frontroll

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

my frontroll is very inconsistent. a lot of times i dont get very good pop for it. i have landed it a few times but it is not consistent. what kind of edging should i take into the wake and are there any ways that i can get better pop.

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Aug 01, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject:

All you have to do is Cut in at a pretty good speed and when you hit the wake back off your edge and stand really tall popping off your heels. If you do it right you will get tripped up and you just have to keep the handle at your front hip.

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

This trick is the opposite of a tantrum. Use the trip flip edge. The key to getting good pop is to WAIT to throw this. The longer you wait, the higher you will pop.

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

yeah, definitely wait.i landed 2 without waiting behind boats with vertical wakes, then went behind my boat that isnt as vertical and couldnt land it. I finally started the wait more behind my boat and now im landing 3/5 or so. Its a fun trick, good luck man

boarder52002 · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 454 City: Chicago

i am getting the pop now but not the rotation. i am landing on my heels. is there anything i can do to rotate faster. thanks

colefooter · Posted: Aug 08, 2004 2:25 pm Post subject:

keep the rope in tight, that may help you rotate faster

atleast your not over rotating, thay hurts on a ts front

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

i havent over-rotated yet...hopefully i wont.

if u have a trampoline or knows someone that does....take advantage of it. frontflips can help u alot on ur frontrolls.

also doin frontrolls on a wakeskate can help ur rotation also.

holdsworth · Posted: Aug 11, 2004 6:39 am Post subject:

i couldn't really tell you what to do on frontrolls...but i am starting to land them now and if you get your frontrolls to where you land about 3 or 4 out of 5 and get your scarecrows down, try an elephant. doing the frontroll helped me a lot to where i landed an elephant last night. but you can easily build off of a front roll spinning. good luck

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

so Wake4Life08,

u got ur elepant down?? sweetness....ill probably land one of those next summer....i cant do one on the trampoline so once the next season rolls in they might be easier for me....right now im workin on getting my backrolls, tantrums, and frontrolls consistant....at norris ill get all of them down pretty well...ill prbably have my ts backrolls down pretty good by the end of this summer too. Twisted Evil

also a question for u Wake4Life08, do u think i should learn an elephant before i learn a scarecrow?? i know its kinda a stupid question but im horrible at riding swicth i need to get better at it i know but if i can learn the rotatiopn on a trampoline and get my frontroll landing down good i think an elephant would be easier than a scarecrow....a elephant is a frontroll shifty if u think about it...i can do both of those tricks.....im not sure what will happen if i put em together tho. Laughing

peca · Addict Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 640 City: Mt. Pocono, PA

you should practice riding switch quite a bit. start doing 180's and what not (hs,ts, switch hs, and switch ts), I did this when riding with Dave Briscoe today and it helped so much with riding switch. And now i'm trying 4 new inverts (ts backflip, ts frontroll, hs backroll, mexi-roll) and riding switch while doing those helps alot because then you can start building off of those flips.