3 Ways to do a Backroll | Classic, Send and Inverted // Kiteboarding 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.
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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[@philounoname8909]

Superb tutorial, especially putting the various carving, edging and head movements in one video to highlight the differences. 👍🙏👍

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks! I'm happy you like it 🤙

[@Vincent01]

This is by far the best explanation of how to do the backroll. I learned a lot of it. Thanks man👍

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Glad it was helpful! Hope you get to try it soon!

[@kst157]

Masterclass tutorial and instruction via video + written explanations. The detail is phenomenal - way above elsewhere - and that’s because it’s coming from a world class level rider who understands the technicals AND is able to translate fully to viewers. Honestly, learn more and accomplish more with your level of detail and I can only thank you humbly for advancing and improving the sheer fun and enjoyment of kitesurfing. Sincerely appreciated. Thanks Steven! 🪂😊

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Its my pleasure! Thanks a lot for the kind words, if you have any request, let me know and I can have a look at filming it for the next season 😉

[@a.lame.username.]

My new favourite teacher! Thanks man, there are appreciative people out here!!!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Wow, thanks!

[@freddydad1]

Good emphasis on the difference between edging and carving, never really thought about it that way before, thanks..

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jeromeserre]

100% agree, it's the first time I get this level of detail, and it makes a lot of difference!

[@adrenalinehoarder6246]

Great video! Looking forward to the frontroll video🤙

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Oh yeah. Next week 🥳

[@MrDiabeu]

brilliant as always Steven! devil's in the details

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks!

[@Benhur21]

Dank u wel voor de gouden tips 😊👌

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Graag gedaan!

[@Kitesurfing]

Another great instructional.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks!

[@gusbisbal9803]

Thank you for finally saying your name.... Arkersdike....😀.... for us english speakers. Great video yet again. Going to Brazil in August... will be crashing all of these till I get them !

[@stevenakkersdijk]

😂 I can imagine that a lot of people struggle with it. It's not the easiest name 🙈 Have fun in Brazil!

[@luukdeboer1974]

Excellent tutorial, fantastic footage and slow motions, great environment and very stylish

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Many thanks!

[@Tobeon2]

The different between edging & carving!! Super!! Thank you!! 🥰😉

[@stevenakkersdijk]

You are so welcome!

[@JCorver]

great video Steven, again! Keep it up!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks, will do!

[@anastasianovelly4561]

Great job! I am learning a lot from your tutorials. Can't wait to see the frontroll one!!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome, really glad to hear that. There is some delays with the frontroll video due to some traveling, but it will drop in the next weeks

[@jakecole9]

Excellent material 👌

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks!

[@NickChongi]

Great video, learned a lot once again! 🙌

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@1feLi4]

Super helpful Steven! Needed this for my inverted back rolls

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome! Happy that it was usefull to you 🥳

[@Wind.junkie]

The best explanation I have come over the net (especially difference between edging v carving)👏👍

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome, thanks a lot!

[@FranciscoDao]

I recently switched kites from a slower turning five-strut kite to Reedins and I also moved to a place with consistently stronger wind. The adjustments completely threw off my backrolls which used to be easy. Your explanation of edging vs. carving and also your breakdown of the difference between a regular backroll and sent backroll directly address what I've been trying to figure out with the new kites and wind conditions. Thank you.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome to hear that Francisco! Happy to hear that you 're getting your tricks dialed with the new kites. Enjoy them and have fun out there 🤙

[@Nilz4FR]

best kite tutorials on youtube! Thanks champ!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

My pleasure! Thanks so much for leaving a comment!

[@pavlossideris3973]

Great explanation ! Thanks

[@stevenakkersdijk]

You are welcome!

[@mkslave9108]

Great Vids. Perfect tutorials. Thank you.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks a lot!

[@tmotten]

Great vid mate. Excellent breakdown. Cool to have met you filming this too. Turned out that was my last day on the spit. I'll try all this in Ventana next month. Can't wait.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! Enjoy La Ventana, I'll probably catch the end of the season there in March.

[@gBayCanada]

Excellent tips and details. Super helpful and appreciated. Welcome to Canada. Can't wait to see some footage from your time in Tofino!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks! It's a really awesome country! Hopefully we get some good conditions to hit the waves. Up till now it's been a lot of rain unfortunately.

[@Yepnope1010]

Great video Steven thank you!!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

My pleasure! Thanks for the support

[@ClayCl0wn]

Steve mate you are a beast! love all your content dude. where will you be kiting on the island next? Monday looks like it should be wild

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Happy you like it man! I'm currently in Tofino and think we'll try to get a session in over here. Fingers crossed it works out

[@AscendedBeing87]

this double backroll with the barspin on 6:40 looks so dam cool!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks. The feeling is super nice as well!

[@majcyy]

Beautifully filmed and well explained

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Glad you liked it!

[@321kiteboarding]

Crushing it!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks!

