Double loop + double toe loop

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

Also called 2Lo+2T. 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.

RBOtakes off

RBOlands, takes off

RBOlands

The edges, drawn: the double loop's takeoff, the edge between each jump and the next, and the double toe 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 —

RBO takeoff · two rotations · RBO landing, held · double toe loop: off the pick, 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 loop lands on the edge it took off from, so the first jump hands the second its takeoff directly. With no pick anywhere, everything depends on landing the first on an edge that is still curving cleanly.

The double loop lands RBO and the double toe 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 toe loop is the usual second jump. The landing edge is already its takeoff, so the free foot reaches back, the toe goes in behind, and the pick gives the lift that the remaining speed cannot.

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 loop takes off RBO off the edge and lands RBO; the double toe loop takes off from that same edge off the pick and lands RBO. 4 rotations in all, written 2Lo+2T on a protocol sheet.

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

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

Build on

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

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

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