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From Cortina to Milan: Italy's Olympic Figure Skating Legacy

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Italy may not be the first country that comes to mind when thinking about Olympic figure skating, which is exactly what makes its history wo...

Black History Month 2026

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  2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the motion introduced by The Honourable Jean Augustine to officially recognize February as Black Histor...

Spin Into Skating History

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Whether you’re a longtime skating fan or just discovering the sport, there's never been a better time to explore the stories, history, a...

Take The Skate Guard Blog Survey!

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Happy Saturday! I’m working on future nonfiction figure skating books and considering changes to where Skate Guard Blog content is available...

How Do You Figure It?

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Long before quadruple Lutzes, levels on spins and "choreographic sequences", compulsory figures were the name of the game in figur...

Wendy Griner: Canada’s Leading Lady of the Early 1960s

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The daughter of George and Marjorie (Little) Griner, Wendy Elizabeth Griner was born April 16, 1944, in Hamilton, Ontario. She moved to ...

The 1962 Canadian Figure Skating Championships

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Virginia Thompson and Bill McLachlan, Wendy Griner, Donald Jackson and Maria and Otto Jelinek. Photo courtesy "Toronto Telegram...

The Best of 2025: A Skate Guard New Year's Spectacular

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2025 has been a memorable year for figure skating. At the World Figure Skating Championships in Boston in March, Alysa Liu won America's...