A rocky ride to the Championships in out-of-the-way Uniondale When you fly into JFK Airport and take a taxi to Uniondale, Long Island, you're hoping for a straightforward ride—especially when you're headed to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. But in 1986, The Curator of The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins, with an under-the-weather fiancée… Continue reading 1986 US Figure Skating Pins: Lost On Long Island.
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1990 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
In Colorado Springs, one pin design got a second (and even a third) spin around the rink If you’ve ever had a “Wait a minute, haven’t I seen this before?” moment when looking at the 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Championships pins, there's a reason for that feeling. In a world where figure skating event… Continue reading 1990 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: What Goes Around Comes Around.
1981 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: Maritime Time.
A maple leaf, a landmark, and a maritime moment—no blades required You wouldn’t expect a windswept Atlantic port city to be a repeat favorite for hosting figure skating championships—but Halifax, Nova Scotia, has done just that. The 1981 Canadian Figure Skating Championships landed in this busy seafaring hub, and its official event pins took a… Continue reading 1981 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: Maritime Time.
1989 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: A Threepeat With a Repeat.
What goes around comes around ... sometimes sooner than later From the early to late 1980s, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, hosted the World Junior Figure Skating Championships every three years like clockwork: 1983, 1986, and 1989. When the event returned in 1989, it brought with it not just the top junior skaters from more than 20 countries,… Continue reading 1989 World Junior Figure Skating Pins: A Threepeat With a Repeat.
1980 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: Put a Bird On It.
A curious design from Kitchener-Waterloo takes flight in skating pin history In the world of figure skating pins, it’s rare to see a bird as the central design element—especially for a major championship. So it might just be then that the pins made to commemorate the 1980 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, held in Kitchener–Waterloo, Ontario,… Continue reading 1980 Canadian Figure Skating Pins: Put a Bird On It.