Right forward inside loop

RFI to RFI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.

transitionentry RFIexit RFI

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LFOLFO to LFO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
RFORFO to RFO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
LFILFI to LFI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
RFI (this page)RFI to RFI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling forwards, and the lobe continues.
LBOLBO to LBO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
RBORBO to RBO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
LBILBI to LBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
RBIRBI to RBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.

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.

mirror

inside edge: the darker line

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

A loop on a forward inside edge: the same small circle, curving the other way. The free side has less room here than on an outside loop, and crowding it is what turns a round loop into an egg.

Practise it as a shape, drawn on the ice. A loop is judged on the tracing it leaves, and there is nowhere for a wobble to hide in a closed curve.

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 loop to RFI: the blade traces a small circle and comes back to the edge it left, the direction of travel does not change, and the lobe continues.

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

Build on

Right forward inside edgeRFI: the right foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.

From RFI

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 three turnexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Right forward inside mohawkexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
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

Clusters from RFI

Right forward inside double three-mohawkRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI
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

In New Zealand's grades

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