1977 World Championships at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins For the first time in World Figure Skating Championships history, the event was held outside Europe or North America when the 1977 World Championships came to Asia. The city of Tokyo, Japan, welcomed competitors from around the globe to Yoyogi National Stadium for the… Continue reading Black Ice in Tokyo. 1977.
1975 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: A Quebec One and Done.
One of Canada's oldest cities hosted the nation's top figure skaters—and marked the event with at least three different lapel pins Quebec City, capital of the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec, is a sister city of sorts to Oakland, California, when it comes to having hosted a national figure skating championship. Each city has done… Continue reading 1975 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: A Quebec One and Done.
Beauty and the Beast(s). 1968.
1968 European Championships at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins In its impressive 1,000-plus-year history, the city of Västerås, Sweden, has hosted a single major ISU event: the 1968 European Figure Skating Championships, the subject of today's blog. And although Västerås has not been a hotbed for championship figure skating, the 1968 European Championships… Continue reading Beauty and the Beast(s). 1968.
1956 World Figure Skating Pins and Medal: Way Down in the Valley.
The winter sports resort hosted the world's best figure skaters—and issued some high-quality pins to mark the event In a valley in the Bavarian Alps not far from the Zugspitze, Germany's highest mountain peak, lies the resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It's a city with a history steeped in winter sports and with an Olympic heritage to… Continue reading 1956 World Figure Skating Pins and Medal: Way Down in the Valley.
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.