confused

danbrett · Posted: Feb 16, 2004 10:11 am Post subject: confused

I get confused, tell me if im right...

Tanrum- like a backflip on a trampoline
Backroll- head goes twoards the rear sholder and feet come up for the flip

Which ones easier and do you have to hit on a certain edge?

dizzyj · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Feb 2003 Posts: 485 City: Austin, Tx

yup,

tantrum = backflip
backroll = no hands cartwheel

a hs backroll is easiest, and needs a progressive edge.
a hs tantrum is next easiest, and needs a trip edge (or somthing like that).

easy is relative, I can do neither Razz

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

a ts backroll is like a backflip on the trampoline anda hs backroll is a weird backwards off axis cartwheel.

bluefish86 · Posted: Feb 16, 2004 4:09 pm Post subject:

HS tantrum looks like a trampoline backflip.
A TS backroll also looks like a trampoline backflip.
An HS backroll looks kind of like a cartwheel, but at the same time not. Here's a video of an HS backroll and it's variant, the mexican roll: http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=6582

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

yup. you guys got it right...

danbrett · Posted: Feb 19, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject:

thanks

darty · Addict Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 522 City: Lexington

danbrentt - whichever rotation you think would be easier for you would be the easiest trick for you. I learned a tantrum WAY before i learned a backroll...its just all in what you're comfortable with. I guess I understood the tantrum better than the backroll (body positioning and edging) and it just came more naturally. Have a go at both of them and decide which you felt more comfortable doing...good luck!

peace

darty

Blusanity55 · Newbie Joined: 21 Feb 2004 Posts: 34

yea tantrum came with a lot fewer crashes before i landed one compared to the backroll which was brutal...i still havent landed one but have come very close...still sliding them out

Sportster4Tec · Posted: Feb 26, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject:

A backroll is also sort of like a sideways gainer. A gainer is a flip you can do off a tramp or a diving board where you jump forward and do a backflip.

Many people think the backroll is easier because it uses the same progressive edge used on regular wake to wake jumps. The trantrum actually has an easier rotation, it's jsut you have to use a trick flip edge to start the rotation.

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

BLiNDSiDER · Criminal Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 59 City: SYDNEY

is a Tantrum a frontroll

i got no idea how you remember all these names for these tricks lol i get so confused

MissJade · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 486 City: Austin, TX

a tantrum is a flip, not a roll. It's like doing a layout in gymnastics.

Technically, a tantrum is easier because you don't really have to think about much, whereas a backroll is a bit more technical. BUT, in my progression, I found it easier to start with the backroll mostly because I was scared about turning my back to the wake and you come in with more speed, so it's scarier. If you try either one, the other will come easily because you're already used to going upside down. Just my 2cents.

bluefish86 · Posted: Mar 02, 2004 12:42 pm Post subject:

BLiNDSiDER, go to the video section of this site: http://www.wakeboard.com.sg . It has clips of just about every trick there is. I find it's a lot easier to learn the names of tricks by seeing them than by hearing a definition. Also check the longer video Got Wake (at the same site). It shows all kinds of tricks starting with the most basic going to more advanced ones, with subtitled trick names.

BLiNDSiDER · Criminal Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 59 City: SYDNEY

thanks bluefish86 that helped alot Very Happy

im getting there lol