⛸️⛸️Let’s go Ice Skating⛸️⛸️

Skating on ice, whether it be frozen ponds, as long as the ice is safe, or a rink can be great fun, and of course, like anything the more you do it the more you learn the moves and how to have fun. 

Skating goes back a long time, maybe more than 4000 years ago when Scandinavian people fixed sharpened bones to the bottoms of their shoes as a form of transport.  Ice Skating was also practised along the frozen canals in places like the Netherlands. 

The earliest mention of skating in England was in the 1600s. By the 1800s, indoor ice rinks were beginning to appear, which allowed more access to ice and more time for people to skate, not just in the winter. 

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Since then, skating has evolved into different things, like sports, such as speed skating, figure skating, or even playing hockey. Apart from that, just skating can be great fun if you want to go around in circles or learn some figure skating moves.
It also gets you out in the fresh air in winter for skating on frozen ponds.

Ice Hockey

Figure Skating

Ice Dancing

I went skating with the school, and I really enjoyed it. I could eventually skate around on my own after a few falls onto cold ice, which doesn't really hurt, apart from your pride. I have never skated on a pond, the only reason being being brought up in London you don't see that many that you can skate on!

So, have you ever been skating, and if so, did you love it or hate it? Maybe you still go.

Today, let’s post all things skating-related, music, gifs, pics, etc. and have some fun!