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• n  sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
• n  large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins
• v  move along on skates
  The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter

• From the early homemade boards to slickly designed skate parks, how skateboarding came of age.
• Pro skateboarder Tony Hawk makes the White House his own personal skate park.
• Skateboarding, once associated with concrete wastelands and empty parking lots, has inspired a whole new design field.

News & Articles

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• Skate park designs revealed to the public
  Cascading steps and railings are a skateboarders concrete paradise. You can imagine the disappointment when what you love to do is off limits. "Right now I skate on the streets, empty parking lots, where
  June 27, 2013 - 14 WFIE Evansville
• Skate Advocate Raises Concerns About Proposed Niles Park
  A national skate park advocacy group has raised safety and longevity concerns about the design of Niles' proposed skate park at Washington Terrace Park.
  June 26, 2013 - Journal & Topics Newspapers
• Encinitas YMCA skate park re-opens
  Skate pros Neal Mims, Andy Macdonald, Mitchie Brusco and Austin Poynter were among the guests at the opening of the renovated Magdalena Ecke Family YMCA in Encinitas YMCA.
  June 26, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Rick Dudley in Gather.com
  He's probably as big a player as there is in the National Hockey League and he can skate,Dudley said. "That skill, that combination is so attractive. We think we got something special there."
• Ray Shero in 940 News
  We've always had a hard time finding that fit for Sid, and I believe Marian is a guy who can think at that level, skate at that level and, obviously, he can score goals and kill penalties and raise everybody else's game,Shero said.
• Craig Muni in Vancouver Sun
  When we came to Windsor he would be in the dressing room with his family, wife and kids and he would take them out for a skate,Muni said from Buffalo. "He was a good guy and a family man."