Ok so I couldn't reply to the last thread, I think because of the size of Petey's most awesome kite ever pic.... So I'll start a new thread....



Ok I am a little confused, I always thoguht a backloop and backroll were the same thing...

So Backloop= sending the kite for jump?
Backroll= using pop, chop or waves and keep the kite 45degrees?

And yes Astro Glide, uh I mean boy , you are certainly part of my inspiration for wanting to try some rotation

..rotate the body vs rotate the body + the sync in such a manner that the lines don't need undoing when you've landed (not my case yet).. I was doing b when Im trying to learn a.

One more consideration:

a) backroll hooked or unhooked
b) backloop hooked (hurts ribcage)
c) F16 unhooked backloop (probably doesn't hurt as much)

sorry: .. rotate the body + rotate the kite ...

Thanks for the clarification.... I have a feeling it will be a while before I am trying backloops, at least intentionally

backloop = send the kite, rotate frontside 360. you can kind of invert it, but i think it's just a 360. frontloop is a backside 360

backroll = can be hooked, or unhooked, kite low and doesn't move. learn them hooked in first.

F-16 = unhooked backroll kiteloop. hooked in backroll kiteloop doesn't really have a name, other than "kiteloop backroll".


sorry about the big photo size, it was just too awesome to shrink !