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Originally Posted by jdoyle25
How long/much tension do you need in the line before scoping my foot under me. these post are helpful keep them coming.
Andrew - i understand what your saying..i can carve in and almost be on my back going under the line, but i can never really feel "Im guessing" the tension where you let the cable pick you up...does that make any sense lol.
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Lot of good advice in here and stuff I didn't know. I've been doing roll and rolls 2 revert on the cable for years now. Been mental blocked against trying a raley.
But to answer your question, you don't actually need hardly any tension on the cable before throwing a roll. And you don't need to feel any tension building up. You aren't going to throw any big trick that way but you can throw a roll or r2r with very little tension before initiating the trick.
That's because you can create the tension while throwing the trick instead of building it up in the cut. It's hard to initially judge the tension while edging because the faster you go the harder it is to keep an edge. So you end up not knowing when to throw it.
With a roll you can edge out gently then lay into it with all your weight while hooking the board away from the cable. The water will grab the board, pull tension on the cable, then the board will be thrown into the air. It's like going from 50% to 110% in an instant motion. This is not good technique, but it allows you to throw the trick without having to use much judgement.
Looking over your shoulder, just like any roll will create the motion and the trick will throw itself. The most important thing to keep in mind when you first throw this trick is concentrate on a death grip on the handle. When the cable yanks you out of the water you will likely lose a hand on the handle and get laid out sideways if you don't.