for basic lessons, you will need skates, gloves, a jacket, and cloths you can move in. small children sometimes wear helmets and snowpants.
for competitive skaters, you need a practice dress [for girls] or practice outfit [for guys] good skates, a warm up jacket, thing mittens, tights, knee high tights [used as socks], water bottle, kleenex, skate guards, soakers, a washcloth to dry your skates, and the music for your program.
For figure skating you need:
1. A jacket or fleece: its important to stay warm while skating.
2. Figure skates: proper skates are needed to do jumps. NO HOCKEY SKATES.
3. long socks: not knee high socks, just socks that go above your skates. (otherwise you`ll get blisters)
4. Yoga pants or other stretchy pants: no jeans, you need room to stretch tight pants aren`t good.
5. Pony tail or bun: if you`re a girl, you`ll need to tie your hair up or your hair will fall in your face while you spin.
6. Skate guards: protect you blades or they`ll get dull.
7. A bag: to put your skates in.
8. Gloves: keep your hands warm.
9. Water bottle: figure skating is hard work so you will probably get thirsty.
10. A cloth: to dry your skates when you finish skating.
Ice skates are sports equipment. They are used in hockey, figure skating and speed skating.
yes helmets glasses and suits.
Speed skating requires good equipment and good form. In general the lower one can keep his body the faster one will go. More information can be found at US Speed Skating, and Ellis Method.
you attend speed skating practices.
Speed Skating Canada was created in 1887.
The main equipment for Ice skating would be a pair of Ice Skates of course
People began speed skating as a Olympic event in 1924 but only men can compete. Women can compete in 1974 for speed skating.
Some different types of skating are Hockey, Figure Skating, and Speed Skating.
Speed Skating became an Olympic sport in 1924.
Speed skating has been around for hundreds of years. It was invented thousands of years ago, but the dutch in the 1200s, used the first metal blades to glide on the ice.
speed skating
Popular forms of skating include: Inline skating Speed skating Ice skating