Free Skating Figures

The following 'figures' form a bridge between the edges and turns of English figures and the International Style of skating found on the Continent in the early decades of the 20th century. Most of them form the type of transitions and step sequences found in free skating programmes todays. Some became the foundation for compulsory dances.

LEGEND Clear arrowhead   means forward Filled arrowhead means backwards Dotted line is the direction the free foot moves

Crosscut           Slip Step               Crossroll               FO Closed       FO Closed                                                                                                    Mohawk          Choctaw

50. FI Mohawk 51. FI Closed Mohawk 52. FI Closed Choctaw 53. FI Choctaw 54. Slide Chassee 55. B Crosscut 56. BO Cross Roll 57. BO Cross Roll (in F) 58. B Step 59. B Reverse Crosscut 60. BI Reverse Mohawk

Curtis Goodrich Figure

March Steps

Torrome Figure

Ulrich Salchow Figure

Jackson Haines

Waltz Steps

Jackson Haines Waltz

Jackson Haines

Sources Figure Skating. H. R. Yglesias The Art of Skating. Irving Brokaw