Next tricks to learn?

Wicksy · Newbie Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 5 City: Australia

Hey guys, at the moment im pretty comfortable with 180's both TS and HS over the wake..... im now at the stage where im thinking what should i master next???

What do you think?

PwR-HoUsE · Posted: Feb 13, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject:

360 or double-up 180 bs grab(looks sweet)

colefooter · Posted: Feb 14, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject:

I would try to get really good at riding switch and doing half cabs (switch 180's).

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

Yup, if you haven't already, work on different grabs, riding switch and switch 180s, 360s, backside 180s. Once you have a good progressive edge down you can start working on inverts (backroll or tantrum)

Wicksy · Newbie Joined: 18 Jan 2005 Posts: 5 City: Australia

When i go to do backside180 and do the handle pass the rope gets pulled away from me at the start of my spin, and i cant get it... any tips?

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

You just have to pull the rope really hard. When I was practicing my handle passes I just tied my rope to the fence post and then jumped and pulled. You have to jump back and get tension on the rope to simulate the pull of the boat but it helps a lot with the muscle memory.

If you have a trampoline you can try the same thing. It's a pretty helpful tool.

Mr. Mutt · Posted: Feb 17, 2005 2:18 pm Post subject:

If you learn to ride cuffed or wrapped then you don't need to worry about a handle pass cause you can land without letting go of the lead hand (cuffed) or just not grab on with the trailing hand at all (blind). Learning to BS slide in the cuffed position will help you also with learning the position in between having it in your launch leading hand and having it in your landing leading hand.

Go slow and try sliding into these positions, then try ollie 180s or 1 wake 180 to get the feeling of landing like that (might be a little awkward at first). It will help if you're pulling 180s, and later 5s, to be able to land in other positions other than just lead hand on the rope. You'll ride away from a lot more "mistakes" that way.