frustrated

Guest · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 2:09 pm Post subject: frustrated

ive gone wakebaording once and i tried and tried i was out there for awhile while ppl were screaming to tell me what to do and how to get up and i just got fristrated sometimes it can be hard trying some thing new. And i have gotten tips on how to get up out of the water and maintain my balance but its awhole lot different when ur actual out tehre on the water trying to remeber all the tips ppl have given u. Does anyone have any suggestion on how to rember all these steps and instructions?

wakeboarder07 · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 2:32 pm Post subject:

ummm...take some paper out there in the water with you! haha um, i dunno memorize them or something like that...

chipsevila · Posted: Feb 01, 2005 3:28 pm Post subject:

get an instructional video and watch it a couple times. only watch as far as you need, maybe a little farther. then before you go out, watch it one last time. try to block out the people on the boat shouting at you. only focus on what the video said.
Higher Learning is a good video to learn from. Hope this helps!

138jobe · Outlaw Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 174 City: Calgary

liquid*force*babe, ""Find your penguin""

Bowen · Posted: Feb 02, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject:

\liquid*force*babe,
Knees Bent, Arms Straight, Relax, Stand up. Practice on land. Lay down on your back with your knees bent and feet on the ground. Have a friend grab your hands and pull you up...you don't pull up, have them pull you up. Its just like that. It can be frustrating, I understand I've taught plenty of people (the least successful being my girlfriend). Once you're up, put the handle at your lead hip/waist. I ride left foot forward so I keep the rope at my left hip. And let most of the force be on your forward arm, If you put too much on your back arm you will fall. Eventually you want to let go with your rear hand, if you can right away great, if you can't work on it, but always have the majority of the force on your forward arm.

I hope this works (if it doesn't you're doing something wrong... Mr. Green

J/k, good luck).

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 02, 2005 4:47 pm Post subject:

You can come over sometime liquid*force*babe.

I have detention Very Happy

Guest · Posted: Feb 02, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider, k sounds good to me Very Happy

_Jason_ · Soul Rider Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 275

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

liquid*force*babe, I know a lot of times when people are starting out with a group they can get a hundred instructions thrown at them from everyone in the bunch ...and yes it can get frustrating for everyone for sure.

If you really want to get up and be able to ride with your friends, maybe you could consider taking an hour lesson at a local wakeboard school. I'm sure they'd get you up and probably teach you some basics once you're riding which will help you out.

DadKid · Outlaw Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 140 City: Ottawa

Agree that too many teachers is annoying. When I teach I like to start by practicing for a few minutes on the dock to get the beginner used to being pulled up and their centre of gravity over the board. Then we go to waist deep water and I pull them around by hand while my driver (aka the wife) is warming up the boat. I get in my kayak and paddle alongside the rider when they try to get up. If they fall I can give them one or two tips. We have more success with this than we ever did with waterskiing.

noneya · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 796 City: Roxboro, NC

Yeah try out of the water first, we sometimes have people sit in the road with their feet on the curb and pull them up with a rope. That gives you a good feeling of what it should be like.