Tantrums, Backflips...woteva???!!!

cezza · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 2:01 am Post subject: Tantrums, Backflips...woteva???!!!

sup everyone!! its my 2nd full on season wakebordn now and its all still new 2 me but 1st thing is a tantrum another word 4 a backflip?. neway im gona start trying backflips or tantrums, wots the easiest kind of backflip 2 do? and how do u do it? like carve in2 the wake as if ur doing a standard jump then pop and throw ur head and knees bak and suck it up? or carve in2 the wake then point ur bord 2 the boat and flip off ur heelside??....sorry 4 all the questions but hopfully sum1 can help me,

cheer boooo

dirtysparks · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 07 Jul 2004 Posts: 2428

22 years old and your still typing like a 14 year old messenger junkie. Please stop that, people will just pass you off as irrelevant. Check out the trick tips section and do a little research, you'll find the answer you desire.

http://www.wakeboarder.com/tricks/tantrum.phtml

cezza · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject:

haha thanks dirtysparks- i guess im just a lazy typer i suppose, cheer

cezza · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 12:18 pm Post subject:

hang so if your riding in on your heelside natural (left foot 1st) and you let go of back hand thats your right hand eh???

Skicross · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 301

exactly, left foot forward means your back hand is your right hand

colefooter · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 6:19 pm Post subject:

Just go to the media section and download a video of a backroll, then a video of a tantrum. This will clear up a lot of questions with less confusion.

cezza · Posted: Feb 02, 2005 3:51 pm Post subject:

hey i pretty much got it the tantrum sust but when you edge to the wake you then transfer your weight more onto your toes right...then at that point do you point your board to the boat as you hit the wake? or just keep the board in the same direction and then throw yourself?

Ctipping · Posted: Feb 07, 2005 5:17 pm Post subject:

let go with your bck hand and catch your back edge at the top of the wake.....this hurts a bit but it helps you get the feeling: slow the boat down a bit and carve outside the wake, go into a powerslide and slowly flatten till you are just sliding backwards, then catch your back edge. this should be the feeling you get hitting the wake. have fun Laughing

cezza · Posted: Feb 08, 2005 5:55 pm Post subject:

so you come into the wake as if your gona do a normal jump then when your going up the wake at the last sec your turn and catch your edge right? and at what point do you pop?

CaM2816 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 343 City: Seattle

Cezza, i would suggest going and buying Waketrix its a great video for all you questions...in a nut shell you edge into the wake(heelside) like any other wake to wake jump you would do then you basically square up your heels to the top of the wake and let the wake trip you as you ride off the wake which will throw you into the backward rotation... throw your head back and spot the landing...and yes let go with your back hand(Right hand). Try to apply a little more pressure on your front heel this will help with more pop and backward rotation.

cezza · Posted: Feb 09, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

Cheer caM!! that makes heaps of sense, hey so where can you get waketrix from bo?

CaM2816 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 343 City: Seattle

Cezza, i cant tell if your being sarcastic or not with your comment... you can buy waketrix im sure at your local shop or else search for it online, it is a very well known video

cezza · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 11:41 am Post subject:

hey caM, na bro i wasnt being sarcastic at all - your comment did make sense thanks mate. yeh im gona try and buy that video somehow..maybe online coz its quite hard getting wakebording dvds in NZ

CaM2816 · Soul Rider Joined: 03 Dec 2004 Posts: 343 City: Seattle

Cezza, I didnt realize you lived in new zeland, yeah search online im sure you will find it with out a problem...GOOD LUCK!!

cezza · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 4:14 pm Post subject:

thanks caM gona get the video online..