High lead leg when in air.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 6:45 am Post subject: High lead leg when in air.

More of a technique question but..

I had the chance to get someone to video tape a very short set which was very wavy at the time. I noticed on almost every pop (all 5 of them) that my lead leg seemed to sky rocket up in comparison to my trailing leg.

I assume this means I need to stomp harder on my trailing leg when I'm popping. Is this accurate?

tcaseymcclure · Criminal Joined: 12 Jun 2009 Posts: 85

keep equal pressure on both legs when your standing tall off the wake... if you cant fix it just grab crail (grab nose with your back hand) one of the best grabs in my opinion

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 10:24 am Post subject:

yeah i do lots of nose grabs (and crails) go figure now i know why, it's always right next to me...

pet575 · Posted: Jun 15, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

Any time I have had that problem it was from not putting enough weight on the lead leg. Once I started putting equal weight on each leg it was no longer a problem.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 5:35 am Post subject:

pet575, that makes sense I was trying to really stomp my back foot to make up for it but that was making matters worse because to stomp harder on the back foot you have to put more weight on it. I'll make a concious effort to even out next time I'm out. Last run I had the same crap the entire run except the last two jumps. I got booted about 4-5 feet in the air and it felt sooo clean. God i love that feeling.

Medina · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 5:52 am Post subject:

5 Feet is like, 1.5 metres...

Behind a cable you easily get 10 feet...

Choose what you find more cooler Laughing

But boating is nicer (read: girls, friends)

tcaseymcclure · Criminal Joined: 12 Jun 2009 Posts: 85

a cable is not towing you at 25 mph and sending you that high like a boat is though

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 11:45 am Post subject:

i had/have the same problem, if you were previously a skier it seems to be natural.

i was told i was too rear foot heavy, and that i wasnt stiffing my front leg as much as i was the rear.

Wakeboarder3780 · Posted: Jun 16, 2009 6:00 pm Post subject:

yep, sounds like i need to put more weight towards the nose to even out weight distro. i'll give it a shot next run, but it's rainy all week so it will be a while Sad

m_lesney · Soul Rider Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Posts: 358 City: Austin

yea and a cable you can pull down on nothing compares to behind the boat

kent2010 · Soul Rider Joined: 14 Jun 2008 Posts: 281 City: Needles