Collectible lapel pins from the 1965 World Championships in Colorado Called the "world capital" of figure skating by many, Colorado Springs, Colorado, hosted the 1965 World Figure Skating Championships. The site was the famed Broadmoor World Arena on the grounds of The Broadmoor resort and hotel. Although the World Arena was demolished in 1994—and with… Continue reading 1965 World Figure Skating Championships: At The Broadmoor.
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1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Colorado Springs, Colorado "What goes around comes around" has never been more appropriate than when it refers to a World Junior Figure Skating Championships held in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At least, never more appropriate within the context of branding an event like a Worlds, World… Continue reading 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
1975 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Final Bow at The Broadmoor.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1975 World Championships, Colorado Springs, Colorado At least ten different high-quality lapel pins and a large, impressive participant medal commemorated the 1975 World Figure Skating Championships, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the famed (and original) Broadmoor World Arena. It was the fifth time the world's best figure skaters had converged… Continue reading 1975 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Final Bow at The Broadmoor.
1957 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Roundup from the Rodeo.
Profile: 1957 World Figure Skating Championships Pins Some of the finest figure skating pins from World Championships come from events held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the skating mecca in the near-middle portion of the state. It never hurt, either, that those events were held at the famed Broadmoor Ice Palace (later, the World Arena) formerly… Continue reading 1957 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Roundup from the Rodeo.
Rocky Mountain Trajectory. 1985.
1985 World Junior Championships at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins The 1985 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the famed Broadmoor World Arena, were largely forgettable except for one reason: the emergence of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov as the gold standard in pairs figure skating. Gordeeva and… Continue reading Rocky Mountain Trajectory. 1985.