Left forward inside double three-mohawk

LFI → LBO → LFI → RBI: 3 turns on two feet.

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On LFI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFO → RBO: 3 turns on two feet.
RFORFO → RBI → RFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.
LFI (this page)LFI → LBO → LFI → RBI: 3 turns on two feet.
RFIRFI → RBO → RFI → LBI: 3 turns on two feet.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBO → RFO: 3 turns on two feet.
RBORBO → RFI → RBO → LFO: 3 turns on two feet.
LBILBI → LFO → LBI → RFI: 3 turns on two feet.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI: 3 turns on two feet.

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.

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outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

Two three turns on one foot and then a change of foot, entering forwards, with nothing between any of them. By the time the mohawk arrives the lobe has been shortened twice and whatever speed the two turns cost has already gone.

So the free foot has to be found early. It cannot be placed after the second turn, because a step is instantaneous and there is no glide to find it in; it has to be waiting through the second turn, which is the turn most likely to need the whole body’s attention. Skaters who get the double right and the mohawk wrong have almost always been thinking about them in that order.

Derived

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

LFI, three turn to LBO, then three turn to LFI, then mohawk to RBI. 3 turns on two feet, and the skater finishes on RBI.

Nothing above is stored on this page. The cluster records its entry edge and the order of its turns; every edge in between is chained out of the same rule that draws a single turn.

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

Build on

Left forward inside three turnLFI to LBO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Left backward outside three turnLBO to LFI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Left forward inside mohawkLFI to RBI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.

From LFI

Left forward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
Left forward inside step wideexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside change of edgeexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside rockerexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside choctawexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside bracketexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
Left forward inside counterexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left forward inside loopexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LFI

Left forward inside bracket-counterLFI → LBO → LFO
Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI
Left forward inside double threeLFI → LBO → LFI
Left forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFI → LBI → LFI → LFI
Left forward inside bracket-cross rollLFI → LBO → RBO
Left forward inside counter-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
Left forward inside counter-threeLFI → LBI → LFO
Left forward inside counter-2½ twizzleLFI → LBI → LFO
Left forward inside rocker-choctawLFI → LBI → RFO
Left forward inside rocker-mohawkLFI → LBI → RFI
Left forward inside three-mohawkLFI → LBO → RFO
Left forward inside choctaw-three-rockerLFI → RBO → RFI → RBI
Left forward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFI → LBO → LBI → LBI
Left forward inside triple threeLFI → LBO → LFI → LBO

Appears in

In the UK's grades

None of the British level lists in this guide name it outside the Skills tests below.

BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5

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.