Inline Speed Skating Skates (2 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Inline skates(often called Rollerblades after the popular trade name) a type ofroller skate used for inline skating. Unlike quad skates, which have twofront and two rear wheels, inline skates have two, three, four or fivewheels arranged in a single line. Some inline skates, especially thosefor recreation, have a 'stop' or 'brake' which is used to slow downwhile skating; most have a heel stop rather than the toe stopparticularly indispensable for inline figure skating. The modern styleof inline skates was developed as a substitute for ice skates, for useby a Russian athlete training on solid ground for Olympic long trackspeed skating events. Life magazine published a photo of American skaterEric Heiden, training for the 1980 Olympics, using such skates on aWisconsin road.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Inline speedskating is the sport of racing on inline skates (Roller sports). It isoften called inline racing by participants. Although it primarilyevolved from racing on traditional roller skates, the sport is similarenough to ice speed skating that many competitors are now known toswitch between inline and ice speed skating according to the season. Aninline speed skate is a specialized shoe version of the inline skate.The boot or shoe is close-fitting, without much padding and usually madeof leather and carbonfiber and/or fiberglass composites. For bestperformance the boot must conform closely to the shape of the foot, somost inline speed skating boots are heat-moldable, which allows the userto re-shape the boots to some extent when heat is applied (by placingthe boots in oven at 200 °F (93.3 °C) for 20 minutes after taking offthe wheels, frames, and straps/buckles).…