Right backward inside loop

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

transitionentry RBIexit RBI

On RBI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LFO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
RFORFO to RFO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
LFILFI to LFI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
RFIRFI to RFI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
LBOLBO to LBO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
RBORBO to RBO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
LBILBI to LBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
RBI (this page)RBI to RBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.

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.

mirror

inside edge: the darker line

RBI → RBI. A skater who rotates the other way traces LBI: the same element, generated from this one.

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

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 loop to RBI: the blade traces a small circle and comes back to the edge it left, the direction of travel does not change, and the lobe continues.

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

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

BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6

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

BIS Skills 6, exercise 3: Backward inside loopsFrom a stationary start on both feet: a forward outside 3-turn and, on the same foot, a backward inside loop.