JULY 2018 | Come Correct – Heelside stalefish roll to blind with Luca Kidd
A stalefish is all about the poke (photos: Soden)
Edge
Do: Have nice progressive edge going into the wake and keep the handle in to your front hip.
Don’t: Take a long, hard edge because it will throw the trick completely off.
Take off
Do: Pop off the peak of the wake like a normal backroll, and start to bring your legs up right after you get the pop.
Don’t: Start the backroll too hard, or you will over rotate and land on your back.
Get the grab
Do: Go for the grab as soon as possible by bending your legs; and once you get it, poke your back leg to make it look good!
Don’t: Reach for the grab by bending over, make sure to bring the board up to you.
Landing
Do: Spot your landing and roll your front hand clockwise into your back while looking over your shoulder to get into the blind landing.
Don’t: Try to handle-pass it! It will rotate you too much and you will slip out on your landing. Plus, no handle pass looks way better!
Boat – Malibu M235
Ballast – 700 lbs. in each back locker on top of the plug and play, 500 lbs. of lead in the middle and an 800 lb. sac in the bow
Speed – 22.6 mph
Tunes – Anything and everything! I like pretty much every kind of music.
Lake – Lake Minnehaha in Clermont, FL
Crew – Harley Clifford, Ryan Dunn, Alex Barbara, & Josh Swift