flutz n. in ice skating, a flubbed lutz executed as a flip. Also as v. Editorial Note: See the 1997 citation from Brian Boitano for a more technical description of a flutz. A lutz is “a jump with a backward takeoff from the backward outside...
flutz n.— «I know she has pizzazz, but she just did not have the overall clean program that Elaine did and she did NOT do a triple lutz…she did a triple flutz as we call it.» —“Bobek’s Flutz” Usenet: rec...
flutz n.— «Flutz: a jump that’s supposed to be a Lutz, but where the skater changes to an inside edge before launching off the toe pick, which turns the jump into the easier flip.» —by Brian Boitano Boitano’s Edge Dec. 1...
flutz n.— «Lipinski made a slight error on the front portion of the combination, for an automatic .2 point deduction. She did what, in the business, is referred to a “flutz.”» —“Unlocking the combination: American and...
flutz n.— «Robinson pointed to the 21-year-old’s planned Lutz on Tuesday, which saw the skater take off from an outside edge, making it more of a flip, or “flutz,” in figure skating parlance.» —“Figure skaters chase gold...