w2w help needed

[lake shredder]

im trying to learn w2w and i go out hs and try to hit the wake ts...when I lean in to go ts i get slack in my rope and it slows me down and i cant get enough speen to get full wake..i only get 3/4...help me PLEASE

[Walterc15]

let the boat pull you back to the middle....when you edge all the way out come off your edge and let the baot naturally pull you onto your ts edge and then start your ts edge and so on

[Prizzy]

you really have to focus on your progressive edge more then anything for your toeside...

[lake shredder]

Prizzy i was doing progressive edge


would the rope length have anything to do with it?

[kyle f]

Rope Length won't have anythign to do with it except how wide the wake is that you are riding on.

I am working on my TS edge now to and rope and body position has a lot to do with maintaining line tension. You have to keep the rope low and on your hip while edging into the wake. This alone helped me out a lot.

I was letting off edge a bit and with the rope in the wrong position, I was getting slack because my arms would let out a bit, but by concentrating on keeping the rope low and my hip to the rope and rope to my hip I don't let out and even if I let off edge, the natural pull of the boat maintains tension and provides some pop.

Once you get to this, it becomes all about the progressive edge.

Now if I could just put it all together on Toe Side.

[Christobull]

lake shredder, what he's saying is that when you initiate the cut back instead of letting the boat pull you back, you're not using the progressive edge correctly. Even on your hardest cuts at the wake, the first step is letting the boat pull you in. Slow the whole process down, and you'll stop getting that slack which is likely jerking your off edge at the point where you should be starting to dig in harder.

[lake shredder]

Kyle f thanks..that helps me out alot

Christobull so your saying im cutting in towards the wake to fast?

[Christobull]

lake shredder, not too fast, just too early. In other words, it sounds like you're trying to cut hard right at first, then when you get to the wake, you're not progressively cutting harder. That will end up causing the same problem as just flattening off.

[lake shredder]

so i should go farther away from the wake and then do my edge?

[Christobull]

No, as a matter of fact, it would be good for you to start close and gradually go further and further out, so you get used to progressively charging the wake instead of just charging. Try putting a video up after your next time out. I might be way off base with my advice.

[lake shredder]

yeah i will...i live 2 hours away from the lake so i think i might be goin up in 2 weeks so it might be a while

[tcaseymcclure]

all you have to do is when you cut out on your heels hard flatten out for a couple seconds before you begin your toeside cut... this will load the line with the tension you need to clear the wake toeside

[lake shredder]

tcaseymcclure, thank i dont think i was flattening out i think i was just goin out and back in

[Enygma]

[lake shredder]

Enygma, you just solved my problem....

thank you everyone