Episode Notes
Today’s guest is Ryan Stevens. Ryan is the author of three reference books about figure skating history and the fantastic resource that is the Skate Guard blog. A former figure skater and judge from Halifax, Nova Scotia, he also writes for “Skating” magazine and US Figure Skating. I’ve appreciated Ryan’s interest in all corners of skating history, especially the figures who have been forgotten by mainstream history. This conversation gave us a chance to talk about why things are the way they are, the processes of change, and our hopes for the future of the sport!
A full transcript is available here
You can follow Ryan on Twitter and Instagram @SkateGuardBlog and at https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/ where you can also pre-order his upcoming biography of Jackson Haines.
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Resources:
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/
Ryan’s books are Technical Merit: A History of Figure Skating Jumps, The Almanac of Canadian Figure Skating, and Figure Skating: A Bibliography
You can buy them on Amazon!
Madge Syers: The Mother of Figure Skating https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2013/06/spotlight-on-madge-syers-mother-of.html
Fancy Dan’s and Figure Eights 
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2016/06/fancy-dans-and-figure-eights-skatings.html
Example of a “well-balanced program” from the 1970s including intentional single, double and triple jumps - Toller Cranston 1972 World Championship FS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQnf6kOtbFQ
Atoy Wilson (Ice Theatre of NY profile)
https://www.icetheatre.org/atoy-wilson-blm.html
Axels at the Apollo: The Joseph Vanterpool Story
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2021/03/axels-at-apollo-theater-joseph.html
The Almanac of Professional Figure Skating Competitions
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-almanac-of-professional-figure.html
One Night Only: Professional And Pro-Am Competitions That Didn't Stick Around
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2020/06/one-night-only-professional-and-pro-am.html
Isabela Butler: Figure Skating’s Best-Kept Secret
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2016/03/isabella-butler-figure-skatings-best.html
Jackson Haines: The Skating King (Ryan’s new book)
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2015/08/jackson-haines-definitive-biography.html
A History of Doping in Figure Skating
https://skateguard1.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-history-of-doping-in-figure-skating.html
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