Pin is among the more difficult to find from a U.S. Championships As the story goes, the logo pins ordered and produced for the 1975 US Figure Skating Championships, held in Oakland, California, did not arrive from the manufacturer until the event, held in February of that year, had long ago concluded. According to a… Continue reading 1975 US Figure Skating Pins: O Canada!
1958 World Figure Skating Pin: Paris en Février.
Event pin is difficult to find but rather unremarkable in design "The City of Light" was site of the 1958 World Figure Skating Championships, held in February of that year at the Palais de Sport, and was marked with a now difficult-to-find pin. Given that Paris always has been a leading center for design and… Continue reading 1958 World Figure Skating Pin: Paris en Février.
1952 European Figure Skating Pins: Vienna Skates for You.
Event was marked by perhaps the only pins ever customized for participants The Blue Danube. Johann Strauss (I and II). Wiener Schnitzel. Sachertorte. The Vienna Philharmonic. Wiener Eislauf-Verein. The Austrian capital of Vienna is well-known for all these things and more, but it is the latter that plays into the 1952 European Figure Skating Championships,… Continue reading 1952 European Figure Skating Pins: Vienna Skates for You.
1983 Skate America Pin: Not Quite A Kodak Moment.
Pin features a patriotic red, white, and blue design with a striking diagonal background pattern After two years in Lake Placid, New York, the Skate America event moved roughly 280 miles southwest to Rochester in 1983, hosted by the Genesee Figure Skating Club. The mid-October event welcomed skaters from 16 nations, although noticeably absent was… Continue reading 1983 Skate America Pin: Not Quite A Kodak Moment.
Skate Canada 1983 Pins: The Ones With the Wonky “n.”
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.”