Left backward outside bracket

LBO to LFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

turnentry LBOexit LFI
On LBO · 7 other entries
  • LFOLFO to LBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RFORFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LFILFI to LBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RFIRFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LBO (this page)LBO to LFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RBORBO to RFI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • LBILBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
  • RBIRBI to RFO: half a turn against 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
LBO → LFI. A skater who rotates the other way traces RBO: the same element, generated from this one.

shoulder to hip —on the —
LBO · the blade turning half a circle against the curve, the cusp pointing out · LFI. 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 outside edge, rotating away from the circle, out forwards on the inside edge. Entering blind and rotating against the curve at the same time is what makes the brackets from a back edge the ones people put off.

There is no trick to it beyond patience with the entry. A shallow entry edge gives the turn nothing to rotate against, and what comes out is a flat scrape that leaves you facing the right way on no edge at all.

Derived

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

LBO bracket to LFI: the edge changes, the skater rotates against it, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Leads to

2 elements in the guide are built on this one.

From LBO

Clusters from LBO

Appears in

Where it sits in one country's grades is on that country's copy of this page: UK, USA, Australia or New Zealand.