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#Unearthed: An Evening On Dutch Skates

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When you dig through skating history, you never know what you will unearth. In the spirit of cataloguing fascinating tales from skating hist...

The Hub Trio: Acro-Ice Pioneers From New Hampshire

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The Hub Trio. Photo courtesy Mary Anna Paquette. From 1916 to 1918, three young men were born in Manchester, New Hampshire who would g...

The Lost Years: Skating And The Great War

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Between the sinking of the Lusitania, the Spanish flu pandemic, the Eastland disaster in Chicago, the White Friday avalanches in Italy, ...

A Taste Of Tatamagouche

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Divided pond with behind Main Street in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia with areas blocked off for hockey and figure skating, circa 1961. Photo...

The Peace Bridge Arena Collapse

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The Peace Bridge Arena. Photo courtesy Fort Erie Public Library. Built in 1928 and owned by wealthy philanthropist and industrialist F...

Fire On Ice: The George Dawson Phillips Story

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"There is one great advantage of figure skating as a sport, and that is age is not a potent factor of success, as past history show...

Lucky Socks And Unlucky Frocks: The Strange History Of Skating Superstitions

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Photo courtesy New York Public Library "If you allow yourself to become the victim of superstition, every single thing is a sign i...
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