ts Front Roll Help...

Marka73 · Newbie Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 33 City: Plano, Tx

im having alot of trouble sticking the landing. i come around everytime but i always am landing on my butt when i hit the water... does anyone have any advice?

Tiffanator · Posted: Jul 09, 2003 9:54 am Post subject:

Well, there are a few things that could be causing your problem. First, what method of cut are you taking to do the rotation? A long, progressive cut through the wake makes the rotation a bit harder, so you have to throw your head down more. A tantrum style cut will fling your feet over your head and make the rotation easy, but possibly overrotate.
Are you balling up when you rotate? If you are, then your problem is you are opening up too early and stopping your rotation. Think about grabbing the board and landing on your head. A frontroll is very tricky, you have to try to overrotate to get the landing. Think about doing 1.5 rotations and diving back into the water. Don't kick your legs out when you spot the water.
Hope that helps, feel free to email me tiffany@glassandpowder.com
Later

wakeboarder · Addict Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 702

just keep trying and dont give up

Nathan Newman · Addict Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 711 City: Baylor

stay tucked longer, you want to really try and overrotate it, because you'll be edging away on your toes.

tWaker2 · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 375 City: Gilroy, CA

make sure that you wait for the pop off the wake before you start to rotate the trick, and then over-rotate it all kinds, and then you will land on your feet- assuming you can jump high enough.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jul 17, 2003 9:03 am Post subject:

As you come round like in the last quater of the trick kick ur feet back that way u will land on ur toes.

blndside088 · Outlaw Joined: 22 Jul 2003 Posts: 110 City: South Carolina

mke sure uare taking ur back hand off at the end off he rotation, i u do that,ur board wil turn and edge away from the boat, it feels really cool when u land