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Did you know?  In the 1860s, American, Jackson Haines, founded modern figure skating as he was the first to include movements from ballet and dance, such as jumps and spins into his skating.  Dick Button was the first skater to perform the double axel and triple loop jumps, as well as the flying camel spin. The kiss and cry area is the area in an ice rink where figure skaters wait for their marks to be announced after their performances during a figure skating competition.

"Half of figure skating is opinion, the other half is convincing judges" - Scott Hamilton.