Right backward inside three turn

RBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

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On RBI · 7 other entries
  • LFOLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RFORFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LFILFI to LBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RFIRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LBOLBO to LFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RBORBO to RFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LBILBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RBI (this page)RBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

Not checked yet. The mechanics on this page are a first draft by a non-expert, and no coach has seen them yet. Read them as a starting point and check them with a coach. Corrections are very welcome.

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line
RBI → RFO. A skater who rotates the other way traces LBI: the same element, generated from this one.

shoulder to hip —on the —
RBI · the blade turning half a circle on its edge, the cusp in the tracing · RFO. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

Backwards on the inside edge, rotating into the circle, out forwards on the outside edge. This is where a good many skaters quietly stall, because the entry is the edge they practise least and the exit is a forward outside edge that has to be held. Reaching it is not enough.

Done properly it is one of the most useful turns on the ice: it converts a backward inside edge into a forward outside one, which is how a great many step sequences begin.

Derived

RBI is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right foot, backwards, inside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

RBI three turn to RFO: the edge changes, the skater rotates into the circle, and the lobe continues.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from LBI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Leads to

12 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

From RBI

Clusters from RBI

Appears in

In Australia's grades

None of the Australian level lists in this guide name it.

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 3, BIS Skills 4, BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 8.