Right backward outside choctaw

RBO to LFI: a step onto the other foot, changing edge and reversing onto a new one. No cusp.

Also called S step, open S step or closed S step. Other names.

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Backwards on the outside edge, stepping onto the other foot to run forwards on its inside edge, on a new lobe curving the other way. Entering blind and reversing the curve at the same time, which puts this among the harder things in the guide.

The step has to be made from a genuine edge. A shallow back outside entry gives the new lobe nothing to reverse from, and what comes out is two flats with a change of foot in the middle.

Derived

Build on

• Right backward outside mohawkRBO to LFO: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.

Leads to

2 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Right backward outside choctaw-three-rockerRBO → LFI → LBO → LFO: 3 turns on two feet.
• Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI: 2 turns on two feet.

From RBO

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

Clusters from RBO

• Right backward outside three-mohawkRBO → RFI → LBI
• Right backward outside double threeRBO → RFI → RBO
• Right backward outside counter-threeRBO → RFO → RBI
• Right backward outside rocker-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO
• Right backward outside bracket-counterRBO → RFI → RBI
• Right backward outside counter-mohawkRBO → RFO → LBO
• Right backward outside counter-2½ twizzleRBO → RFO → RBI
• Right backward outside rocker-choctawRBO → RFO → LBI
• Right backward outside rocker-counterRBO → RFO → RBO
• Right backward outside choctaw-three-rockerRBO → LFI → LBO → LFO
• Right backward outside double three-mohawkRBO → RFI → RBO → LFO
• Right backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBO → RFO → RBO → RBO
• Right backward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBO → RFI → RFO → RFO
• Right backward outside triple threeRBO → RFI → RBO → RFI

Appears in

• BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 7BIS · level 7
• 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 4, exercise 5: Backward choctawsA held back outside edge into a closed choctaw, an open mohawk immediately after it, and crossovers between the lobes.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 5: Skating exerciseForward 3-turns run through a change of edge into a closed choctaw, and a 3-turn into a cross roll, across the full ice surface.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 2: Backward outside choctaws & forward inside countersAn extended back outside edge into a closed choctaw, with a forward inside counter and a change of edge on the way out.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 3: Section 3The longest section: choctaw into mohawk, a rocker, a counter into a mohawk, an open choctaw, and a rocker-counter into a double twizzle to finish.