Backroll Help Again please... Almost there...

blimblim2000 · Newbie Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Posts: 4

Hello,

I'm flipping all the way around and landing on my board.

However, I let go with my backhand when im half way through the flip, land and it gets yanked out of my hands.

Is it nessesary to hold on with 2 hands all the way through the trick?

Thankyou.

ben · Outlaw Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 168 City: Pasco

meh......duct tape, epoxy, whatever works

colefooter · Posted: Aug 28, 2004 9:49 am Post subject:

It is a lot easier to land when you have both hands on the rope

DON'T LET GO!

listen2cky · Posted: Aug 28, 2004 1:55 pm Post subject:

just always concentrate on holding on with that back hand all hte way through the trick. Make it your number one thought on the way up the wake and through the trick. good luck!

patrickengler · Posted: Aug 28, 2004 3:16 pm Post subject:

I'm too scared to flip Embarassed

wkbd · Criminal Joined: 07 Sep 2004 Posts: 96 City: houston

i had the same problem, make sure u have a non stretch rope
it really helps! Cool

Amy · Criminal Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 92 City: State College

Focus on keeping your elbows into your hips. I had the same problem, and even today, I still land that trick w/only one hand. Brain fart, but I still have the trick down w/one hand, so it can be done. Don't let your arms the whole way out when cutting in...focus on keeping your elbows bent and by your hips. When you let go with the back hand, focus on keeping your front elbow into your hips and bent. Good Luck

patrickengler · Posted: Sep 08, 2004 1:56 pm Post subject:

Amy,

I have just recently started trying Brolls and amazingly I have gotten the roll down pretty well, or so I think. I haven't landed yet but I'm not sure what I should do to help out. I get all the way around and most of the time go w2w. I even land on the board but with only my left hand(HS jump). Any advice to help a guy out?

Amy · Criminal Joined: 27 Apr 2004 Posts: 92 City: State College

patrickengler,
Would you be able to post a video of your B-roll? It's hard to give you advice when I'm not sure of the problem, ...I will cut the trick down into stepsk, hope it helps you!! Very Happy

1. Take a progressive edge into the wake
.......Make sure you are cutting the whole way through and up the wake
2. At the bottom of the wake, stand tall, lock your elbows into your hips, look up
and think up and away. When u look up, it's on a diagonal--not directly up --(hope that makes sense, if not let me know and I'll go into more detail)
3. The line should be very loaded...if loaded correctly, the trick will take itself around. It's all physics...the load on that line and the cut into the wake...
4. Try to spot the landing
5. Bend knees to absorb the shock