| Ice skating has a long history. In fact the | | | | volumes about both the complexity of this |
| origins of ice skating date back to the early | | | | activity and the simplicity of it.Ice skating |
| ninth century. The purpose then was far more | | | | is a sport that is both loved and hated by |
| practical, however, than recreational. The | | | | its practitioners. For some the entire sport |
| earliest ice skates are believed to have been | | | | is ice skating, for others the actual act of |
| found in London and made of horse bone. It is | | | | skating on ice is simply one aspect of a very |
| believed that these skates served utilitarian | | | | complex and multifaceted activity. And others |
| purposes such as movement from place to place | | | | are simply content to skate. In and of itself |
| in order to search or scavenge for food | | | | ice skating provides a significant challenge |
| rather than the largely recreational purpose | | | | for those just learning and becomes second |
| that most ice skates have in modern | | | | nature to those who have been doing it for |
| society.Ice skating over the centuries has | | | | long periods of time.The difficulty of ice |
| become more of a recreational activity and | | | | skating is much like that of roller skating. |
| provides long hours of entertainment to both | | | | Once you learn, you never really forget. You |
| skaters and spectators alike. From figure | | | | may have a few unsteady moments in the |
| skating to ice hockey all around the world | | | | beginning after a long absence but all in all |
| there is a fondness for this particular | | | | it comes rushing back once you get out there |
| activity that transcends time and speaks | | | | and try again. |