Despite the surrounding desert environment, figure skating is flourishing in the city of El Paso.
For over 21 years, the El Paso Figure Skating Club has been developing skaters in the borderland. The club was originally founded in Ciudad Juárez by former Ice Capades skater Lori Briggs. In 1996, the old hockey team that was known as the El Paso Buzzards asked Briggs to start a figure skating program here in El Paso and it has been going ever since.
The organization became part of the U.S. Figure Skating club in 2016. The El Paso Figure Skating Club was previously known as the Sun City Blades Figure Skating Club.