How To: Backroll - Strapless - North Kiteboarding Academy
The Backroll is a good place to start if you want to learn strapless rotations.
The motion with the kite is similar to a transition, with medium speed from 1 to 11 or 11 to 1 o´clock. To regain speed it helps to add a kiteloop at the end.
... moreThe Backroll is a good place to start if you want to learn strapless rotations.
The motion with the kite is similar to a transition, with medium speed from 1 to 11 or 11 to 1 o´clock. To regain speed it helps to add a kiteloop at the end.
Let's have a look at the Back Roll in detail:
Start with good speed and the hands placed close to the center of your bar. Send your kite up and make a tight carving turn upwind.
With the kite nearly at 12 o´clock, pull down on the bar and kick down with the heel of your back foot to initiate the take off. At the same time bend your knees fast so the nose of the board can rise up.
Once in the air, your back foot should be used to push the tail of the board in the desired direction. By bending the front knee, you direct the nose down and under your hips.
The key to this move is to make sure that the bottom of your board always faces into the wind. This way the board is pushed to your feet which gives good control.
Once in the air, bend the hips and... less
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June 16, 2017 - Filed in
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