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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 trick
- blades melt a thin water layer you glide on
- olympic since
- figure skating debuted in 1908 summer games
- street origin
- surfers nailed wheels to boards for flat days
- survival skill
- early skates were animal bones strapped to feet
- falling math
- pros fall thousands of times mastering one trick
world record speed skating — erin jackson, 500m women's record 37.04 seconds, 2023
x games street skating — tony hawk, first 900 in vert skating, 1999
roller derby — all-star competitive sport with teams like gotham girls, founded 2001