VANCOUVER ISLAND WINDTALK

Decent back loop instruction:

http://www.pritchardwindsurfing.com/con ... ew/394/38/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd3Sgp0 ... re=related

"I shall pass on the tip thay my good man chris audsley gave me - pull
the rig in really close. As you go up to the apex , really pull the rig in
close , as this will take all the power out of it.
Then as you fall pull the rig thorugh and rotate.
Landing - very important to get the rig forward and body right back,
keep the sail slightly sheeted in and then once the nose first landing is
nailed and you are turning from broad to beam reach realy open the
sail and STAY LOW OVER THE HEELSIDE AND BACK FOOT. At this
point it helps to look over your front shoulder (forward ) to where you
want the board to go, this will open the sail faster like in a top turn.

Get control in big vert jumps to gain the belief and then have a little
look to see how you could then go into a backie .. once the confidence
is up - HAVE IT "

(www.jemhall.com)


This is all really great advice. One thing to consider is that you "huck" forward loops. Successful backloops are rarely hucked but are rather floated and the rig is "feathered" throughout the move. If you huck a backloop by rotating hard off of the ramp, the chances of a nice, soft landing go to near zero. Matt Pritchard's advice is great regarding stalling and floating down.

Can't wait to huck, er, float some backies on the Coast/Gorge!

Keen's working on backloops now! Man I have some serious catching up to do!

ahhhhhhhh... no.... I'm not that 'keen'. Sounds scary enough just reading the instructions... mainly because I don't understand them... . I'll see how Kus does before I consider even opening up one of those instructional links...

thanks so far over the last almost five years this has been a very fun exercise and if you have ever done one or come close even by accident (like I did in the shore break at Willows one winter where I landed it and was so freaked out I let go of the boom for no apparent reason ) it is usually fairly benign and I find I don't need balls to do these like I do for a forward WITH the board......I have basically demolished myself without it so many times I think I have give THAT one up.

Keen- You CAN fall into your kit if you land poorly in a backie but I have only had that happen once....the rest of the time it just feels cool and you look like you know what you are doing (where in reality I don't, haha). thx for the link, WDoc, been doing a cross between float and huck lately and it almost worked last time out, STOKED to try more

Watched the KP instructional vid's great link. Gotta like a guy that can wear a tilly type hat with pride! Inspires me to huck, just need wind...and balls., bring on the wind. A little nervous about having a RD type incident though. Heal soon bud.

Don't worry Johnnyman. I overrotated forward by good 90 degrees. You are safe there.... at least for the first 50 tries or so.... Just do it. Cant wait to go back and do it again.All though I'd rather skip the painful part

RD - sounds like you are well on your way to pulling double forwards!! Heal up quick!