#reverse lifts

[tanosandtwizzles]

a study in reverse lifts (or, badass female ice dancers)

ft. Sinead Kerr/John Kerr, Marina Anissina/Gwendal Peizerat, Sara Hurtado/Adrián Díaz,  Federica Faiella/Massimo Scali, Oona Brown/Gage Brown

[lazaruspithottub]

whats your opinion on reverse lifts like with the girls lifting the guys

I think 98% of the time they’re really ugly imo. I really like the whole yay ladies doing parts thing tho. But also they tend to not do much for me as lifts except for a select few. The transitions in and out are usually less smooth than traditional lifts and the positions tend to look a little awkward/mismatched. Competitively, I understand why they are relatively uncommon. Saying that, however, I’m gonna need vm to try one.

[figure-skating-confessions]

“More ice dance teams should attempt reverse lifts”

[icesiblings]

For family skating team, sister lifts brother off ice

By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY Nothing in the rules of figure skating says the guy has to do all the heavy lifting. Though it is very rare in pairs and ice dancing, the female can lift the male. >> read more >>

[icesiblings]

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Ice dancing siblings performs reverse lifts.

Sinead and John Kerr

Christina and William Beier

Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay