The weight of a skater is concentrated in the thin blades of the skate, which exert enough pressure on the ice to cause some of it to melt. The water then lubricates the skate, which moves almost frictionlessly across the ice. Even without lubrication, ice tends to be quite slippery. So as long as the skater can remain balanced, the movement is quite smooth.
the ice blades r made from metal so they can slide, but it is ur balance and agility levels that can make it work, the blades have a toe pick at the front to stop u flying forwards and they keep u firmly stable...:)
The skates melt under your body weight the ice just a little bit to form a thin water film. In other words, the skates glide on a very small water cushion.
The zamboni which is a contraption that makes the ice smooth
its silky smooth fur
As we glide across the ice, we exert pressure on the thin blade, and are therefore creating a small stream of water in our path by melting that ice. The water between the blade and the ice is what we really glide across. Right when we stop exerting pressure, that water freezes almost instantly due to the cold temperature surrounding it
They would fly each a different direction.
We watched the graceful ballerina glide across the stage. He glides easily on his ice skates while she stumbles because she's just learning. The plane seems to glide effortlessly across the sky.
Most likely because the hot water slightly melts the bumps in the ice and then freezes creating a smooth layer of ice for the skaters to skate on.
Dorothy Hamill has written: 'Dorothy Hamill on and off the ice' -- subject(s): Biography, Figure skaters, Ice skaters, Juvenile literature, Women figure skaters, Skaters
To be able to wear shoes with metal blades attached to the sole of them. To then allow the human body to wear these "skates" to glide across ice.
No... they get gold metals
Figure Skaters train at an ice rink to practise their technique based on which level they are on.
to get from place to place when there wasn't ice... they complimented ice skaters
well really, figure skaters are constantly pumping their legs when they skate. They do crossovers, which are pulls that you do when you skate backwards and forwards, and it gives you a lot of speed! :)