hey just strating to get into tricks, i can ride switch and do basic boosts at a resonable height with no trouble just wonder what sort of hooked in tricks i should strat progressing onto. i ride a slighshot crisis and a 9m bandit 3 cheers

Andy

Backroll
Frontroll
Railey
Unhooked backroll
Unhooked frontroll
S-bend
Railey to switch
Back to switch
Surface pass
Railey to blind
Back to blind
Backmobe
S-bend to blind
Etc, etc, etc.

Start at the top of the list and work your way down. It should keep you busy for a year or more.
I'm personally a fan of the'Progression' DVD's. Well produced and explains the concepts involved in each trick quite thoroughly which is important as you need to visualise what you're attempting to do.

This got me thinking what the difference is between the backroll and the backloop. Looking around YouTube the two terms seem to be molded in to one but I found a glossary for kite stuff on kitsurfingshcool.org and they say that it's a back loop if your board goes above your head. It's called a backroll of your feet do not go above your head. Just thought I'd add this as a FYI. If anyone knows a more official defenition for these two trick post it up







Aspect Ratio, AR: the ratio of a kites width to height (span to chord). Kites can range between a high aspect ratio of about 5.0 or a low aspect ratio of about 3.0.

AR5: The legendary first 4 line inflatable kite manufactured by Naish.

ARC: a foil kite manufactured by Peter Lynn

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Back Loop: a kitesurfing trick where the kiter rotates backward (begins by turning their back toward the kite) while throwing his/her feet above the level of his/her head.

Back Roll: same as a back loop but without getting their feet up high.

Batten: a length of carbon or plastic which adds stiffness or shape to the kite or sail.

Bear Away / Bear Off: change your direction of travel to a more downwind direction.

Beaufort: scale of wind strengths from 0 to 12. Named after the English Admiral, Francis Beaufort, who invented it. 0 = no wind whereas 12 = hurricane.

It's a back roll, just like it's a front roll.
If you get your feet above your head then you can claim it as an inverted back roll... but that's a bit like claiming first at the uncoordinated olympics; it's just not boast worthy.
The other thing to keep in mind is if it's an actual flip, as in your board goes directly above your head... in which case i'd call that a back flip or front flip.

A loop is used to refer to what the kite is doing, other wise it would be a kite roll.