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Skating خ - دقيق (talk) 17:41, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

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Skating includes any sports or recreational activity that consists of traveling along on ice or a dry surface using skates. And there are many athletes and enthusiasts who can be called a "skater." Skating can be done on natural or synthetic ice; a variety of hard, dry surfaces including wood, plastic, tile, asphalt, cement or any other dry smooth surface; and can happen indoors or outdoors.

A wide variety of skates and gear can be used by skaters for these skating activities, and there are even more disciplines associated with skating than there are equipment styles. There are several well-known varieties of skating that include recreational, fitness, competitive and transportation activities in the ice, quad and inline sports.

Ice skating has an assortment of activities and disciplines:

   Recreational Skating
   Fitness Skating
   Figure Skating
   Ice Hockey
   Speed Skating
   Tour Skating

Quad roller skating has many activities and disciplines including many done on ice and some that are unique to quads:

   Recreational and Social Quad Skating
   Quad Fitness Skating
   Quad Speed Skating
   Quad Figure Skating
   Vertical Roller Skating
   Jam Skating
   Rhythm Skating
   JB Skating
   Quad Roller Derby
   Quad Rink Roller Hockey

Inline skating has a lot activities and disciplines including many done on roller or ice and others that are unique to inline skates:

   Recreational Skating
   Fitness Skating
   Street Skating
   Speed and Inline Racing
   Marathon Skating
   Freestyle Slalom Skating
   Inline Figure Skating
   Hockey Skating
   Inline Roller Soccer
   Roller Cricket
   Roll Ball
   Inline Basketball
   Aggressive and Stunt Skating
   Urban Skating
   Skate Cross
   Off Road and All Terrain Skating
   Nordic Skating
   Kite Skating
   Wind Skating
   Downhill Racing

The ice, quad and inline sports disciplines that share names and use similar equipment and rules often share participants. And many of the serious skating athletes cross train on an alternate surface when weather or availability might interrupt preparation for an important event. For these athletes, "skating" must continue regardless of which skates are used.

In addition, skateboarding, iceboarding, snowboarding, skiing and other snow skating sports call their movements over surfaces skating even though the equipment used to "skate" over the surface is not a traditional pair of skates.

خ - دقيق (talk) 06:53, 30 November 2012 (UTC)