Figure Skating and the Halfpipe.
No one even knows when figure skating was invented, let alone WHO invented it!
Skating (ice skating, to be specific) was invented thousands and thousands of years ago in 3000 B.C. in Ireland (I'm pretty sure).
It evolved.
No, a pinwheel is not a figure skating jump. It is a skating move the a group of skaters can do.
James Plimpton
Yes
A Minnesota hockey player
how high are the walls at the 2014 halfpipe
Jackson Haines invented figure skating.
He invented them to be famous.
It was invented for transportation thousands of years ago. Many different ice skates have been invented over the years. "Ice skating: From Axels to Zambonis" is a good book to read to learn more.