[@ramonvanderroest1232]

Niiice man, thanks a lot for this video 🤙🏽

[@stevenakkersdijk]

My pleasure. Thanks for the support

[@pallevan1977]

86.000 weergaven en zo weinig likes of abonnees. Schandalig dat mensen zulke goede content gratis kunnen zien zonder op zijn minst een like te geven. Deze jongen steekt echt veel tijd in deze masterclass. Thx Steven, doe zo verder 💪🤙🤟

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Bedankt voor je bericht! Helaas is dat een beetje hoe het gaat tegenwoordig met al de content, doet me goed dat je het ziet en de videos waardeert. 🙌

[@Surf_Life]

Pure steeziness🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽😎

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks!

[@Downunderexploring]

Nice vid man 👌👌 helps a lot

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Glad it helped!

[@FTheG]

TOP!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Happy you like it 🤙

[@konstantinkrasavin558]

Thanks for such great video! Thats really good point about carve vs edge and how to control rotation speed. But how do you make rotation to freeze for a moment to make a nice grab and only after a while continue to rotate for a landing? Thanks!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Hey konstantin. I'm glad that the tips helped! I'm not sure which grab you mean, but if I grab and extend my back leg as you can see in the thumbnail from the video or the backroll at: 0:26 I slow down my rotation. But there is also some editing and slow motions in the beginning part of the video where I slow down playback speed 😉

[@user-ou1zy9sf7e]

Love the videos dude, 2 questions what's there track you use for the intro also I have xr pro 8 but not sure to get it in a 10m as well or regular xr8? Are they going to bring out an alula nexus?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Song is: Bryant Bark - Dylan Sitts (it's from Epidemic sound). If you're enjoying the 8m XR pro you'll also love the 10m XR pro, but it's mainly aimed at strong wind riding conditions. So I think the XR8 will be more allround in all wind conditions. Considering other allula kites... I don't think this will be the last.

[@pawel-goscicki]

Great tutorial! Looking forward to the frontroll video :) BTW what kind of camera do you use to record yourself talking (the quality is amazing)?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks, I'm happy you like it so much. It's all filmed with the Sony A7SIII. Action is 4k 120fps and interview is 60fps. Guess the quality looks comes from the lens as its a 35mm f1.8 For me the big plus is in the 10bit color that this camera shoots

[@halvortorgersen8741]

Thanks! I tried inverted and think I did it. I struggled a lot with kite steering. I solved it with pulling hard on the front hand, and that worked. I guess I randomly pull on my back hand when looking down on the toes? I dont have this problem when doing classic/send backrolls.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Awesome! Happy that you're managing. On different take offs it often happens that you steer the kite in a different way and therefor have to correct. Well done on correcting that!

[@halvortorgersen8741]

@@stevenakkersdijk I discovered I had the kite at 1200, but he video showed 1300. When I jumped at 1300 it worked better. I guess next step is one handed? That might provide for more rotation and forward steering?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

@@halvortorgersen8741 it helps for sure if you let go with the back hand to get that inverted rotation going.

[@ansgarsedl3616]

Thank you for the vid!! The very first trick (toeside backroll to heel??) looks sooo sweet. Can you pls make a short tutorial for that one too?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

I'm glad you liked it! I'll put it on the list, but it could take me a while to get that video out.

[@i.b.9527]

Another canuck here, loving your style. Man, can you please take a minute to break down that double backroll at 6:40? I've see you do it twice, also on another vid. There is really something unique about it, would deserve a vid of its own. Smoothly done, it looks sick, never seen anybody else do it. It really is high on my bucketlist, but I can't figure the whole scenario you're doing there. the first Sent backroll is really high, somehow my sent backrolls dont get much higher than 4m (even though If I would send it without the backroll I would reach double that easy.) . You do have a real nice, hard edging, judging from the spray, which seems to be the trick. Letting the bar go on the top seems like you're refilling the kite for a nice parachute effect, then for the second roll, seems like you're helilooping it, and compacking yourself for increase inertia, as you're spinning much faster. Would love your insight. Cheers bro and continue the excellent content

[@stevenakkersdijk]

You pretty much described the entire trick already! 🤣 It's a very fun send backroll variation that I got from a friend of mine. Basically you send your kite back for a jump and add a backroll rotation in there. After the first backroll and when you're nearly at the top you do a barspin to untwist your bar. At this moment the kite also shoots more towards the edge of the wind window and you fall quite a bit faster whilst adding the second rotation. Because the kite is further behind you it and you have a lot of speed coming down the kite will lift you again on the downloop. That feeling is what I like so much about the trick, freefall to get lifted again. Key tip would be to send your kite a bit further than you usually would on a normal jump, gives you more pull on the downloop. I can try and make a short one about it, could be fun!

