Flip or roll?

paddy o' denneboom · Newbie Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 2 City: Goes

Aloh@!

Whats the differce between a backroll and a backflip?!

greetzzz paddy

intotheflats · Posted: Aug 18, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

On a roll the board rolls edge over edge

On a flip the board flips end over end

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Keep in mind...

A backroll is tip over tail, whereas a frontroll is rail over rail.

The terms Roll and Flip don't necessarily relate to a specific motion or way of flipping, as you learn the tricks you'll just get to remember which one's are which.

KristianB · Posted: Aug 19, 2005 7:24 am Post subject:

OK. That did not help!

A Backroll is not a roll according to intotheflats's definition. therfore do we just ignore that definition or is there some truth to it?

/K

jmac2173 · Outlaw Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 145 City: h-town

ok i'll do this in trampoline terms...... a back flip on a tramp is considered a back roll on a wakeboard..... a front flip on a tramp is considered a front roll on a wakeboard.....and a side flip on a tramp is considered a backflip or frontflip on a wakeboard depending which way you flip.

hope that helped

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

ontrider, a hs backroll is not truly edge over edge, its not truly tip over tail either tho. its a weird twisty flippy thing unique to wakeboarding and goes outside the general definition of rolls and flips.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

The Headless Chicken, well generally it's described as a tip over tail rotation.

To answer his question in the simplest sense, if you're cutting in hs a backroll is a backroll, a backflip is a tantrum.

paddy o' denneboom · Newbie Joined: 18 Aug 2005 Posts: 2 City: Goes

Ok guys!

Thanks for answering.......... I think I get it.... Idea

http://gallery.doubleup.nl/displayimage.php?album=106&pos=6

so this is me with a backroll to revert!?!

greetzzzz Paddy