The loop jump is an edge jump, launched from the back outside edge and landing on the same back outside edge. It is also known in Europe as the Rittberger after its inventor, Werner Rittberger. Loops can be done immediately after other jumps in combinations. [¹]
I chose many loop jumps that had intricate transitions in and/or out of them, so I’ve also decided to break them down here:
Yuzuru Hanyu: LBO-Choctaw (LBO to RFI) CW/RFI-Counter (RFI to RBI) CW/LFO-Three Turn (LFO to LBI) CCW/Chasse (LBI to RBO) CCW/Outside Spread Eagle CCW/Cross Roll (LBO to RBO) CCW/Quadruple Loop CCW/Outside Spread Eagle CCW/Inside Ina Bauer CW
Kaori Sakamoto: LFO-Arabesque Spiral CCW/LFO to LFI Change of Edge CW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/RBO-Three Turn (RBO to RFI) CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW
Polina Tsurskaya: RBI-Rocker (RBI to RFI) CW/RFI-Counter (RFI to RBI) CW/RBI-Three Turn (RBI to RFO) CW/RFO-Kerrigan Spiral CW/RFO to RFI Change of Edge CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW/RBO-Choctaw (RBO to LFI) CCW
Han Yan: LFO-Swing Choctaw (LFO to RBI) CW/Chasse (RBI to LBO) CW/Cross Roll (LBO to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW/RBO-Three Turn (RBO to RFI) CCW/Inside Spread Eagle CCW
Anastasia Gubanova: RBO-Three Turn (RBO to RFI) CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/RBO-Three Turn (RBO to RFI) CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/RBO-Three Turn (RBO to RFI) CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW
Alena Kostornaia: LFO-Y to Kerrigan Spiral CCW/LFO-Rocker (LFO to LBO) CCW/Cross Roll (LBO to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW/RBO-Counter (RBO to RFO) CW
Carolina Kostner: LFI-Three Turn (LFI to LBO) CW/LBO-Three Turn (LBO to LFI) CW/LFI-Three Turn (LFI to LBO) CW/Triple Loop CW
Evgenia Medvedeva: RBO-Counter (RBO to RFO) CW/RFO to RFI Change of Edge CCW/RFI-Three Turn (RFI to RBO) CCW/Rippon Triple Loop CCW/RBO to RBI Change of Edge CW/RBI-Counter (RBI to RFI) CCW
The transitions didn’t fit into the gif, but Mao Asada also had transitions going into her 3Lo-2Lo, which you can see in this video: Outside Spread Eagle CCW/Chasse (LBI to RBO) CCW/RBO to RBI Change of Edge CW/Chasse (RBI to LBO) CW/LBO-Choctaw (LBO to RFI) CW/Cross Roll (LBO to RBO) CCW/Triple Loop CCW/Double Loop CCW
