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.
From the little we know about the origins of hockey it is widely believed that it was started in Europe. In northern Europe where the ice frequently covers the lakes and ponds it was not an uncommon site to see a hockey game being played on it. Hence the term ICE HOCKEY was born.