Hey how's it going everyone and welcome back to another video. I am Iain Campbell
and today we are going to be talking about the invert.
So the invert is another one of those moves that I have discussed in the past
that is really functional and really fun to do. It is one of the moves that kind
of gets you into doing air moves and gets you away from just doing rolls
which are on the face or trying to get moves that are more projected into the
flats and just advancing your skill level. If you haven't already watched the
bodyboarding basics to see how to gain speed and how to lose speed and just a
different positioning on your boards. I'll link it up here and you guys can go
check that out after this clip. That'll basically help you to get the desired
speed in order to do these moves correctly and more efficiently. When you
are looking to do inverts or progress through bodyboarding. Now talking
about the invert, it is quite a diverse move. You are able to do this off a
number of different sections it. Whether it be a barreling section or an end
section where it's about to close out. Now remember you're going to be wanting
to do these moves of sections that want to push you out and across in order to
land on the flats and ride out of these really clean. Now let's get into these
five steps that'll help you in achieving the invert. The first step we're going to
look at the positioning on the wave. You want to be in the right position to do
this move. You're going to want to carry a lot of speed into this move as you're
going to want to be getting up and out into the flat. And on top of it you want
to hit the correct sections. Now finding these sections can be quite difficult
but you want the sections that are really steep and kind of have enough of
a lift for you to get up and out of the water. For the second step you're going
to look to push up and out of the water. Now in saying this you want to really
get to the top of the section and use your body to force yourself up and out
of the water. This will allow you to travel a lot higher and travel further
with enough hang time to get the invert correctly over your body and back again.
Step 3 you're gonna look to kick the leg which is on top. Now the reason for doing
this is to just give you a little bit more lift as well as to get some style
points. The legs don't necessary to be kicked but this is one thing that
I've learned to do which will allow in bracing for the impact and not
allowing you to land on a rail and fall off. The way that you want to do this
is once you're out of the water completely you're going to want to just
spread the legs and get that kick going in order for you to get out of the water
and get a little bit more projection as well as earn the style points.
The fourth step on the list will be to spot your landing. When you're up
there and you're upside down you really want to look where the best place for
you to land is. By doing this you're gonna be forcing yourself to come back
into a flattening position. That will allow you to follow on to the fifth step
which is to brace for impact. Bracing for impact is very important. I haven't
discussed this as much as I would have liked to in the previous videos but
bracing for impact you really want to get your elbows in close towards your
body. The reason for this is to really save the shoulders. If your elbows
are out wide and you want your landing on your board there's a possibility of
your shoulder popping out. By keeping your elbows closer into your body it
makes it a lot easier for you to land and your body is a lot more compact onto
the board. This will help in your landings and especially when you're
bracing for those heavy impacts when you're coming down from the big moves.
Now that we've spoken about the five steps let's talk about it in some video
review.
So when we look at step one and the positioning on the wave we're gonna
really focus on where we want to hit the wave. By eyeing out the section early on
on the wave we can actually angle up and get that perfect section to launch the
invert off with lots of speed and learning in the flats.
Moving on to the
second step we're gonna push up and out of the water. As you ride into the
section, you really want to be focusing on which section you're gonna hit. You're
gonna want to get that steepest part of the wave and as you get to the top of
the lip you're gonna actually push the board out and over your head and up out
of the water. Before landing for the impact and running out.
In step three
we're going to kick this top leg. When you're watching this wave, you can see
how I go into the bottom turn really eyeing out that section once again. Hit
it to go up and out of the water and as my body is in the air you can see the
leg come out and kick. When we land we using that to brace you put your knee
out a little bit wider and help with the brace to land perfectly.
Moving on to
step four and unfortunately I did not learn this wave but it's a great example
of spotting the landing when you're in the air. As I go up to this one I get
into the air and while I'm up there you can see me looking down trying to spot
the landing before I even kick the leg. I go down and brace for that impact
but get blown up. And lastly we're looking for the brace for impact I come
around this section with a lot of speed you can see me eyeing out that section
already wanting to push up and through the actual foam section. I get clipped a
little bit here but still get enough projection to kick the leg. Then you
can see my elbow is very close in to my body there on the landing
and a nice clean landing.
Lastly when it comes all together we look at the
section positioning on the wave to hit the right section. Push the board up and
out of the water. Kick the leg spot the landing and then
go down bracing for impact and landing really heavily in that water. The
whitewater just engulfed me there and then pushing me out.
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