Shots & Skills (Advanced)
How to Do the Rodeo
The rodeo, one of the flashiest, most useful trick shots in the game.
The rodeo is one of the flashiest trick shots in the game, and a genuinely useful one when the board is jammed. The video above shows it in action; here's the thinking behind it so you can start working it into your bag.
The concept
The rodeo uses spin and a precise landing to curl a bag around traffic and into the hole when a straight path just isn't there. Like a cut, it's about getting around blockers, but with a more aggressive curl that lets it wrap into spots a normal cut can't reach.
Building it
It's an advanced move, so don't expect it overnight. Start from a solid base swing and a consistent grip, then experiment with the spin and landing spot shown in the video until the bag starts curling the way you want. Film yourself and adjust one variable at a time.
When to pull it out
The rodeo is a situational, high-risk shot, reach for it when the board is locked up and the safer options are gone. Master your rolls, cuts, and airmails first; the rodeo is the cherry on top.
More in Shots & Skills (Advanced)
- How to Throw a Cut Shot (and Reverse Cut)→
Cut around blockers and get to the hole when the front of the board is clogged.
- How to Cut Around More Blocks (Reverse Cut Explained)→
The reverse cut explained, get around blocks from either side.
- How to Control the Board / Throw Better Blocks→
Own the front of the board with blocks that make your opponent's life miserable.
- How to Hit More Airmails (Without Guessing)→
A repeatable airmail, the in-the-hole shot over a blocked board.
- 3 Airmail Tips + the And-1 Shot→
Three tweaks to dial in your airmail, plus the And-1 shot.
- How to Hit the Bar of Soap→
The bar-of-soap shot, the slide that ends up exactly where you want it.
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