Skate facts for kids

Skate or Skates may refer to:

Fish

• Skate (fish), several genera of fish belonging to the family Rajidae
• Pygmy skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae
• Smooth skates or leg skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Anacanthobatidae
• Softnose skates, several genera of fish belonging to the family Arhynchobatidae

People

• Bill Skate (1953 – 2006), Papua New Guinea politician
• Ken Skates, a Welsh politician
• Skate (rapper)

Sports

• Ice skate
• Figure skate
• Inline skates
• Roller skates
• Skateboard
• Skate-skiing, a cross-country skiing technique
• Oakland Skates, former professional roller hockey team

Ships

• Skate (dinghy), national small sailboat class unique to Australia
• HMS Skate (1895), a Victorian era destroyer of the United Kingdom
• HMS Skate (1917), an R-class destroyer in commission from 1917 to 1947.
• USS Skate, several submarines of the US Navy

Other

• Skate of Marrister, Shetland
• Skate (video game), developed by Electronic Arts for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
• SKATE or Game of Skate, a skateboarding game
• Skates!, a book by Ezra Jack Keats
• ZTE Skate, an Android-based smartphone
• Skate, the code name for the October 1944 Bombing of Braunschweig