tailwalk

Chuck "Whiteshoes" Connors, Sr. and Flipper practicing the famous tailwalk that became a hallmark in the porpoise's namesake 1963 movie and subsequent television series.

Retro Caption Contest: The Trophy Dolphin 2010

Chuck "Whiteshoes" Connors, Sr. and Flipper practicing the famous tailwalk that became a hallmark in the porpoise's namesake 1963 movie and subsequent television series.

Retro Caption Contest: The Trophy Dolphin 2010

"We can, we can, we can, " and half the dolphins crowding the end of the wharf heaved themselves up out of the water to tailwalk in their enthusiasm.

First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

"We can, we can, we can," and half the dolphins crowding the end of the wharf heaved themselves up out of the water to tailwalk in their enthusiasm.

Chronicles of Pern, First Fall McCaffrey, Anne 1993

"We can, we can, we can, " and half the dolphins crowding the end of the wharf heaved themselves up out of the water to tailwalk in their enthusiasm.

The Chronicles of Pern McCaffrey, Anne 1993

He hadn't meant to leave the Ecco The Dolphin disc in the CD-Rom drive of the boombox, but as it happens, his nemesis had nailed the tailwalk move after spending several weeks in the hospital the previous year, chest healing from a gunshot wound.

Gizmodo 2010