Profile: Lapel Pins – 1986 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, North Bay, Canada Calling itself "Gateway of the North," the city of North Bay, Ontario, hosted Canada's figure skating elite for the national championships in early 1986. It had been nearly a quarter of a century since the event had been held in the small lakeside… Continue reading 1986 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: North Bay Gateway.
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1989 Skate Canada Pin: On Snowflakes and Asterisks.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1989 Skate Canada, Cornwall, Canada Kicking off the 1989–90 skating season was the annual Skate Canada event, taking place in Cornwall, Ontario, in late October 1989. And in line with possibly the worst decision ever made by the International Skating Union (ISU) was the absence of compulsory figures from the event.… Continue reading 1989 Skate Canada Pin: On Snowflakes and Asterisks.
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.
1987 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Humble Snowflake.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1987 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Ottawa–Nepean, Canada Canada's capital of Ottawa has been a regular host of major figure skating events, from Skate Canada International to Canadian Championships to North American Championships to World Championships. Many interesting pins from these events have been featured here at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure… Continue reading 1987 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Humble Snowflake.
1988 Skate Canada Pins: The Winds of Change.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 Skate Canada, Thunder Bay, Canada In 1988, the long-established and successful brand for the Skate Canada event, held annually in the fall, began its descent into history with the addition of a title sponsor to the event. Ownership of the event was effectively being transferred in exchange for naming rights… Continue reading 1988 Skate Canada Pins: The Winds of Change.