Right forward outside bracket-counter

RFO → RBI → RFI: 2 turns on one foot.

combinationentry RFOexit RFI2 turnsone foot throughout

On RFO · 7 other entries

LFOLFO → LBI → LFI: 2 turns on one foot.
RFO (this page)RFO → RBI → RFI: 2 turns on one foot.
LFILFI → LBO → LFO: 2 turns on one foot.
RFIRFI → RBO → RFO: 2 turns on one foot.
LBOLBO → LFI → LBI: 2 turns on one foot.
RBORBO → RFI → RBI: 2 turns on one foot.
LBILBI → LFO → LBO: 2 turns on one foot.
RBIRBI → RFO → RBO: 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 → RFI. A skater who rotates the other way traces LFO: the same element, generated from this one.

A bracket into a counter, forwards. Both turn against the curve, which is what makes this cluster feel relentless: there is no point in it where the edge is helping you.

The bracket keeps the lobe; the counter reverses it. So the body rotates the same way twice while the circle changes underneath, and the checking has to hold through both. It is the cluster that most rewards a deep, quiet entry edge and most punishes a shallow one.

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, bracket to RBI, then counter to RFI. 2 turns on one foot, and the skater finishes on RFI.

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 bracketRFO to RBI: half a turn against the circle, changing edge and staying on the same lobe.
Right backward inside counterRBI to RFI: half a turn against the circle, holding the edge and leaving on a new one.

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 three turnexits RBI · same foot, the edge changes, the direction reverses, the lobe continues
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 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 double threeRFO → RBI → 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 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 USA's grades

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