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gammapark
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City: Avon
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 Posted: Jul 07, 2005 6:33 am Post subject: Turns |
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| Just getting ready to start boarding this weekend, my question concerns turning once outside the wake. Is it like snowboarding, ie heal to toe kind of thing? What's the best tecnique for transitioning from one side of the wake to the other? |
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WickedClimber
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City: Annapolis
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 7:06 am Post subject: |
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first off avon rocks. i'll be there in 3 days on vacation  but with turning yeah it is kinda a heel to toe thing i use my back foot to push the board so it goes where i wanna go and just make sure you dont put too much pressure on the front of the board so it doesnt dig in the water so you do a face plant. just try stuff out and see what works best for you too
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gammapark
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the feedback, spent alot of time on my butt learning to snowboard so I guess investing some face plants in the water to learn to wakeboard isn't such a terrible thing. My parents always did say I needed some sense knocked into me!
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wakeboarder07
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City: chattanooga
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 9:02 am Post subject: |
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| haha gammapark, good luck...i have a feeling face plants might hurt a little bit more than falling on your butt...most of the time, i think...have fun! |
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WickedClimber
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 9:28 am Post subject: |
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yeah faceplants do hurt more unless you land on your tailbone 
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ballywho
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Is that Avon CT? I've got a friend that lives there. If you in High School you probably know him. Really cool kid but sucks at wakeboarding.
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ridinaz
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City: Scottsdale
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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gammapark, you would be surprised at how bad water can hurt sometimes. I have gone down hard and put my hands down and when they hit the water it was like falling on concrete, jacked my wrist up. Have fun and ride at your level!
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WickedClimber
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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i thought avon NC  and yeah water can hurt like a mofo, i know someone that got a concussion hitting the water hard on a wakeboard
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Joined: 15 Jul 2004
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City: the bay
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| Posted: Jul 07, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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yeah it does hurt when i was starting out i did a simple butter then my toeside edge dag in and wacked my face super hard on the crest of the wake that hurt like a son of a bitch  . good luck on those carves man just take the progression slow and you'll be alright  |
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