Posted by Dave Thewlis on August 15, 2007 at 01:26:45 from 75.111.50.119 user dthewlis.
In Reply to: Re: nordic skating or anything but Beckfoot! posted by Pam Adams on August 14, 2007 at 16:00:19:
Well, for one thing you can turn corners or change direction with blades that cut into the ice, which with wood blocks or equivalent you couldn't. Quite possibly you couldn't build up speed (without a sail) either. Or stop.