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controlled falling that somehow turns concrete and ice into a dance floor
means Gliding across ice or a hard surface on blades or wheels, propelling yourself by pushing off rather than stepping.
from From the verb 'skate,' borrowed in the 17th century from Dutch 'schaats' (a skate or stilt), which the Dutch in turn took from Old French 'eschasse,' meaning a stilt or wooden leg. Curiously, English speakers misheard the singular 'schaats' as a plural and trimmed it down to 'skate' — so the word itself slipped on the ice of translation. The Dutch, masters of frozen canals, gave skating to the world along with the term.
physics trickblades melt a thin water layer you glide on
olympic sincefigure skating debuted in 1908 summer games
street originsurfers nailed wheels to boards for flat days
survival skillearly skates were animal bones strapped to feet
falling mathpros fall thousands of times mastering one trick