Toeside jumping....

Ju · Newbie Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 4 City: Redmond

Any advice. I find when I jump toeside my nose seems to be pulled down by the boat. Any advice on how to improve my jumping toeside?

prior40 · Addict Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: 579 City: Palo Alto

Ju, try going to the trick tips section with this one.

Nauty · Addict Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 827 City: Lake Dallas

When jumping toeside think of the rope as a short fence that you are trying to dive over. Keep the handle in close to your hips, edge in progressively, and dive over the rope. Doing this will leave you balanced in the air.

It feels really awkward at first, but if you don't more or less "dive" over the rope you will end up being pulled down off balance towards the boat.

garveyj · Addict Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 877 City: Savage, MN

Yeah - Toeside feels so awkward when you are doing it....The best advise that I can give you is to keep you belly button pointed at the sky at all times....This will help you to keep your balance and give you good form. There are some riders that are hunched over when they come in on the toeside, but that is bad form, so you should try to get your form down from the start.

Best thing to do is get your edging right before jumping the wake....Start on the edge of the wake and edge out toesdie keeping your belly button pointed up to the sky and the rope in close to your hips...That way you will get your form straightened out...After you have that down and feel comfortable do a couple of one wake jumps from the inside of the wake out, then take it to the next level and to wake to wake....it is all in the progression tree, don't rush into it.

k9fxr · Outlaw Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 199 City: MI

Nauty,
got no idea what you are saying
Diving-sounds like you are descriibing a front roll
and how do you jump over a rope that is to the left of you??

Firefightersmurf · Guest

I actually went w2w toeside for the first time yesterday. I have been doing single wake toeside jumps for a while, but yesterday I took it just a little bit harder, and cleared the wake. It seemed like I put a whole lot less effort into going toeside, than I do heelside. On my heelside jumps I pretty much go balls to the walls and explode, and clear the wake easily. I think since I have been doing the small toeside jumps for so long, my form is better, as opposed to heelside, where I just try to go as big as possible. I just have to land switch toeside now.

Nauty · Addict Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 827 City: Lake Dallas

kmagnuss · Posted: Jun 26, 2005 4:56 am Post subject:

jason2454 · Outlaw Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 240 City: austin

yea i dont get the belly button thing unless you want to catch ur heal edge...

Bowen · Posted: Jun 26, 2005 7:47 am Post subject:

edge out of the wake toeside (Like you will cut back in for a heelside jump). Edge out as far as you can/as hard as you can. Keep practicing. When you feel more comfortable, edge out of the wake heelside, and go balls to the wall in TS. You'll fall the first couple times (like you did when learning HS W2W jumps) but you'll get it down.

k9fxr · Outlaw Joined: 07 Mar 2003 Posts: 199 City: MI

Thanks Naut, makes more sense, sept the bell button thing

Nauty · Addict Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 827 City: Lake Dallas

k9fxr - No worries.... and the belly button thing wasn'nt mine.

Wake_Turner · Outlaw Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 244 City: kelowna

i Suggest reading this over

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=35408

my two bits of advice on toeside jumping is in there
just read it

Colclough999 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 410 City: Boston

its just one of those things you need to continualy practice