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