All the downhill rinks are closed in the summer.Sure..if you can find a downhill rink
All the downhill rinks are closed in the summer.Sure..if you can find a downhill rink
This thread is going downhill But skating in a flat is probably good for balance, and fore-aft awareness, anyways?
Yes. But I wouldn't get too worried about maximum optimization of exercise for skiing unless it's your primary sorce of income, which is unlikely for most. 'Fun' is what gets it done. (Skating is fun, and that's plenty enough reason! ) In general if you cover the strength, flexibility, and aerobic bases, you'll be well set up for next season.Skating does all that and more!
Surprised teens inline skate. Seems to have disappeared largely.Great perspective, @markojp . This is exactly why I was asking. In my town, only teens inline-skate, so the fun thing to do would be hitting the ice-rink. Cheers!
Don't want to throw cold water on this great discussion but saying you can carve on skates is a bit of a stretch. By definition, carving requires that the tools (skis) be capable of bending into and arc. Skates are prefixed in shape. This goes back to what I have been trying to say and that is skiing is unique in terms of the skier needing to edge and fore and aft balance against the prevailing force in order to bend the ski and create circular travel. But carry on. Enthusiasm is contagious.What's cool with ice skates is you can 'carve' or 'slide/skid', and to varying degrees.
To be fair, there is a difference between carving on skates and on skis. You do have to bend the ski and you can't bend a skate. It does appear to me based on my limited recent experience in inline skating that there is a fair amount of cross over including the finesse in turn mechanics.
Mike
Jes, do you skate? If you can't leave clean arcs on a freshly zambonied surface, I don't know what to say.
Seriously. Where is it written that carving requires bending?Jes, do you skate? If you can't leave clean arcs on a freshly zambonied surface, I don't know what to say.
Seriously. Where is it written that carving requires bending?
Please try to read before you respond. I am not trying to create a "Train Wreck"
I didn't say that skates can't create circular travel, I said the the definition of carving in relation to the sport of skiing requires the ski to be shaped (by the skier) to form an arc. Once that process is begun, the ski (and the skier) will travel in an arc (circle). I didn't know you could shape your skates! Being fixed in the shape of an arc, the skater needs to physically create velocity and angles. Reference OldSchool's comment on hockey skates above
In fact, if you want to get down to it, (once velocity is established), Skiing requires a range of fore and aft balance to begin, maintain and complete a turn . Skating on the other hand requires a limited range of fore and aft balance in order to stay in the sweet spot of the blade.
Speed skates = long straight blades for speed and acceleration
Figure skates = curved blades for ease for spins and maneuvering
Hockey skates = blend of both, curved at the front for quick turns, straight at the rear for speed and acceleration
I love teaching skaters to ski. It's a breeze direct to parallel lesson. Just build on the existing muscle memory.
How about ice skating? Would that be similar (and even closer to skiing), and a good workout off-season?
Well of course if you're defining a "skiing term" that would involve skis. No one is using skis on a hockey rink normally.Carve turn - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carve_turn
A carve turn is a skiing term, used to refer to a turning technique in which the ski shifts to one side or the other on its edges. When edged, the sidecut geometry causes the ski to bend into an arc, and the ski naturally follows this arc shape to produce a turning motion.