Frontroll Handdrag

How to

1. 1

   Set up with tension

   Ride with good speed, the kite at 11 or 1 o'clock and the bar trimmed so the lines stay tense.

2. 2

   Free the front hand

   Let go with your front hand and keep your back hand at the centre of the bar.

3. 3

   Reach as you kick

   Kick off your back foot early, before the kite lifts you, and stretch your front arm forward so the roll starts and your hand plants in the water.

4. 4

   Roll over the hand

   Keep the hand in the water and resist the pull so you roll low and slowly over it.

5. 5

   Hand back and land

   As you come round, drop your legs, put your front hand back on the bar and dive the kite to land heading downwind.

Common mistakes

• Going too late

  →Start the move before you feel the kite lift so you stay low enough to reach the water.

• Half-hearted reach

  →Reach well forward and throw yourself down towards the water so the hand plants.

• Hand lifted clear

  →Keep your back hand central and the bar trimmed so the kite holds you without lifting you away from the water.