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3 Ways to do a Backroll | Classic, Send and Inverted // SA Masterclass

The backroll is the perfect first trick to learn with kiteboarding and it creates endless possibilities. In this tutorial I teach you 3 different ways to initiate a backroll, but don’t just stick to this, get creative and find different ways to take off. Maybe toeside, blind or in a carve. —Steven Akkersdijk

 01:00 Intro

01:43 Classic backroll

02:18 Edging vs carving

03:15 Head movement

04:04 Common mistakes

05:41 Send backroll

08:25 Side by side comparison

09:00 Inverted backroll

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