Fans of Figure Skating History

Check out current issue of IFS on Jackson Haines.

He is the father of Artistic Figure Skating. Born in America of Canadian parents, he toured and wowed Europe by skating to music. He invented the sitsspin which on rollers is called a Jackson.

The writer of the article cites, John Curry and Toller Cranston as contempories of Haines.

Joe

Thanks for the heads-up, Joe. I'll be on the lookout for my copy.