Euler
RBO takeoff, off the edge, 1 rotation to LBI, on the other foot.
Also called 1Eu or half loop. Other names.
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A loop that lands on the other foot. It leaves the back outside edge the way a loop does, turns once, and comes down on the back inside edge of what was the free foot.
That landing is the whole point of it. The back inside edge is where the Salchow and the flip take off, so an Euler in the middle of a combination lets a skater follow almost any jump with one of those two. In competition it counts only there, between two jumps, and only as a single.
It used to be called the half loop, and some coaches still call it that. Land it with the free leg held behind, the way any landing is held, and the next jump is already set up.
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 LBI. The spring comes from the edge, with no pick.
Shares its takeoff edge with the toe loop and the loop: the pair that get mistaken for each other.
Lands on LBI, where the Salchow and the flip take off. The ISU counts it only in a combination, between two jumps: for example Waltz jump + Euler + Salchow, Waltz jump + Euler + flip, Salchow + Euler + Salchow or Salchow + Euler + flip. All of them are in jump combinations.
A skater who rotates clockwise takes off LBO and lands RBI: the same jump, mirrored.
Build on
- LoopRBO takeoff, off the edge, 1 rotation to RBO.
Leads to
26 elements in the guide are built on this one, and the 8 nearest are listed here.
- Axel + Euler + flipAxel (LFO, off the edge) through an Euler into a flip (LBI, off the pick), 3.5 rotations in all.
- Axel + Euler + SalchowAxel (LFO, off the edge) through an Euler into a Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 3.5 rotations in all.
- Double Axel + Euler + double flipDouble Axel (LFO, off the edge) through an Euler into a double flip (LBI, off the pick), 5.5 rotations in all.
- Double Axel + Euler + double SalchowDouble Axel (LFO, off the edge) through an Euler into a double Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 5.5 rotations in all.
- Double flip + Euler + double flipDouble flip (LBI, off the pick) through an Euler into a double flip (LBI, off the pick), 5 rotations in all.
- Double flip + Euler + double SalchowDouble flip (LBI, off the pick) through an Euler into a double Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 5 rotations in all.
- Double loop + Euler + double flipDouble loop (RBO, off the edge) through an Euler into a double flip (LBI, off the pick), 5 rotations in all.
- Double loop + Euler + double SalchowDouble loop (RBO, off the edge) through an Euler into a double Salchow (LBI, off the edge), 5 rotations in all.
Appears in
In the UK's grades
None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.
No test syllabus recorded yet.