actually kyle says NOT to throw your head back. doing the tantrum laid out creates bad habits and will make it very difficult to ever progress the trick (like to grab it indy).
you want to stand tall at the wake and then kick up your feet. throwing your head back prevents you from taking the trick up - it sends the trick horizontally across the wake, which isn't good. it's doable - like mike mclin says in the wakeworld instructional on tantrums (
http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip006.asp:
quote:Once you are at the very top of the wake, lift off. You want to take this trick up, not out. The trick should feel like you are just jumping straight up and landing in the same spot...
The tantrum isn't a really technical trick. Most people can accomplish this trick with poor wakeboarding technique.
check out this sequence of sean o'brien doing an indy tantrum:
notice where his head is. right at the begining he's standing straight up, then going for grab...
he's looking down at his feet! even rotating he's looking forward...not back...