Ice Skating
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Types of Skates
Women's Ice Skates
Men's Ice Skates
Boy's Ice Skates
Girl's Ice Skates
Figure Skates
Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoortracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and rivers.
History
Ice skating became a sport associated with the upper classes in the Netherlandsbut became suitable for all classes when introduce to Britain in the 17th century. Since then, ice skating techniques developed gradually.
Skating has long been a means of travelin countries with long, cold winters, such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and especially Holland.
Risks of ice skating.
The primary danger in ice skating is falling on theice. The chance of falling depends on the roughness of the ice. Falling can be fatal if a helmet is not worn to protect against serious head trauma.
The second, and more serious,danger is falling through the ice into the freezing water underneath when skating outdoors on a frozen body of water. They can die due to shock, hypothermia or drowing. This mayresult in drowning or hypothermia, but the rapid cooling can also create a state in which someone can be revived up to hours after having fallen in the water. For safety, one shouldnever skate alone in the darkness and as a rule bring nails or ice-claws when one is skating on a lake or river.
The most important equipment is of course skates. You'll need agood shoe and blades. As your skills develope the importance of good skates increases. You can skate in "normal" sports wear, as long as it's flexible and warm enough. Whenpractising more, tight clothes are preferable!
Famous Ice Skaters
Katarina Witt - Two Time Olympic Figure Skating Champion is one of the most successful figure skaters in history.
Women's Ice Skates
Men's Ice Skates
Boy's Ice Skates
Girl's Ice Skates
Figure Skates
Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared indoor and outdoortracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water, such as lakes and rivers.
History
Ice skating became a sport associated with the upper classes in the Netherlandsbut became suitable for all classes when introduce to Britain in the 17th century. Since then, ice skating techniques developed gradually.
Skating has long been a means of travelin countries with long, cold winters, such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, and especially Holland.
Risks of ice skating.
The primary danger in ice skating is falling on theice. The chance of falling depends on the roughness of the ice. Falling can be fatal if a helmet is not worn to protect against serious head trauma.
The second, and more serious,danger is falling through the ice into the freezing water underneath when skating outdoors on a frozen body of water. They can die due to shock, hypothermia or drowing. This mayresult in drowning or hypothermia, but the rapid cooling can also create a state in which someone can be revived up to hours after having fallen in the water. For safety, one shouldnever skate alone in the darkness and as a rule bring nails or ice-claws when one is skating on a lake or river.
The most important equipment is of course skates. You'll need agood shoe and blades. As your skills develope the importance of good skates increases. You can skate in "normal" sports wear, as long as it's flexible and warm enough. Whenpractising more, tight clothes are preferable!
Famous Ice Skaters
Katarina Witt - Two Time Olympic Figure Skating Champion is one of the most successful figure skaters in history.
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