Eccentric Inline – Turn On, Lean in, Drop Down

Back Closed Gazelle – Right

Back Closed Gazelle – Left

Back Closed Gazelle – Description

The Back Closed Gazelle is a two-footed move where the feet are in a staggered stance and during the transition from front to back, the feet switch position. The move starts with the leading foot (inner foot) on a back outside edge and the trailing foot (outer foot) on a back inside edge. As you exit, the leading foot (outer foot) is on a front inside edge, with the trailing foot (inner foot) is on a front outside edge. It is recommended that you are comfortable rolling in both of those positions before you try this move.

The entry and exit carves should form a trajectory with the shape of a #3. The knees/hips should be pointing toward each other. It helps to initiate this turn by twisting the upper body in the direction of the entry carve and leaning into the turn. As always, it’s good practice to lean into the exit carve of the move as well.

On all backward wizard moves, it is easiest to pivot on the rear wheels, meaning your weight should be in the heels of your feet. This requires a bit more trust than the front gazelles. It is tempting to do this move using the balls of the feet, but that only works at low speed. As you increase the speed of the move, it will get caught, and the way to counteract this is by leaning further back onto the rear wheels and leaning hard into the edge carve.

Tips:

• This move often gets turned into an “underpush swivel” where instead of staggered entry position, the leading foot actually crosses the trailing foot and creates more of a Back Closed Toe Pivot movement. That is a stylistically distinct movement, and in order to isolate this move as separate, keep the feet closer together, lean further back and put more weight on the leading inner foot than the trailing outer foot.