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  2. Figure skate - Wikipedia

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    Figure skates have a toe pick at the front end. Figure skates are a type of ice skate used by figure skaters. The skates consist of a boot and a blade that is attached with screws to the sole of the boot. Inexpensive sets for recreational skaters are available, but most figure skaters purchase boots and blades separately and have the blades ...

  3. Ice skate - Wikipedia

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    Ice skating in Graz in 1909 Medieval bone skates on display at the Museum of London German ice skates from the 19th century, the boot came separately. According to a study done by Federico Formenti, University of Oxford, and Alberto Minetti, University of Milan, Finns were the first to develop ice skates some 5,000 years ago from animal bones. [2]

  4. Ice skating - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. Figure skating - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Skating, Robert Jones (1772), the earliest book about figure skating. [197] [198] Le vrai pattineur (The True Skater), Jean Garcin (1813), the first book about ice skating published in France. [198] The Art of Skating, George Anderson (1852), about skating in England and Scotland. [199]

  6. File:Inline Skate Wheels.svg - Wikipedia

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  7. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Ice Plant Blossoms

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    These are nice flowers, and great colors, however option 3 is cut off. | AndonicO 13:51, 29 September 2006 (UTC) request this is moved to picture peer reiview or photos are individually nominated. -Ravedave (help name my baby) 01:29, 30 September 2006 (UTC) I don't know what picture peer review is.

  8. Artistic roller skating - Wikipedia

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    Artistic roller skaters skate on quad skates or inline skates (for the inline free skating discipline). Skates consist of four essential parts: boots, plates, wheels, and bearings. Skaters may sometimes use jump bars on their plates for added stability. Free skaters (both quad and inline) have a toe stop on their plates.

  9. Tour skating - Wikipedia

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    Sweden's largest tour skating association is "The Stockholm Ice Skate Sailing and Touring Club" (SSSK). [6] Finland's largest tour skating association is Finland's Tour Skaters. [7] America's largest tour skating association is Marathon Skating International, a Vermont-based skating group. Founded by Jamie Hess and a number of others, the ...