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Kitesurf trick

Tailgrab Frontroll

Intermediate
  • Jump
  • Grab
  • Rotation

A frontroll where your back hand holds the tail of the board through the forward rotation. A classic old school combination that follows naturally from your frontroll grabs.

How to

  1. Pop and start the frontroll

    Pop with the kite at 11 or 1 o'clock, level the bar and turn your head downwind to start rotating.

  2. Bring the tail up

    Bend your back knee and extend the front leg so the tail of the board comes up toward your back hand.

  3. Grab the tail

    Hold the tail with your back hand early in the rotation.

  4. Rotate with the grab

    Keep looking round and hold the grab while you complete the roll.

  5. Release and dive out

    Let go once you see the landing, dive the kite and touch down heading downwind.

Common mistakes

  • Reaching for the tail

    Bring the tail up with your back knee instead of bending down.

  • Grab slows the rotation

    Keep your head and shoulders turning through the whole roll.

  • Late release

    Let go as soon as you spot the landing.

Builds on

Track your progress on the Tailgrab Frontroll

Log every session on the Tailgrab 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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