How's it going everybody and welcome back to my YouTube channel.
I am Iain Campbell and today we are going to be discussing the reverse spin.
So the reverse spin is a very fun and functional move. It is a move that can be
done at the end of the wave or just to get back in towards the pocket, in order
to keep your riding at the best position of the wave. In order for us to look more
into the reverse spin we're going to be looking at five steps on how to get the
reverse spin done properly and what can be done to make this move more
efficient and look really cool on waves. So the five steps are as follows. First
you're going to be looking at the right position on the wave to do this move. You
don't want to do it on too flat a section or to steep a section of the
wave. So finding a part of the wave where it's still got a little bit of rise and
you can really engage your rail into doing a really sick reverse. Secondly
you're going to engage the outside rail. While engaging this outside rail you
really want to start to go into a cutback in motion. Using the board to
really trim the high line and get that motion going. Then you're going to slide
your body forward and go into the third step which is the head movement. Again
you're going to be using your head to look over your shoulder and really get
the board moving around with your body. Now your body is always going to follow
your head, so if you can remember that for all moves, it is really beneficial in
the bodyboarding world. Fourth you're gonna cross your legs. Now crossing your
legs is really important. This allows the weight to be distributed evenly across
the board. By lifting your legs up and crossing them over it stops the
rail from digging on either side. This is gonna really help you when it comes down
to those moves when it's critical on a really steep part of the wave. These
reverses are probably the hardest to do but they look amazing when you get them
right. So in the last step step five you're gonna drop your legs and look for
the next section. Now reverses can be done on a lot of different points in the
wave, but some of the points you're going to be able to get back into the pocket
of the wave and then ride out and do a couple more moves. So always think that
when you do these moves you must remember what is down the line
so that when you get back into the pocket you can look for that next
section and do another move. So now we're going to look at a couple videos to show
you guys exactly I mean in these five steps.
So step one we're going to be looking at the correct positioning on the wave. Now to do these
reverses you're going to look for parts of the wave which are not as steep.
Here you can see me timing up to that little peak that's higher than
everything else to throw this reverse onto and come out of it clean. Next we're
going to look at when you start engaging the outside rail. Here I bottom turn and
then push that outside rail into the wave to create a kind of cutback
effect. The third step was the head movement. If you watch closely here
you can see how I engage that outside rail, push it down and as that momentum
is gone I throw the head around to swing it back and get that finish and ride out
with a quick duck out. Fourth step we're going to look at crossing the legs. Here
you can see that full motion going in to play but as soon as I have engaged the
rail and it's released. I cross the legs to keep the board flat and keep it
moving along the wave. Step 5 we're going to look at dropping the legs and
look for the next section. Here you can see the cross legs again as I come
around I drop the legs and really start to look for that last section. So now
we're gonna look at the complete reverse with another move. We're gonna eye out
that section that you want and when you get the right section on the wave. You're
gonna engage that outside rail, go into the spin, cross the legs, remember the head
movements and moving yourself forward on the board when you initiate it. Then
looking for that second section and getting the move and here I go for a
flip and then put the legs down after that and just spin myself around for a
complete wave. So thank you guys for watching this
video. If you guys liked the video please give it a thumbs up and leave any
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forward to seeing a lot more videos of you guys on waves doing similar reverses
if not better. Please tag me in any videos you have on Instagram and I'm
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