Something a little lighter for your morning, the history of THE SALCHOW! In figure skating, the two most famous jumps are the axel and the salchow. The axel because it’s the most difficult jump and the salchow because it’s pronounced sow cow, which just sounds funny. But no sows or cows were involved in the creation of this jump. The figure skating salchow jump was created by legendary Ulrich Salchow. He was a danish skater and ten time word Hamilton. He also won the 1908 Olympics. So basically,