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How to Do a Camel Spin

By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com

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How to Do a Camel Spin - Step One

The camel spin is commonly entered by first doing a few back crossovers in a circle.

The camel spin is commonly entered by first doing a few back crossovers in a circle.

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A camel spin is a figure skating spin that is done with the same body position as the spiral (arabesque). This tutorial shows the basic steps required to do a camel spin.

The camel spin is commonly entered by first doing a few back crossovers in a circle.

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