Heelside Roll to Revert

dmartar · Newbie Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 6 City: Eudora

I need some help with landing a roll to revert. I have the back roll down, but when I try the roll to revert I over rotate. I land with my feet out in front of me and fall on my arse. People watching say I'm turning loose of the handle with my front hand early and swinging it away from my body in the same direction as the roll. At what point during the trick should I let go with my front hand and where should my front hand/arm be after I turn loose? Someone else in the boat says that I need to stop my back roll rotation and drop straight down to finish the 180. How do I top the rotation and get my chest over my toes. I feel like I'm really close on this trick. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

David

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Jul 07, 2004 11:19 am Post subject:

You need to get your head up after coming around in the rotation to see the shore. This should help stop you a bit from overrotating. You sounds like you may be letting to with your front hand to early and rotating really fast. Just taking it up high and floaty, and don't let go with your front hand until you come out of the flip and see the shore.

bradb · Outlaw Joined: 09 Jan 2004 Posts: 204 City: Parksville

Try some BIG 180s. Not just wake to wake, but land them way out in the flats. It was kind of the same feeling for me as the r2r landing. Make sure you are landing them on your toes, edging away from the wake. Try a few with 2 hands on the handle too, but keep it nice and close to the front of your hip.
good luck,
B

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jul 07, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject:

my backrolls are soo weird from wut my friends say and i have soo much time to put it to revert, my backrolls seem like twisty, i like em Rolling Eyes

ill try and get a vid up soon

SB_Boarder · Posted: Jul 09, 2004 8:37 am Post subject:

sounds to me that you're underrottating. If you land on your ass (facing the boat) that means you are not land on your toes, you are landing on your heels and sliding out. Try really punching the handle to your rear hip after you take off, this should get you over the board a little more.

i36hyperlite · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 9:57 am Post subject:

is it easier to do a roll to revert if you let the board float out behind a bit more off the wake? on my backroll i let the board drift back just a little off the top of the wake.
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SB_Boarder · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 10:03 am Post subject:

i36hyperlite · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 10:09 am Post subject:

thanks, the reason i had this idea is because when i want to go bigger on my backroll i usually try to let it out there farther. I've taken a couple nasty r2r falls where i threw the trick like a normal backroll and clipped the other wake on the way down... wasnt the best feeling ever
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SB_Boarder · Posted: Jul 12, 2004 11:41 am Post subject:

i've done the same thing. You have to really concentrate on waiting to pop on the R2R, even more than the normal backroll.

Lantzvillian · Posted: Jul 15, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject:

grab it melan for a try and it'll open up yer rotation.. making it slower.. will get yer weight over your toes some and make the 180 easier.. Also I was told when I was trying them was to throw the 180 as soon as you were in the air.. Kevin Henshaw told me this so I figure he knows what he tlaking about.. If yer into riding you'd know who he is.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Jul 17, 2004 12:51 pm Post subject:

im quite odd but i throw my backrolls bout 5-10 feet into the flats, it feels so good so my r2r's which i havnt tried any lately are easy to come down toeside but my riding off switch is where i get in trouble, just do a bunch of big and slow and fast and small, anykind of Hs 180's to just get a feel for where you are and to get better at riding off, just my $.02