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Skating ' is a recreational activity and sport that is slipping on a smooth surface using skates placed on the feet. It can be divided , based on the surface used for skating , into two broad categories :


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  [ hide ] 1 Ice Skating2 Roller Skating3 Specialities skating sports4 skating Federations5 See also6 External links
 Ice skating [edit source ]





 Ice skating outdoors in Austria.The skates for figure skating are usually white and the heel is wooden.
It takes place on an ice surface , whether natural or artificial. In the case of artificial surface , are used indoors called flags or ice palaces may have bleachers to accommodate various sports competitions skating specialties . In recent times the calls are becoming popular tracks " synthetic ice " . An area in which you can skate like any other , but that is not ice , but polyethylene , a type of durable plastic . Since the advent of synthetic ice (also called ecological ice ) in the 60s , its evolution has been dramatic , even to reach a 95 % similarity with conventional ice . In addition , its use is rampant among many domestic courts , where power consumption is a major handicap. In this sense , the English Federation of Skating ( National Ice Skating Association of UK) approved and recommends these tracks for use. Among the advantages of synthetic ice rinks is that assembly and maintenance are very cheap , as it requires no power consumption , to which must be added that talk of a 100% recyclable material .
Roller Skating [edit source ]
Develops various ground surfaces , generally of asphalt, concrete , terrazzo floors , which in turn may have a surface layer of plastic material whereby the game becomes a game really difficult (polyurethane) , (resin) synthetic, etc . ) . The skating ( wheel) can develop in specific locations , such as tracks or circuits , or in unspecified locations enabled for the occasion (as with streets and roads in the distance events ) .
Roller skates can be of two types: the classic , also known as quad , which has four wheels arranged in pairs in two axes , and the ( inline skate ) , which has a provision similar to ice skates , replacing the a guide blade for holding a variable number of wheels ( three to five ) placed one after the other . These wheels have a diameter varying between 43 and 110 mm , may be the case of guides designed to accommodate various sized wheels . In the early ( 2000 ) used a variant of clap skates that is currently unused .
Skating Sports Specialties [edit source ]





 Quad.Hockey vintage skates or iceFigure SkatingIce Skating endIce Speed ​​SkatingRoller SkatingRoller HockeyHockey inline skatesArtistic roller skatingSpeed ​​Skating Inline SkatesSkating freestylestreet SkatingFreeskateFreestyle SlalomyawSkating gravity or decreasesRollerdanceSkating cross contryroller DerbyOlympic Skating