Sequins, Scandals and Salchows: Figure Skating in the 1980s is an extraordinary history of a decade when figure skating was the talk of the town and its stars were household names. This one-of-a-kind book expands far beyond iconic moments like Torvill and Dean's Bolero and The Battle of The Brians, exploring intriguing connections between figure skating and real-world events that shaped the decade, including The AIDS Pandemic, The Cold War and The Fall of The Berlin Wall. Brimming with fascinating facts and eye-opening insights, the book chronologically highlights the competitions, shows and skaters that made figure skating everyone's favourite winter sport. A must-have collector's edition for any knowledgeable fan of the sport who came of age in the 80s - or wishes they did. "A journey through one of the most exciting decades in figure skating history when the sport was at the height of its popularity and its stars were true icons... An essential read." - Suzie Housley, Midwest Book Review "Ryan captures the era with a colorful account of a decade of figure skating... full of conflict, sadness and excess, one that changed history for all of us. The details and research are off the charts. Amazing." - Randy Gardner, World Pairs Skating Champion, 2-time Olympian "Meticulously researched, highly compelling, entertaining, memorable and significant... Ryan Stevens is clever, acerbic, witty, compassionate, positive, and realistic. He loves and understands figure skating and he writes really, really well. This is a wonderfully readable and historically important book." - Phillippa Cranston Baran, author of "Toller Cranston: Ice, Paint, Passion" "Exceptionally well constructed... A triumph... I'm now so obsessed with 80s skating that I've resorted to grainy videos online and am loving every minute, after loving every page of Stevens' book. Very highly recommended." - Asher Syed, Readers' Favorite "I can't imagine the amount of work... This book drags out pieces of history that will really grab people's attention." - Matteo Morelli, This Week In Skating podcast Award-winning author Ryan Stevens is a respected authority on figure skating history. For over a decade, his popular blog Skate Guard has attracted thousands of readers worldwide. Midwest Book Review describes his work as "informative, lively, and scholarly." Ryan has contributed to Skating magazine and U.S. Figure Skating, and his expertise has been sought by museums and broadcasters, including CBC, NBC and ITV. He is the author of Jackson Haines: The Skating King and Barbara Ann Scott: Queen of the Ice . Ryan lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. You can follow his blog Skate Guard on Facebook @SkateGuard and Instagram @SkateGuardBlog .