#skate history

[flocklings]

Unknown Derby Girl, 1970s, Hermosa Beach, CA.

[mentalanguish]

SHORTY'S | Fulfill The Dream | Chad Muska | 1998

[hinamie]

surprise it's yuri!!!in 2024

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Pair of womens ice skates by Champion.

Date: ca. 1920

[whalehouse1]

Dick: Damian what are you doing?

Damian, carrying a lead pipe: Breaking legs. Todd told me it’s traditional.

Dick: JASON!!!???

Jason: I told the brat it was traditional for wishing good luck in a play, not something you do. Don’t blame me for him not getting something that simple.

Damian: Don’t be a fool Todd, I clearly understood what you meant. However, the lead went to that fool Chris and I will not be a mere understudy.

Duke: This is why we get along.

[figureskatingpenguin]

Alexa Gasparotto's 3A (BV 8.00 + GOE -0.80 = 7.20) | 2025 Maria Olszewska Memorial, SP

Alexa Gasparotto has become the first African-American woman and the eighth US woman in history to land a triple axel in competition (albeit with a hand down)!

[usnatarchives]

Zamboni, it's cold! 🧊🥶❄️🏒

Did you know the National Archives Catalog holds the coolest records—including the Zamboni patent? Frank Zamboni’s invention hit the ice in 1949, revolutionizing rink maintenance and keeping hockey and skating fans gliding smoothly.

[protectoursharks]

I heard that sharks and rays are super closely related. Are skates an approximate bridging “group” between them? Or are they outside of both groups

They are all really closely related- there in all the same class known as Chondrichthyes, or cartilaginous fish. Sharks evolved first, approximately 350 million years ago during the Carboniferous period. Skates and ray came around at approximately the same time as each other 150 million years ago during the Jurassic period.

So skates aren't really a "bridging group", they're actually most closely related to rays!

[mango-dot-yum]

Bit of a rant, but can we normalize being nice about your opinions?? There’s this account on TT that I won’t name, but their ENTIRE account is claiming to be a “Starlight Express fan page” but all they do is hate on the Wembley 2024 revival. I know people don’t like it, I get why people don’t like it, I understand why people criticize it. But when your ENTIRE presence online is hating- not critiquing- a version of the show you don’t like, making fun of the cast, and ignoring when the cast and their friends comments on your videos telling you to stop being an asshole, that’s going far beyond not liking something. And people try to involve the Bochum cast in this as well! They’ll comment on their videos like “yeah, this is SO much better than the London version!” like, do you not think that makes them uncomfortable? And most of the people who do stuff like this are the same people who hated on 2018 Bochum changes for years, but all of a sudden you LOVE it just because you don’t like the current version? I’m not saying you’re not allowed to share your dislike of London 2024 just because the cast is active on social media and your criticisms might hurt their feelings, but just be a decent person about it. If you don’t like London 2024, don’t comment on the cast’s videos telling them their show sucks. That’s not just “sharing your opinion,” that’s being an asshole. Say you don’t like it, say why you don’t like it. But don’t make fun of the cast and involve cast from versions you like more into it.

[kenneduck]

More Sidlink brainworms. Ice skating edition.

[godsfavoritelitlesilly]

Teacher au anyone???

[lookingbackatfashionhistory]

• Roller Skates.

Date: 1980

Medium: Synthetic, nylon, polyurethane, metal.

[figureskatingpenguin]

rest in peace, dick button (july 18, 1929 – january 30, 2025)

dick button, known as the godfather of figure skating, was a two-time back-to-back olympic champion, a five-time consecutive world champion, and the only non-european man to become a european champion! he was the first skater in history to land a double axel, as well as the first to land a triple jump of any kind (the triple loop), in competition. additionally, he was credited for inventing the flying camel spin (aka the "button camel"). after his retirement, he became an expert sports analyst, winning an emmy award for his excellent commentary on figure skating.

[xunknownchildx]

I’m so happy I had the opportunity to join this year’s @zkbigbang. This was my first big bang and it was so much fun! Everyone I worked with made it such a wonderful experience. Thank you so much to all my teams and all the mods for these past few months! ❤️