LANDED MY FIRST BACKROLL!!!

Boarder4Life3780 · Posted: Jul 26, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject: LANDED MY FIRST BACKROLL!!!

I landed my first backroll this weekend i was soo pumped. I learned them by cutting ts at the wake and letting go of the rope just before popping so i could just worry about rotation and not the rope, and i landed one! My question to you people is what will be the biggest struggle in landing a backroll WITH the rope?

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

Congrats man! It sounds like you are doing a ts backroll. Concentrate on riding all the way up the lake with two hands on the handle. Keep two hands on the handle up until the last 1/4 of the roll so you don't underrotate. Spot your landing and ride away. Oh yea RIDE ALL THE WAY UP THE WAKE or you will take a ts digger which is NO FUN.

Boarder4Life3780 · Posted: Jul 26, 2005 5:58 pm Post subject:

ts backroll is correct and both hands on the handle you say.. that might be what i was missing i was definatley trying it with just the lead hand. Im very used to doing backflips on land which is why i think the no rope backroll was easy for me, i think the rope will be a struggle. any more advice would be welcome.

nickdakoolkat · Posted: Jul 26, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

I'm hoping to be in the same boat as you next weekend, I just started working on backrolls (heelside) this weekend and i am soooooo close to landing it, i get my board flat on the water i just can't ride away. So hopefully next time I ride I'll start sticking them!!!!!! Its actually been all I think about lately, during summer school while my professor is blabbing about logarithims all i can think about is sticking a damn backroll!!!! Very Happy

325Ci Boarder · Criminal Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 80 City: Orange Beach

figure it out because i can do the same but i just cant keep the rope tight to my body

aev · Newbie Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 32

do you edge progressively for a backroll? i cannot seem to keep the line tight all the way round that's why it feels like im going to slow in the rotation. I also land on my butt a lot... any one have theories that will help me? I get the rotation until 3/4 where i end up hitting my back or my butt on the water!

dmb · Posted: Jul 27, 2005 11:45 pm Post subject:

You have to have a progressive cut... And if you think the rotation is too slow, hold the handle closer to the middle of your body (IE/ the hips) So that your turning circle is smaller...

Alter Ego · Posted: Jul 28, 2005 6:44 am Post subject:

lots of common mistakes that people make when attemping a back roll (me included)

- throwing it too early - pause that extra little bit before the rotation.
- letting the handle come away from your body. keep the handle in after your progessive edge.

easy peasy japaneasy you have a back roll. Cool

Tyler Sitzes · Outlaw Joined: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 145

I have been where you are for a while now. and I even held on to the rope a few times. but i pulled a muscle in my arm on a hard fall and i havnt been able to try it for a few weeks

aev · Newbie Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 32

Do you lock your elbows near your hips to help you keep the handle in close? i think this is where im going all wrong.....since I don't think i am able to keep the handle close to me the whole time

Boarder4Life3780 · Posted: Jul 29, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject:

i dunno, the approach of thinking "screw it, im just going to try it and see what happens" worked wonders for the no rope backroll so i plan on the same for the rope backroll.

midwesty · Posted: Jul 29, 2005 8:37 pm Post subject:

"no rope backroll" and "rope backroll"..guess you just gave a new name for a trick Twisted Evil

INKboarder · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 14 City: simi valley

backroll, im working on it to, toulk me forever to find out a back role is nothing to do with a "backflip" which is why i could never throw one. heres what ive been doing and it works for me,
>cut in on a good edge, not quite a raily cut, but pretty close
>hit the wake and pretty much launch strait up off it and throw your head forward letting your board travel behind you.
>try your best to spot your landing, and stick it

now thats worked everytime for me, i just cant quite stick it,
any advice on the 360 handle pass

nickdakoolkat · Posted: Jul 31, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

if its a hs backroll you throw your head onto your rear shoulder

INKboarder · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 14 City: simi valley

i know its a what the f***, but a hs back role, is a front flip. but a ts backrole is backflip. But if your trying to do a "backflip" going hs, let go with you right hand throwing it back, BAM!!!! you got a tantrum

http://wakeworld.com/TrickList/TrickTip004a.asp <----- hs backrole

Shenanigons916 · Newbie Joined: 26 Jul 2005 Posts: 14 City: Albemarle

a heelside backroll is the exact opposite of a frontflip. on a h/s backroll throw your head to ure back ankle

INKboarder · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 14 City: simi valley

dude, i know what im talking bout, a heelside backrole, looks nothing like a backflip. if you check the link i bosted above, youl see a heelside backrole looks like a front flip. your boardgoes up the wake behing you, and ur head goes down toward ur back foot, check any instructional vid. ull see it. peace out

distance09 · Guest

INKboarder, what your describing is a mexican backroll. those dont look pretty. what they are talking about are the real backrolls... those look alot better Mr. Green

INKboarder · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 14 City: simi valley

yea, thats my closes description on how to do one. a real backrole is more over the back shoulder i guess.

general_mike · Newbie Joined: 12 Jul 2005 Posts: 14

i heard that if you're trying to land a backroll, you shouldn't let go of the rope because you need it to pull yourself through the rotation. right/wrong?

AZMXER · Outlaw Joined: 30 Aug 2004 Posts: 223 City: Peoria,AZ

a HS backroll is a reverse cartwheel across the wake ...