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Synthetic ice is a solid polymer material designed for skating using normal metal-bladed ice skates. Rinks are constructed by interlocking panels. Synthetic ice is sometimes called artificial ice, but that term is ambiguous, as it is also used to mean the mechanically frozen skating surface created by freezing water with refrigeration equipment.
Dry ski slope in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary Warmwell artificial ski slope in Dorset, U.K. ()A dry ski slope or artificial ski slope is a ski slope that mimics the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable people to ski, snowboard or snow tube in places where natural, snow-covered slopes are inconvenient or unavailable.
Outdoor ice skaters in 1925 A postman in Germany during the winter of 1900 (stamp from 1994) Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. Ice skating may be performed on ...
Sharks Ice San Jose (formerly the Ice Center of San Jose, Logitech Ice Center, and Solar4AmericaIce) is an indoor ice rink in San Jose, California, United States.The largest ice rink facility in the Western United States, Sharks Ice serves as the official training facility for the NHL San Jose Sharks and the home arena for San Jose State University's Spartans hockey team.
The Ice Skating Institute (formerly the Ice Skating Institute of America) is a trade association for ice rinks, and also an international governing body for recreational figure skating. It was founded in 1959 to proliferate the building of permanent indoor ice rinks, [ 1 ] which numbered fewer than 100 at the time, as well as to promote skating ...
Name Type Location Photo Status Notes 3 Up 3 Down [1] [2]: street skating: San Francisco Armory: Active: 3rd and Army [3] [4] [5]: street skating: Mission Bay: Active: Bay Blocks [6] [7]: street skating
The lower banks as seen in 2009. Brooklyn Banks is the unofficial name for the area under the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.The banks are a New York City skate spot, popular among skateboarders and BMXers for the unique brick banked surfaces that give the spot its name, and other skateable features such as benches, pillars, ledges, stairs, and handrails.
Akoustolith was first introduced by the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company, in collaboration with Wallace Sabine of Harvard University, in 1915. [2] The founder of the Guastavino Company, Rafael Guastavino Sr., had immigrated to the United States from Spain in 1881, bringing with him the method of timbrel-vault construction, also known as cohesive construction. [3]