fUn FaCTs
- · The oldest pair of skates was discovered in 3000 b.c at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. The blades are made up of large animal bones and strapped with leather and animal skin!! yuck!!!
- · Around 14th century, the dutch invented a wooden ice skates and in 15th century they change it into a flat iron blades. Through this we can see how human develop their intelligence for life survival. Incredible!!
- · The first ice rink was built in 1876 and named Glaciarium in Chelsea, England.
- · During 1940s John E. Strauss, a blade maker from St. Paul, Minnesota, invented the first closed toe blade made from one piece of steel.
