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10 Figure Skating Books Everyone Should Have In Their Collection
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If anyone evers says that you have too many books, there is only one appropriate response. You politely ask that person to leave so that you...
The 1977 European Figure Skating Championships
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Jimmy Carter had just been sworn in as America's thirty-ninth President. The Emmy Award winning dramatic series "Roots" began...
How The Almanac of Canadian Figure Skating Was Made
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Over the last decade of writing Skate Guard, there have been times that I thought to myself, "How many more stories about figure skatin...
The Legacy Of Shirō Kawakubo
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Shirō Kawakubo on Lake Yamanaka, near Mount Fuji. Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine. From 1912 to 1926, Emperor Taishō ruled over ...
Win A Copy Of The Almanac Of Canadian Figure Skating!
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Win a free copy of the Kindle eBook edition of "The Almanac of Canadian Figure Skating" ! Entering is easy. All you have to do is...
John Zalvidar Machado, A Forgotten Canadian Champion With An Unforgettable Story
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Photo courtesy City Of Toronto Archives Born February 17, 1897 in Plainsfield, New Jersey, John (Juan) Zaldivar Machado was the son of Cub...
You've Read The Blog... Now Read The Book!
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I have been writing the Skate Guard blog since 2013 and I cannot thank all of you enough for your readership and kind words of encouragement...
Veterans' Week
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One hundred and three years ago on November 11, 1918, the Armistice signed near Compiègne, France heralded an end to the fighting of The G...
Triple/Triple Trivia Time
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After Canada's Vern Taylor made history at the 1978 World Championships by landing the first triple Axel in an ISU Championship, the ...
Exploring The Collections: The Belita Collection
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Every Skate Guard blogdraws from a variety of different sources - everything from museum and library holdings and genealogical research to n...
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