Starting to really get my railey's down pat. I generally go into my pop with straight arms. Is this the best technique or should i be going in with bent arms?
Also, what is an unhooked backroll called? - (can't find the name for it) I know a unhooked forward roll is called an s-bend...
peace.
1. In wakestyle its normally best to have them bent or at least slightly bent. If you arms are outstretched its easy to pull you off balance.
2. Unhooked back is an unhooked back. An unhooked front is an unhooked front. An unhooked front is not an s-bend, a laid out unhooked front is an s-bend. By laid out, it means you must be in the railey position when you rotate for it to be an s-bend.
This is an s-bend. Note the board above the head
Think of an s bend the cross between a front roll and a railey. (Saffer's description is correct, a laid out roll). If you are nailing a railey and can do a forward, this should be a cinch for you. Like saffer said, an unhooked roll is called just that.
KR
Nice one saffer! got my reference from here http://www.bestkiteboarding.com/Page-Trick-sequences#seventeen
It does say railey to front roll but the guy in the pics doesn't get his board anywhere near over his head.
I can front roll so will start attempting unhooked fronts and backs
Damn I wish port phillip had decent flat water spots, would make learning tricks that much easier...
on a similar vein... been trying to release my back hand during a railey, reaching towards my board... hoping to grab it... not quite getting it yet... i think its called an indy glide.
the problem i am having though is that when i only have front hand on the control bar and pull myself back towards it to prep for landing, i find i am oversteering the kite which is often doing a downloop and headed back the other way.
i cant seem to centre my front hand on the bar, as this upsets my setup for the initial pop.
any suggestions? it might just be 'persist with trying to get the front hand to the bar centre' (fingers on either side of centreline??)
maybe even just flow with it and work with the downloop and simply master the 'indy glide downloop transition' (surely its got its own name)....?