What's the best any of you did on your first day?

lakeannasupra · Newbie Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 16 City: Haymarket

Lets just say that my butt was alot cleaner and waterlogged when i was done. I tried all day to get up like 15 times and i finally hhit it at the end of the day... for 10 seconds. It takes practice. Twisted Evil

UlysS · Posted: Jun 22, 2005 1:53 am Post subject:

Got up from the very first time and carved....but the most important thing, I got really hooked.

Freestyler · Newbie Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 26 City: Springboro

Got up a lil after a few tries then the jet ski started actin funny...Next weekend when we go up to the lake im goin behind the boat so hopefully i will have better luck with the increased power! Very Happy

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

none of you have anything on me! first time was 3 years ago and i got up, learned to carve, and learned to choke down saltwater. the only reason thats amazingis because i do most of my waking in the ATLANTIC OCEAN! thats stuff is choppppyyyyy

Freestyler · Newbie Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 26 City: Springboro

I do mine in lake erie, erie can be pretty damn choppy also

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

i got up on my first attempt but i usually at s**t when i ventured outside the wake. hadnt snowboarded in a few years so i was getting used to being on a board again.

bhamglassman · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 338 City: Bellingham

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

wakeboarding on the ocean is like trying to tattoo a bear

Junkee · Posted: Jun 24, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject:

well it was on an old directional board, and HO i believe. with the sandal strap bindings. i got up. carved for a bit. then decided to start jumping TS, without knowing that i would end up being more comfortable jumping HS. tried to go w2w with a mute grab. got bucked forward, landed nose first. which made my face land nose first too. it hurt. but i got back up and kept crashing. Mr. Green

good times.

thePLAGUE702 · Newbie Joined: 29 Jun 2005 Posts: 8 City: ScrewCity

my first day it took me and my dad 9 tries for me to get up (a big part was that he didnt know how to drive for wakeboarding i think) because i would get up and just be not moving and fall. But after a little while I started doing some butterslides and surf carves w/hand touch and stuff. His boat doesnt make a wake so i went outside the wake and did a few jumps off waves from the other boats lol. Good times.

WyLd_ChiLd · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jun 2005 Posts: 223 City: Toronto

I only had a 25 min session and i cased it on the second wake...Not bad If I say so.

nitewake · Posted: Jun 30, 2005 7:39 am Post subject:

hahaha my first day. i got up.. carved, rode around, thought i was the stuff... went out cut in hard.. poped about 2 feet into the air. made it halfway across the wake. landed with the nose buryed into the water... slaped my face into the water sooo hard.. and we were going like 33 mph... my dad was driving... he didnt know what he was doing. i ripped him a new one after that. i ended up with a concussion and a bloody nose... what a good day Very Happy

TXJBB · Newbie Joined: 20 Aug 2003 Posts: 23 City: Fort Worth

got up, fell. got up switch, fell harder. did this over and over for about 20 minutes. called it a day. i only got up switch because i wasn't sure how to control which way the board turns. but now i can ride switch almost as well as i can ride regular (which isn't that impressive really). i suck.

MNconrad · Newbie Joined: 07 Jul 2005 Posts: 23 City: edina

I went w2w.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

got up. 1 wake jumps and butterslide 180s

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

took me 11 goes 2 get up in the sea with waves lashin ova my face wen i was lyin in the water but wen i did get up pulld off a pure switch

TomOgorman · Criminal Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 92 City: England

Hey im toms m8 ant on his account ... wen i finally got up i set this pure back flip infront of topless women .... they all started screamin my name ... i fort bout doin a front flip but then fort they mite get too excited

Guitarguy13 · Newbie Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 11 City: Holly Springs

I got up on the second try, not becoause i knew what i was doin, i just happened to do everything right by accident and luck, thought i had the whole wakeboarding thing whipped so i figured i'd try a jump, i did my first trick, the 90 degree ollie to faceplant. I fell so fast i didnt have time to close my eyes.

cpolaris502 · Newbie Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 10 City: Rogers

My firts time i got up on the first try and instantly cut out of the wake and cut back in as hard as i could heelside like i saw on tv and i launched and completly face planted. It didnt feel that good but i got back up and stupidly did the exact same thing thinking that it would be different this time but i just got a huge headache after that.

