Figure skating is all about curves. The most basic element is the edge of the skate. Understanding how edges work will help beginning skaters glide smoothly, and will help figure skating spectators understand the skating jumps, footwork, and spins they see when watching the winter Olympic figure skating competitions.
Figure Skating Edges are Key to Gliding
A skater's blade has two sides, or edges. The outside edge is on the outside of the skate (the outside of the skater's foot); the inside edge is on the inside of the skate.
To understand edges, imagine a skater gliding forward on the left leg, and leaning to the left. If the skater continued to glide on that foot, she would make a counter-clockwise circle on the forward outside edge (because the skater is leaning to the outside of the skating foot). Making circles by skating on edges was the basic technique that was the foundation of the old-fashioned figure eights that used to be part of Olympic figure skating competitions.
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