Posted: Aug 18, 2011 10:39 pm Post subject: 2nd time boating!
and i had great fun! these pics are from wednesday, behind a somewhat smaller boat with no tower, but it was so much fun! i've been riding cable since last year, behind the cable. Now i tried riding behind a boat and it is good fun! A 20 minute set behind a wakeboard-boat is mad expensive over here, so i'll just be riding behind this boat a couple of times.
I can't offer any tips on your technique from those pics. Post a vid and maybe I'll have something to say. Nice grab though! Good to hear you're liking boat riding!
Be sure to try some lipslides and wake carves. They're super fun! _________________ rally to the wake
Where you located Liks? Across the pond it sounds like...
Your cable riding looks smooth, awesome 360 and poke you did!
For the boat you are riding behind it looks like they are going a little slow, the wake is washed out even on the side you're jumping from. Sometimes it may wash out on the side you are jumping to as you pull against the boat, but it should never be washed out on the side you are jumping from.
Not to pick on you, but you asked for advice...your tail grab is sloppy. A real tail grab is on the tail of the board, not to the side. I used to grab to the side too and I had the #9 pro in the world ride behind my boat a few weeks ago and he critiqued my style, etc., and that was one of the things he said. Just friend advice!
thanks dusty! I am located in The Netherlands, across the pond indeed!
i noticed i grabbed my "tail" from the side myself. then i went to the park last saturday (vid) and consequently started grabbing actual tail! looks way better and i'll be making a point out of doing that!
as far as the speed, i'll ask the driver to go a lil bit faster next time to see what it does with the wake. it's not a wakeboard boat by any means, just an outboard speedboat.
Ah, ok. If its an outboard then speed may not clean it up the same...I can't say for sure as I do not have experience with the wake of an outboard. I am positive more weight would help make the wake bigger...if you can bring some friends! _________________ My Facebook
Generally speaking you want 60-70% of the weight in the rear and the rest in the front. Again I'm speaking from experience of balancing out a wakeboard boat, it might be different on an outboard (but probably not). If you don't have a friend that wants to go throw bags of concrete in the boat. I don't know if you have concrete cheap in The Netherlands, but in the USA an 80 pound bag of concrete is about $3. Makes a great "person" for $3 and you don't have to listen to them! _________________ My Facebook
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
Posted: Aug 25, 2011 5:47 am Post subject:
you want to weight an i/o, or ob the oposite of a vdrive. you want most of the weight in the bow, and clean up the wake with the trim _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one.
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
Posted: Aug 28, 2011 12:02 pm Post subject:
thats a sweet pic. my ass always puckers when my 99zx9 gets anywhere close to 12. theres no way i have the balls to stunt like that. mad respect. _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one.
Joined: 29 Oct 2008 Posts: 1542 City: meridian, Idaho
Posted: Aug 29, 2011 6:31 am Post subject:
thats a bad ass video. good work. have you thought of beating your record again? _________________ trying to find a $5-7K usable saltare if anyone knows of one.
O yeah, now i remember! cool! havent ridden the boat since, but i just keep asking haha. reaaally shitty weather over here so the driver/owner doesnt feel like going out on the water, cant blame him..
Joined: 25 May 2008 Posts: 1089 City: Nuevo Arenal, Costa Rica
Posted: Aug 30, 2011 5:38 am Post subject:
Gotta find some more friends with boats then!
Always good to hear how bad the weather is there. Sooo glad I'm out of there! _________________ FlyZone Wakeboarding Costa Rica
Not to pick on you, but you asked for advice...your tail grab is sloppy. A real tail grab is on the tail of the board, not to the side. I used to grab to the side too and I had the #9 pro in the world ride behind my boat a few weeks ago and he critiqued my style, etc., and that was one of the things he said. Just friend advice!
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