Double flip + double loop

Double flip (LBI, off the pick) straight into a double loop (RBO, off the edge), 4 rotations in all.

Also called 2F+2Lo. Other names.

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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.

LBItakes off

RBOlands, takes off

RBOlands

The edges, drawn: the double flip's takeoff, the edge between each jump and the next, and the double loop's landing. Each edge in between is one edge: one jump lands on it and the next leaves from it.

shoulder to hip —on the —

LBI takeoff off the right pick · two rotations · RBO landing, held · double loop: two rotations · RBO landing. Negative twist means the shoulders are held back against the hips, which stores rotation before a takeoff and checks it on a landing.

The flip leaves a back inside edge, vaulting off the toe of the free foot, and lands on the back outside edge the second jump takes off from.

The double flip lands RBO and the double loop takes off from RBO: one edge, held, with no step or turn on it. In a jump sequence the skater may hop or step between the jumps; in a combination there is nothing between them.

The loop is the harder second jump. With no pick, the skater holds the landing edge, brings the free leg through to cross in front and springs off the same edge. Its base value is higher than a toe loop’s.

At double the margin is small: the first jump has to leave enough speed for the second to find two full turns, and a second jump that comes up short is marked as under-rotated.

Derived

The double flip takes off LBI off the pick and lands RBO; the double loop takes off from that same edge with no pick and lands RBO. 4 rotations in all, written 2F+2Lo on a protocol sheet.

Made of the double flip and the double loop. Nothing here is stored on the page beyond the two jumps and the count.

A skater who rotates clockwise takes off RBI and lands on LBO: the same combination, mirrored.

Build on

Double flipLBI takeoff, off the pick, 2 rotations to RBO.
Double loopRBO takeoff, off the edge, 2 rotations to RBO.

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

None of the New Zealand level lists in this guide name it.