Editing Ice skate (section)

===Touring skates===
{{Main|Tour skating}}
[[Image:RapsV8 3.jpg|thumb|Modern Dutch tour skates]]
[[Image:Lfs fast.jpg|thumb|Fixed heel binding and "duckbill boot"]]
[[Image:Multiskates.jpg|thumb|Touring skate with ''Multiskate'' binding for hiking boots]]
[[Image:Tour skate ice1.jpg|thumb|Touring skate for ski boots and free-heel binding on [[ice]]]]

Touring skates (or Nordic skates) are long blades that can be attached, via bindings, to hiking or cross-country ski boots and are used for long distance [[tour skating]] on natural ice. The blades are approximately {{Convert|50|cm||abbr=on}} long with a radius of curvature (or rocker) of about {{Convert|25|m|abbr=on}}. The blades are from {{Convert|1|to|1.5|mm|abbr=on|2}} wide, with a flat cross-section. The length and long radius of the blades makes touring skates more stable on uneven natural ice than skates with shorter, more rockered blades. Since tour skating often involves walking ([[kluning]]) between lakes or around sections not suitable for skating, the removable blades are an asset. Thus, these skates are often called ''kluunschaats'' in the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web
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With most modern models of skates, the blades are bonded to the bottom of an aluminum foot-plate. A binding for a specific type of boot is mounted  on the top of the foot-plate. Traditionally, the bindings held down both toe and heel of the boot (''fixed-heel''). Some bindings require special boots like ''telemark'' ski boots with a "duck-bill" shaped toe, others, like the Multiskate, have padded adjustable straps that will attach to most hiking boots.

Since the early 1990s, models have been designed for mounting ''free-heel'' [[Ski binding#Nordic|cross-country ski bindings]] to the skates, and thus attach matching ski boots to the skates.<ref>
{{cite news|last1=Lloyd|first1=Barbara|title=ON YOUR OWN; Skiing While Skating|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/08/sports/on-your-own-skiing-while-skating.html|newspaper=New York Times|date=8 January 1990|access-date=10 December 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220121725/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/08/sports/on-your-own-skiing-while-skating.html|archive-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> The ''free-heel'' models give the equivalent effect as the [[Clap skate|klap skate]] form of speed skates. There are several makers of these skates in Sweden, Netherlands, and Finland.

[[Image:Toertocht.jpg|thumb|Skaters in a marathon race using ''nordic skates'']]
Although mainly used for non-competitive touring, ''nordic skates'' are sometimes used in marathon speed skating races on natural ice, such as [[Vikingarännet]] (The Viking Run), a long-distance tour skating event in Sweden. ''Nordic skates'' are also used in [[Winter triathlon]] races.

{{Commons category|Långfärdsskridskor|Nordic (Touring) skates}}

==== Historical wooden touring skates====
Before 1870, most touring skates had a wooden foot-plate which was attached to the boot with leather straps.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Stockholms Skridskoseglarklubb 1901-2001 |publisher=Graphium Norstedts Media |year=2000 |pages=97–101 |chapter=Skridskor som vi åkt på under Klubbens 100 år |isbn=91-971722-6-X}}</ref> Examples were the ''Gillbergs'' skate from Sweden,<ref>{{cite web |  url=http://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-se-1.htm |  title=The virtual ice Skates museum &#124; Swedish speed skates | date=2 February 2002 |  url-status=live |  archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311013450/http://iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-se-1.htm |  archive-date=2016-03-11 }}</ref> and the ''Stheemann'' "wooden Norwegian" from the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-frs-2.htm | title=The virtual ice Skates museum &#124; Friesland speed skates 2 | date=2 February 2002 | at=Fig 3 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003205/http://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-frs-2.htm | archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> Even earlier, in the years 1870 to 1900, there were very similar models made in North America, like the ''Donaghue'' from the U.S.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-us-1.htm | title=The virtual ice Skates museum &#124; American speed skates | date=2 February 2002 | at=Fig 1 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006074030/http://www.iceskatesmuseum.com/e-bn-us-1.htm | archive-date=2011-10-06 }}</ref> In 1875, the {{lang|nl|[[Friese doorloper]]}}, a design in which the blade extended several inches behind the heel, was introduced in the Netherlands. It was popular with both tour skaters (both casual and competitive) and sprint skaters ({{lang|nl|[[kortebaanschaatsen]]}}), and remained popular until some years after the Second World War.