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!

Grades of Execution

The Grades of Execution Hub explores the technical side of figure skating through the history and evolution of its elements. This page brings together content on jumps, spins, figures, footwork and other elements, examining how they developed and how they evolved over time. 


The History and Evolution of Spinning

From camels and laybacks to Biellmann spins - and even the humble scratch spin - this blog explores more than one hundred years of the history and evolution of spinning.

Topics: figure skating spins, Biellmann spin, layback spin, camel spin, sit spin

The Art of Special Figures

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, many believed that the mark a great skater was their ability to carve intricate patterns on the ice. Leave the scribe at home - you won't find any school figures in this compulsory blog about the history of figures.

Topics: figures, special figures 

Technical Merit: A History of Figure Skating Jumps

Much has been written about figure skating jumps over the years, but most of it has focused on technique. Precious little has been written from a historical perspective. This fascinating book is jam-packed with stories about the origins and international evolution of figure skating jumps over the course of more than a century.

Topics: figure skating jumps, throw jumps, Axel jump, Lutz jump, history of backflip, twist lifts

Airborne: A Timeline of Canadian Jumping History

This resource is chock full of facts, firsts and interesting footnotes about the history of figure skating jumps in Canada. From Donald Jackson's first triple Lutz to Kurt Browning's history-making quad, this timeline has it all. 

Topics: figure skating jumps, Canadian figure skating history, Donald Jackson, Kurt Browning, triple Lutz, triple Axel, quadruple jumps, figure skating firsts

Headbanging History: Tracing The Roots of the Bounce Spin

Some call it the headbanger; others the bounce spin. This show-stopping adagio trick has had audiences gasping for decades. Trace the element's history in this fascinating blog.

Topics: bounce spin, headbanger, adagio pairs skating, adagio tricks

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