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PKwakeboard
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PostPosted: May 12, 2009 5:42 pm    Post subject: Big man on the board Reply with quote

I have recently purchase a new boat (Super Air Nautique 230) and I am having trouble surfing behind the boat. Getting up and going behind the boat is not a problem. Where I run into trouble is finding the sweet spot where I can drop the rope. There is a spot right behind the platform that where I can feel the wave pushing me, but I have to keep on applying pressure to my back foot to get away from the platform. Everyone else behind the boat is able to find the spot and surf with no rope.

I guess I am asking if there is anything I can do to set the boat up differently. I highly doubt that the wave is not big enough. With the port ballast and belly ballast full and 3-4 guys in the corner of the boat we get a giant wave. Should I try speeding the boat up?

I am about 6-2 250 also.
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PostPosted: May 13, 2009 4:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wakesurfing is very sensitive to foot placement. Pay attention to where you are putting your feet, then make adjustments. Assuming you are riding frontside (toes towards the wake) you may need to move your feet towards the wave on the board, if that makes any sense. Its a balance between pressing into the wave, staying out of the back of the boat and not losing the wave.

How fast are you going now? Speeding up the boat will usually lengthen the wave, making it not as tall and steep.

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PKwakeboard
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PostPosted: May 13, 2009 7:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I set the speed at 11 MPH. I am ridding frontside. I will try shfting more into the wave.
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PostPosted: May 13, 2009 2:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We ride at 12 to 14 mph Front foot is the brake back foot is the gas learn to balance the the weight shift between your feet
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PostPosted: May 14, 2009 3:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mobster wrote:
We ride at 12 to 14 mph Front foot is the brake back foot is the gas learn to balance the the weight shift between your feet


This seems backwards?
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PostPosted: May 14, 2009 5:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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We ride at 12 to 14 mph Front foot is the brake back foot is the gas learn to balance the the weight shift between your feet


I thought the same thing.
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PostPosted: May 14, 2009 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I mean front foot is the gas ,back foot is the brake the other description was for when your looking in a mirror my bad
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PostPosted: May 14, 2009 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

mobster wrote:
I mean front foot is the gas ,back foot is the brake the other description was for when your looking in a mirror my bad


Haha JL must spend most of time in the driver seat teaching, sounds familiar.
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