Idaho and roller skates were both invented in 1863. James Plimpton of Massachusetts invented the latter. By 1871, even that outpost of civilization, Boise, had a skating rink. Ads for the ...

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It should not be confused with speedflying, which doesn’t involve the use of skis. While it’s thought that skiing’s history ...