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Terry Kubicka from the U.S. was the first figure skater to successfully execute a legal backflip at the Olympics, during the 1976 Winter Olympics. [3] Kubicka got the idea of using the backflip in his skating from Evy Scotvold, his coach, who wanted to help advance athleticism in figure skating and to go beyond the triple jumps that were the most difficult elements in the sport at the time.
The right foot is next placed on the ice towards the toe of the left foot and positioned on an inner edge, slightly inside the running curve. [1] The right foot gradually becomes the new skating foot as the left foot leaves the curve to the outside and thrusts away.
A mohawk is a figure skating turn that involves a change of skating foot but not a change of edge.It is a turn from one foot to the other, from forward to backwards (or backwards to forwards) in which the entry and exit curves are continuous and of equal depth (e.g. where each edge forms part of the same curve).
Three turn diagram. A three-turn is a figure skating element which involves both a change in direction and a change in edge. For example, when a skater executes a forward outside three-turn, the skater begins on a forward outside edge and finishes on a backwards inside edge. [1]
A Salchow is deemed cheated if the skate blade starts to turn forward before the takeoff, or if it has not turned completely backward when the skater lands back on the ice. [ 1 ] In competitions, the base value of a single Salchow is 0.40, for a double Salchow it is 1.30, for a triple 4.30, 9.70 for a quadruple, and 14 for a quintuple.
The Charlotte (pronounced shar-lot) spiral, also known as the candle stick or fadeout, is a figure skating spiral. The skater bends forward and glides on one leg with the other one lifted into the air. The skater's torso is upright, but during the Charlotte, the skater's torso is as close to the grounded foot as possible.
[1] [5] Learning and training in compulsory figures instilled discipline and control; some in the figure skating community considered them necessary to teach skaters basic skills. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Skaters would train for hours to learn and execute them well, and competing and judging figures would often take up to eight hours during competitions.
Variations: One-Wheeled, Backward, Hang Ten (two feet on the nose) Currently, the Guinness World Record for the longest manual on a skateboard is 224.33 m (735.99 ft) and was achieved by Sean Glatts (USA) in Solana Beach, California, USA, on 26 August 2017. Sean's record-breaking manual lasted 1 minute and 16 seconds. [citation needed] [2]