Indy front roll
1. The grab starts the flip on this trip-flip-style invert. When you reach down to grab you have to bend forward in the same direction you need to flip. So let this natural motion work for you...

Tootsie Roll
1. Really try to advance off the wake on this trick. You should get the handle as soon as you leave the wake. If you don't pull hard enough you will search for the pass throughout the rotation...

Back Roll
1. I like to teach people HS back rolls without the wake at slower speeds so they really learn how the pop and rotation work. Air tricks are a great eye-opener for that. 2. Keep the approach small so you're forced to edge...

Roll to Blind
1. We call this an "up"-style roll to blind because you're passing the handle early on the way up. Combine this with a Mexican back roll rotation to get the handle easier. Try to ride up toward the wake instead of away for the right rotation...

Melan Roll to Revert
1. Instead of the tall position used in a normal progressive back roll, bend your knees a little as you set up for your edge. This position will allow you to use your legs at the wake to get the grab...

TS Roll to Revert
1. This is one of the easiest inverts with a 180. You can land this trick before you actually land the base part of the trick: the toeside back roll. Edge in smooth, stand tall through the wake and flip back...

Crail TS Roll
1. When adding a grab to a toeside back roll, keep in mind that when you grab the board, your rotation will quicken. Concentrate on just going up without the flip off the wake. 2. When grabbing nuclear, it helps to twist your hips backside and pull your front knee up toward your chest while leaving your back leg fairly straight...

Rider: Ryan Davis

Level: Intermediate



A good toeside back roll is a prerequisite for this move. Approach the wake and initiate the roll the same way you would for a toeside back roll...

Rider: Chris Ramirez

Level: Advanced



The difference between this and a froot loop is that the board rolls edge over edge, instead of flipping end over end. Take a short but aggressive toeside cut at the wake, but slam on the brakes as you're coming in and ride up the wake on your heels...

Rider: Charley Patterson

Level: Advanced





Begin by taking a short approach into the wake from just outside the trough, like you're going to do a regular back roll...

Learn a Toeside Backroll



MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE FLASH 4 PLAYER





Rider: Casey Martin



Level: Intermediate



Take a slow, progressive cut from about halfway away from the wake...

• Play Flash Movie YOU WILL NEED THE FLASH 4 PLAYER Rider: Carlos Rivero Level: Intermediate The progressive cut is important on this one, as is edging all the way through the wake. Try to edge all the way up the top while moving the board out and away from the boat...

Like everything else, the roll to blind uses the progressive edge into the wake. But don't get on it like a hell cut; you only need to start about 2 to 3 feet outside the trough. Pull the handle with both hands into your lead hip as you come off the top of the wake...

Nearly 99 percent of the people learning back rolls come to us having the same problems in the air, but the problems really originate at the wake. Before you learn to do a back roll right, you have to take a step back, learn to turn slowly, edge through the wake, and feel the energy...

Notice immediately how Tara takes a clean, progressive, toeside edge into the wake, standing as tall as possible. That's the key to this trick. Many people have problems with this move at first because they break at the hips during their approach...