Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on a variety of natural and man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the latter of which separates the Beach from Miami.
Figure skating has developed from a practical way to get around on ice into the elegant mix of art and sport it is today. Early pioneers. The Dutch were arguably the earliest pioneers of skating. They began using canals to maintain communication by skating from village to village as far back as the 13th century.
THE BEGINNING. Every history has a starting point and most roller coaster historians agree that the roller coaster's origins were the Russian Ice Slides. The origin of the Roller Coaster dates back to the Russian Ice Slides built in the mid-1600's. These slides first appeared during the 17th century throughout Russia, with a particular concentration in the area of in what would become St. Petersburg.