HELP with Eng/Rus figure skating vocabulary

tars · Apr 23, 2018

Thread for non-native speakers seeking for words, phrases, etymology and contexts regarding figure skating. No laughing allowed... :hopelessness: :laugh:

My questions, English:
1. How do you call the last part of the jump right after landing, when skater comes out(?) of a jump in landing pose? Departure? Exit? [In Russian it's "выезд"]
2. When a toe pick hits the ice it causes what of ice? Spurt? Gush?

Russian:
3. Where does "ультра-си" come from?
4. I asked about it some time ago already, but forgot the answer: why is Russian GP called "kapa"?

Spirals for Miles · Apr 23, 2018

English:
1. Exit (is what I've heard)
2. I call it an ice spray

Rina RUS · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
No laughing allowed... :hopelessness:

:luv17:

What can be funnier than this phrase?

alvina9894 · Apr 23, 2018

Not English
1. 滑出 (literally "glide-out")
2. 冰花 (literally "ice-blossoms")

vesperalvioletta · Apr 23, 2018

alvina9894 said:
Not English
1. 滑出 (literally "glide-out")
2. 冰花 (literally "ice-blossoms")

I like the sound of ice blossoms :luv17: :laugh:

tars · Apr 23, 2018

Spirals for Miles said:
English:
1. Exit (is what I've heard)
2. I call it an ice spray

Thanks, so can you say "skater X has beautiful/graceful exits"? Does it sound OK? :think:

tars · Apr 23, 2018

alvina9894 said:
Not English
1. 滑出 (literally "glide-out")
2. 冰花 (literally "ice-blossoms")

Japanese attitude towards figure skating shows in the language as well. :agree:

alvina9894 · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
Japanese attitude towards figure skating shows in the language as well. :agree:

It's not Japanese

Spirals for Miles · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
Thanks, so can you say "skater X has beautiful/graceful exits"? Does it sound OK? :think:

It does! (in my opinion of course)

Koatterce · Apr 23, 2018

alvina9894 said:
Not English
1. 滑出 (literally "glide-out")
2. 冰花 (literally "ice-blossoms")

花 is more commonly translated as "flower" (but blossom is still valid and sounds better ahaha)

acapenci · Apr 23, 2018

1. Check
2. Snow

russianfan · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
Russian:
3. Where does "ультра-си" come from?
4. I asked about it some time ago already, but forgot the answer: why is Russian GP called "kapa"?

3. i suppose ultra-c stands for ultra-complex or ultra-complicated(element/elements)? something like this probably
4. Rostelecom Cup -> cup -> капа :biggrin:

just a short version, everybody is just lazy to pronounce the whole thing

tars · Apr 23, 2018

alvina9894 said:
It's not Japanese

Ops, it's Chinese, sorry. :pray:

acapenci said:
1. Check
2. Snow

You mean like "skater has elegant checkings"? Or checks? :scratch2:

russianfan said:
3. i suppose ultra-c stands for ultra-complex or ultra-complicated(element/elements)? something like this probably
4. Rostelecom Cup -> cup -> капа just a short version, everybody is just lazy to pronounce the whole thing

So exactly which elements/jumps are "ultra-c"? Is Lipnitskaya's spin an "ultra-c"?

russianfan · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
Ops, it's Chinese, sorry.

You mean like "skater has elegant checkings"? Or checks?

So exactly which elements/jumps are "ultra-c"? Is Lipnitskaya's spin an "ultra-c"?

3A, quads for example... quad throws as well

Sam-Skwantch · Apr 23, 2018

tars said:
You mean like "skater has elegant checkings"? Or checks?

The term “check” is used to describe the moment a skater transfers their weight after a jump onto the ice and settles the rotation. If someone struggles with “checking” their rotation then they tend to step out. Id still say the term your looking for is “exit”. Creative/Difficult entries and exits can affect GOE if done well. A skater who can’t check their landing will often blow their exits.

draqq · Apr 23, 2018

1. 'Exit' and 'checking' are most common.
2. If it's just a toe-pick for a jump entry, then it's a 'tap' or 'tap-in'. For landings that aren't smooth, it tends to be 'snow' or 'spray' and can be described as 'rough' or 'scratchy'.

Ziotic · Apr 23, 2018

For English I would say landing. They had a smooth or beautiful landing. Or they landed the jump cleanly.

I would agree with ice spray.

Elucidus · Apr 23, 2018

Maybe it will be interesting:
russian term for jump combination is каскад (similar to english word cascade).
russian term for popping a jump is бабочка (babochka - actually it means butterfly). Some people shortens it to бабка (babka - which actually means grandmother or old woman)
russian slang term for falls deductions is shortened version - дед (ded - which actually means grandfather or old man)
so some people are joking about cultivating pensioners or building nursing home by some skaters in their protocols :biggrin:

russian term for judges overscoring or favoritism is грибы (gribui - which actually means mushrooms)
russian slang meaning of components (компоненты or shortened version компы) in some cases are changed to mean beauty of lady skater or, more specifically, attractivness of her body. For example phrase Ух ты, компонентна! (wow, she has so much/big components!) definitely not means PCS :biggrin:

Well, there are more - but it would be rather rude slang to translate and many of that words are not used by common skating fans too.

Lester · Apr 24, 2018

Elucidus said:
Maybe it will be interesting:
russian term for jump combination is каскад (similar to english word cascade).
russian term for popping a jump is бабочка (babochka - actually it means butterfly). Some people shortens it to бабка (babka - which actually means grandmother or old woman)
russian slang term for falls deductions is shortened version - дед (ded - which actually means grandfather or old man)
so some people are joking about cultivating pensioners or building nursing home by some skaters in their protocols
russian term for judges overscoring or favoritism is грибы (gribui - which actually means mushrooms)
russian slang meaning of components (компоненты or shortened version компы) in some cases are changed to mean beauty of lady skater or, more specifically, attractivness of her body. For example phrase Ух ты, компонентна! (wow, she has so much/big components!) definitely not means PCS

Well, there are more - but it would be rather rude slang to translate and many of that words are not used by common skating fans too.

Very entertaining

tars · Apr 24, 2018

Thanks to all good folks for willing to help. :clapper:

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