Ice Skating
Facts, tips and ideas about Ice Skating — and how to find people for it.
Did you know?
Skating trains your balance like little else — and hand in hand, the wobbling doesn't even show.
The oldest known ice skates are over 4,000 years old — shaped from animal bone, found in southern Finland. They were originally a means of transport: gliding across frozen lakes was faster than the way around.
Source: Wikipedia
Tip
Knees loose, eyes ahead. Skate stiff and you skate angular — skate loose and you skate round. Braking and turning both run through the knees, not the feet.
Right now
The rinks are open. Hand in hand or on your own across the ice.
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