Ice skate

Men's hockey skates.

An ice skate is a boot with a blade in it that is used in recreation or sports to move across an ice rink.They are used for skating on ice for fun,exercise or competitive sport.The first ice skates are thought to have originated in Scandinavia as early as 1000 Bc.

Ice Skate Media

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  Tubeskate

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  Ice skating in Graz in 1909

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  Medieval bone skates on display at the Museum of London

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  German ice skates from the 19th century, the boot came separately

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  American Athletic Figure Skate

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  Ice hockey skates on ice.

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  Ice hockey goaltender skate

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  Hockey skate being sharpened

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  Charles Goodman Tebbutt doing a speed skating pose in 1889. He published the first set of rules for bandy

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  Modern "Comfort" speed skates