Want to learn more about figure skating history? You are in the right place!

Created in 2013, Skate Guard is a blog that focuses on overlooked and underappreciated areas of the history of figure skating, whether that means a topic completely unknown to most readers or a new look at a well-known skater, time period, or event. There's plenty to explore, so pour yourself a cup of coffee and get lost in the fascinating and fabulous history of everyone's favourite winter sport!

Features

Looking to take a deep dive into figure skating history? Explore five fascinating long-form features covering different topics from the sport's rich past. 

Picture of Olympic figure skater and actress Belita Jepson-Turner

An in-depth biography of British figure skater, actress and dancer Belita Jepson-Turner. Belita was an absolutely compelling, remarkable character and her story is full of ups and downs, humour and charm.

Great War era picture of an ice skater, advertising the Skate Guard feature "The Lost Years: Skating and The Great War"

Commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the end of The Great War, this feature takes an in-depth look at how skating survived and thrived around the world during the War. A fascinating glimpse back through time!

Picture of two Edwardian era women skating, highlighting the Skate Guard feature "Figure Skating in the Edwardian Era"

Take a trip back in time to the reign of King Edward VII in "Figure Skating In The Edwardian Era", which explores figure skating at the turn of the century. If you enjoyed "Downton Abbey" and "The Duchess of Duke Street", you're going to love learning about the sport in the days of Prince's Skating Club, Ulrich Salchow and Madge Syers.

Cover image for "The Almanac of Professional Figure Skating Competitions", with a ticket from the World Professional Figure Skating Championships on the bottom

"The Almanac Of Professional Competitions" explores the long and storied history of professional figure skating competitions, from the Victorian era to modern day. Through results, interesting historical tidbits, photographs and videos, this feature challenges the modern perception that professional competitions were only a thing of the nineties.


"They Skated Away" is a new feature highlighting the hidden history of the AIDS Epidemic's impact on the figure skating community. Through biographies, photos, obituaries, memories and a timeline, this feature celebrates the lives of the incredible skaters, coaches, choreographers and judges we lost and educates on why education and representation are so important.

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