel fill; generous radial corners create both visual interest and a pleasing profile. The larger version of the pin swaps out the silver background for white but features the same overall design.