Right forward inside double three-mohawk

RFI → RBO → RFI → LBI: 3 turns on two feet.

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On RFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.
RFORFO → RBI → RFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.
LFILFI → LBO → LFI → RBI: 3 turns on two feet.
RFI (this page)RFI → RBO → RFI → LBI: 3 turns on two feet.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBO → RFO: 3 turns on two feet.
RBORBO → RFI → RBO → LFO: 3 turns on two feet.
LBILBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.

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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

Two three turns on one foot and then a change of foot, entering forwards, with nothing between any of them. By the time the mohawk arrives the lobe has been shortened twice and whatever speed the two turns cost has already gone.

So the free foot has to be found early. It cannot be placed after the second turn, because a step is instantaneous and there is no glide to find it in; it has to be waiting through the second turn, which is the turn most likely to need the whole body’s attention. Skaters who get the double right and the mohawk wrong have almost always been thinking about them in that order.

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, three turn to RBO, then three turn to RFI, then mohawk to LBI. 3 turns on two feet, and the skater finishes on LBI.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

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

Build on

Right forward inside three turnRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right backward outside three turnRBO to RFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right forward inside mohawkRFI to LBI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.

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 rockerexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside choctawexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Right forward inside bracketexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside counterexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, 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 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 5BIS · level 5

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 5, exercise 1: Multi-directional 3-turnsTriple 3-turns on the forward outside edges, and double 3-turns run into open mohawks on the inside ones.