Left forward outside triple three

LFO → LBI → LFO → LBI: 3 turns on one foot.

combinationentry LFOexit LBI3 turnsone foot throughout

On LFO · 7 other entries

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

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

LFO → LBI → LFO → LBI. A skater who rotates the other way traces RFO: the same element, generated from this one.

Three three turns on one foot, entering forwards, with nothing in between them. Each turn shortens the lobe it is standing on, so the third has the least edge under it and the least speed to work with. That is the whole difficulty, and it is a matter of arithmetic.

Where the free foot goes decides it. Two turns can be absorbed by a free side that swings a little each time; three cannot, and a leg that has drifted by the third turn takes the shoulders with it. Hold it still and turn under it.

The tell is a pivot. A third turn forced round by the body leaves a scrape where the cusp should be, and the tracing shows all three marks side by side for comparison.

Derived

LFO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): left foot, forwards, outside edge. Every edge in the guide is written that way, so RBI is a right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge.

LFO, three turn to LBI, then three turn to LFO, then three turn to LBI. 3 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on LBI.

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 RFO. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

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

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 rockerexits LBO · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
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 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

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.