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Skating On The Wrong Side Of The Law
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Over the course of history, many skaters have almost found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Insert bad Tonya Harding joke here. H...
Nudes On Ice: Yes, It's A Thing That Happened
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On an episode of "Murphy Brown", stoic anchorman Jim Dial responded to someone saying "We're all naked under our clot...
Decorum And Double Threes: Skating In The English Style
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There's a little private irony to the timing of today's subject matter. I actually lay out a calendar of when each blog will be...
Britta, Bo And The Bombs
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The World Figure Skating Championships have only ever been cancelled for three reasons: the 1961 Sabena crash, World War II and World War...
Flames And Foxtrots: The Strange Case Of The Skatin' Toons Record Company
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Today, coaches, choreographers and skaters hum and haw as they narrow down choices of music for programs. During World War II, the conce...
The 1986 NHK Trophy Competition
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If the enthusiastic audiences at the 1977 World Championships in Tokyo were any indication, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK made a...
Disgrace, Dogs And Dancing: The Diversions Of Dorothy Klewer
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Considering the era, I don't think that it's a stretch at all to say that Dorothy Klewer would have been an extremely controvers...
From Carnations To Kale: The Curious History Of Figure Skating's Flower Throwing Tradition
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The tradition of throwing flowers on the ice at figure skating competitions was actually predated by the tradition of throwing shade. Ba...
Move Over Mary Poppins: Ellen Dallerup, The Skating Zeppelin
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Practically perfect in every way, Julie Andrews delighted as the nanny who flew around via umbrella in the 1964 film "Mary Poppins&q...
The Roots Of Trophée Éric Bompard
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As the Grand Prix action continues to heat up with the fourth stop on the six part competition tour in Bordeaux, France, one might be a t...
Soldiering On: Inspiring Skaters From World War I and II
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In the 2013 Skate Guard blog " Finding Peace On The Ice: Figure Skating And World War II ", we first explored some of the figu...
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