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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". It is executed with assistance from the toe of the free foot.

History

The origin of the flip jump is unknown, although American professional figure skater Bruce Mapes might have created it. Gustave Lussi claimed that he and his student Montgomery Wilson invented it. The jump 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.

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

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. There is no record of the first male skater to perform the triple flip.

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.

Firsts

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

Gallery

• You Young begins the flip jump with her left foot on the inside edge and her right toe pick about to hit the ice
• You Young begins to take off the ice
• Eliška Březinová landing

References

1. ^ 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. ^ 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. ^ 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

• "ISU Figure Skating Media Guide 2023/24". International Skating Union. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
• Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819566411.

External links

• Shoma Uno's first quad flip (YouTube clip)
• Comparison of Nathan Chen and Shoma Uno's quad flip (YouTube clip)

• Figure skating elements
• Jumping sports