I tried backflips tonight

[Big Kahuna]

we hit the Delta Queen here a few weeks ago, left Tuscaloosa around lunch time........ took a 2 hour lunch!!!!!!!!!!! She only opened it up on one section of the river, gets windy so she cant run as hard...... good times...........

 

[yamaslut]

i can hear backy attempts all over the country for the same reasons! :biggthumpup: :smile:

come on.... let's makes some wagers here....
:arms: :arms: :arms: :woot:

 

[Idok]

nothing like a little pressure here guys....

 

[RoyalFlush@PCB]

nothing like a little pressure here guys....

While they're betting on backies, we need to be betting on rolls...:cool2:

 

[sflsurfrider]

ill bet that chick is too much of a "coward" and a "poser" to pull off a roll or backy.

:haha:

.....unless he brings the jet-n-spray...... completed

 

[butti]

nice work darin.. for me, the hardest thing about the backflip is NOT looking at your ski..

amen:doh:

 

[yamaslut]

are ya man enough????
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/8295/post-115600#post115600

 

[Idok]

how bout a special prize this weekend for pulling a roll or backy with no steering cable? :bigeyes:

 

[WaveDemon]

amen:doh:

I'm to dumb to know better. how's the cheek and knee guys. :biggrin:

 

[SuperJETT]

go highjack someone else's thread.

 

[sjetrider]

Woohoo!

Nobody with me, so I was a little hesitant, but the Mississippi Queen was headed up to Cincinnati for 'Tall Stacks', a riverboat festival and was throwing a good 5' high wake, so I went for it.

I started out just using the trim and jumping to see how it was going to throw me, then started looking, then the 6th or so I actually squatted and pulled, but didn't look. I got past horizontal because I saw the nose hit water before my head went under, and that's how I also know I didn't look, because I saw the nose....

I'm stoked. A little more trim throw, a little more tuning (running like crap right now), and both squatting/looking and I'll be around.

:Banane01:

Our frickin General is up there at that deal too. Good for you sucks for us.
Awesome on the flippin Darrin.

 

[WaveDemon]

go highjack someone else's thread.

naw, I lke this one. :Banane01:

 

[SuperJETT]

naw, I lke this one. :Banane01:

crud...:sneaky:

 

[steve802cc]

Cool:biggthumpup: :woot:
You'll be flipping in Daytona for sure.
Steve

 

[smitty]

when i was learning them darin as i went up the wave idid not look at the wave any more and focused on looking for land that made me start good rotation early andalso spot my landing but i might not ot it figured out either.

 

[yamaslut]

when I was trying them at lanier, to get around, I had to really crouch down and pull hard.... after you start heading up the wave in the crouched position, you need to push w/ your feet and pull w/ your arms as soon as you come off the wave... this will jump start the rotation while at the same time, you will be fully extended w/ your body in an arced position standing straight up.... watch Roc, or Malone, they both do lots of leg work and it makes all the difference. When you do them this way, you have a lot more control on the landing.. IMO

 

[WaveDemon]

there it is again.. the dam 'not looking at your ski' part of it. :banghead:

:smile:

almost every video/pic of people i see NOT doing backy's, theyre usually staring right at their nosepiece or turning their head sideways instead of looking directly behind them by tilting their heads up. :banghead: :frown:

watch joe kenny in the latest addiction trailer. he goes up a wave and rotates very slowly on a big backy then he looks back at the top of the jump and the ski rotates quickly. he really showed how importaint the head is.

 

[WaveDemon]

watch joe kenny in the latest addiction trailer. he goes up a wave and rotates very slowly on a big backy then he looks back at the top of the jump and the ski rotates quickly. he really showed how importaint the head is.

here is the vid. check out kenny early in the clip.

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