split triple-twist

12:57 Aug 26, 2008 

Ne "inebunea" C. Topescu cu tipul asta de sarituri dar daca Cristian are si o descriere nu numai o poza ar fi mai usor pentru ca identifici saritura cu cea descrisa in wiki.

12:51 Aug 26, 2008 

Mihaela, vad ca te pricepi... Fotografiile din site-ul pe care l-am dat nu te-ar ajuta sa "identifici"?

12:46 Aug 26, 2008 

N-o vad decat in aer in poza asta; conteaza si aterizarile, Cristian; cele consacrate sunt trei :luts, salcow si axel care la randul lor sunt duble, triple si cred ca si cuadruple.

09:30 Aug 26, 2008 

Sounds fine to me! That link seems to be about women's gymnastics, but I don't see why you can't borrow the term. Let me know if you get stuck on any more skating terms in the movie :)

09:04 Aug 26, 2008 

In the link Denise Idel indicated below "triple twist" is "triplu şurub". I guess this is it. Regarding my text, I am in fact working on a movie which has some references to figure skating here and there. If it had been a text, I wouldn't have taken since my only contact with figure skating is the Olympics. :) On TV, of course.

08:57 Aug 26, 2008 

I've managed to find a Romanian reference where they've been lazy and called it a "triplu twist": http://www.onlinesport.ro/forum/showthread.php?t=311940 "Lift" is "ridicare", apparently, so maybe you could incorporate that into your term if you don't want to use "twist" (since "twist" comes from "twist lift").

08:41 Aug 26, 2008 

You're very welcome, Cristi - though you may need to use something else alongside "triplu lutz" to make it clear that it's a type of lift, because a "triple lutz" is actually a move done by singles skaters ("lutz" refers merely to the fact that the take-off is toe-assisted from a left back outside edge). If you search for "triple lutz" on youtube you'll probably find one. Te invidiez pentru acel text, spor maxim!

08:24 Aug 26, 2008 

Thank you, thank you, Peter ! I was browsing the Romanian figure skating sites, looking for something related to "triplu lutz", which you were so kind to help me with. And now, given the French reference, I think I will go with this - "triplu lutz". Thanks again.

08:17 Aug 26, 2008 

From what I can gather, the French call it a "triple levée vrillée": http://www.patinagecanada.ca/fr/news_views/news/2003_2004/04... I would add that it's more commonly referred to in English simply as a "triple twist" (without the "split"), so maybe you can afford to leave out the "split" part.

08:03 Aug 26, 2008 

You can see one on video here, at 41 seconds: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pCAkTpc6xZE

08:03 Aug 26, 2008 

I'm commenting here as a former figure skater - don't know if it's of any help, but I know in Russian they call it a "troinoy lutz-shpagat" (literally "triple lutz-split") because the woman's take-off is the same as for a lutz jump (left back outside edge, right toe pick, split position). But I'm not aware that there has ever been a senior-level Romanian pair team who would have attempted this move, so I wouldn't be surprised if there isn't a term (yet!)