From Thunder Bay to collectors' hands: a transitional pin set In 1988, the long-established and successful brand for the Skate Canada event, held annually each fall, began to show signs of transformation. A title sponsor had been added, and with it came a shift in how the competition was presented and remembered. The change is… Continue reading 1988 Skate Canada Pins: The Winds of Change.
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Skate Canada 1983 Pins: The Ones With the Wonky “n.”
Event was marked with a classically shaped pin characterized by amateurish lettering Way up in Atlantic Canada sits Halifax, a seaport city in the province of Nova Scotia that has hosted a number of figure skating championships, including the 1990 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1983 Skate Canada event, the subject of this blog… Continue reading Skate Canada 1983 Pins: The Ones With the Wonky “n.”
1990 Skate Canada Pins: Figure Skating and a Barbecue.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 Skate Canada, Lethbridge, Canada By 1990, Sun Life was in its third year as the title sponsor of North America's oldest international figure skating invitational. Bearing a logo that appears to be a hybrid of a snowflake and an asterisk, the 1990 Skate Canada event, held in Lethbridge, Alberta, was… Continue reading 1990 Skate Canada Pins: Figure Skating and a Barbecue.
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.