From the Dust Jacket"s Inside Flap: Skate is a colorful and exciting portrait of themost popular sport in North America today!This lavish, full-color celebration of theart and elegance of figure skating takes fanson a whirlwind tour of the sport"s past,present, and future. Interviews with dozensof stars from both yesterday and today arefeatured, providing insights into the heartand soul of amateur and professionalskating. Readers are treated to an up-closelook at the "star system" that fuels modernfigure skating, as well as to a survey of thesport"s rich and varied history. And Skate alsolooks to the future, with sections on thegrowing popularity of precision skating anda hint of what"s in store for both the sportand its stars.Skate includes:more than 130 exciting full-color photos;a comprehensive section on the emergence of precision skating;many previously unpublished archival images that profile skating"s past;an extensive glossary of figure skating terms and a chronology of key events;a behind-the-scenes peek at the sport; and much, much more!From the high-end classical artistry of today"s stars to the rock "n" roll physicality that characterizes figure skatingtoday, Skate captures the spirit of a sport thatwill be admired for years to come.