The Skating Club of Huntsville, which was established in 1961, is small in size but has had an active history of successfully hosting major skating competitions including the Rocket City Labor Day Classic, Rocket City Classic, 1996 & 2000 Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships, 2002 North American Challenge Skate USA, 2003 & 2004 Alabama State Games, 2003 U.S. Synchronized Team Skating Championships, 2009 Southern Eastern Great Lakes.

In 2010 the Skating Club of Huntsville celebrated 50 years of membership with the U.S. Figure Skating Association (USFSA), which is the governing body of figure skating in the United States. The Skating Club of Huntsville is a non-profit organization, dedicated to promoting amateur figure skating in the Huntsville and North Alabama area.