Pete Rose?

PimpinD2 · Posted: Apr 10, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: Pete Rose?

What am I doing wrong?

Im coming into the wake with the same cut as a TS Backroll, but im getting hung up on the handle pass. I either spin it without the handle and slipout handless, or just freeze upside down.

I dont think my TS 3s are dialed in enough, so that might be my problem.... any suggestions on how to get my body to rotate the 3 ?

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

The key to a pete is a little more angulated cut coming into the wake verses a toeside backroll where you might be a little more squared off. When you pop it is very important to go for the grab really focusing on lifting your front foot up as much as possible to get that strait up and down pop. Getting the grab helps you complete the rotation, you will find that you have completely 270 right after the peak of your flip, that is when you let go of the grab, and reach for the handle, and it should be all good

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 10, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject:

pete rose is a love/hate relationship with me Laughing

ilubronix summed it up fairly well. my advice? throw some ts r2r's and get the 180 early. as he said, try to lift your front leg up more to stay more balanced in the air. once you get comfortable with that, just toss it. i don't think you should worry about the handlepass, i always land my stuff blind and grab it right as i land, not in midair. i really don't know how else to say how to throw it, i just go out there, think about what all there is to it, and just do it and see how it feels.

good luck! Very Happy

toothpick · Posted: Apr 12, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject:

As for your ts 3, think of it more as a ts 180 to blind, if that makes sense. Done properly, it almost doesn't feel like a 360. Go up, do the 180 without turning your head yet, then do the second 180 on the way down. Oh, and grab that sucker!

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 12, 2008 7:34 pm Post subject:

toothpick, fo' sho'! gotta grab that one. i know what you're saying though on the 180 to blind though. it's actually easier somehow Laughing

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

yeah, a pete aint a pete without a grab either....GRAB EVERYTHING

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 13, 2008 7:39 am Post subject:

ilubronix, sorry bro but i don't grab mine Sad

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

holdsworth, then it aint a pete rose Laughing

j/k j/k

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 13, 2008 11:21 am Post subject:

ilubronix, it looks pretty though. Very Happy

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

holdsworth, i saw your vid man, you gotta grab your pete with your skills, no reason not to!! SICK RIDING. It honestly feels like a completely different trick when you grab it, instead of your board doing all the work, you literally control the entire trick. I remember learning pete's and i swear, those were the worst falls i have ever taken, much worse than raleys (although i never really had a bad raley fall...that i can remember) Laughing

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 14, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

ilubronix, thanks! there's a video that does have my pete in it that i'll dig up the link from. in the vid, it's at about the 2:20 mark, but the rest of the video is good to watch too (my boy clayton underwood threw it together from nwl nationals last year). i do need to learn to grab it though, for sure.

with the falls, my whole body went numb after catching my back edge at the peak of the down wake on a pete. worst feeling ever being underwater not being able to move Shocked

link: (make sure to right click on the vid and click zoom in. click and hold to reposition...imo it looks a little better Smile

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http://officialnwl.com/membergalleriesDefault.aspx?galleryid=176&p=2&s=#media

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

SICK VID. dude do you feel that pete's were by far the worst back edge falls you have ever taken learning wakeboarding tricks......because i do!! THANK GOD THAT IS OVER but i occasionally will take a nice digger on one to remind me to respect its horrible ways

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

i bet that little kid was freaking out after drinking that red bull haha

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 15, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject:

ilubronix, that was actually the first pete i attempted after my fall, now that i think about it. i was pretty stoked. but yes, those are the WORST. i hate them haha.

and with the little kid, i think he did alright with it Laughing

ky1e · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Posts: 2693

holdsworth, hahahahaha took a back edge pete fall yesterday, still seeing stars

holdsworth · Posted: Apr 20, 2008 8:08 am Post subject:

ilubronix, ouchtown, population you bro!

LakeIolaLuke · Posted: Apr 23, 2008 4:28 pm Post subject:

I'm nowhere near on pete's but i learned TS r2r's with a nose grab...never even tried without, and it really helps you control your rotation. I need to try a pete though, everyone tells me my r2r looks like im gonna take it to pete, cause I do the 180 on the way up. I just am so pissed of crowmobes that I don't wanna try any mobes anymore