
Skating for speed: Incredible Nordic Blades
When you’re skating long distance outdoors you start to realize that hockey skates just don’t cut it anymore. Hockey skates are made for quick stop and gos within a confined space. When you’re outdoors on a 400m skating oval, a large lake or canal, or even deep within a multi-event winter race, speed is the name of the game. Here is where Nordic Skatescome in. Nordic skates are very long and narrow skating blades that attach to a X-Country ski boot. It’s essentially a beast t