Optimum Skates Weight?

Question

HI, I want to know what is the site which said something about skates that are light isn't necessarily the best. Also, there is something like there is a "best weight" of skates depending on the weight of the skater. Anyone has any clue?

It say that the weight of the skates actually make you just higher rather than when you're barefooted, that you actually need the weight of the skate.

I can't remember the site but I kind of need the site for quotation.

Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't know if these would be helpful, but I tried!!!  

Boot Problems and Boot Solutions - Part One of a Two Part Series (see under Problems)

http://www.usfigureskating.org/shell.asp...

Boot Problems and Boot Solutions - Part Two of a Two Part Series

http://www.usfigureskating.org/shell.asp...

http://www.paramountskates.com/ourblades... (if you scroll down, it gets into percentage changes that result from changing from traditional blades/boots to new lightweight blades/boots.)

Too technical - but it's related

Influence of figure skating skates on vertical jumping performance

http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/...

Effect of the wear of skates on performance in vertical jump

http://m.haguenauer.free.fr/Isb_01.pdf

I don't know if I've actually read something about the weight of skates, but I've definitely heard about weight of skates actually helping the jump.  If I'm not mistaken, artistic quad skaters muscle their jumps, so the weight of the skates helps them . . . I would think it'd be the same principle for "ice" figure skating.  At the same time, all the rage is in lightweight boots/blades now . . . and almost everything you read about them are on a positive note (thus far from what I read).  

It would be interesting to read the original article you are thinking of!  Good luck!!  (Glad to see you back!  :)  )

Answer 2

What kind of skates? roller, ice or something else.