Show skating skating apparently was originated by the primitive norsemen norseman Nor semen whose sagar saga boast of the abilia ability y of their fighters to move swiftly over the ice on bono bone runners attached to the feet with leather thongs other na tion alons s took up the art the swedes danes finns and dutch all contributing to its early development in tho the third century the art of was introduced in europe and this led eventually to tho the development of metal runners and thus to great improvement in skating tec technique hn ique 1 A |