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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!

Cover Reveal - New Collector's Edition Series

 



I'm delighted to finally share the covers of a new collection's edition set that will be coming out this fall! A Complete History of the European and World Figure Skating Championships are reference books, chock full of detailed results, pictures and interesting facts you can't find online. 

The covers were designed by Stefan Prodanovic, a very talented designer from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Stefan also created the cover for my book "Sequins, Scandals & Salchows: Figure Skating in the 1980s".

A must-have collector's edition set!

If you're a true fan of figure skating, these comprehensive and painstakingly researched encyclopedias of the oldest international figure skating competitions in the world will be the perfect additions to your figure skating library.

These historical reference books offer a complete statistical record of fascinating facts, figures and firsts from the oldest international figure skating events in the world. Beautiful black and white photos of great champions are interspersed with complete and accurate results from the World and European Championships, going back to the 19th Century.

Available worldwide in November.

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