Have we ever 'seen' 540 jumps in Figure Skating?

[aftershocks]

That is why I'm so fond with approaches such as "Le patin libre" with its almost ideological regard of ice skating, demolishing the walls of what "you can or should do inside the competitive figure skating world". The cross between imagination and the constrictions of our own bodies is what makes interpretative art (and sports) forms that use the body as a vehicle want to live another day.

I agree with you and you express your feelings eloquently. But I'm not sure what you are referencing re 'Le patin libre.' Please explain. Thank you.

 

[nothinglikefreshice]

I agree with you and you express your feelings eloquently. But I'm not sure what you are referencing re 'Le patin libre.' Please explain. Thank you.

I presume these people: http://lepatinlibre.com/en/
A French/Canadian group who mainly come from figure skating backgrounds but do what I think it is fair to describe as contemporary dance on ice. I think they are rather good - technically and artistically. There are some clips on their website.

 

[screech]

Plushenko must read FSU.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDmh69Fgqw/?hl=en&taken-by=plushenkoofficial

 

[aftershocks]

Plushenko must read FSU.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDmh69Fgqw/?hl=en&taken-by=plushenkoofficial

Touche Plush!

 

[lala]

Plushenko must read FSU.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXDmh69Fgqw/?hl=en&taken-by=plushenkoofficial

I posted it

and one of his fans' reaction https://twitter.com/Lily_shenka/status/890934941847912448

 

[gkelly]

Here is an example of a half loop-type jump with the skater facing upward in the air

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

Touche Plush!

He's #TheBoss

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

Not a 540 exactly, but oh! what a stunning spin entry from Grezgorz Filipowski:

https://youtu.be/3CSVIk5BzrQ?t=110

 

[pETEs (Sasha Fan)]

Ò;ô

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAADq5UBW2g

Or, something like it?

Ilia Kulik's "Liebestraum" program had a very interesting 540-kick-like move:

https://youtu.be/d1wRN1nx_1M?t=144

 

[leafygreens]

I have seen someone do something like the 540. It was either Ryan Bradley in a show, or someone who I can't recall at the Aerial Jump Challenge Backflip round.

 

[Seerek]

https://youtu.be/Fc9srtfes_E?t=30

John Misha Petkevich's amazing flying sit spin.

It is somewhat interesting to me that some of the best ever flying sit spins in history came from that era of the late 1960s/1970s, JMP being among the best.