Flying camel spin

A flying spin that lands in a camel, the free leg back and above the hip within two revolutions of landing.

Also called flying camel. Other names.

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A flying spin whose landing position is a camel: the free leg backwards with the knee higher than the hip. The ISU names a flying spin by where it lands, so the shape in the air is the skater’s, and its junior short programme for 2026–27 asks for this spin with any air position and eight revolutions in the camel.

Credit is decided after the landing. If the camel is not reached within the first two revolutions, the spin loses its flying feature. The harder entry the ISU rewards as a level feature is a clear butterfly or a near-split in the air, on top of a clear jump.

British Ice Skating asks for it in the National 6 free skate, six revolutions without a change of foot, and in the National 7 short programme, eight in position.

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• Flying spinA spin entered with a jump, with no turning on the ice before the take-off, named by the position it lands in.
• Camel spinA spin held with the free leg extended behind and the free knee above hip level.

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