How to Backroll Strapless Kitesurfing Tutorial

Learning to backroll Kitesurfing strapless. This video we go though the steps to doing a kitesurfing strapless backroll. This is the first version of a strapless backroll to learn.
What is a backroll? turn upwind hard, load off your back foot and let the nose rise in the wind. reach down with your front hand, backhand stays on the bar, look over shoulder, Spin around.
what makes this easy to learn is that you can complete a lot of the rotation on the water. small ones are essentially a 180, not 360
Let's go through the exact steps and some tips for landing it.
Slow to moderate speed. (enough speed to lift)Look for a chop of wave move the kite to 12 (slightly in front)Sheet out. as you carve
Edge hard upwind board almost point directly upwind. To carve upwind you can sheet out to let you turn. then sheet back in.be patient on the grab and let the board come up to you. bend your knee grabbing with your front handfix wrist. Be mindful not to accidentally steer the kite backwards into a loop. complete the rotation.put the board back under your feet there are two ways to land this. One drive the kite forward in the direction of travel
or loop the kite around with your backhand. driving it forward, the kite should never go behind 12. loop, you want the kite to go behind 12 (1 hour) so that when you are landing the loop is gentle and just enough to hold you, give you speed and lean against it.
Tip for trying this for the first time.
Better to get this backroll done on a twin tip. If you have never done a backroll. a common mistake is to send the kite back early.so remember to maintain control of the bar by locking your wrist. Try on 12-10 m first (med powered)If you are going to loop it, don't do it in the strong wind while learning remember to be patient with letting the board come up to you. Sheet in enough so you can complete the rotation, but don't try and send it too high yet. we will cover that technique in the next video.
don't be afraid to let go and slide the loop out on your stomach
anticipate that you will change direction.m
Hope that helps you try and land your first strapless board off backrolls
How to Backroll Strapless Kitesurfing Tutorial
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[@christophercollins3851]

Such good info. Exactly what I need for tomorrow! Perfect timing ;)

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Perfect! Have fun out there!

[@Sharpiesailor31]

Gotta say, you do a great job breaking it down into smaller bits, which paints a nice clear picture of what needs to happen.

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Perfect! Hope it helps!!

[@dpwild328]

Love your videos! I'm going to try this with my twin tip and a board grab first. Thanks!!

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

awesome! Have fun out there!

[@faqui1969]

that was awesome mate.well explained.

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Thanks mate!

[@scrameck]

Great lessons Luke, congratulations! Your way of teaching should be the way for learning: repeating, repeating, and again, and again 👍. I will let you know about my progression, hopefully so… 😂

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Thanks Lorenzo! Yeah keep us posted :)

[@smogwog872]

Which type of kite would you recommend, I generally use ozone wave kites 👍

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

we always ride Ocean Rodeo Kites

[@loridelia5414]

Do you suggest to learn this trick in progression ? Practice just the first part of the trick then move onto the second part of landing ?

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Hey Lori, yes you can for sure, do the spin with the board in the hand, and then drop the board and do the loop sliding on your stomach. Then eventually start putting the board under your feet. You can also try and land it with no loop, just to get the feel of it, but i think its better to always do the kite motion every-time no matter what, and then just assess when yo are coming in to land whether you can put the board under your feet or not.

[@rr4d4rr]

Great spot, where is it?!

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Yeah so nice! East coast Australia :)

[@mikemiller774]

Tried this in general so many times...no matter how much i try to lock wrist, it always overflies, especially when pulling bar. There has to be something i am doing wrong.

[@FlukesKitesurfing]

Hey Mike, maybe start with the kite lower on take off, if the kite is already past 12 when you are heading up it might be the reason your finding it hard to drive forward.

[@mikemiller774]

@@FlukesKitesurfing I think the issue is that it just does not stop where i want it during take off and just keeps flying to other side by inertia. Maybe putting hand over the lines, between index and middle finger would make a difference, can't recall trying it. Later, when snow and ice are off.