What makes a Blade good for Figure skating? How curved should it be? Henry Eugene Vandervell, the "father of English Figure skating," asked these questions over a century ago and used his knowledge of mathematics, physics, and Skating to answer them.
Only a handful of copi.
Most of today\'s blades are not far from Vandervell\'s recommendations.
The results strongly influenced the development of Figure skate blades.
This book presents an account of his experiments and calculations.
What makes a Blade good for Figure skating? How curved should it be? Henry Eugene Vandervell, the "father of English Figure skating," asked these questions over a century ago and used his knowledge of mathematics, physics, and Skating to answer them
