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Excerpt from The Art of Skating, Vol. 1
In this book the author has endeavored to condense some of the mass of material which he has collected during many years of the study and practice of figure skating in the United States, Canada and the skating centers of Europe.
Enthusiastic interest and unusual Opportunity for comparing the best styles of skating to be found among many nations, due to extended travel during the skating seasons, and the unbounded hospitality extended to him in all parts of the world where skat ing is looked upon as sport in the best sense Of the word, have caused the author to venture on this little volume, which, on account of its convenient size, can be carried about and easily referred to when the learner is on skates. It is with some slight sense of responsibility, therefore, and as a contribution to national interest in a sport which really originated in America, that he endeavors to here set down his analysis Of the new, artistic figure skating destined soon to be the standard all over the world.
It is fortunate that Messrs. A. G. Spalding Bros. Have had the foresight to recognize the trend of this great sport, and have placed their remarkable resources for reaching the outdoor pub lic at his service, not merely through the publication of this book, but, what is much more important, through the manufacture and sale of the exact form of skate and skating shoe which he regards as essential to artistic figure skating.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
In this book the author has endeavored to condense some of the mass of material which he has collected during many years of the study and practice of figure skating in the United States, Canada and the skating centers of Europe.
Enthusiastic interest and unusual Opportunity for comparing the best styles of skating to be found among many nations, due to extended travel during the skating seasons, and the unbounded hospitality extended to him in all parts of the world where skat ing is looked upon as sport in the best sense Of the word, have caused the author to venture on this little volume, which, on account of its convenient size, can be carried about and easily referred to when the learner is on skates. It is with some slight sense of responsibility, therefore, and as a contribution to national interest in a sport which really originated in America, that he endeavors to here set down his analysis Of the new, artistic figure skating destined soon to be the standard all over the world.
It is fortunate that Messrs. A. G. Spalding Bros. Have had the foresight to recognize the trend of this great sport, and have placed their remarkable resources for reaching the outdoor pub lic at his service, not merely through the publication of this book, but, what is much more important, through the manufacture and sale of the exact form of skate and skating shoe which he regards as essential to artistic figure skating.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Irving Brokaw
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ISBN - 9780267631339
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Page Count - 227
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ISBN - 9781330349618
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