Skate

Skate or skates may refer to:

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Sk8 (TV series)

Sk8 is a half-hour teen drama that aired on NBC's TNBC Saturday morning programming block from October 6, 2001 to January 5, 2002 with 13 episodes produced. The show continued in reruns until TNBC's dissolution in September 2002.

The series was co-created by Thomas W. Lynch, who also co-created Just Deal, TNBC's first single-camera format series, with Sk8 becoming the second series on the lineup to be shot in the same format.

Premise

The show featured storylines concerning the life of an aspiring pro skater and his relationships with a motley crew of friends. The show featured guest appearances by professional skateboarders and guerrilla film and video shooting styles.

Cast

Guest stars

Skate (dinghy)

The Skate is a high performance two-person racing dinghy unique to Australia. Designed as a monohull sailboat it's fourteen feet long (4.27m) with a 7.2m mast, 1.8m bow pole and masthead asymmetric spinnaker. It is an Australian national class.

Because of its small size and lightness it keeps the sailor close to the elements and at the edge of control when navigating water and wind. It makes for wild rides and a relative exhilarating experience of speed at 15 to 25 knots. Most Skates have a 10-foot long hiking plank for the crew and an 8-foot plank for the skipper. Planks are slid across the hull from one side to the other when tacking and gybing. Other hiking configurations include short wings with two trapezes, longer wings with one trapeze, or trampolines. Many Skates now feature winged rudders to provide increased speed and stability in choppy conditions.

One of the top ranked websites quote: "Those who have sailed a Skate will testify that, they provide the most exciting and best sensation of speed of any monohull sailing boat. Even after graduating to other larger boats, people hold the Skate in high esteme. They remember it for providing the best ride they ever had on a sailing boat."