Left forward outside rocker

LFO to LBO: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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Forwards on the outside edge, rotating into the circle exactly as a three turn does. Then the edge does not change, so the lobe has to. You leave the circle you were on and pick up a new one curving the other way.

That is the whole reason the turn exists as a separate thing. The rotation is a three turn’s rotation; the destination is somewhere else entirely.

Derived

Build on

• Left forward outside three turnLFO to LBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

Leads to

7 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Left forward outside counterLFO to LBO: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.
• Left forward outside rocker-choctawLFO → LBO → RFI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left forward outside rocker-counterLFO → LBO → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFO → LBO → LFO → LFO, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left forward outside rocker-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO: 2 turns on two feet.
• Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO: 3 turns on two feet.
• Step sequenceA run of turns and steps skated as one element across the ice, to the character of the music.

From LFO

• Left forward outside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
• Left forward outside chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside crossoverexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside change of edgeexits LFI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside cross rollexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside mohawkexits RBO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside slip chasséexits RFI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside bracketexits LBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left forward outside choctawexits RBI · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside counterexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside crossed step behindexits RFO · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left forward outside loopexits LFO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues

Clusters from LFO

• Left forward outside double threeLFO → LBI → LFO
• Left forward outside triple threeLFO → LBI → LFO → LBI
• Left forward outside rocker-counterLFO → LBO → LFO
• Left forward outside choctaw-three-rockerLFO → RBI → RFO → RBO
• Left forward outside bracket-counterLFO → LBI → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside counter-threeLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside counter-2½ twizzleLFO → LBO → LFI
• Left forward outside rocker-choctawLFO → LBO → RFI
• Left forward outside rocker-mohawkLFO → LBO → RFO
• Left forward outside three-mohawkLFO → LBI → RFI
• Left forward outside double three-mohawkLFO → LBI → LFO → RBO
• Left forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFO → LBO → LFO → LFO
• Left forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLFO → LBI → LBO → LBO

Appears in

• BIS Skills 5BIS · level 5
• BIS Skills 6BIS · level 6
• BIS Skills 8BIS · level 8

• BIS Skills 5, exercise 2: Forward rockersForward outside and forward inside rockers alternating with crossovers, finishing on a held back outside edge.
• 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 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.