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The first crossover

September 12, 2022September 19, 2022 Bev

I think I just found the first reference to forward crossovers in the skating literature. In 1788, Gerhard Ulrich Anton Vieth gave a lecture to a group of (what he called) friends. That lecture was published in Neue Litteratur und Völkerkunde and, in 1790, reprinted as a book with the title Über das Schrittschuhlaufen. It's… Continue reading The first crossover →

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