Humans have been ice skating for about 3000 years, judging from animal bones found in gravesites in what is now Scandinavia. These skates would have been very crude, and they might have allowed for movement over the ice, but not much control over that movement. It was the Dutch who invented skate blades made of steel in the 1200s and 1300s, and their shape, function and material has not changed very much at all over the past 800 years. The Dutch probably originally used skating as a form of transportation. Much of Holland is at or below sea level, and much of that is frozen for long periods during the year. Skating provided a rudimentary way of getting around.
The earliest skates were not very stable, and skaters needed to use poles, similar to ski poles, to maintain their balance. Further refinements to the blade ended the need for poles, and ice skating became a pastime for children as early as the 1400s. Ice skating was considered a proper form of entertainment for everyone in Holland, but in other countries, it was seen for generations as appropriate only for the upper classes. For a long time, it was acceptable in polite society for women to skate, but that changed in the late 1800s when the first figure skating clubs opened up -- to men only. Over the next 100 years, ice skating went from being a stiff and formal means of exercise to a more aesthetically pleasing, artistic pursuit. It also became a competitive sport, although the ladies would have to wait years to compete in some of the major championships.
because he wanted people to have fun
Because it is amazing!!!!
People usually learn and do figure skating at an arena
Ice skating, or if you do competitive skating it is called figure skating.
mens figure skating, womans figure skating, dance skating, and pair skating
mens figure skating, womans figure skating, dance skating, and pair skating
Skating itself was first brought to America in the 1740's. Figure skating was developed several years later in the U.S.
my friends and i call it skating
People have been ice skating for centuries. The first account of figure skating is in 1772. The first European championship was in 1891 and the International Skating Union was founded in 1892. Figure Skating was also first created by the Dutch in the 13 or 14 Century.
I love figure skating!!
Quoted from Wikipedia:"While people have been ice skating for centuries, figure skating in its current form originated in the mid-19th century.""American skater Jackson Haines, considered the "father of modern figure skating", introduced a new style of skating in the mid-1860s."
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