Left forward outside rocker

LFO to LBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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On LFO · 7 other entries
  • LFO (this page)LFO to LBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • RFORFO to RBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • LFILFI to LBI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • RFIRFI to RBI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • LBOLBO to LFO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • RBORBO to RFO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • LBILBI to LFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
  • RBIRBI to RFI: half a turn into 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.

outside edge: the paler line
LFO → LBO. A skater who rotates the other way traces RFO: the same element, generated from this one.

Forwards on the outside edge, rotating into the circle exactly as a three turn does. Then the edge does not change, so the lobe has to. You leave the circle you were on and pick up a new one curving the other way.

That is the whole reason the turn exists as a separate thing. The rotation is a three turn’s rotation; the destination is somewhere else entirely.

Derived

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

LFO rocker to LBO: the edge holds, the skater rotates into the circle, and the lobe reverses.

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

Build on

Leads to

7 elements in the guide are built on this one.

From LFO

Clusters from LFO

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

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

In British Ice Skating's tests: BIS Skills 5, BIS Skills 6, BIS Skills 8.