Right backward inside loop

RBI to RBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.

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A loop on a backward inside edge. It is the one the British syllabus asks for, and the hardest of the four for the reason every back inside element is hardest: the free leg sits inside the circle with nowhere to go.

The size is the giveaway. A tight loop means the edge was too deep going in; a large sprawling one means the edge was never deep enough to close it.

Derived

Build on

• Right backward inside edgeRBI: the right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.

From RBI

• Right backward inside step wideexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside push backexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside change of edgeexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside three turnexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside rockerexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside bracketexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside choctawexits LFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside counterexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside mohawkexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from RBI

• Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI
• Right backward inside counter-mohawkRBI → RFI → LBI
• Right backward inside rocker-mohawkRBI → RFI → LBI
• Right backward inside rocker-choctawRBI → RFI → LBO
• Right backward inside counter-2½ twizzleRBI → RFI → RBO
• Right backward inside bracket-counterRBI → RFO → RBO
• Right backward inside bracket-cross rollRBI → RFO → LFO
• Right backward inside counter-threeRBI → RFI → RBO
• Right backward inside rocker-counterRBI → RFI → RBI
• Right backward inside three-mohawkRBI → RFO → LBO
• Right backward inside choctaw-three-rockerRBI → LFO → LBI → LFI
• Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI
• Right backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBI → RFI → RBI → RBI
• Right backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBI → RFO → RFI → RFI
• Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO

Appears in

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 6.