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Skate sailing is fascinating.
There are over 1000 ice sailors in the world and over half of them live in Sweden, where they have been skate sailing for hundreds of years. Sweden has had national championships in skate sailing since 1909. The first modern ice sails were invented in the 1880's. They looked like trapezoids and could only go 30 mph. Around 1900 a five sided ice sail was invented that could go up to 45 mph.