When did you try your first invert?

Eric2929 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 70 City: Marblehead

When did you try it, what kind was it, and did u land it or even come close?

I tried a backroll after this summer of wakeboarding (going out like every other day for like 20 min of riding). MY first attempt i got halfway around, and my second the board hit the water before I did Razz

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jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

1996, hybrid back roll and tantrum, came close, but it wasn't until I did a pure tantrum that I landed it.

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 20, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

landed a tantrum in 2000...i was 10 then. i think i tried them when i was 9 at the end of the season

LFADAM · Posted: Aug 21, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject:

This year I tried some backrolls and a single frontroll. Unfortunately I didnt come close because I am a natural spinner and cant flip to save my life. The closest I got in about 10 attempts was parallel to the water or just about a 1/4 of the way around. I just cant figure it out. I kinda gave up on it for a while for spinning but I want to try more before the end of the season.

DavidHoff · Posted: Aug 21, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject:

I'm with LFADAM. I started trying inverts at the end of my first season, but to no success. Started trying again middle of the 2nd season, but actually started landing on the board at the end. Now I'm in my 3rd season, and I realized I am more of a natural spinner and can't flip If my life depended on it. Once I landed my first 360, I've been trying new stuff left and right though. Hopefully I'll get a ton of new tricks before 2006.

RufioSwashbuckle · Posted: Aug 21, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

I've been landing tantrums late this summer , and it took me about , eh , 12 tries im guessing , over a period of 3 months. Oh and ive been riding for 2 years on and off , but this is actually my first full summer , and its the first summer I've actually tried stuff and progressed.

pbfoot · Criminal Joined: 28 Jun 2005 Posts: 67 City: Grand Rapids

I tried my first invert (Backroll - August 2003) about 2 months after i started wakeboarding. My friends and I took a trip on a houseboat for my 21st bday and needless to say I was obliterated. Good thing we got it on tape cuz i don't remember any of it. I only made it 3/4 the way around on all of my attempts and the next day i woke up with a bruise from my hip almost down to my knee Wink

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I didn't end up landing them consistently until the beginning of last year.

You guys make me jealous; I can't spin for crap and I wish I could. I either don't get the handle pass or I get the handle pass and am way off axis. I kept eating it hard so i gave up and went to inverts.

I still haven't landed a tantrum. I have a picture of me trying one last week and I don't know what my right hand is doing rofl. Somehow I rotate to fakie and I'm not sure why. I make it all the way around every time but I am just messing up the rotation somehow. So since I can't land a tantrum or a 360 i decided to try a whirlybird... I should post it so you can get a laugh. Here's a pic of my tantrum, if u have any suggestions PLZ let me know!

QNev · Posted: Aug 21, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:

What I did for my first.. I'd let go and just flip and roll away. Then I tried it with a rope. I find backrolls are a lot easier to start with for me. I know some people who prefer front rolls going in heelside which is kind of odd. Razz

Well anyways good luck man

thedocta · Criminal Joined: 01 Aug 2005 Posts: 93 City: Kalamazoo

Landed my first tantrum middle of this season...my first season. Landed it behind an 18 FT I/O unweighted and no tower so it was really F'n hard. Prooly took me 50 tries lol