An underwater start?

Wicked Bite · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 115 City: Germantown

I saw an article on wakeskates were people stood on thier board underwater and started like that. Would that be possible on a wakeboard?

If so i would like to teach my dad to get up that way because he is too impatient and tries to pull himself up.

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

Wouldn't it just pull you and leave the board?

Wicked Bite · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 115 City: Germantown

I'm not sure i think if you pointed the edge up a little you would surface and then start.IMO

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

You'd still think it would be hard.

You should look in the Newbie forum I think there is a thread on getting up. Should help your dad.

peca · Addict Joined: 10 Aug 2003 Posts: 640 City: Mt. Pocono, PA

This is how many of the pros get up. It's suppose to be easier on the back with less strain. You just have to have good balance for it.

BillJ · Posted: Feb 26, 2004 12:07 pm Post subject:

You need good board control. Basically you float standing on the board, then as the rope gets tight you bend you knees and lean back and just hold on. It's actually pretty easy for an experienced boarder but you need to control the board and be able to feel the way it's moving so that it comes up out of the water.

koltman · Addict Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 902 City: Sydney/Orlando

Thats the way I often get up, just a matter of keeping your heels up, and your knees kinda bent. Its much easier than all the crouching. Though I never teach a beginner to get up that way.

bluefish86 · Posted: Feb 26, 2004 12:21 pm Post subject:

It's harder to get your balance right when you start like that. But, once you've got it figured out, it's easier physically. Because of the fact it's harder to balance, I would never teach a newbie that way.

jeffrey_25 · Addict Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 811

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

finkle · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 4067

Wicked Bite, You should watch all or nothing. I can't remember who's section it's in but they were completely submerged and then the boat gradually took off and the rider just rose up out of the water kind like doing the elevator behind the couch.

that's how i get up...just basically standing on my board with my knees slightly bent and the toe edge a little higher than the heel edge. It gives you lift as you are pulled forward.

....very easy on the body. its smooth and solid. but ya gotta know how to get up the other way first.

J_DOGG · Posted: Feb 27, 2004 4:51 am Post subject:

wviveen · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 705 City: Loosdrecht

I always do the same... i ask the driver to slowly take of and when there is some tension on the line i sort of "stand up" and then the driver take`s of !

real easy.. just needs some timing..! Wink

Wicked Bite · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 115 City: Germantown

Sweet I will definatly try the underwater start this this summer (30-40 days!!!!!).
I just wanted to know if it was possible, to my suprise I was given instructions. That's why i love this forum

Thank you all for your input.

Stephan · Guest

Yep that's the way I do it too. It's really easy. Just sit there with your elbows on your thighs and your feet straight below your knees. It really is quite easy. Just hold on. Most beginners try and fight the board to the surface, in reality the board reacts to the water just the same when it's a little below the surface, it wants to go on the top so you just let it go where it wants.

darty · Addict Joined: 18 Mar 2003 Posts: 522 City: Lexington

...thats actually the way I come up on my wakeboard too. I totally submerge it with my toes angled up a bit, & it works just like a wing...producing lift. If you feel more comfortable coming up on a wakeboard, try doing it on that a couple times, then bust out the skate & you'll have it nailed

ben746 · Addict Joined: 04 Aug 2003 Posts: 560

Yeah man that way is a lot better. Just be sure to keep your toes up so you dont go under the water completely. THAT SUCKS!

204Waker · Posted: Feb 29, 2004 2:12 pm Post subject:

I ALWAYS get up like this.
ITs relaxing because you are just standing in the water rather then being on ur back. Then just let the boat pull u up, put a littl more weight on ur heels and viola

wakehype · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 460 City: Fresno

Yeah, its so much eaiser on your back getting up "standing-up". It is really easy too, just like everyone else said when the line gets tight and you lean the board back and you just get pulled up right on top of the water.

Wicked Bite · Outlaw Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 115 City: Germantown

Well that sells me i will definatly try it out

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Thats the way you have to get up behind my friends 30hp outboard fishing boat. Check out the picture in my profile... You gotta like stand up with the skate as horizontal as you possibly can without it coming off your feet just to get out of the water. I've spent 45 seconds dragging the normal way... it just wont happen.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Mar 06, 2004 7:55 am Post subject:

Wakebrad, I can get up behind a 30hp. I've even heard of people getting up with a 15hp. Its not the only way.

bluefish86 · Posted: Mar 06, 2004 9:27 am Post subject:

I learned to get up behind a 30 year old 35 hp that was probably only pushing out 25 or 30 hp. It's definitely possible the "normal" way. Once I figured it out, it only took like 5 seconds to pull myself up.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I weigh 185 lbs though... and the wakeskate was a 40" I believe = ). I could get up the normal way on a board but with the skate... I had to turn that thing horizontal to get it out of the water.