Right forward outside counter

RFO to RBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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.

Forwards on the outside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards still on the outside edge and onto a new lobe. Both of the difficult things at once: the rotation fights the curve, and the lobe reverses underneath you.

Counters are usually the last of the four to arrive, and the reason is checking. The body has to be wound against the edge, released just enough to get round, and stopped dead on a curve that is now going the other way. Any looseness anywhere shows up immediately in the tracing.

Derived

Build on

• Right forward outside bracketRFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside rockerRFO to RBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

Leads to

6 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Right backward inside bracket-counterRBI → RFO → RBO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward outside rocker-counterRBO → RFO → RBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBO → RFO → RBO → RBO, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
• Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI: 2 elements on one foot.
• Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI: 2 turns on one foot.

From RFO

• Right forward outside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
• Right forward outside chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside crossoverexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside change of edgeexits RFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside cross rollexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside three turnexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside mohawkexits LBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside slip chasséexits LFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right forward outside choctawexits LBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside crossed step behindexits LFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right forward outside loopexits RFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFO

• Right forward outside double threeRFO → RBI → RFO
• Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
• Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
• Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
• Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
• Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
• Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
• Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
• Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
• Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
• Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

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