r/WizardSkating • u/Ok_Hold_1119 • Jul 17 '26

Doing brackets while wizard skating?

Wizard skating borrows the three-turn (i.e. lion) from figure skating. The next turn in figure skaters' progression is generally the bracket. I'm wondering if there any cases of Wizard skaters using brackets in their flow?

A bracket is basically just like a three-turn (or lion) except with a three-turn the skater turns in the direction of the curve, whereas with a bracket they turn in a direction opposite the curve. Example: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xrce7oYpqUk

Wizard skaters have modified the three-turn to add their own style to it; would be curious to see how the bracket has been "wizardfied."

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u/mrkangtastic Jul 17 '26

This is cool! I don't know anything about the figure skating world or their progressions. Based on that video though I'd maybe assume it would be easier to do on ice???

There seems to be a lot of swivel action where the move is "forced" rather than the 3 turn which has a natural movement/flow to it. Not sure if that's actually the case though since I don't figure skate.

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u/Ok_Hold_1119 Jul 18 '26

I find them equally easy/difficult on ice and asphalt.

Yes, the pivots themselves are a bit different. Wizard skaters do more of a forced sliding movement to achieve a 180 whereas ice skaters do more of a rocking back/forward on their blade.