Right forward inside counter

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

turnentry RFIexit RBI

On RFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
RFORFO to RBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
LFILFI to LBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
RFI (this page)RFI to RBI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
LBOLBO to LFO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
RBORBO to RFO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
LBILBI to LFI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
RBIRBI to RFI: 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.

mirror

inside edge: the darker line

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

Forwards on the inside edge, rotating away from the circle, out backwards on the inside edge and onto a new lobe. The exit is a back inside edge, which is the least practised edge there is, so this turn tends to be judged by what happens in the two seconds after it.

A counter starts its new lobe at the cusp. If yours begins later, what you did was a rotation.

Derived

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

RFI counter to RBI: the edge holds, the skater rotates against it, and the lobe reverses.

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

Build on

Right forward inside bracketRFI to RBO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right forward inside rockerRFI to RBI: 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 rocker-counterRBI → RFI → RBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
Right backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBI → RFI → RBI → RBI, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
Right backward outside bracket-counterRBO → RFI → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
Right forward inside counter-2½ twizzleRFI → RBI → RFO: 2 elements on one foot.
Right forward inside counter-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI: 2 turns on two feet.
Right forward inside counter-threeRFI → RBI → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.

From RFI

Right forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Right forward inside step wideexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside change of edgeexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside three turnexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside mohawkexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside choctawexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside loopexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from RFI

Right forward inside double three-mohawkRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI
Right forward inside bracket-counterRFI → RBO → RFO
Right forward inside rocker-counterRFI → RBI → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFI → RBI → RFI → RFI
Right forward inside bracket-cross rollRFI → RBO → LBO
Right forward inside counter-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside counter-threeRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside counter-2½ twizzleRFI → RBI → RFO
Right forward inside double threeRFI → RBO → RFI
Right forward inside rocker-choctawRFI → RBI → LFO
Right forward inside rocker-mohawkRFI → RBI → LFI
Right forward inside three-mohawkRFI → RBO → LFO
Right forward inside choctaw-three-rockerRFI → LBO → LFI → LBI
Right forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFI → RBO → RBI → RBI
Right forward inside triple threeRFI → RBO → RFI → RBO

Appears in

BIS Skills 7BIS · level 7

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 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.