Why backward?

[alewar]

you can always do it like this guy:

YouTube - Our dive guides weren't happy with this entry...

but I don't think that's safe.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

but, if it is forward; then why bother to roll !!!

Faceplanting isn't as much fun in scuba gear as bellysmackers were as a kid
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[diver 85]

Why do scuba divers always fall backwards out of a boat?

You tend to lose your mask less often and end up with smaller knots on the back of your head........

 

[Captain Morgan]

To keep from pushing the lenses of their masks through their eyeballs.

:eyecrazy: lol, would make for some interesting contact lenses. :eyemouth:

 

[String]

Most diving here is RIB based and as a result entries are back roll.

I guess for every 1 giant stride entry i do in a year i do about 50 back rolls. Depends where you are and what boats are suited to the conditions.

Rough seas and so on i much prefer a RIB to a hard boat and RIBs generally need back rolls as you cant stand up and leap over the tubes.

 

[ScubaSteve]

..............you cant stand up and leap over the tubes.

At least not with any grace. Maybe with one of the forward face plant flops they were talking about earlier.

 

[String]

I didn't say it can't be done off some boats because it can but you can't do it off all boats. Standing up on the edge of an inflatable and doing a forward roll would be an interesting entry to watch I'm willing to watch if you're game to try it though
Ber :lilbunny:

It is possible with a narrow enough beam to stand up and hurl yourself forward over the opposite tube.

 

[Ber Rabbit]

It is possible with a narrow enough beam to stand up and hurl yourself forward over the opposite tube.

Now THAT I'd love to watch

I don't think I'd try it myself, my luck a rogue wave would come along right as I launched and throw the opposite tube right into my gut...or my face :11:
Ber :lilbunny:

 

[Wayfarer2]

Another advantage to the back roll is that it puts less stress on the lower back if you have back problems.