Speed?

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 7:09 am Post subject: Speed?

im 14 and just strated wakeboarding last week, and its a blast and i love it!!!

i got a Blindside Session 137, and im not sure what bindings because it came w/ the board.

well, i was wondering what is a good cruising speed where the wake is optimum for jumps and pops??

i noticed that the faster the boat was going, the farther out of the wake i could go...

what speeds do u guys ride at?

DJew Jake · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 7:38 am Post subject:

i ride 23-24mph but you may want to start around 20

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 8:05 am Post subject:

yea thats what i was thinking

my board says do not exceed 24 MPH

so ill probably be inbetween 20 and 24 but its hard to keep a steady low speed on the boat we have... Rolling Eyes

twitch88 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 8:51 am Post subject:

Just ride where the wake is good and you feel comfortable, it is different from boat to boat and rider to rider. As for the whole do not exceed 24 mph thing screw that, riding at 40+ mph is quite exciting.

Massive Matt · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 9:09 am Post subject:

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 9:14 am Post subject:

so some of u guys go over 30 MPH

that would suck in a wipeout lol

twitch88 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 9:22 am Post subject:

Matthew, you should try it, we just do it joking around every once in a while. It all started when I was pulling my friend and he was being an ass so i just dropped the throttle and went, lucky for him my boat only tops out at 45 or so. As we all know friendships can be a vicious circle so while I was riding I got mine, now we just do it to eachother every once in a while to make sure we are all still paying attention Smile

Blindside_137, That is why you make sure not to crash. We aren't hitting the wake or anything at 40 just trying to hold on for dear life. It is still fun anyhow.

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 10:33 am Post subject:

wtbamoomba · Addict Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 808 City: raleigh

ive done w2w jumps going 32... that was insane.... cutting out when i fell after landing a few i went flying straight out of my bindings...it was insane

DJew Jake · Posted: Jun 05, 2004 9:05 pm Post subject:

I have done 42 on my board my friend zac footed of the boom while i rode. He sont he second teir canadian footing team.

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

I was watching this video of like speed barefooting but I can't remember how fast they were going they had like one of those super fast loud and annoying as hell boats pulling him

Blindside_137 · Posted: Jun 06, 2004 12:46 pm Post subject:

o yeaaaaaa

those huge boats (maybe 30-40 FT) i know what ur talking about

there also freakin loud too.

i think they're called cigarette boats

ty540 · Addict Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 603

One of my family's friends was the first guy to ever barefoot at over 100mph (holy crap!). He did it behind a blown-fuel hydroplane, and the friction of the water burned the soles of his feet pretty badly. Absolutely crazy.

Elevation · Posted: Jun 07, 2004 2:33 pm Post subject:

60.3 mph

wakerider790 · Newbie Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 36 City: Indianapolis

if your going too slow the wake curls and flattens and if you go too fast it flattens because the boat speeds up to lose the weight. you can tell if its to big or too small. just make the driver slow or speed the boat with the hand signals and jump the wake at each speed to see which one is right. i usually ride at 21 mph though.

leslisa · Posted: Jun 08, 2004 5:16 am Post subject:

For me it partially depends on the chop. If I am wakeboarding on glassy water, I prefer about 18 mph (my boat does not like 20 mph or I would ride there), my son rides at about 21 mph. If we are in 2 - 3 ft waves (yes Iwe do wakeboard on whatever water we can), we both ride more around 14 mph cause we get the beat up otherwise.

Lisa

Scorched_Ice7 · Posted: Jun 08, 2004 8:39 pm Post subject:

today was my second time going and when I got done with a run (snowboard term, not used to the newer wake terms) I asked how fast I was going and the guy driving said 32! I was somewhat shocked because I read this thread earlier today and figured he would be going about 20. We only have a nice fishing boat, no tower or anything. Will going slower make a larger wake? I think he said if I stayed up long enough he was going to have fun with me (whatever that means, lol)

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

Do Not Listen to any waring that you find on any watersport equipment I was looking at our tube the other day and said like do not exceed 20 mph ..... how do they expect you to have any fun???????..... no I would say about 20 mph but it will vary

twitch88 · Posted: Jun 09, 2004 11:07 am Post subject:

Scorched_Ice7, yes you should probably go a bit slower. 32 seems a bit fast for the whole pass. somewhere around 20 is good.

hyperrider · Addict Joined: 06 Aug 2003 Posts: 613 City: Edmonton

i ride 21 MPH. aorund there. sometimes if i feel the need to i'll go faster or when just learning a trick i might slow it down so the falls dont hurt as bad. but generally around 21

roundbaywakeboard · Posted: Jun 09, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject:

Blindside_137, what kind of boat do you have

roundbaywakeboard · Posted: Jun 09, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject:

My friends and I do this thing called the "Man Test". It's a joke we play on people who have either never wakeboarded before or are on their first time on my boat. (My crew and I have all done it, of course). Anyway, one simply has to hold onto the handle whilst the driver of the boat floors it. My boat tops out at 55-but the victim planes out at around 30 so you just hang on and bounce... after the boat reaches maximum velocity-we turn really sharp and one of two things happen- They die OR they corkscrew really fast bounce on the water a few times and THEN die. Youre REALLY the man if you do it in late August when the Jellyfish come in from the Chesapeake.

WakeBoardingManiac · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 914 City: Montréal

twitch88 · Posted: Jun 10, 2004 11:11 am Post subject:

roundbaywakeboard, we do the same thing. it is kinda hard to hold on before you get up onto a plane though, but after you are up its no prob.

roundbaywakeboard · Posted: Jun 10, 2004 11:50 am Post subject:

represent the man test lol

Scorched_Ice7 · Posted: Jun 10, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

Well I cant Wakeboard for awhile as the boat is on a trip with the owner to go fishing for a week but once he gets back were leaving for a week to SD to try it out some more. And I'm sure I'll experience the man test. I think I was hinting at receiving it earlier. We'll try all different speeds and just see what works best I guess.