What am I doing wrong W2W?

lukeschnaidt10 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 16

Hey everyone... I'm just wondering what I'm doing wrong in my jumps to go w2w, or what I need to do more of, or what my boat needs to do. PLease help any way you can, heres a video of me attempting some w2w jumps.

Sorry for horrible quality x)

eric-holmes · Outlaw Joined: 19 Jun 2009 Posts: 150 City: Searcy

I would shorten the rope, cut out further, and cut toward the wake harder. But I am a beginner myself. I am sure others will chime in.

Boost Deuce · Criminal Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 94 City: Fort Collins

either shorten the rope or speed the boat up. You should be on the nice wake thats 5-10ft closer, but the boat speeing up will fix that too.

lukeschnaidt10 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jul 2008 Posts: 16

How's my form looking?

ssuter · Outlaw Joined: 21 Apr 2009 Posts: 191 City: Nashville

Ya i would def shorten the rope up some. if you have an I/O or outboard i would even trip the prop up a little bit to clean that wake up. Def cut out more and on the way in edge just as hard all the way through the wake.

skinny99 · Outlaw Joined: 27 Jun 2009 Posts: 119 City: Deland

You have to work on cutting harder! You are just turning the board and letting the boat pull you to the center. Work on cutting hard and getting up on edge,practise leaning back and pulling hard on the rope. Try to cut out heelside and toeside and see if you can get 90* from the boat,you will have to cut hard to go that fast! If you really want to get better buy a DVD called "The Book" it goes over everything in detail and teaches you how to progress correctly. Good Luck

HHI Dave · Posted: Sep 10, 2009 1:21 pm Post subject: Re: form

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

x2 ^^^ I can't add much to that, but I agree with the others, your wake are a long way apart, and I think it's mostly the boat speed.

BTW, that board looks familiar. Is that an Apex?

BWake · Newbie Joined: 23 Feb 2009 Posts: 20

rope is way too long and you also need to learn to cut properly.

cut...cut...cut and you will get the idea behind it quickly

Chocoholic · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 363 City: Dubai

I would say don't try to W2W until you've got your technique down, you need to get the form correct first, then it's going to make it much easier. Just cut out maybe a few meters and practice progressive edging, becase at the moment you come in with your board totally flat with no edge, so basically you're killing your pop potential.

After you've edged out toe-side, set your position, bring the handle to your lead hip, let the boat pull you back in toward the boat and as you increase speed put more weight onto your heels, to edge more progressively, keep doing that till you get to the wake, then keeping that edge stand tall, pull the handle down towards your hip. Keep practicing and you'll feel the pop, height and distance increasing as you get the hang of it.

Shorten that rope up, so that the distance across the wake is less.

Chocoholic · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 363 City: Dubai

Oh I forgot to say that you look a little hunched over. Try keeping your upper body more upright.

howabouttheiris · Addict Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 677 City: Austin, TX

Between :13 and :14 you turn your board 45 degrees and aim for the wake. This is not 'progressive', so it does not build the necessary tension to go W2W.