Getting more pop/air

[ohdoor]

Alright, so i've been wakeboarding for around 4 years now. I've only really started to progress until this past summer and the summer before that. I ride behind an x-10 at around 22mph. I'm tall and skinny (6ft, 135lbs), ride a 137cm board, and have a non stretch rope. I can get w2w no problem, can consistently land backrolls, and just ride well in general. Theres one problem though... I can't get pop worth anything. Whenever i'm jumping w2w i'm only getting about 3-4 feet of air. Whenever I do a backroll I always get quite a bit more air then I do just jumping regular. I've read tons of stuff, watched videos, and gone out there for hours and done nothing but work on getting pop. I do not have a video of me jumping w2w for you guys to critique, but there is a thread on here (is this a real backroll?) with a vid of me doing a backroll if that would help at all.

It is very unusual for me to have people watching me in the boat that know more about wakeboarding then I do so there hasn't really been anyone there to teach me or give me any advice. What I do is slowly begin to cut into the wake and gradually lean back more and more. When I get to the wake I stay leaning back and dig my legs into the wake as hard as I can and stand tall till I'm off the wake completely. Standing tall seems to be a minor problem for me that I can improve on but even when it seems like i do it perfectly I don't get much pop but only fly across the wake really fast.

I know threads about pop are all over the place, but i can't take this any longer and for some reason nothing that i am doing is working.

Edit: meant to put this in the trick tips sections

[Greg_SA]

Your ideas sound right... Only advice that I can give is to make sure you have the most line tension and strongest edge at the wake... which you will get if you have a proper progressive edge technique.

Maybe take a video clip and post it here... Where is the backroll clip you mention?

Another thing... how big is your wake? Maybe it is just small? Try get some more experienced riders to join you on your boat and see what they can do and ask for there advice...

[jonny19]

to me it's really not that hard i just do a progressive edge all the way in the wake. DO NOT LET UP YOUR EDGE! and if you dont have a tower you should try one. it helped me alot

[ckligor]

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=46339&highlight=pop

I hope the pictures help you out