Left backward inside counter

LBI to LFI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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Backwards on the inside edge, rotating away from the circle, out forwards on the inside edge and onto a new lobe. It has a reputation and most of it is deserved: the weakest entry edge combined with the least helpful rotation.

It is also the clearest illustration of what the four turns actually are. Same entry as the back inside three, same rotation as the back inside bracket, same held edge as the back inside rocker. The combination is the only thing that makes it its own turn.

Derived

Build on

• Left backward inside bracketLBI to LFO: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
• Left backward inside rockerLBI to LFI: half a turn into the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

Leads to

6 elements in the guide are built on this one.

• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO: 2 elements on one foot.
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI: 2 turns on two feet.
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside rocker-counterLFI → LBI → LFI, back where it started: 2 turns on one foot.
• Left forward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLFI → LBI → LFI → LFI, back where it started: 3 elements on one foot.
• Left forward outside bracket-counterLFO → LBI → LFI: 2 turns on one foot.

From LBI

• Left backward inside edgethe plain edge, with no turn on it
• Left backward inside push backexits RBO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside step wideexits RBI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside change of edgeexits LBO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction holds, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside three turnexits LFO · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside loopexits LBI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction holds, the lobe continues
• Left backward inside choctawexits RFO · changes foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
• Left backward inside mohawkexits RFI · changes foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe continues

Clusters from LBI

• Left backward inside double threeLBI → LFO → LBI
• Left backward inside counter-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-mohawkLBI → LFI → RBI
• Left backward inside rocker-choctawLBI → LFI → RBO
• Left backward inside counter-2½ twizzleLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside bracket-cross rollLBI → LFO → RFO
• Left backward inside bracket-counterLBI → LFO → LBO
• Left backward inside counter-threeLBI → LFI → LBO
• Left backward inside rocker-counterLBI → LFI → LBI
• Left backward inside three-mohawkLBI → LFO → RBO
• Left backward inside choctaw-three-rockerLBI → RFO → RBI → RFI
• Left backward inside double three-mohawkLBI → LFO → LBI → RFI
• Left backward inside rocker-counter-double twizzleLBI → LFI → LBI → LBI
• Left backward inside 3-turn-change of edge-double twizzleLBI → LFO → LFI → LFI
• Left backward inside triple threeLBI → LFO → LBI → LFO

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