Pin is among the more difficult to find from a U.S. Championships As the story goes, the logo pins ordered and produced for the 1975 US Figure Skating Championships, held in Oakland, California, did not arrive from the manufacturer until the event, held in February of that year, had long ago concluded. According to a… Continue reading 1975 US Figure Skating Pins: O Canada!
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1980 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Fire On Ice.
Event was the first US Championships held in the Southern U.S. Don't call Atlanta, Georgia, by its much-despised nickname of "Hotlanta." The locals hate it. So with apologies to everyone in Atlanta, the city was nothing short of hot when the 1980 US Figure Skating Championships were in town, commemorated with a fiery and colorful… Continue reading 1980 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Fire On Ice.
1977 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: The Night the Lights Went Out.
The post-Olympic event was marked with an unusually large pin The 1977 US Figure Skating Championships, held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, is memorable for the night the lights went out but less memorable for the clunky, button-style lapel pin that marked the occasion. During the senior ladies event, a power failure… Continue reading 1977 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: The Night the Lights Went Out.
1964 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Find Your Grail.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1964 US Figure Skating Championships, Cleveland, Ohio The pin from the 1964 US Figure Skating Championships, held in Cleveland, Ohio, is considered by seasoned collectors to be the "holy grail" of figure skating pins, although it rightly can be argued that the pin from the 1958 US Figure Skating Championships is… Continue reading 1964 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Find Your Grail.
1990 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Squiggles.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1990 US Figure Skating Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah Six years after Salt Lake City, Utah, hosted the 1984 US Figure Skating Championships (the first for that city), the event returned to the Salt Palace. And although the 1990 US Figure Skating Championships were marked with higher quality pins than their… Continue reading 1990 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Squiggles.