Essays on Figure Skating

Real men don’t want to be seen watching figure skating. While figure skating seems to have a dominantly female fan base, it is possible that many men may be watching the sport in the privacy of their homes (Moore). The typical audience at a figure skating event comprises of two-thirds female and only one-third male, a majority of who seem to have reluctantly accompanied their wives to the event. Men feign disinterest in this sport primarily because of the controversies associated with male figure skating fans. These controversies question the masculinity and sexuality of the men who participate ...

Abstract

Figure skaters graciously glide over ice and perform intricate aerobatics, speed skaters achieve incredible velocities over ice, and thousands of persons each year stumble in ice as they first try out this practice for leisure. This paper reviews the scientific concepts and laws that make ice skating possible, as well as the factors that influence performance and ice skates design.

Introduction

Ice skating, gliding along an ice surface using keel-like runners known as ice skates [1], is a sport practiced by many solely for recreational purposes, while others engage in it as an inherent part of other sports, such as ...

The Winter Olympic Games is an international sporting event that is usually held once in every four calendar year. These games were first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The first original sports of this event included curling, bobsleigh, ice hockey, military patrol, Nordic skiing, and skating. Following the Second World War, the Olympics games were interrupted and later returned in 1948 under the management of the International Olympic Committee. This paper gives detailed information about iceberg skating, and specifically ice dancing as a Winter Olympic Sport. However, the Olympic Games have undergone stages of evolution, and has currently ...