osmosis

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

i have seen clips of shaun maurray doing an osmosis 540 off a kicker...how do you do an osmosis 360? is it as simple as pulling hard and rotating fast? or are their a more spcific way? and can this be done off a wake? Cool

Stephan · Guest

yes it can be done off the wake. The reason you don't see them done is that when you pass from your back hand & regrab the handle with the same hand it negates 360 and takes it to 540. You could slow it down and stop your rotation, but personally if it's gonna be osmosis it had better be at least 540. Just think about it, you'll see the technicality of what i'm saying.

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

seems to make sense... so can anyone tell me how to do it? or is it simply pulling hard and rotating fast?

tWaker2 · Soul Rider Joined: 12 Jul 2003 Posts: 375 City: Gilroy, CA

I suppose you could do an osmosis 3, as long as it was backside. Since in an osmosis trick you are supposed to let go and catch with the same hand--Hence why people do fs 540s(let go and catch with same hand). I agree with what Stephan said about making it a 540 anyway though. I also believe that if you are good enough to do an osmosis trick, you are probably good enough to do the 540.
Oh ya, i wish i could tell you how to do it, but i don't have any personal experience wtih that. Sorry
Good Luck!

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Dec 09, 2004 7:00 am Post subject:

Doesn't Sean O'Brian do osmosis 3's? PM him.

Stephan · Guest

It is simply pulling and basically gaining on the boat. Unfortunately, it's not so simple. It's probably one of the harder tricks just because it's so inconsistent.

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

yeah sean o'brien is doing grabbed osmosis off axis 540s!!! Shocked

dont ask me how the crap he did that...anyways there is an article in www.wakeworld.com that talks about it...you can even watch it...but i dont have the money to download the thingy u need to watch it

asterisk* · Posted: Dec 11, 2004 6:48 am Post subject:

Im not saying this from experience but rather quoting from an instructional vid that the trick was on.

Basically as you go up in the air and reach your peak you need to "place" the handle in the air. Dont throw it up or down because it wont be there when you come back around. Then you need to rotate with your head, shoulders, trunk and hips and that should bring you round in time to try and find the handle.

It helps if you can be looking towards the boat as much as possible during the rotation, especially as you come round to complete the 540 so you can spot the handle as early as possible.

waterdork88 · Outlaw Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 221 City: lake placid

thanks...i was guessing that you would pull and throw it in the air...now that i got some info im going to attempt it

Phil · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 636 City: Chattanooga

You could do f/s osmosis too but you have to catch with the same hand you let it go with to be a true osmosis spin.

asterisk* · Posted: Dec 12, 2004 3:36 pm Post subject:

If you threw the handle in the air then by the time you were coming down the handle would still be going up. Thats (apparently) one of the more common mistakes when trying it.