Left backward outside 1½ twizzle

LBO to LFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

twizzleentry LBOexit LFI

On LBO · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFORFO to RBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LFILFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFIRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBO (this page)LBO to LFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBORBO to RFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBILBI to LFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBIRBI to RFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

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

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

Backwards on an outside edge, one and a half rotations, out forwards on an inside one. Rarer than the forward entries and more useful than it looks: it turns backward travel into forward travel without a step, on one foot, while still going the same way down the ice.

The difficulty is that it starts blind and finishes sighted, so the half of it you can see is the half already decided. Everything that matters has happened by the time the rink comes back into view.

Derived

LBO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): left 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.

LBO 1½ twizzle to LFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, leaving one curl in the tracing and no cusp anywhere. The lobe continues, and the half rotation turns the skater to face the other way, which is why the edge letter changes without the blade ever changing which way it curves.

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

Build on

Left backward outside edgeLBO: the left foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.
Left backward outside twizzleLBO to LBO: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

From LBO

Left backward outside crossoverexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside change of edgeexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside cross rollexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside choctawexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside three turnexits LFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward outside mohawkexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward outside bracketexits LFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left backward outside crossed step behindexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside chasséexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside counterexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside loopexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
Left backward outside rockerexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward outside slip chasséexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBO

Left backward outside three-mohawkLBO → LFI → RBI
Left backward outside double threeLBO → LFI → LBO
Left backward outside counter-threeLBO → LFO → LBI
Left backward outside rocker-mohawkLBO → LFO → RBO
Left backward outside bracket-counterLBO → LFI → LBI
Left backward outside counter-mohawkLBO → LFO → RBO
Left backward outside counter-2½ twizzleLBO → LFO → LBI
Left backward outside rocker-choctawLBO → LFO → RBI
Left backward outside rocker-counterLBO → LFO → LBO
Left backward outside choctaw-three-rockerLBO → RFI → RBO → RFO
Left backward outside double three-mohawkLBO → LFI → LBO → RFO
Left backward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBO → LFO → LBO → LBO
Left backward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBO → LFI → LFO → LFO
Left backward outside triple threeLBO → LFI → LBO → LFI

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.