Cracked by Karen Courtland Kelly and skated by Marianne Tisch, 2021 World Figure & Fancy Skating Champion.
Watch the Special Flying “Biberhofer Figure” that has not been seen in over 100 years! Franz Biberhofer created and competed this in the 1882 Special Figures Competition in Vienna where Axel Paulsen also skated the Flying Three with 1.5 revolutions landing on backward outside edge. The Biberhofer Flying Figure consists of a Three turn, Loop, Three, Counter, Change of Edge to Flying Choctaw. The graphic in the video is from World Figure Sport’s Archives and is in World Figure Sport’s Skating Exam Catalog.
Skating Artists can take the Biberhofer Special Figure Exam with World Figure Sport. Marianne Tisch, 2021 World Figure & Fancy Skating Champion performs the Flying Biberhofer Special Figure for the 1st time.
Music is La cueillette (extrait de Mireille) by Charles Gound (1818-1893) and sung by the Chorales Des Dominicaines de Fanjeaux. Contact World Figure Sport for music acquisition/information.