Traditional long track speed skates had a fixed boot and blade approximately 17-18 inches long and relatively flat.

“this skate itself used to be a fixed boot and a fixed blade meaning there's imagine a shoe and then on your heel and then again on your calendar on the ball with a ball your foot are these two cups that basically just they just lock into the bottom of the shoe and then on the bottom that is the skate and how long is the blade the blades about 17 to 18 inches long it's again it's only about a millimeter thick a little bit thinner than a short track blade the actual bend and rocker of this skate is different but it's a relatively flat blade correct it's very flat”