Backrolls

inadrummer 06-23-2003, 7:45 PM

I'm sure this has been asked so many times, so I apologize...

I havent been boarding long and have been having a lot of trouble getting heelside back rolls down. Sometimes I can almost get all the way around, and sometimes I cant get very far around at all. This is what i have been trying to do.

-Build a good progressive edge into the wake
-At the wake, bring the handle out to my left and away from the boat.
-I try and look in the direction of the handle to help my body follow.

Are there any other tips you guys have?

(rhettb) · (rhettb) **Join Date: Feb 2003** 06-25-2003, 9:26 AM

You should be bringing the handle close to your midsection, and looking up and over your front shoulder.

06-25-2003, 12:59 PM

I'm learning them too. Here's a good read from a post I received a few days back...

http://www.wakeworld.com/MB/Discus/messages/3184/71083.html?1056126690

I'm headed out today to give it a shot. I'll let you know if I experience anything noteworthy in landing my first few (or should I say... crashing my first few).