Left backward inside 1½ twizzle

LBI to LFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

twizzleentry LBIexit LFO

On LBI · 7 other entries

LFOLFO to LBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFORFO to RBI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LFILFI to LBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RFIRFI to RBO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBOLBO to LFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBORBO to RFI: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
LBI (this page)LBI to LFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.
RBIRBI to RFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

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.

mirror

outside edge: the paler lineinside edge: the darker line

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

Backwards on an inside edge, one and a half rotations, out forwards on an outside one. That is the weakest entry edge turning into the strongest exit, and the exit is the reason to have it.

It is the least forgiving of the four. A back inside edge gives the rotation almost nothing to push against, so it has to be brought in with the shoulders and the free side and then held there, and the common result is a twizzle that turns one rotation cleanly and drags the last half round flat.

Derived

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

LBI 1½ twizzle to LFO: 1½ rotations on one foot, travelling, leaving one curl in the tracing and no cusp anywhere. The lobe continues, and the half rotation turns the skater to face the other way, which is why the edge letter changes without the blade ever changing which way it curves.

A skater who rotates the other way does the same thing from RBI. Same element, mirrored.

Build on

Left backward inside edgeLBI: the left foot travelling backwards on an inside edge, tracing an anticlockwise lobe.
Left backward inside twizzleLBI to LBI: 1 rotation on one foot, travelling, one curl and no cusp.

From LBI

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 rockerexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, the direction reverses, the lobe reverses
Left backward inside bracketexits 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 counterexits LFI · same foot, the edge holds, 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

Appears in

In the USA's grades

None of the American level lists in this guide name it.