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Kitesurf trick

Frontroll

Beginner
  • Jump
  • Rotation

A forward rotation where you look over your back shoulder and roll away from the kite. Usually learned after the backroll, and harder because you must start the rotation yourself.

How to

  1. Ride with speed

    Ride with moderate speed on a solid upwind edge with the kite at 11 or 1 o'clock.

  2. Kick off your edge

    Send the kite only a little, no further than 12, and stamp hard off your back leg to go up first.

  3. Look over your back shoulder

    As you leave the water, turn your head and shoulders to look back over your back shoulder and bring your front knee toward your chest.

  4. Stay compact

    Keep the bar close and your knees tucked to rotate fast.

  5. Spot and land downwind

    Look for the landing, turn the board downwind and steer the kite forward as you touch down.

Common mistakes

  • Hesitating at take-off

    Commit to the head turn at the moment you pop, not after.

  • Diving over the nose

    Kick upwind and turn around the board instead of throwing yourself forward across it.

  • Opening up early

    Hold the tuck until you see the landing.

Builds on

Unlocks

Track your progress on the Frontroll

Log every session on the Frontroll in TrickTrack, rate how it went, add photos and videos, and watch it climb:

  1. 1/5Learning & practicing
  2. 2/5Progressing
  3. 3/5Landed at least once
  4. 4/5Consistent landings
  5. 5/5Landed every time
  6. Mastered

Then mark it mastered when it's yours.

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