I've been practicing my back rolls lately. I'm nailing a good portion of them which is all good...
One thing i still struggle with though is over-rotating if i get an unexpected amount of air (eg if it is windy and i start to "float" or i come off some chop). I've nailed a few doubles or triples doing this but not exactly what i had in mind and has ended badly and painfully quite a few times !
So the question is: how do you stop yourself over-spinning when doing a backroll ? If you go into a back roll and find you have too much rotation for your air time is there anyway out or do you just have to hang on for the ride ?
I sometimes have a related issue when doing jumps - i occassionally get some rotation from the wave/chop i come off and start a slow spin - any way to stop this or again do you have to just go with it ?
I have read all the instructionals etc and i've tried extending my legs etc...
Your head initiate and stops the rotation. When suspended in the air when u turn your head your body follows (like doing 360's snowboarding). Spot your landing soon enough to stop over rotating. Don't throw your head rapidly before you take off - that might fix the over rotating problem.
As for the jumps - I'd say it is either you initiate rotation (involuntarily) when popping off or simply starting rotation when you are in the air, with your head. Pay attention to where you look in the air and that will give you some sort of indication.
agree with the head thing but also try extending your legs out straight (think mule kick to borrow an ole windsurfing term) to slow your rotation when going big. Nice also to try and do it as inverted as you can so stick your legs out above your body and wind it right out. enjoy.
Try turning head slower - rather than throwing it round aggressively, if the kite is at 45 & ahead of you - its going to pull you round anyway. Then spot the landing point & push the bar out to let you drop in... worked for me
Along with the body positioning advice, forward momentum will pull you out of your rotation too, so pulling hard on your front hand when you're about half way to three quarters of the way around will get your forward momentum to stop you at one spin. (the more elaborate implication of this is with F16s - where the horizontal pull of the kite makes in darn near impossible to do a double back roll with kiteloop)
[I sometimes have a related issue when doing jumps - i occassionally get some rotation from the wave/chop i come off and start a slow spin - any way to stop this or again do you have to just go with it ?]
Lean back, put your feet and board above you and look up at the kite after you leave the water. A bit like doing a deadman except you don’t let go of the bar .This solved my problems with any unwanted rotation in jumps. Still can’t land many though.
