SKATING

SKATING

Skating: How Dangerous Is It?

I’ve mentioned this before and I will again; ice skating isn’t that risk-free and laid back as many people think it is. Just because the performance of world-wide famous skaters seems to flow doesn’t mean that it always looked like that. Behind the performance, there were multiple injuries and possibly even fractures that took time […]

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The Difference Between Figure Skating and Ice Dancing

As you by now surely know, I am an avid fan of skating of all sorts. It’s one of the main reasons why I am so happy during the wintertime (okay, that, and Christmas holidays as well), as my family and I have a tradition regarding the winter sports. We gather around the TV and […]

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Most Famous Figure Skaters

If you religiously follow any skating championship, you probably have a favorite figure skater, right? Depending on which category you follow, singles, male or female, or pairs, you will probably root for somebody and wait for them to win a prize. No matter the gender, I wanted to compile a list of famous figure skaters […]

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Top 4 Scariest Figure Skating Tricks

Figure skating is that one elegant sport on the TV that everyone watches in admiration – the performances are almost always flawless, the skaters beautiful in their own way, their moves reminding us that art can be brought to life and interpreted through movement on ice. However, they, the skaters, skate on a fine line […]

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What is Speed Skating?

I’ve been a fan of skating since I was 5 years old; the passion for loving this magnificent sport is hereditary – namely, my dad has always been a huge fan of it and he transferred the same passion for skating to me, and I did the same to my children. By now, if you’ve […]

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Ice Dancing and Figure Skating: What Are They and Can You Bet on Them?

If you have been following my blog for a little while, you will know that I adore skating; I do not only tune into it during the winter Olympics, but I try to watch and follow all of the championships (which are usually European). In a recent article of mine I mentioned that you can […]

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Different Types of Skating

If you love skating it might be a bit difficult choosing the right sport for you since there are so many various sports which are played on ice and include skates. In this article, I will introduce three skating sports which are considered to be the most popular ones, as well as some of the […]

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