Profile: Lapel Pins – 1989 World Junior Championships, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia In the early to late 1980s, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, hosted the World Junior Figure Skating Championships every three years, like clockwork: 1983, 1986, and 1989. So for the third time during the decade, the best junior-level skaters from more than 20 nations gathered in the Olympic… Continue reading 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Threepeat With a Repeat.
1990 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Squiggles.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 US Figure Skating Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah Six years after Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted the 1984 US Figure Skating Championships (the first for that city), the event returned in 1990 to the Salt Palace in downtown. And although the 1990 US Figure Skating Championships were marked with higher… Continue reading 1990 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Squiggles.
1989 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: Hidden Gems.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1989 World Championships, Paris, France By 1989, more than 30 years had passed since a world figure skating event had been staged in Paris, the City of Light. The 1958 World Figure Skating Championships held there were marked with a high-quality lapel pin that carried a snowflake and French flag motif.… Continue reading 1989 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: Hidden Gems.
1989 Skate America Pin: Crossword Puzzle Effect.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1989 Skate America, Indianapolis, Indiana By 1989, more than seven years had elapsed since a major figure skating championship had been contested in Indianapolis, Indiana. The last was the 1982 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held in January of that year at the old Market Square Arena (since demolished). But that all… Continue reading 1989 Skate America Pin: Crossword Puzzle Effect.
1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Moncton Mystery.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Moncton, Canada The pins made for the 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, held in Moncton, New Brunswick, are a mystery from a design standpoint because of two unusual elements on them. It's usually easy to conduct research about an event and come up with an answer… Continue reading 1985 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Moncton Mystery.