[@i.b.9527]

@@stevenakkersdijk Awesome! yeah I imagined there was a heliloop thrown in there, it was hard to see on both times you've shown it in your videos, but it made sense :) Man, a vid on this trick would be great, it is one of the most stylish jumps I've seen on youtube. Its not a double backroll at all, the way it is executed is definitly something else! There are a lot of variables to consider in accomplishing it, seems like an incredible feeling! you should claim a name for it lol :)

[@stevenakkersdijk]

@@i.b.9527 not able to claim this one 😅 but im happy to hear you like it so much!

[@aplogan88]

This is an awesome video! Covered a lot. Where did you film this? Looks beautiful there.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thank you! This was filmed at the Squamish spit in British Columbia, Canada. Great spot, but they have some issues with th access at the moment.

[@slappyosis]

Squamish Spit, Squamish; Goose Spit, Comox; Cox Bay, Tofino. I hope you post more footage of your Goose Spit and Tofino sessions!

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Oh yes! I had some awesome sessions in Canada already. I'll be posting some of them as reels on Instagram and there will be a roadtrip video in a month or so from this trip

[@joakimho4048]

Great pointers Steven! Can y do a similiar video for a front roll?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks! Happy you like it! Frontroll video is releasing next week Thursday

[@evansmith8541]

That first backroll from the start of the video is closer to a ben air/egg roll nice

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Yeah it's a bit of a mix between that and the inverted backroll. Super fun one to play around with

[@YoukiPOnMoving]

Fantastics video! The first senquence (first seconds) is a blast. I had a debate with 2 different friends about whether it is a front rool or a back roll. It seems to be a back-roll because 1/ you mention it and 2/ the rotation happens after the end of the transition. So here is my inquery. Could you make a short video explaining this insane trick?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Nice, It's a very fun trick to try, but you need a lot of speed! I can try to add it in an SA Masterclass #short I would count it as a backroll, but when you look at it from the original riding direction it would be a frontroll.

[@madeleinejohnson5841]

This is so helpful! Just out of curiosity, do you do all of your tricks in both stances (goofy and regular)? Or do you allow yourself to favor one side? I can only do tricks in regular stance.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Hey Madeleine, thanks so much for your comment. I do have a favorite side for all my tricks. But I do try and land most of my tricks both ways

[@yountune9799]

There is a Mystic Stealth Harness that will match the custom Black/Red Imperator.

[@stevenakkersdijk]

This one actually matches already, as the imperator is orange 😉

[@mohizzle]

Back to the basics! Good stuff. Was was that magic at 6:40?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Thanks! Happy you like it. The trick at 6:40 is a send double backroll, where I do a baspin after the first rotation. Makes for a fun free fall and then the downloop gives a cool lift

[@alexandermerian2232]

Hi Steven, how do you fly a 15 m² Nexus for Old school? Small bar & 22m lines?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

Hey Alex. The small bar works, but can be a bit challenging to steer the kite in low winds. So I would go for the normal bar and 24m lines for that extra hangtime

[@alexandermerian2232]

@@stevenakkersdijk Thank you Steven! For 12 m² (this is my smallest) the same? Nice old school. Normal Bar with 24m lines?

[@bartekmikos6273]

damnn make tutorial about that first rotation/ pop technique plzz😍

[@stevenakkersdijk]

I will in time. But the backroll is the best rotation to try first. Other than that it's just important you know how to pop

[@AscendedBeing87]

If I try to do a big sended Backroll, I always send the Kite way to far back. With my backhand, I already grab the Depowerline between my middle and index-Finger and try to put slightly more pressure on the front-hand. Any Tips?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

It happens a lot, the hand placement is already a step in the right direction. Other than that there is not much you can do though. If I know that I do something wrong I always really try and focus on doing that right in the next tricks. So forget about the perfect takeoff or high speed. Just think about the kite positioning. say to yourself: front hand, front hand, front hand. That works for me, but might not for you.

[@a.lame.username.]

Same! I just focus purely on the bit that was wrong last time. Lots of baby steps.

[@bernardobravo4204]

dude, please, what's the name of the 1st trick on the video?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

I'm not certain what the name is, but I would say a backroll popped from a carved gybe?

[@algyk]

Hey - what’s the trick called between 1 - 3 seconds? Love it

[@stevenakkersdijk]

That's a very good question, it's inspired from wakeboarding, but I'm not certain how it's called.

[@julienbouvier436]

Great tutorial as well, what's the trick name at 06:47?

[@stevenakkersdijk]

I'm not sure actually 😅 Send double backroll with barspin?

[@Kitehomiez]

Youre in COMOX arent u :D

[@stevenakkersdijk]

I was 😉 Caught two really nice sessions there after which we drove to Tofino where we are now

[@LeonyXimenes]

I did'n konw the first backrool in the video. You change for toeside, then you do the backroll. You dont speak about ...

[@stevenakkersdijk]

The first backroll is just and example off all the different possibilities. I basically pop to toeside, do a very fast gybe and pop out a backroll in the gybe

[@LeonyXimenes]

@@stevenakkersdijk yeah. I'll try it. Thank you Steven🤙🤙