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Flip jump

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Figure skating element
Element nameFlip jump
Scoring abbreviationF
Element typeJump
Take-off edgeBack inside
Landing edgeBack outside

The flip jump (also called the flip) is a figure skating jump. The International Skating Union (ISU) defines a flip jump as "a toe jump that takes off from a back inside edge and lands on the back outside edge of the opposite foot".[1] It is executed with assistance from the toe of the free foot.[2]

History

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The origin of the flip jump is unknown, although American professional figure skater Bruce Mapes might have created it.[1] Gustave Lussi claimed that he and his student Montgomery Wilson invented it.[3] Historically, it was sometimes called the Wilson in Canada and the Mapes in the United States after Mapes's wife, Evelyn Chandler Mapes, who popularized the jump there.[4]

Writer Ellyn Kestnbaum calls the jump "somewhat trickier than the loop for most skaters. considerably more so than the salchow or toe loop",[5] because of its unstable inside edge and the precision required to align and time the jump's vault from the toepick.[5] As a consequence, quadruple flip jumps are, as ESPN puts it, "rare".[6] Kestnbaum also states that it is crucial that the skater's edge not be too deep, but instead almost forms a straight line.[7]

Variations of the flip jump include the half flip and the split flip. The half flip is often used as a simple transitional movement during a step sequence and as a takeoff for other half jumps. A split flip is a single flip jump with a split position at the peak of the skater's position in the air.[5] There is no record of the first male skater to perform the triple flip.[1]

In competitions, the base value of a single flip is 0.50; the base value of a double flip is 1.80; the base value of a triple flip is 5.30; the base value of a quadruple flip is 11.00; and the base value of a quintuple flip is 14.[8]

Firsts

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Abbr. Jump element Skater Nation Event Ref.
3F Triple flip (women's) Katarina Witt  East Germany 1981 European Championships [1]
Triple flip (women's) Manuela Ruben  Germany
4F Quadruple flip (men's) Shoma Uno  Japan 2016 Team Challenge Cup [9][10]
Quadruple flip (women's) Alexandra Trusova  Russia 2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final [9][11]
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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Media Guide, p. 16
  2. ^ "Skating Glossary". Skate Canada. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  3. ^ Morrow, Cecily. "Biographical Sketch of Gustave Lussi" (PDF). Ice Command.
  4. ^ "Jumps: Description and History". Skating Magazine. Vol. 21, no. 2. December 1943. p. 6.
  5. ^ a b c Kestnbaum, p. 289
  6. ^ "Takahashi is First Japanese Man to Win". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  7. ^ Kestnbaum, pp. 288–289
  8. ^ "ISU Communication 2656 Single and Pair Skating". International Skating Union. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  9. ^ a b Media guide, p. 17
  10. ^ Hoang, Mai (23 April 2016). "Uno Lands Historic Quad Flip at Team Challenge". Golden Skate.com. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ Griffiths, Rachel; Jiwani, Rory (6 December 2019). "As it Happened: Wins for Kostornaia and Chen on Last Day of competition in Turin". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

Works cited

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