First Invert

hprliteguy4887 · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 4:22 pm Post subject: First Invert

I plan on going out this weekend (i live in Florida) and i want to try an invert. I can almost land a 360 behind my boat but i'm goin with a buddy and his boat is much better for wakeboarding. I was wondering what would be the easiest invert for me to try. Thanks

chubby · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 487 City: NC

tanrtum or backroll or maybe a hopscotch method crow mobe..

Mythodikal · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 5:06 pm Post subject:

yea buddy I think if u really try u will be landin that double back half cab by the end of the weekend

Mythodikal · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 5:07 pm Post subject:

but yea a backroll or a tantrum would be a good trick to throw .... but get some advice on em from your friend b4 just trien it

kk holiday · Criminal Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 55 City: lansing mi

backrolls are way easy, just lean back when you hit the wake and let the board go out behind you a little. then you land.... easy as that.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

my first invert was a TS backroll also, except off a kicker and on cable, but it was still the same trick, its a good first invert to learn

wakeborder5 · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 279 City: Commerce

Go for the backroll

hprliteguy4887 · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject:

alright, thanks, i'm just gonna throw the backroll and hope for the best this weekend, i'm sure i'll get it....eventually

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

good luck, have fun, when you get it, it wil lbe worth it Very Happy

JRock*Girl · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1340

Let us know how it goes! Very Happy

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

I find a scarecrow easy to learn but i think i am weird.

Loose_Cannon · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 104 City: Florida

throw a tanny its the easiest invert ever. backrolls are very easy to over or underrotate unless you have a lot of air awareness. tantrums you can spot your landing and slow your rotation when needed a lot easier. but go with what feels right for YOU not what feels right for everyone else. that is the real way to go.

Partyb · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 6:53 pm Post subject:

I think a lot of people learn the backroll first. Myself included. Unfortunately, for me it also the last invert i learned. I need to learn another one.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

don't think about it. just do what feels right.

bluefish86 · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:02 pm Post subject:

What tricks should I be able to do b4 I try my first invert? This summer, I'm planning on getting better w2w jumps and landing 180s first, but do you think I should try a 3 b4 an invert?

fs04laoaksfny · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:05 pm Post subject:

I tried front rolls for my first...not too hard its all mental

George · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 552 City: Chattanooga

most people say inverts are easier than spins but i learned a 360 first.

bigairnut · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 172 City: Phoenix

bluefish, inverts and spins are completely different and learning one doesn't necessarily help you with the other. I know people that can do inverts but can't do spins and I know people who can do spins but not inverts. Of course I'm different than most and can do both equally well, which is to say that I can't do either worth a crap! My first invert (landed) was a scarecrow, but I've done it once out of like 100 tries. At least I have fun...

bluefish86 · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:22 pm Post subject:

hmmm I guess I'll try both then. I wonder if I'm a better spinner or a better... whats the word? inverter? flipper? those both sound kind of funny. whatever

Mythodikal · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject:

george I think your weird too man Evil or Very Mad

Mythodikal · Posted: Jan 14, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject:

I kid I kid .... sry I do that sometimes

msimpson · Posted: Jan 15, 2003 10:11 am Post subject:

I had my best luck learning the heel side back-rool, and then I learned the toe side front-roll! Get pumped and stick-it!

kyle · Guest

my first invert was a toeside backroll, seemed the most natural too me

billm · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 476 City: TX

HS Backroll seems to be the easiest to learn as your first trick..

Afro S Bend · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 106 City: Lake Worth, Fl

man im still trying to learn a tantrum. i had to take a few months off because of my knee but the last time i tried it was in like september and i broke my own nose doing it. NEVER EVER HESITATE TO DO A TRICK. once it gets warmer im going back out and trying the whole day to get it down.

j-mo-pel is key · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 139 City: minnesota

hook it up with back roll. just hang on to the rope.

when i was learning em i kept landing but losing the rope, it was dope

nautique_hottie · Newbie Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 21

backroll or tantrum just don't get frustrated and it will come
luck[/b]

aGaInSt_ThE_fOrCe · Newbie Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 41 City: grapevine

tell them you will buy them some ice cream............ in an extra large cone if they land it!

Tyler*Moore · Guest

Like you already said George...your weird...haha

needtoride · Posted: Jan 16, 2003 5:08 am Post subject:

Try a backroll.... It's easy, and the crashes don't hurt. Until you learn how to crash on a 360 they hurt really bad.

Gbgonzal138 · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 887

Yeah I am closest to a backroll and it looks like the easier than a tantrum. But this guy I know said the raley's are the easiest, I didnt think so but he said there is nothing to it, except the crashes.

needtoride · Posted: Jan 16, 2003 5:46 am Post subject:

1 -- concussion, 1 -- black eye, last year on 2 trys at the raley. I don't doubt that it is easy once you learn it. It is just falling 10 times to learn it can really put you out of commission

Bo Coppinger · Posted: Jan 16, 2003 6:01 am Post subject:

Backroll or Tantrum

j-mo-pel is key · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 139 City: minnesota

just wear a nut cup. then its all good

carbo · Posted: Jan 16, 2003 12:10 pm Post subject:

Backroll was my first- it took about 15 tries, but I was close quickly. My next invert was a tantrum and I landed it on the 5th try. I don't think this is indicative of a tantrum being any easier because I think my riding had improved alot in between.