difference between a mexi roll and a backroll

hyperrider · Addict Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 613 City: Edmonton

what is the difference? ive never known. some people say mexi rolls are easier so i'm interested to hear the difference

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Aug 03, 2004 11:02 am Post subject:

mexi roll looks more like your doing a frontroll, it is commonly referred to as a hs frontroll but really it is a mexi roll. backroll is like a reverse cartwheel in the air. backroll is easier because you can spot your landing easier.

Mr. Mutt · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 8:48 am Post subject:

Backroll, from what I can tell, isn't a STRAIGHT reverse cartwheel. I have tried it like that and keep digging in the front of my board. In a straight cartwheel, your board would be pointing in the same direction as your body travel all the time, when instead every shot I've seen of a backroll has the board pointing towards the boat at the point of being inverted. Backroll, from what I can see, goes UP like a reverse cartwheel, but when you're upside down, your back leads you out while the board comes down and around. Just my observation...

J_DOGG · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 9:17 am Post subject:

You guys really like to complicate simple tricks!

The basic difference is the take off.

Mexi - The head drops down then the board rotation starts with the kick of the wake.
more rail to rail

HS Backroll - You look up and away as you are progressively edging through the wake.
more tip to tip.

Don't get all technical on me I know it's not truly a tip to tip rotation but its more like that than the Mexi.

Drew · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 214

this video might help

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=6582

ty540 · Addict Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 603

oh, and there's also this aspect:
backroll- cool
mexiroll- sloppy and lame

If I offended anyone, I apologize in advance.

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Aug 04, 2004 10:18 am Post subject:

mexi rolls aren't too sloppy and are usually done with roll to blinds and has to be done in a kgb.

bvilleboarder · Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 38 City: Bartlesville

thanks for the vid ty540 that cleared me up! I am thinkin about trying a backroll by the end of the summer... maybe not though...
Daniel

Rocket · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 127

bvilleboarder,

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

mexican roll are harder cuz u cant spot ur landing untilk u land...im not sure thats even a specifyed trick....its not in any of the intructional videos or books

HYPERLITE_103 · Criminal Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 90 City: Windsor

mexi rolls are like blind backrolls ..much harder

midwest wake · Addict Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 629 City: Middleton

mexican rolls don't look as good and i's a slower roatiating, at least with me. many people want to do mexican rolls because it's like they can do on a tramp. because you can do a backroll on a tramp, but it's not like it is on the water so they aren't used to it.
wakeguy2008, the reason it's not in any instructionals is because a mexican roll is a "no-no" unless doing KGB's or roll to blinds. not as fundamently sound.