「国际风格」花式滑冰比赛：1914年3月29日

杰克森．海恩司 (Jackson Hanines) 是花式滑冰之父，他创造了你现在在电视上看到的花式滑冰风格。在1860年代，他把芭蕾的舞步与技巧带进滑冰世界里。虽然他赢得了美国男子滑冰赛冠军，但是他这种滑冰的风格当时却没有受到大家的喜爱。

海恩司在1865年前往欧洲，在那里相当受到欢迎。但是他却在这些舞步得到注意之前，就去世了。人们把海恩司滑冰的风格称为「国际风格」 (International Style) ，而这种风格最后也在美国普遍流行。1914年3月20日，康乃狄克州纽黑文市 (New Haven) 举办第一届「国际风格」全国花式滑冰比赛。你自己有没有专属的滑冰风格呢？穿着一双驯鹿肋骨做的滑冰鞋会不会有帮助？


Jackson Haines, the father of figure skating, originated the type of figure skating you see on TV today. In the 1860s he brought ballet style and techniques to the sport. Although he won the U.S. men's championship, his expressive style did not yet catch on in the U.S.

Haines went to Europe in 1865 and became a popular success but died before his style of skating caught on. Called the "International Style," Haines's form of skating eventually overcame resistance in the U.S., and on March 20, 1914, the first national figure skating championships in the "International Style" were held at New Haven, Connecticut. Have you developed your own personal style of skating? Would a pair of reindeer rib bones help?

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