Me Behind a boat = good

Medina · Posted: Aug 22, 2009 2:09 am Post subject: Me Behind a boat = good

Yesterday i had my second boat session ever, it was soo much fun, i can tell you Laughing

My first time wakeboarding ever was behind a boat, and i freaked out completely because of the wake, the speed, and all the faceplants.

So i went out, extremely nervous, i was cracking because of that wake Laughing

Although i am doing allright behind a calbe, i was full of fear for this boatjob Laughing

Although we used a shitty boat, just a speed boat with a minor wake and limited to 35km/ph, it was still very nic Cool

I do have some footage of my first out of two sessions, wich you can see here.

My second session, badly not on tape, i did do some w2w HS, and TS, and i also dit a HS W2W 180, wich i immediately landed, very sketchy ofcourse...

Yeah just laugh your balls of...
Laughing

POSTING VIDEO THIS EVENING

WilsonH · Posted: Aug 22, 2009 10:57 am Post subject:

w2w your second time out is great! Nice man Smile

get that video up!

Christobull · Addict Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 898 City: Tulsa

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

ummm 35 km/h is too fast. most people only go 20 mph which is about 30 km/h. The difference in the wake at those 2 speeds is ridiculous. I can tell the speed the boat is going simply by looking at the wake. At 18mph with a 60' rope, no tower I can't jump the wake of my boat. But that's pretty much jumping right after the wake starts washing and a very wide jump to make. At 20mph i can jump the wake consistantly. This puts me right before the wake starts to wash down. And 22mph I chicken out cause I feel like I'm going too fast. haha.

dbismyname · Posted: Aug 24, 2009 11:43 am Post subject:

Christobull · Addict Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 898 City: Tulsa

+1 for the firmer wake. Big is one thing, but hitting a solid wake at higher speeds is way better.

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

Medina · Posted: Aug 24, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject:

Well, sorry i didnt upload it yet, i had to reinstall my computer, and I Will upload it tommorow Smile

Christobull · Addict Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 898 City: Tulsa

Enygma, maybe. A lot of factors play in, but you have to be going pretty fast before even the best ski boat looses it's wake. If it maxs out at 35km/h then I'm guessing it's a roundabout which would be a V-hull in most cases. I still ride behind a 16' roundabout with a 120hp motor from time to time, and the closer we get to 25mph, the more pop we get from the wake which is small regardless of how you look at it.

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

Yeah I'm just assuming the same wake I used to get off the old ski boat I boarded behind. By the time you got a nice solid wake it was only 4' wide and washing out at that point. So we found it better to just shorten the rope and slow down. work on surface stuff. and try to jump the wake here and there.

I only ever went behind this boat 2 or 3 sets. I pretty much learned to get up on it and never used it again. then didn't wakeboard for a year or so and got back into it this year. So my memory could be a little fuzzy as well. haha.

Turd Curl · Newbie Joined: 23 Aug 2009 Posts: 19

When you want to get a better wake, you might want to add some fat sacs to clean it up. Adding a small sac to the front will stiffen up the wake so you don't have to go faster and adding center/back weight will make it bigger.

http://www.buywake.com/catalog/boat/ballast

Medina · Posted: Aug 25, 2009 2:14 am Post subject:

WilsonH · Posted: Aug 25, 2009 8:23 pm Post subject:

Medina, buy some horses Laughing

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

My buddies selling a 120 HP outboard, it even comes with a boat. lol.

Yeah that 50 horse motor probably had enough trouble just pulling you out of the water. Kinda sucks though. To my understanding you're mainly a cable rider. riding behind a bad boat could really ruin your view towards riding behind a boat.

I've never been cable riding, though we don't have any in my area so it's boat or nothing.

JeffreyCH · Posted: Aug 25, 2009 11:15 pm Post subject:

HAHAHAHA went out behind my brothers bass boat Sat. and yeah I'll take the i/o any day, still was fun. I'll post a vid of it whenever he sends em to me. If it wasn't for the crap speed control and trying to stay on plane it woulda been great, throws a nice clean wake with the live wells filled lol.

Medina, Right on man, can't wait to see the vid. Finally becoming a "real" wakeboarder hahahahahahaha When it comes to boats we all ride what we got and make do. Let's see that vid bro Cool

Medina · Posted: Aug 26, 2009 11:49 am Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9MPiuG9QaM

WilsonH · Posted: Aug 26, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject:

That wake is so narrow Shocked

Christobull · Addict Joined: 29 Jun 2009 Posts: 898 City: Tulsa

That's pretty good considering the amount of times you've actually "wake"boarded. I thought for sure you were going to wipe out that one time after the slide though.

LFevo138 · Outlaw Joined: 28 Aug 2005 Posts: 147 City: Grand Rapids

haha nice man, what type of rope were you using, it looked like a regular ski rope but its hard to tell

Enygma · Soul Rider Joined: 26 Jul 2009 Posts: 356

ah yes, the days of a narrow crappy wake. You'd have much more fun behind a better boat. But you work with what ya got, right?

Medina · Posted: Aug 26, 2009 10:12 pm Post subject:

Jeah its a skirope. And boatboarding is much ,ore tiring then behind the cable.