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Figure-Skating Tricks for You and Yours
Today's Groupon can start you on the path to becoming a professional figure skater, but to go pro, you'll need to master the moves. Here are some top-level figure-skating tricks you can work on:
Double Axel-Split: This tricky move requires the skater to be very sad, because an unhappy frame of mind adds impressive difficulty. The move looks like a normal spin, but the judges, who are trained to read emotions, can tell if the skater feels crushed by disappointment. The double axel-split was first performed in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics by Devlin "Sadness Prophet" Scherzin.
Desert Wind: After beginning with an athletic leap, skaters must transmogrify into a pile of sand mid-flight. Now scattered all over the ice, the sand is allowed up to 15 minutes to turn back into a person; otherwise, it is scooped up by the skater's next of kin and used to light an eternal flame.
The 1962 Buick Skylark Roadster Premier Edition Half-Loop: The first ice-skating trick to be sponsored by a major corporation, figure skater Eileen Ray-Arnold was paid $10,000 each time she performed the trick during her routine at the World Skating Congress in 1997, provided that she also screamed the words "Skylark is king!" each time.
