Welcome to Newbie Questions!

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Dec 27, 2003 1:50 am Post subject: Welcome to Newbie Questions!

This is a new forum created for people who are new to wakeboarding or new to the Wakeboarder.com Forums to ask questions they might be afraid to ask elsewhere.

Feel free to ask questions about wakeboarding or using these forums here.

byzaa · Posted: Dec 27, 2003 1:22 pm Post subject:

How come you get to be a whip cracker? i would love to be one!!! could you give me a special little man on a wakeboard! cause then i would be one of a kind also!

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Dec 27, 2003 1:31 pm Post subject:

Well, I'm the only whipcracker because I run the site. And, we don't have any other one of a kinds...

holdsworth · Posted: Dec 27, 2003 3:02 pm Post subject:

sweet forum.....some people who aren't newbies anymore should even go in this forum....so u shoulda made it the dumb question forum Wink

haha just messin

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

numbfoot · Posted: Dec 31, 2003 10:17 am Post subject:

i was going to mention him but u beat me to it

Rascal · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 City: Johannesburg

I bought a Wakeboard Yesterday, went to the river and managed to get up as well as cross the wake by turning the opposite way, I also managed to easily do some flat 180 turns, Question is I have no idea what I am doing or what technique you need as even managing to do the afore mentioned I am very unstable and it is by sheer luck I am actualy up and about. No one in my group has any knowledge of this at all Confused

All I require initially is the basic technique to wakeboard as in lean forward, back hands, hips etc.

Any help would be appreciated

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Jan 12, 2004 12:18 am Post subject:

Hi Rascal,

You should check out our progressive edging articles in our Tricks section at http://www.wakeboarder.com/tricks/tricks.phtml.

Otherwise, you might want to try buying an instructional video, or trying to find someone in your local area who can teach you the basics. It's pretty hard to just type all the things you'll need to learn.

Rascal · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 City: Johannesburg

Thank you

Your edging articles are great but just don't gibve you things like basic correct posture etc. I will try finding some local people or just search the web for an article

Thank you

Pat McCarthy · Posted: Jan 12, 2004 12:40 am Post subject:

Yeah, you're going to have a tough time finding any super-basic info like that on the web. We're hoping to write some in-depth articles about all the very basic things soon.

Rascal · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 City: Johannesburg

Great will be looking forward to that, I beleive it would be of benefeit to everyone so as to get some basics right and to see if they have developed any bad habits Question

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

you may want to get the higher education dvd it will give you some info on the basics and it also lets you SEE proper technique. you can look throught old posts in the trick tips section that might have info on this topic using the search function. and remember to have fun.

BurkeViper · Posted: Jan 12, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject:

The Headless Chicken, where do u buy your wakeboarding DVDs or can u rent them at blockbuster or something? I've never actually seen any wakeboarding DVDs even though I'm interested in seeing one. Where do u normally get urs?

wesgardner · Posted: Jan 12, 2004 3:06 pm Post subject:

Hey Rascal,

Like Headless says, get Higher Education - it expains some of the "lingo" as well as showing you in "real time" how to do each move - from the beginner to the accomplished - great video - get it, you'll not be disappointed - or you can come by my house and watch it...

Good luck with your boarding, just don't get frustrated - start with the basics - get them down solid, then start progressing... it's all good

Wes

wesgardner · Posted: Jan 12, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

Hey BurkeViper,

Sorry to butt in - I got HE and some others on eBay....

Wes

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

you can get wakeboard videos on the internet but i get mine at the local board and ski shop(sport chalet doesnt count Laughing

). look for one in your area its a good way to get news and helpful info about wakeboarding in your area.

Rascal · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 City: Johannesburg

Hey Wes

Thanks for the offer but I am an 18 hour flight from you (South Africa) Wink

I agree with you about getting the basics solid, I do get frustrated cos I like doing things well from word go.

I will definately invest in HE Exclamation

Are there different releases or is it only one HE?

Rascal

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Rascal, there is Higher Education Volume 1 & 2. One goes over basics and easy to somewhat intermediate tricks. Volume 2 goes into more advanced tricks. You can get both 1 & 2 on a single dvd for about $30 US.

Rascal · Newbie Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 5 City: Johannesburg

Thank you much obliged Very Happy

seadooman89 · Criminal Joined: 03 Aug 2005 Posts: 59 City: niagara falls

where do u buy them?????? i might try blockbuster later

Blake · Posted: Aug 29, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

seadooman89, Holy hell bring up an old thread... Try www.buywake.com or www.boardstop.com ......

...... Do as the Romans do.