Hydroblading

Timothy Goebel performs a hydroblade

Hydroblading as part of an ice dancing element.

Hydroblading is a figure skating move in the field in which a skater glides on a deep edge with the body stretched in a very low position, almost horizontal to the ice. Several variations in position are possible, but one commonly performed by singles skaters is on a back inside edge with the knee of the skating leg deeply bent, the free leg crossed behind and extended outside the circle, and the upper body leaning into the circle with one hand skimming the ice.

Although they did not invent the element, it was popularized in the early 1990s by the Canadian ice dance team of Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz; their coach Uschi Keszler was responsible for coining the name "hydroblading."

References

Figure skating glossary

External links

Uschi Keszler's Hydroblading Academy

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Elements
and other moves

Required elements	Death spiral Jumps Lifts Moves in the field Spins Spirals Step sequence Twist lifts

Jumps	Toe loop jump Flip jump Lutz jump Salchow jump Loop jump Axel jump Quad

Spins	Upright spin Layback spin Biellmann spin Sit spin Camel spin

Moves in the field	3 turn Bracket turn Choctaw turn Counter turn Crossover Mohawk turn Rocker turn Twizzle

Connecting elements	Besti squat Cantilever Hydroblading Ina Bauer Spread eagle Split jumps Walley jump

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