Left backward outside edge

LBO: the left foot travelling backwards on an outside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.

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The edge almost every jump in the guide lands on, which is reason enough to spend time on it for its own sake. Travelling backwards on the outside of the blade, leaning into the circle, with the difficulty that you cannot see where you are going and the instinct is to sit away from it.

Weight belongs over the middle of the blade. Sit back and it skids; reach for the toe and it stops. What makes this edge hard is the holding: keeping the shoulders and the free leg still against a rotation that wants to carry on. That is the run-out of a jump landing, practised on its own with the jump taken away.

Derived

Build on

• Backward strokingIce Skating Australia holds each backward stroke for two to three seconds with the free foot ahead above the line, and its backward edges keep the free leg in the same place.
• Backward one-foot glideNew Zealand moves the backward glide onto a curve and round a circle, which is the backward edges. On them, Ice Skating Australia keeps the free leg ahead, above the line.

Leads to

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

• Left backward outside change of edgeLBO to LBI: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward outside chasséLBO to RBI: the free foot comes down beside the skating foot, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards on the same lobe.
• Left backward outside cross rollLBO to RBO: a step onto the other foot, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Left backward outside crossed step behindLBO to RBO: a step behind, with the legs crossed below the knee, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• 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 outside loopLBO to LBO: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Left backward outside slip chasséLBO to RBI: a step in which the free foot slides away along the ice, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Left backward outside mohawkLBO to RFO: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. 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

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 3BIS · level 3
• BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 7BIS · level 7
• BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

• BIS Skills 1, exercise 2: Backward outside extended positionBackward crossovers into a sustained back outside edge, held in an extended position for a third of a circle or three seconds.
• BIS Skills 1, exercise 3: Forward & backward crossoversCrossovers in both directions and both rotations, joined by an optional turn to backwards and a step back to forwards.
• BIS Skills 1, exercise 4: SlalomPower changes of edge down the length of the rink, forwards on two feet and one, and backwards on two.
• BIS Skills 1, exercise 5: Forward outside & forward inside 3-turnsThe first turns in the syllabus: forward outside three turns onto a held back outside edge, then forward inside ones.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 1: Backward outside & inside edgesBackward edges held to the long axis on both outside and inside, joined by crossovers on one side and a step wide on the other.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 5: Skating exerciseA full circuit of the rink built from an open mohawk into backward edges, a step wide and a crossover, on both sides.
• BIS Skills 2, exercise 6: Backward outside 3-turnsBackward outside 3-turns joined immediately to an open mohawk, with backward cross rolls and crossovers between the lobes.
• BIS Skills 3, exercise 3: Backward cross rollsA forward 3-turn into a held back outside edge, rolled from there into backward cross rolls on both feet.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 1: Multi-directional 3-turnsTriple 3-turns on the forward outside edges, and double 3-turns run into open mohawks on the inside ones.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 3: Choctaws & mohawksClosed mohawks from a back outside edge on the first side, and open choctaws with slip chassés on the second.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 4: Inside bracketsForward and backward inside brackets, entered from crossovers, on a shape the skater chooses.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 6: Bracket exerciseBrackets on a figure of eight from a stationary start, two circles on each foot.
• BIS Skills 5, exercise 7: Backward counter exerciseBackward inside counters into open mohawks, and backward outside counters into 3-turns, with changes of edge between them.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 2: Backward inside countersBackward inside counters, each one leaving into an open mohawk, repeated across the full ice surface.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 3: Backward inside loopsFrom a stationary start on both feet: a forward outside 3-turn and, on the same foot, a backward inside loop.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 4: Rocker choctawsBackward inside rockers into closed choctaws, three to a lobe, with a change of edge between the sides.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 6: Bracket-counterA forward inside bracket and a backward counter in one cluster, on both feet, entered from crossovers.
• BIS Skills 6, exercise 7: Skating exercise 2Backward inside 3-turns into forward outside rockers, on power crossovers, covering at least three-quarters of the rink.
• BIS Skills 7, exercise 3: Backward inside counters & twizzlesA forward outside 3-turn into a backward inside counter, which carries on into a two and a half rotation twizzle.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 1: Section 1Rockers on both feet, a one and a half twizzle in the direction the skater chooses, a bracket into a cross roll, and a pivot movement to close.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 2: Section 2The technical middle: a double 3-turn, a bracket, steps crossed behind, and a double twizzle reached through a change of edge.
• BIS Skills 8, exercise 3: Section 3The longest section: choctaw into mohawk, a rocker, a counter into a mohawk, an open choctaw, and a rocker-counter into a double twizzle to finish.