BIS Skills 3

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The level where the syllabus stops adding edges and starts combining them. Most of Skills 3 has appeared before in some form, and what is new is that it arrives attached: a three turn onto a held back outside edge and from there into backward cross rolls, three turns taken from a crossed step on the back inside edge, a change of edge held for half a circle.

Two things appear here for the first time. The twizzle is the first turn in the syllabus to make a full rotation, turned continuously as the foot travels; every turn before it is a half turn. The spiral is the first element judged on a shape the body makes, where everything before it is judged on a curve the blade draws.

From 01/10/2026 the twizzle gets a second exercise at one and a half rotations, and the spiral exercise loses its one genuinely awkward requirement: the hop was compulsory and becomes a choice.

Exercises

1. Forward changes of edgeForward changes of edge held for half a circle, entered from an open chassé on one side and from a crossover on the other.
2. Multi-directional 3-turnsAll four forward 3-turns and both backward inside ones on the first side, and 3-turns run into open mohawks on the second.
3. Backward cross rollsA forward 3-turn into a held back outside edge, rolled from there into backward cross rolls on both feet.
4. Forward inside twizzleA single forward inside twizzle on each foot, from a stationary start, with the axis left to the skater.
5. Forward spiralschanges 01/10/2026A serpentine of closed mohawks and crossovers into a forward outside spiral on each foot, held for three seconds.
6. Forward inside 1 ½ twizzlenew 01/10/2026A one and a half rotation twizzle on each forward inside edge, leaving the skater travelling backwards.

Elements

Every element its exercises call for, gathered from them.

• Left forward outside chasséLFO to RFI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling forwards on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside chasséRFO to LFI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling forwards on the same lobe.
• Left forward outside change of edgeLFO to LFI: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right forward outside change of edgeRFO to RFI: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left forward inside change of edgeLFI to LFO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right forward inside change of edgeRFI to RFO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling forwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left forward outside crossoverLFO to RFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
• Right forward outside crossoverRFO to LFI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling forwards.
• Right forward inside three turnRFI to RBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward outside three turnLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left forward inside three turnLFI to LBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right forward outside three turnRFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward inside three turnLBI to LFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward inside three turnRBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward outside three-mohawkRBO → RFI → LBI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left backward outside three-mohawkLBO → LFI → RBI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right backward outside crossoverRBO to LBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Left backward outside crossoverLBO to RBI: the free foot crosses in front of the skating foot onto the same lobe, still travelling backwards.
• Left backward inside step wideLBI to RBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward inside push backRBI to LBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Right backward inside step wideRBI to LBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward inside push backLBI to RBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Extended edgeA plain edge held for a third of a circle, long enough to be a position in its own right.
• Right backward outside cross rollRBO to LBO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward outside cross rollLBO to RBO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward outside edgeRBO: the right foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Left backward outside edgeLBO: the left foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Right forward inside twizzleRFI to RFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Left forward inside twizzleLFI to LFI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Right forward inside edgeRFI: the right foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Left forward inside edgeLFI: the left foot travelling forwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Left forward outside mohawkLFO to RBO: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• Right forward outside mohawkRFO to LBO: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• SpiralA held glide with the free leg extended at or above hip height.
• Left forward outside edgeLFO: the left foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
• Right forward outside edgeRFO: the right foot travelling forwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
• Right forward inside 1½ twizzleRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Left forward inside 1½ twizzleLFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

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