Brand new to this sport

Pharit · Newbie Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 25 City: Burlingame

Whats up fella's i brand new to this sport and i have no idea what i;m doin.

anyway i got a Connelly wakeboard to a friend of mine said he couldn;t use it anymore cause his ankles are messed up.

anyway i think its a Connelly Dually (If that means anything to you)

anyway i;ve had a hell of a time trying to get outta the water today. i didn;t know if i was trying to get out of the water the wrong way or what.

Anyway i;m using a ski rope, behind the boat. i tried starting out with the board in front of me, both feet in front of me facing the boat with my toes pointed toward the boat knee bent. Is this wrong its gotta be cause i couldn;t get out of the water for anything.

Just lookin for anything to help me get out of the water. i snowboard in the winter time so i'll be ok with my balance i think just kinda wanted to know how i;m supposed to get out of the water. thanks guys

t b d · Criminal Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 60 City: Coral Springs

pointing your toes toward the boat might be messing u up your toes should be facing the sky, knees bent, heels almost touching your bum arms straight. A video would be helpful Higher education is a pretty good instructional video

Good Luck

Jeff206 · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 1002

check out the "helpful links for beginers" sticky at the top of this forum

in one of the replies there are a bunch of links to threads about getting up

good luck, have fun

snooks · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 313 City: Calgary

ya like they said your mistake might be with your toes point them to the sky

cooldude3552000 · Newbie Joined: 27 May 2005 Posts: 21 City: Seattle

I have never gone wakeboarding before(I am looking for my first board) but when I was out with my friend who had done it before, we tryed to do it behind his dad's boat but since it was only 40hp we were not sure. So each time we tried to get him up his dad just floored the boat and my friend couldn't get up. Then we triend go twisting the throttle slower to only about 1/4 throttle and he got up every time.

So try having the boat accelerate slower and to a slower speed at first.

megawake · Posted: May 29, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

practice makes perfect let the boat do the work Very Happy

Pharit · Newbie Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 25 City: Burlingame

so the boat should bein goin fast?

Pharit · Newbie Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 25 City: Burlingame

Hey Jeff206 thanks for the reply about the stick link i can;t beleive i didn;t see that. but i must have done 45 minutes worth of reading this afternoon.

and i think i know what i did wrong. m legs were straight arms straight toes pointed forward witht he board sitting horizontal with the water. yeah i pushed alot of water. and my back is so damn sore. lol well i;ll be ready for next weekend

HatzicMotive140 · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 261 City: abbotsford

well arent your arms supposed to be straight? b/c i jhave my arms straight and i taught a gut this past weekend how to board ad he was pulling the rope into his body, and as soon as he had his arms stright he got up first try.

Jetpilot05 · Posted: May 30, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject:

Basically it goes...

Arms bent - Boat goes - Line gets tension - Arms straighten as the rope goes - Pull yourself up - Arms bent, rope to hip - Chin up, tits out Razz

snooks · Soul Rider Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 313 City: Calgary

lol thats great help JetPilot...

HatzicMotive140 · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 261 City: abbotsford

haha nice jet nice

frostymcwake · Criminal Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 65 City: Tampa

Hey, yea I got up for the first time this weekend. I didnt know what I was doing until I read a bunch of stuff on this site. Plus I studied a bunch of wakeboarding videos. I told the boat driver to start slow and let me pull a little then increase power and I turn the board towards the boat, keep my knees bent. Got right up. Wakeboarding ROCKS!