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3000 BCE
First Evidence of Figure Skates
The first figure skates were made out of bone and were carbon dated to about the year 3000. Early humans used them to skate across frozen lakes. -
Period: 3000 BCE to
Skating
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Jan 1, 1200
The Early Pioneers.
The Dutch were the first to make and use somewhat modern figure skates made of a simple steel blade and leather straps to keep them on your feet. These were used to go from village to villages on the frozen canals. -
Edward Bushnell introduces complex steel blade.
Edward Bushnell revolutionizes the skating world when he creates the first modern figure skates with two edges on a steel blade. His sharpening technique can still be seen in skates today. -
Jackson Haines creates new moves.
Jackson Haines was an American living in Vienna in the 1860's, he was a ballet master and added elements of ballet to give skating it's grace and power. -
Axel Paulsen invents the axel jump.
Axel Paulsen invented the axel jump, which is a 1 1/2 rotation jump, and the hardest jump to land. -
Salchow Invented
Ulrich Salchow invented the salchow jump in 1909, and it is now the first single jump that skaters learn -
Midori Ito lands first triple axel in the olympics.
Midori was the first woman to land a triple axel in competition, and the only woman to land one in the Olympic games.
