Loop

RBO takeoff, off the edge, 1 rotation to RBO.

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RBOtakes off

RBOlands

The two edges, drawn. What happens between them is not: a tracing is the record of a blade on the ice, and for most of a jump the blade is not on it. These two are the same curve because they are the same edge: it leaves and returns to RBO. Each of these curves is drawn by more than one jump. What separates this one from the toe loop and the Euler is the pick and the foot they land on, and no curve can show either.

Entrance

shoulder to hip —on the —

RBO takeoff, no pick · one rotation · 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.

A back outside edge, no pick, and the rotation comes entirely from the edge and the check. Nothing helps you: there is no swing through and nothing to vault off, which is what makes the loop the honest test of a skater’s edge.

It shares its takeoff with the toe loop, and the two are told apart by whether a pick goes in. Seen from above they are the same entry; seen from the side, one has a jab in it.

What it rests on is the back outside edge held with the free side checked. That is the extended edge, and a loop is very close to being that position asked to leave the ice without help.

Derived

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

Takes off RBO and lands RBO, the same edge every jump in this guide but the Euler lands on, so the takeoff is what tells them apart. The spring comes from the edge, with no pick.

Shares its takeoff edge with the toe loop and the Euler: the pair that get mistaken for each other.

The double loop is this jump with one more turn in the air: the same takeoff and the same landing.

Lands on RBO, where the toe loop and the loop take off, so it can start a combination: loop + toe loop or loop + loop.

Takes off from RBO, the edge every other jump here lands on, so it can follow any of them in a jump combination.

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

Off the ice

Holding the landingThe one position the jumps land in, held for longer than a landing lasts.
Jumping and turning off the floorFloor jumps: going up before going round, pulling in, and opening out to land.

Leads to

12 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.

Double loopRBO takeoff, off the edge, 2 rotations to RBO.
EulerRBO takeoff, off the edge, 1 rotation to LBI, on the other foot.
Axel + loopAxel (LFO, off the edge) straight into a loop (RBO, off the edge), 2.5 rotations in all.
Flip + loopFlip (LBI, off the pick) straight into a loop (RBO, off the edge), 2 rotations in all.
Loop + Euler + flipLoop (RBO, off the edge) through an Euler into a flip (LBI, off the pick), 3 rotations in all.
Loop + Euler + SalchowLoop (RBO, off the edge) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3 rotations in all.
Loop + loopLoop (RBO, off the edge) straight into a loop (RBO, off the edge), 2 rotations in all.
Loop + toe loopLoop (RBO, off the edge) straight into a toe loop (RBO, off the pick), 2 rotations in all.

Appears in

In New Zealand's grades

KiwiSkate: Free skating 1 to 3