Figure skating event was commemorated with a colorful and popular lapel pin Before the world came to Lake Placid, New York, for the 1980 Olympic Winter Games, the newly built ice arena for the Games hosted the official test event, Norton Skate (named for the event sponsor, the Norton Company, a manufacturer of abrasives). Held… Continue reading 1979 Norton Skate Pin: Flaming Leaves.
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1990 Skate America Pin: Upstate New York Skate of Mind.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1990 Skate America, Buffalo, New York By 1990, Buffalo, New York, had not hosted a major figure skating event since the 1971 US Figure Skating Championships were in town, and even then the city was not known as a skating town by any means. But what Buffalo had become known for… Continue reading 1990 Skate America Pin: Upstate New York Skate of Mind.
1988 Skate America Pins: Another Maine Event.
Unique shapes define the two event pins from an iconic competition For the second time in three years, the city of Portland, Maine, played host to the international Skate America event, marking the official kick-off of the post-1988 Olympic season. Among the memorabilia from this event, the two 1988 Skate America pins stand out, each… Continue reading 1988 Skate America Pins: Another Maine Event.
Olympic Warm-Up. 1979.
Although often referred to as the "first" Skate America, the Flaming Leaves International, held in Lake Placid, New York, in the fall of 1979 would best be referred to as the predecessor of Skate America. With that bit of history lesson, on to the pin that commemorated this important pre-Olympic competition—and a handsome figure skating pin it is. On a gold-color base metal, a fiery orange fills the central flames that burn brightly behind a figure skating pair, in forward crossovers.
Pre-Grand Prix. 1981–1982.
In the nearly 40-year history of Skate America, the original event pictogram—pairs skaters in red and blue, gliding on an outside edge—has made regular, although not consecutive, appearances on the event pins. The pins for the 1981 and 1982 Skate America events incorporate the pictogram and are nearly identical in design.