Definition: Figures are patterns done on curves. When you make a half circle on an outside edge, you have done a forward outside edge in a pattern. If you make two full circles that connect in a figure eight, you have done an outside eight!
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There is an imaginary line down the middle of a figure eight. It is called "the long axis."
When skaters do edges, they must begin and end at the long axis.
Edges are done on half-circles and most figures are done on two full circles. Some figures require three circles.
