Figure Skating : A Celebration

A colorful & informative look at the most glamorous of sports -- with over 200 color photographs. Beverley Smith has covered the skating world as a journalist -- & from her Toronto base has written the Globe & Mail'sÓ figure skating commentary -- since 1980. Dan Diamond, who since 1984, has been consulting publisher to the National Hockey League. This volume is a veritable goldmine of information -- figure skating today, history of competitive skating (pre-1940, after WW2, Soviet invasion, TV & the short program), judging, pairs skating, men's singles, ice dancing, & women's singles. It is filled with some of the most beautiful, colorful, historic photographs, & written in a style as flowing & fresh as a new skating program. A book to treasure.Diamond, Dan is the author of 'Figure Skating : A Celebration', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756772697 and ISBN 0756772699.