The Happy Thread IV

[Varnafindë]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

I guess you'd call them langskøyter
They're for speed skating yes, and very different from what you wear for figure skating, ice-hockey and whatnot.

Close enough - we call them lengdeløpsskøyter

The skates for figure skating and for ice hockey are designed to help you to be able to turn around quickly, which you don't need to do in speed skating.

Instead with the skates for speed skating, the blades are longer (a bit like roller blades), so that there's more contact with the ice to spread your weight on and to keep your balance better, and to kick against the ice with - to get a good kick-off