Right forward outside double three

RFO → RBI → RFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.

combinationentry RFOexit RFO2 turnsone foot throughoutreturns to RFO

On RFO · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RFO (this page)RFO → RBI → RFO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LFILFI → LBO → LFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RFIRFI → RBO → RFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RBORBO → RFI → RBO, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
LBILBI → LFO → LBI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBI, back where it started: 2 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

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

Two three turns on the same foot, one straight after the other, entering forwards. Each is an ordinary three turn; the difficulty is entirely in the join. You have to check the first one hard enough to stop the rotation, then release it again immediately for the second, and there is no time to reset the edge in between.

The tell is the second cusp. If it is shallower than the first, the check failed and the body carried the turn round. The blade did not cut it.

Derived

RFO is three letters (foot, direction, edge): right 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.

RFO, three turn to RBI, then three turn to RFO. 2 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on the edge they started on.

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 LFO. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Right forward outside three turnRFO to RBI: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right backward inside three turnRBI to RFO: half a turn into the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.

From RFO

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

Clusters from RFO

Right forward outside triple threeRFO → RBI → RFO → RBI
Right forward outside rocker-counterRFO → RBO → RFO
Right forward outside choctaw-three-rockerRFO → LBI → LFO → LBO
Right forward outside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleRFO → RBI → RBO → RBO
Right forward outside bracket-counterRFO → RBI → RFI
Right forward outside counter-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside counter-threeRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside counter-2½ twizzleRFO → RBO → RFI
Right forward outside rocker-choctawRFO → RBO → LFI
Right forward outside rocker-mohawkRFO → RBO → LFO
Right forward outside three-mohawkRFO → RBI → LFI
Right forward outside double three-mohawkRFO → RBI → RFO → LBO
Right forward outside rocker-counter-double twizzleRFO → RBO → RFO → RFO

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 4BIS · level 4

BIS Skills 4, exercise 7: Skating exerciseForward outside double 3-turns leaving directly into cross rolls, alternating feet down the ice.