Anyone Got Lucky?

cvach · Criminal Joined: 11 Jul 2007 Posts: 51 City: Royal Oak

I was just wondering if anyone has ever landed a trick by accident? Last year I was working on my 3s and got completely off axis and ended up throwing a huge hs fs off axis 5...lost the handle of course (so i didnt exactly land it), but rode away standing. This was before I could even throw a regular 3.

Red57Bird · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Aug 2005 Posts: 316 City: Raleigh

Does a face plant count?? If so, then yes, I have accidentally landed a TS FP 90 (translation, toeside face plant, 90 degrees straight down). Shocked

Hurt like a biatch, which is why I decided to give up wake boarding and move over to wake surfing. I can't afford the injuries at my age.

Hollywood · Posted: Jun 04, 2009 12:54 pm Post subject:

Red57Bird, the "Air 90"! LOL

DRAGON88 · Posted: Jun 04, 2009 1:14 pm Post subject:

Heel backside 3 is the only trick I've ever landed first try, and I'm not honestly sure if it was entirely intentional or not, that last frontside 180 is pretty natural feeling though.

Se7en · Posted: Jun 04, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject:

I'm still not sure exactly how I did it, but I was trying to throw a nose grab r2r. Completely missed the grab but ended up stomping a HS OA ole 5. Tried it a few more times and couldn't even come close to landing it again.

ty540 · Addict Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 603

Similar story for me. ^^^

I landed my first hs ole' 5 by accident. I meant to do a monkey 3 of the doubleup, but I got booted kind of weird. There was no chance of making the handle pass, and I put my arm up without thinking, and ... stuck it. Weird.

Also, I have a mental block with tantrums. From time to time I have been known to do a frontside 180 when attempting a tantrum. It's the weirdest thing. Sometimes I do them perfectly, and then sometimes I completely embarrass myself. Maybe I'll try to relearn them this year.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 04, 2009 2:12 pm Post subject:

i've just come into the wake sometimes where i have way too much weight on my back foot and do a hs fs 180 with a melon grab and it can get pretty off axis and pretty cool looking.. haha i'll see if i can upload a video of one cause im that bored

god this quality is horrible compared to imovie o wells

http://www.vimeo.com/5008033

toothpick · Posted: Jun 05, 2009 8:18 am Post subject:

Kind of like DRAGON88, I lost my balance when messing around with doing backside 180s with an early handle pass and pulled it around to a 3. I landed it, then it hit me that I just did a new move. Only time that has happened for me.