"Nowadays, figure skating is largely about jumps and the impressiveness of how many spins you can make in the air. However, the jumps have not always been figure skating's most prominent feature. When did the jumps emerge, how, and why? Who invented them - if that...
If you love figure skating, you will not be able to put this book down! Much has been written about figure skating jumps over the years, but most of it has focused on technique. Precious little has been written from a historical perspective. From the author of "The Almanac of...