Speed skating originated in the Netherlands and Scandinavia over 1000 years ago. The Dutch were the first to develop the sport in the modern era.
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The first pair of all-iron skates goes to a Scotsman who invented them in 1592. England had the first speed skating race in 1763.
Speed Skating is an olympic sport.
Charles Jewtraw of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate
The first date of ice skating has been lost in the annals of history. There have been crude ice skate found in Finland from about 4,000 years ago. For more history, read the link below.
No. It certainly helps alot... but there are plenty of "heavy set" people who speed skate.
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Norwegians that skate fast
well first gain speed then lean your skate board on to the back wheel's then slam it on to the back wheel's and then you will do an olie.
We do not know much about the first person to skate on ice. We know that the steel blades used in ice skating were invented by someone in Holland in the 12th or 13th century, but we do not know precisely where, when, or by whom.
The first officially documented inline skate actually appeared in London in 1760.1760The first known inventor of an inline roller skate was John Joseph Merlin.John Joseph MerlinJohn Merlin was born September 17, 1735 in Huys, Belgium.He was the first recorded person to invent a roller skate, doing so in the 1760s in London, England
zephyr skate team in LA California