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Figure skating element
Element name:Flip jump
Scoring abbreviation:F
Element type:Jump
Take-off edge:Back inside
Landing edge:Back outside
Inventor:unknown, perhaps Bruce Mapes

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

The origin of the flip jump is unknown, although American professional figure skater Bruce Mapes might have created it.[1] Writer Ellyn Kestnbaum calls the jump "somewhat trickier than the loop for most skaters. considerably more so than the salchow or toe loop",[3] because of its unstable inside edge and the precision required to align and time the jump's vault from the toepick.[3] As a consequence, quadruple flip jumps are, as ESPN puts it, "rare".[4] Kestnbaum also states that it is crucial that the skater's edge not be too deep, but instead almost forms a straight line.[5]

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.[3] There is also no record of the first male skater to perform the 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 5.50; and the base value of a quadruple flip is 11.00.[6]

Firsts

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 1981 European Championships [1]
4F Quadruple flip (men's) Shoma Uno  Japan 2016 Team Challenge Cup [7][8]
Quadruple flip (women's) Alexandra Trusova  Russia 2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final [9]

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Source: "Flip jump", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 6th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flip_jump.

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References
  1. ^ a b c d e Media Guide, p. 15
  2. ^ "Skating Glossary". Skate Canada. 2015. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Kestnbaum, p. 289
  4. ^ "Takahashi is First Japanese Man to Win". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  5. ^ Kestnbaum, pp. 288–289
  6. ^ "Communication No. 2168: Single & Pair Skating". Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union. 23 May 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ^ Media Guide, p. 16
  8. ^ Hoang, Mai (23 April 2016). "Uno Lands Historic Quad Flip at Team Challenge". Golden Skate.com. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  9. ^ Griffiths, Rachel; Jiwani, Rory (6 December 2019). "As it Happened: Wins for Kostornaia and Chen on Last Day of ompetition in Turin". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
Works cited
  • "ISU Figure Skating Media Guide 2021/22" (Media guide). International Skating Union. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  • Kestnbaum, Ellyn (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0819566411.
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