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Zwaan Speedskates Service

Our specialties

We ensure that your speedskates are top, so that you can deliver your best performance.

Straightening

The base

The sharpening process basically consists of checking and / or making a curve in the skates and subsequently polishing the skates.
Polishing aims to sharpen the blades and to reduce the resistance on the ice as much as possible.
Before we do this we check if the blades are perfectly straight. If this is not the case, we will straighten the blades first.
Making blades straight; we name it straightening in speedskating terms. We make sure that your blades are perfectly straight.
With straight irons you are able to develop more speed.
Some speedskaters ride with a bending in their skates. Also we can provide for this up to 1/1000 of a mm.

Rockering

The essence

Rockering blades is truly custom.
The curve in the blades makes it possible to control the blades on the ice.
This provides the basis for a good speedskating technique and the feeling on the ice.
The curve may differ for each skater and is adjusted to the weight of the skater, the stiffness of the blade, and the technique of the skater.
Especially the path traveled by the skate during the push is important.
The rounder the blade, the more the skate steers. A rider who places his skate more on the outside and therefore controls the skate more to the outer,
will need more curve to return fully.
In addition, the ice quality is of influence on the choice of the curve.
When the ice is softer, the skate sinks a little in the ice and you need more curve to steer properly.
On hard ice you need less curve in the blades. We tailor the curve to the purpose of the skater, the skating technique and the ice conditions.
To this end, we have high-precision equipment.
Also, a variable rockering belongs to the possibilities. Make sure you have a good curve in your blades.
This also applies to young children.
If the basis is not good, one can not learn the technique properly.

Polishing

The perfection

Blade sharpening we do very precise. This is our specialty!
Before the race, we can prepare the speedskates prior to a competition, but also for the tour skater we have this service.
Of course we also take care of replacing springs, pins, dampers, spindles etc. We bend, do rockering and polishing for long track speed skating
and also for short track.
To this end, we have a wide variety of curvemodels in store.

Boots Service

THE PERFECT SPEEDSKATING BOOT IS THE ONE THAT FITS

The better your boot fits, the faster you can skate or rollerblade, and that’s obviously for someone who races very important.
Zwaan SchaatsenService therefore offers boots that can be completely configured after heating to your feet so the boot fits perfectly.
Using heating and vacuuming, we ensure that the boots are adapted to your feet.
In addition, we monitor the anatomy of the ankle joint during vacuuming.
This joint has, after all, for every skater different shapes.
We have all kinds of unique tools to solve every pressure point problem in your skate boots.
Whether it is in the toe-area, around the ankle, or in the width , we will solve it for you!

Truly dutch family business since 1948

We have unshakeable confidence in products of Viking.
The best standard speedskating boot on the market, the Gold 2005, combined with Sapphire or Icon blades of your choice is a very good combination.
With Viking speedskates at most distances gold is won at the Olympics in Pyeongchang once again proved, over all distances, sprint and allround.

Groothuis custom speedskating boots are made from outstanding orthopedic knowledge.

Over the years, this knowledge and passion has developed into a high-quality product. In the meantime, the custom speedskating boots have amply proven themselves in practice and world titles and Olympic medals have been obtained.

Technology made in Holland by speedskaters, for speedskaters

EHS is a young speedskating brand in the Netherlands.
The speedskates are made in Holland by speedskaters, for speedskaters with an eye for detail.
The blades are super straight as they come from the manufacturer!
A quality skate for the (beginning) speedskater who has made speedskating his hobby.
But also for the competition speed skater EHS has very good steering skate blades.

Of this brand, we also provide short track blades and boots.

Many top shorttrackers ask for EHS!

Austrian outdoor boots since 1947.

We used to just use icetrack speedskates on natural ice, nowadays there is plenty of choice for the touring skater in comfortable skating boots.
Boots that give more support because they are slightly higher and moreover keep your feet sufficiently warm while skating on natural ice on long trips.

They are easy to click on a clap skate because also the clap skate is no longer an exception among tour skaters.
The tour skater can go to Zwaan SchaatsenService  for Salomon boots in conjunction with Free Skate blades.

Free Skate: perfectly suited for natural ice.

These blades are equipped with the latest gadgets. More pressure is realized from the boots on the blades by means of special plastic plates under the bindings between boots and blades. We recommend for skating on the 400-meter track special inner soles which add stability, especially in the corners. Moreover, we can put a precision-camber in these blades for the icetrack. In this way, Free Skate skates are optimized for skating on the 400-meter track.

Cadomotus: innovative.

CadoMotus is a leading brand in inline speedskating competitions. This brand innovates its products on information of top skaters.
Frames and boots are of high quality. Also wheels and bearings are an important part of rollerblade. In this area Cadomotus provides quality products for the beginner and the competition athlete.

The italian inline boot!

Mariani is a leading brand in inline competition boots.
In addition to custom boots, the Italian (inline skating) bootmaker Davide Mariani has also been supplying stock boots for several years.
Many competition inliners who want the best of the best have these stock boots on their feet.

For the youthful speedskaters!

For children aged 8 to 15 who participate in youth speedskating and are a member of a speedskating club, we have a lease plan. After all, children’s feet grow quickly and yearly buying new skates is an expensive affair. Through our lease plan you rent a pair of speedskates for the season.

We use moldable speedskating boots so that the boots fit perfectly. There can be mounted both a solid skate or a clap skate. We provide a top rocketing in the blades and we sharpen and polish as well.

Optimal attention

As of August 12 you can make an appointment with us for your son or daughter who wants to participate this season in youth speedskating. We first fit the boots accurately to determine the correct size moldable speedskating boots, subsequently the boots go in a oven for about 15 minutes. Then the heated boots are put on and we mold the boots vacuum until they have cooled down. In this way, the boots offer optimum support without causing pressure spots.

Speedskating links

Japan Skating Federation

IMSSC

Norges Skøyteforbund

Speedskating Canada

Speedskating Results

US Speedskating

DESG

ISU

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