The beauty of Skating

Skating is a sport that is watched almost by everybody. Only several people go in for this kind of sports professionally. But there are a lot of amateurs. Skating is the best way to entertain.

There are a lot of skating rinks in many cities of the world. They are especially popular on New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve. A skating ring is the best way to spend time and celebrate these holidays. Usually a big beautiful New Year Tree is put in the middle of the rink and the rink is decorated with thousands of lights. The view is extraordinary and very impressive.

But skating is not only a way of entertaining but also a professional sport. There are figure skating, speed skating and other kinds of skating.

Figure skating is one of the most popular sport nowadays but at the same time one of the most dangerous. Sportsmen get a lot of injuries skating and training. Figure skating is especially popular in Russian Federation, USA, Japan, Canada and many other countries of the world.

Figure skating is included into the program of Olympic winter Games. Figure skating is skating that reminds a dance using music and making additional athletic elements.

The motherland of skating is considered to be Holland because the first iron skates were made there. And the appearance of skates was favourable for the development of figure skating. At that time figure skating was drawing on the ice with the help of skate's blades and a skater had to take beautiful poses while doing it.

All necessary elements in Championships were created in Great Britain. And at that time the first rules of skating were made. And in the end of the 19th century the first competitions were held in Vienna.

Nowadays there are a lot of acrobatic elements. The most popular are loop, salchow, toe loop, flip, and many others.

Professional skaters participate in ice shows impressing the audience all over the world.

Besides, skating is the base for many other sports, such as ice hockey.

Skates and skating rink is everything you need for skating. Skating is a very popular sport and there are a lot of fans of this sport in different countries of the world.