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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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

Build on

• Right backward inside edgeRBI: the right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Backward two-foot turnBoth turn from backwards to forwards, and the three turn does it on one foot.

Leads to

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

• Right backward inside bracketRBI to RFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward inside rockerRBI to RFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left forward outside choctaw-three-rockerLFO → RBI → RFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBI → RFO → RFI → RFI: 3 elements on one foot.
• Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right backward inside three-mohawkRBI → RFO → LBO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO: 3 turns on one foot.

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 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 loopexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, 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 3BIS · level 3
• BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
• BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

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 3, exercise 2: Multi-directional 3-turnsAll four forward 3-turns and both backward inside ones on the first side, and 3-turns run into open mohawks on the second.
• BIS Skills 4, exercise 6: Mohawk & 3-turn exerciseOpen mohawks alternating with backward 3-turns, inside on the first side and outside on the second.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 5: Skating exerciseA serpentine of backward inside 3-turns and open mohawks, two lobes on each foot, joined entirely by crossovers.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 7: Skating exercise 2Backward inside 3-turns into forward outside rockers, on power crossovers, covering at least three-quarters of the rink.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 1: Section 1Rockers on both feet, a one and a half twizzle in the direction the skater chooses, a bracket into a cross roll, and a pivot movement to close.