Blind 180 - Stoked!

Ralph · Posted: Apr 02, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject: Blind 180 - Stoked!

Well finally after months and months of doing them inside out & one wake I landed wake to wake HS blind 180's today. Landed 2 with falls in between & then 3 back to back, last one in to the flats on 83 foot rope @ 23mph. STOKED! Got really close to blind 3 on a couple of over cooked attempts, will get that next week hopefully. First totally new trick in 3 years. STOKED. The old dog has life in him yet. Did I mention STOKED! Pics next week.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 2:14 am Post subject:

Bubb Rubb sick ralph. thats what I was workin on before I wrecked my ankle

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 7:19 am Post subject:

Ralph, I was trying those. You can have some BAD bails on those.

THATS SICK Very Happy

wakerider07 · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 9:17 am Post subject:

im goin to learn to do those this sumer. when you land is it best to just hold on with one hand or reach around and grab it so you land with both. blind 180s looks so sick when you take them huge
congrats ralph

eklipse · Soul Rider Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 315 City: Ladysmith

Good job Ralph, last summer I had a few bad experiences trying those.

Beaver · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:

sweet man. I 2 have had bad experiences trying those.

LFADAM · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 2:03 pm Post subject:

Man, I wanted to try them w2w. I do ollie TS BS 180s but I want to learn a w2w HS BS handle pass 180 but it sounds like the falls kill. Whats so bad about them? Catching back edge?

wakerider07 · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject:

smlparksguy133, uh yea. big time ouchie

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 2:50 pm Post subject:

Or, you make it all the way around but go O/A and the nose of your board goes in the second wake and you go right over the nose and do cartwheels. Confused

Beaver · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 3:00 pm Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider, yup doesnt feel to good.

savage3221 · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 3:06 pm Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider, sounds like that was from personal experiece Laughing

wakeboardr2000 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 207 City: Lake Anna, Va

yeah i did the exact same thing on a blind 180 w2w, sprained my ankle real bad on it. If you want to try blind 180s w2w, make sure you can stay on axis when you spin.

colefooter · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 4:01 pm Post subject:

I learned those the past summer, they are a sweet trick to learn. I never really had any bad falls though yet, and i have them pretty consistent. I guess you just gotta lean away from the boat and you won't catch the painful edges ha. I like doing them and landing wrapped, they look cooler Cool

Stephan · Guest

Honestly, grabbing indy really helps the trick out. It keeps you nice and compact and you pass right as you land. Plus it makes it look that much more stylie.

eklipse · Soul Rider Joined: 30 May 2004 Posts: 315 City: Ladysmith

Ralph · Posted: Apr 03, 2005 11:31 pm Post subject:

I got a few telephone books in the back of the head but not enough to put me off. I know I'm not going to be doing mobes anytime soon so "style" tricks have been on my dream list for a while. Stalefish to blind is the grab spin combo I really want the most, when i grab that way I bone the leg forward, then spinning back the other way should look cooooool.

I learn't this trick by popping it inside out on start up, the boats only doing 14-15mph so even if you catch a heel edge its not too bad. For me the break through was spotting the bank after doing the handle pass, it gets you on your toes and keeps you on axis and stops you from over rotating. After getting it dialed inside out I started doing it one wake at 21mph, the slower speed makes the wakes much wider @ 83 foot & means you can pop up & down comfortable without casing the other wake. Also the slower speed really helps with the "crap, I'm going to worked" fear as you come into the wake.

Toe 5 next I think then maybe TS BS 180. I need some TS tricks to balance my riding out.

LFADAM · Posted: Apr 04, 2005 2:44 am Post subject:

eklipse, in the flats on TS edge. Wink

x vegan x · Addict Joined: 19 Jan 2004 Posts: 857 City: Minneapolis

Congrats! That is a deceptively hard trick!

Ralph · Posted: Apr 09, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject:

Got pics today. Was getting a bit off axis today but still managed to ride away and got it sorted in the end. Also got 3x blind 3's back to back. The only one I got on video had an ugly butt check at the end but you get the idea.

http://www.wakepics.com/img/14353

Just got to clean it up a bit & get it bigger now....

DRAGON88 · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 12:47 am Post subject:

Awesome Ralph, looking really good. I need to get some backside spins dialed in, I can ollie em switch and reg.(180's that is)

Isn't winter about to start for you guys?

colefooter · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 8:02 am Post subject:

Ralph, thats awesome! Nice bs 3, those are a nice trick to learn! I need to work on my bs 3's Crying or Very sad

Good job though!

Ralph · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

Yes, winter is almost here. Summer was awesome, best in memory. I'm not playing Rugby this year so I'll ride a bit through winter to keep the rust away. Plus I'm coming to the states in june and will get a bit of riding in then.

alafiaboarder · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 5:33 pm Post subject:

ya man i hit ahs backside 180 the other day, pretty stoked bout it, i think i might try to indy one, that would look pretty tight. tried a TS bs 180 today...wow those things are a bizitch, fun tho, congrats guys

Beaver · Posted: Apr 10, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

Sweet pics bs 3s are pretty fun..good job.

CrescentBarBoy · Criminal Joined: 04 Apr 2005 Posts: 55 City: Mount Vernon

Good job ! go for the three dude!