Flip jump

The flip jump (also called the flip, and formerly the toe salchow) 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]

Figure skating element
Element name	Flip jump
Scoring abbreviation	F
Element type	Jump
Take-off edge	Back inside
Landing edge	Back outside

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 no record of the first male skater to perform the triple 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 5.30; the base value of a quadruple flip is 11.00; and the base value of a quintuple flip is 14.^[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
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	[7][9]

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
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  You Young begins to take off the ice
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  Eliška Březinová landing
• Video of Jason Brown performing a triple flip jump