Right backward inside edge

RBI: the right foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing a clockwise lobe.

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Backwards on the inside of the blade. Most skaters meet this edge last, partly because it is the least used on its own and partly because the position is awkward: the free leg sits on the inside of the circle, crossing the line of travel, with nowhere obvious to put it.

It earns its keep elsewhere. It is the takeoff of the flip and the Salchow and the exit of a forward outside three turn, so a weak back inside edge shows up as a problem in things that look nothing like it.

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

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

• Right backward inside change of edgeRBI to RBO: the blade rolls across without turning, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward inside loopRBI to RBI: a small circle traced on the same edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Right backward inside push backRBI to LBO: a push off the inside edge onto the other foot's outside edge, still travelling backwards, and the lobe continues.
• Right backward inside step wideRBI to LBI: a step onto the other foot placed wide, nothing crossing, still travelling backwards, and the lobe reverses.
• Right backward inside mohawkRBI to LFI: a step onto the other foot, holding the edge and staying on the same lobe. No cusp.
• Right backward inside three turnRBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Right backward inside 1½ twizzleRBI to RFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
• Right backward inside 2½ twizzleRBI to RFO: 2½ rotations on one foot, travelling, 2 curls and no cusp.

From RBI

• Right backward inside step wideexits LBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside push backexits LBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside change of edgeexits RBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside three turnexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside rockerexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside bracketexits RFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside loopexits RBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Right backward inside choctawexits LFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside counterexits RFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Right backward inside mohawkexits LFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from RBI

• Right backward inside double threeRBI → RFO → RBI
• Right backward inside counter-mohawkRBI → RFI → LBI
• Right backward inside rocker-mohawkRBI → RFI → LBI
• Right backward inside rocker-choctawRBI → RFI → LBO
• Right backward inside counter-2½ twizzleRBI → RFI → RBO
• Right backward inside bracket-counterRBI → RFO → RBO
• Right backward inside bracket-cross rollRBI → RFO → LFO
• Right backward inside counter-threeRBI → RFI → RBO
• Right backward inside rocker-counterRBI → RFI → RBI
• Right backward inside three-mohawkRBI → RFO → LBO
• Right backward inside choctaw-three-rockerRBI → LFO → LBI → LFI
• Right backward inside double three-mohawkRBI → RFO → RBI → LFI
• Right backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleRBI → RFI → RBI → RBI
• Right backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRBI → RFO → RFI → RFI
• Right backward inside triple threeRBI → RFO → RBI → RFO

Appears in

• BIS Skills 1BIS · level 1
• BIS Skills 2BIS · level 2
• BIS Skills 4BIS · level 4
• 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 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 4, exercise 5: Backward choctawsA held back outside edge into a closed choctaw, an open mohawk immediately after it, and crossovers between the lobes.
• 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 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 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 7, exercise 7: Choctaw-3-turn-rockerA closed choctaw into a backward inside 3-turn into a forward outside rocker, down both lengths of the rink.
• 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.