Skate

What is skate? History Skate competition Dutch famous skaters 11-city race Short movie

By skate you move on the ice up thin, straight irons (skates)

figure-skate ice hockey-skate

You can practice skate on natural ice or artificial ice

Most skating sports have origins beyond the 20th century, with long track speed skating the first to be organised with international competition.

You have different kinds of competitions: Long track skate Short track skate Marathon skate Figure-skating

Has large popularity in:

- The Netherlands- Austria- Canada- Finland- Germany- Italy

- Japan - Norway- South Korea- Russia- Sweden- The Czech Republik- United States

• Short track skate is a form of competitive ice speed skating

Skaters, skate in a large group and they skate large distances.

Skating (actually "riding on the skate art ') is a sporting event with solo, couples and groups of skaters

Erik Hulzebosch Irene Wüst Sven Kramer Jochem Simon Uytdehaage Robert Rintje Ritsma

The 11-city race is a skating marathon in Friesland.

This is the end of our talk, we show you a short movie about the 11-city race in Friesland

Are there any questions? We hope you liked our presentation!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcXoSYK8mn0