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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1959 US Figure Skating Pin: Of Simpler Times.
This ribbon from the 1959 U.S. Figure Skating Championships is from the estate of Bill Hickox, who, with his pair skating partner and sister, Laurie, and the entire U.S. figure skating team—and 71 others—perished on February 15, 1961, when Sabena Airlines Flight #548 crashed in Brussels, Belgium, en route to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships scheduled for Prague, Czechoslovakia.
1930 World Figure Skating Pin: An American First.
A charming and handmade-style pin marks the milestone event When the 1930 World Figure Skating Championships came to the famed Madison Square Garden in New York City, competitors were presented with a beautiful pin that incorporates a bright red ribbon and gold-foil lettering. This event was the first World Championship to be held in North… Continue reading 1930 World Figure Skating Pin: An American First.
1983 Skate America Pin: Not Quite A Kodak Moment.
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.
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.