Editing Figure skating spins (section)

=== Camel spin ===
{{Main|Camel spin}}
Colledge was also responsible for the invention of the '''camel spin''' (also called the '''parallel spin''');{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=280}} she was the first to perform it, in the mid-1930s.{{Snf|Hines|2006|p=103}}{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=107}}<ref name="hines-112">Hines, p. 112</ref>{{Snf|Hines|2006|p=112}} Writer Ellyn Kestnbaum speculates that the camel and layback spins, which "heightened the visual function of the skater creating interesting shapes with her body",{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=107}} were, for the first ten years after their inventions, performed mostly by women and not by men because it was easier for women to achieve the interesting shapes the camel spin creates than it is for men.{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|pp=107–108}} American skater [[Dick Button]], however, performed the first forward camel spin, a variation of the camel spin, and spins became a regular part of the repertoire of male skaters.{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=93}} The camel spin is executed on one foot and is an adaptation of the [[Arabesque (ballet position)|arabesque]] ballet pose to the ice.<ref name="no2393-4" />{{Snf|Petkevich|1988|p=150}} When executed well, the stretch of the body should create a slight arch or straight line.{{Snf|Kestnbaum|2003|p=280}} Skaters increase the difficulty of camel spins in a variety of ways.<ref name="no2393-4" />