Encyclopediaice skatingice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates. Sections in this article: The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on ice skating from Fact Monster:
- ice skating: History - History The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with ...
- ice skating: Skating as a Sport - Skating as a Sport Skating, besides being an important form of winter recreation and the essential ...
- ice skating: Bibliography - Bibliography See J. M. Petkevich, The Skater's Handbook (1984).
- Skating - Skating Figure skating Theresa Weld Blanchard has achieved many figure skating firsts. She was the ...
- winter sports - winter sports: winter sports: see bobsledding; curling; hockey, ice; ice dancing; ice skating; ...
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