weird backroll problem

zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

aright guys i apologize for making yet another backroll thread but i seem to be having a problem that nobody else in the world is having with the trick...i can do the backroll every time and i can land on the board every time but i can't seem to ride away for some reason...my knees just lock up for some reason and when i land i just bounce and my board blows out from under me...should i just soften my knees as soon as i am in the air?...also alot of my problem i think is that i get all discombobulated in the air and don't realize that i've already flipped all the way around until i hit the water...any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

savage3221 · Posted: Aug 14, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

I think you are not spotting your landing and thus not ready for the impact and do not react in time to absorb the shock. that or you are hucking it really fast and your board just hits the water and keeps going.

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

sounds like savage is right. i just landed my first backroll after about 30 attempts no joke. and for about the first 20 attempts, i didnt even pop i just flipped early and didnt get any air...cause i was scared of digging the nose. its VERY important to edge all the way up the entire wake and straighten your legs at the end TRUST ME. this way your flip wont be all messed looking and you will get more air and more time to flip meaning more time to spot your landings.

savage3221 · Posted: Aug 14, 2004 8:56 pm Post subject:

a short and VERY progressive cut really helps. the line tension from your progressive cut is what does the rotation for you and you have to do almost nothing. this makes your rotation slower and more lofty wich gives you more time to spot your landing. and you are not spinning so fast that your board does not bounce out from underneathe you. I had that same problem last season when I was learning my roll and that is what helped me.

zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

i'm definitely using the whole wake but i guess i never really focused on spotting my landing before...i bet that'll be the difference...atleast i hope it is-i'm boarding tomorrow so i'll let you guys know what happens
thanks for the tips

blairpoelman · Addict Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 595

make sure you're going at it with full commitment to landing, or at least making it across the wake - a backroll is one of the easiest tricks to blow a knee out with if you were to hit the upside of the wake. It's better to overshoot it than to come up short. Most importatnly, spot your landing
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zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

i hope to land it tomorrow...i'll make a mental note to spot that landing...

colefooter · Posted: Aug 16, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject:

look over leading shoulder

and get us a video Smile

zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

dang...i didn't land it...bummer Neutral

oh well i'll get it next time

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

i like the attitude.....i wish i had that sometimes...lol

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

dont worry it will come with time

flukdfilms · Posted: Aug 17, 2004 8:02 pm Post subject:

when you land try to keep cutting in the same direction. thats how i make sure i dont overrotate all my spins, and it seems to work quite well.

savage3221 · Posted: Aug 17, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject:

It took me a good 5-6 outings to get it right for me when I was learning...but once you get it right, you get it right all the time. Very Happy

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

its taken mesince the beggining of june to perfect my backroll...i still havent, i overotate on alot of them.

dont give up, there comes a time when u do all that u can do but its still not good enough...just keep tryin, youll get it.

kuehn · Outlaw Joined: 21 Sep 2003 Posts: 186 City: London. UK

If your not spotting the water then maybe your dropping your head throwing more of a mexi roll? a vid or pics would be good.

Bowen · Posted: Aug 20, 2004 9:12 am Post subject:

Are you closing your eyes?...I finally got it this weekend...well kinda, you'll hear about it in the thread I'm about to start...But I wasn't opening my eyes and I had no idea where the water was, so I'd hit the impact really hard b/c I wasn't prepared for the landing.

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

agfan12, when i first started them i closed my eyes because i knew i was gonna crash...when i started gettin all the way around the crash didnt hurt as much so i left my eyes open. it worked my backrolls are startin to look alright.

whirly5master2 · Guest

I know what your problem is... What you are doing is right when you are about to land you realize that you are gay. Once you realize this you think to urself that gay people dont land backrolls. So do everyone a favor and stop wakeboarding...it is painful to watch.

zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

haha thanks for the support whirly5master lol...nah i actually feel like i can do the trick now just by spotting that landing...when i focus on spotting the landing i come really close to landing so hopefully it's just a matter of time...i just left home and moved into my dorm at college so it'll be difficult to ride for a little while Sad

but they actually have a wakeboarding club here at school so hopefully i can join up Very Happy

zcashion · Criminal Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 70 City: Lake Lure

haha thanks for the support whirly5master lol...nah i actually feel like i can do the trick now just by spotting that landing...when i focus on spotting the landing i come really close to landing so hopefully it's just a matter of time...i just left home and moved into my dorm at college so it'll be difficult to ride for a little while Sad

but they actually have a wakeboarding club here at school so hopefully i can join up Very Happy