It depends though, because Robin Cousins always did it in the pike position, whereas other skaters did it in the somersault position, so IMO Robin's, with him being so tall aswell, looked much more impressive.
I'm not crazy about backflips but I thought Surya Bonaly's backflip landed on one foot into a triple (salchow?) was the most impressive backflip feat on ice IMHO.
Not sure either but I think that was his clavicle - very easy to break - your right. I don't recall why he stopped though.????Kurt Browning used to do a backflip but it was always twisted in the air. Apparently he stopped doing them after injuring a shoulder or collarbone
Do you mean Cousins or Sobovcik?
I'm not crazy about backflips but I thought Surya Bonaly's backflip landed on one foot into a triple (salchow?) was the most impressive backflip feat on ice IMHO.
A Triple finish??? I never saw that and would love some video. I believe (if memory serves me correctly) at COI in Denver it was finished with a single loop, possibly a double but????
Here's an example with what looks like a double salchow at the end, but I'm close to positive she did the triple too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIauMJCnvuE
Surya most definitely did backflip/3Sal many times as a pro. It was better than Brian Orser's trick because Orser (and everyone else) lands his backflip on two feet (negative 1 GOE ).Hot stuff there, ooh yah that is cool! Amazing she has that much speed coming out of the backflip. With sight of that I feel a little gipped at the COI, well not really gipped but I wish it would have been that one. OH LA!
Yeah, now that I remember it, in the COI finale Jenny, Surya and Dan Hollander did side by side by side backflips.Thanks to all for the infos!! So Jennifer Kirk did a backflip? Really?
There has to be another reason at how the powers to be reached a conclusion that back flip was illegal. What was it?
Joe
What exactly is the reason for not permiting the back flip in figure skating? I hope it is not considered Acrobatics when the contortionish spins and those complicated lifts in Pairs, all of which is taken out of Acrobatics are permitted!!!
There has to be another reason at how the powers to be reached a conclusion that back flip was illegal. What was it?
Joe