I dont understand the backroll.

[alexvpick]

I just dont exactly understand what is going on in it. I am left foot forward. I think of it as hitting the wake with a really hard cut and kind of leaning backwords after the pop bring you around like a backwords summersault.(would it be compared to a wildcat in snowboarding?) Either that or its the complete opposite where you do a frontwards cartwheel and then i would be confused as to the name of a backroll. Please explain exactly what it is that is happening in a backroll.

I have been trying tantrums recently as they seem like a very easy technical trick. I can get all the way around and land back on my boardi n a crouched position, even though i dont really expect to get this far i always seem to. After i land i slip out and i have no idea why i am doing this. Some help would be aprreciated on BOTH of these questions.

[dw]

to answer your second question, I would say your not landing on an edge, and if you are landing on an edge well, I dunno just don't give up man keep pushing you will land it sooner or later......gl

[wakeboarder]

this should help http://www.wakeboarder.com/tricks/backroll.phtml