The cantilever, also called layback spread eagle, is a figure skating element. Similar to the spread eagle, the skater travels along a deep edge. With knees bent, the skater bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice.

It was invented by Werner Groebli, better known as "Mr. Frick", a long-time show skater with Ice Follies. More recently, it became a signature move of Joseph Klein, Ilia Klimkin, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Alexandra Trusova, and Shoma Uno. Shoma Uno also frequently uses the cantilever in exhibition performances.

Gallery

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  Solo cantilever with hands on ice
  (Shawn Sawyer)
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  Solo cantilever without hands on ice
  (Lubov Iliushechkina)
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  Assisted cantilever in pair skating
  (Lubov Iliushechkina & Nodari Maisuradze)
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  Cantilever as part of an ice dancing lift
  (Zoé Blanc & Pierre-Loup Bouquet)
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  A pair skating team performing a cantilever as a choreographic element
  (Riku Miura & Ryuichi Kihara)

References

• Figure skating glossary

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