I heard a helix is relatively simple to do, can anyone point me to some instructional advice?

Jamie

Yes get corrans playboating instructional video searching for the Prostate it is on there with a good description demo etc as with a load of other awsome moves

but does he slow down and teach the video or does he just show you the moves

Are you sure that he shows the helix on searching for the pro state? And yes he does slow down the video and explain everything fully.

helix is a piece of piss (pardon my french) there all right corran is good bt best to practice flat water

never heard of it, i sure hope someone would put a video of it on here.

*Cough* HINT *Cough*

I will have to check but basically the helix is an aerial back deck roll staying on the wave and a felix is the same thing but if you get submerged.

get speed up carve into it change edges to pop off the water and throw a back deck roll you will probably land slightly sideways but with a stroke you should stay on the wave.

Now go outside and practise

[quote:71ba35a6e4] will have to check but basically the helix is an aerial back deck roll staying on the wave and a felix is the same thing but if you get submerged.

get speed up carve into it change edges to pop off the water and throw a back deck roll you will probably land slightly sideways but with a stroke you should stay on the wave. [/quote:71ba35a6e4]

Back deck Roll? I think you're talking about an airscrew or donkey flip.

A Helix is an upside down 360. It is an extension of the flip turn.
Check out Corran's Air force 1, not Searching for the prostate. Or EJ's Advanced playboating, or Ken whiting's Playboating. The Helix is on all of those.

Good lines
Scotty R

yeah just realised whoops

The helix is a fairly simple move, once you figure it out. I'm gonna try to give you a step by step, and if after reading this all you do is crash, don't blame me. So here we go. We are going to assume that you're doing a helix starting on the left blade...

1. Get at the top of the pile/wave or wherever you're doing it. If it's a big wave, get one bounce going completely forward, if its a smaller wave move to step 2.

2. Initiate a bounce at 45 degrees, edging your boat slightly UPSTREAM, while leaning your body downstream. You basically want your front right edge to load up with a lot of energy. This will give you a lot of spinning momentum, and the momentum to flick the boat over your head. During all this you want your left blade to be in the water, controlling the angle of your bouncing and spin.

3. Now comes the tough part. Use your abs to flick the boat over your head, while keeping that spin going with the left blade. If the helix is aerial, you will have to shift the left stroke from a back stroke to a forward stroke. What you want to feel here is your edge releasing. The boat will suddenly feel really loose as you're getting up on the edge trying to get inverted. A common mistake that I see here is people getting all leaned back trying to flick the boat. don't do that, you'll look silly and nothing will happen. 90 percent of the time you will flick the boat over your head when you are perpindicular to the downstream current, not when you're facing upstream. Using that backwards left stroke is what gives you that 90 degree rotation.

4.As soon as you fell yourself upside down and backwards on the wave, roll up off your right blade. That rolling motion continues the inverted spin, and then you're up. You've just done a helix, now the ladies will flock to you and shower you with praise.

One final thing, don't get discouraged. When you feel that edge release for the first time, it will all make sense. You may not get it, but getting the edge release is deifinitely the hardest part.

Good luck

David

Awesome, that's just what I was looking for. I have an exam today and there is no surf, but I'll be trying that out at the next opportunity!

Jamie