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.
Tag: 1980s
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.”
1980 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Fire On Ice.
Event was the first US Championships held in the Southern U.S. Don't call Atlanta, Georgia, by its much-despised nickname of "Hotlanta." The locals hate it. So with apologies to everyone in Atlanta, the city was nothing short of hot when the 1980 US Figure Skating Championships were in town, commemorated with a fiery and colorful… Continue reading 1980 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Fire On Ice.
1981 and 1982 Skate America Pins: In the Beginning.
Both Skate America events featured an almost identically designed pin In October 1981, a new annual figure skating invitational—Skate America—was launched in North America and was contested in Lake Placid, New York. The event would be contested there again in 1982. And once in a while, figure skating pins made for different events end up… Continue reading 1981 and 1982 Skate America Pins: In the Beginning.
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.