Figure Skating Pins Profile: 1985 World Championships For just the second time in World Figure Skating Championships history, the event was held outside Europe or North America when it returned to Tokyo in 1985. The city once again welcomed competitors from around the globe to Yoyogi National Stadium for the early March event and once… Continue reading Black Ice in Tokyo, Part II. 1985.
The Dortmund Three. 1983.
Figure Skating Pins Profile: 1983 European Championships Good things come in threes, it is said. The proof? Well, think of ... Wishes. Triplets. Little pigs. Wise men. Columbus' ships. Figure skating pins. That last one may not be as well known to all, and to be more specific about it, consider the pins made to… Continue reading The Dortmund Three. 1983.
The Loop Emerges. 1964.
Figure Skating Pins Profile: 1964 World Championships Just shy of a month after the Olympic Winter Games, the 1964 World Figure Skating Championships opened in Dortmund, West Germany, at the Westfalenhallen. Dortmund had previously hosted one major international figure skating event—the 1953 European Championships—so this was the first world figure skating meet held there. The… Continue reading The Loop Emerges. 1964.
It’s a Ligature. 1973.
The pin made to mark the 1973 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-American look. On a silver-color base metal, red, white, and blue enamels dominate the center pin design that includes a representation of the U.S. flag, a skate boot and blade, and the year, "73."
Tapestry On Ice. 1973.
1973 European Championships at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins Sports event logos and designs can at worst be poorly conceived and executed and at best be both well-designed and memorable. It is a clear case of the latter for the 1973 European Figure Skating Championships, contested in Cologne, West Germany. The intricate, multi-layered… Continue reading Tapestry On Ice. 1973.