Goobster · Newbie Joined: 11 Jul 2005 Posts: 31

I kneeboard pretty well so i decided i want to learn how to wakeboard, my first time out was today and i only had 4 tries and didnt get up Sad

I need to get out there for a full day and just give it a lot more time, i also have nobody teaching me... nobody i know wakeboards Confused

I cant wait till i get the deepwater start down hehe Very Happy

pickled · Newbie Joined: 16 May 2005 Posts: 9

My wife was driving our new boat, which she only drove once before, I got up first try!

I was psyched to say the least since I've heard so many people have trouble. I do snowboard and tend to have a knack for this stuff so that may be why it was easy for me.

Boarded quite a bit on Sun and Mon, never once didn't get up! For tricks, I did a butter slide, I was able to jump on to and off of the wake, and for a few seconds I slid around and rode switch...I've also *perfected* the face plant Smile

I'm happy as hell and can't wait to go back out....once I can move my limbs again, everything from my toes to finger tips is so sore I can hardly move today! Smile

For those having trouble getting up, just keep trying it's fun as hell once you get it!

Notorious · Criminal Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Posts: 52 City: England

Up first time and over da wake. Cnt b bad Wink

yeah...i'm that guy · Newbie Joined: 05 Aug 2005 Posts: 4

PoRT · Criminal Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 81 City: New Orleans

My first time, i got up on my first attemp then got board and thought to myself "this is easy!" then i decided to become a pro and attemp to do a w2w 180. i learned pretty damn quick that i should allways bring a bottle of asprin with me. i actually have a vid of it, but cant seem to host it.

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

Goobster, nobody taught me either i just kinda... did it no one i know wakeboards either, actually most of the people i know dont even know what wakeboarding is Shocked

WickedClimber · Outlaw Joined: 26 May 2005 Posts: 157 City: Annapolis

its a sad sad thing

Searay · Newbie Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 8 City: Mobile

Hey even though my little word thing says newbie im really not. anyway
I rode in the same place behind the boat for about 5 min. and that was it. I was pretty bad then. Now i have been going for about 2 years and am working on a 180 grab. Laughing

jpk · Outlaw Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 215 City: Redmond

I think I'm pretty much the worst wakeboarder ever. I just started this year and my first three times out I never even got up. I was riding a kiteboard, not a wakeboard, with loops for bindings behind a Sea Doo PWC. I just got dragged around the water and yanked my arms out of my sockets and pulled my back. Didn't feel much like trying wakeboarding after that! Embarassed

My wife really wanted to get into wakeboarding, so despite my better instincts I bought one for her and she got really good in like two weeks. So then I had to get one last week.

Got up for the first time last week and all I did was hold on and try not to fall. Went out for the second time yesterday and held on longer and tried not to fall, that's it. Still having a hell of a time just getting up, but I can stay up once I'm there.

Deaner · Newbie Joined: 19 Aug 2005 Posts: 5

so i got my board like 2 weeks ago and before i got a chance to give it a go, i went to wakestock with a buddy who won some tickets....it was a good experiance because i got to see how the pros do it up ...the problem with this was the the pros made everything look so easy....wit this in mind i got first pull went and carved for a bit then tried to switch feet ending up sidewayz face planting pretty hard and losing my shorts in the process...after a few more pulls i cut outside the wake with something spectacular in mind i charged the wake thinking i was going to do something crazy, instead stuffing the nose hard right into the wake leaving me dazed and confused with out a board on me feet......good time though, cant wait to get on the water again this weekend

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 20, 2005 10:19 am Post subject:

Eric2929 · Criminal Joined: 15 Aug 2005 Posts: 70 City: Marblehead

Got up on my first try, then was able to turn, but i was trying to turn like i was snowboarding. I had my left hand on the rope with my right hand hanging by my side. I tryed to jump on my second run of the day and took a huge fall...I was able to do little tiny jumps the second time (2nd day) I ever went. My first W2W was on my 6th day of wakeboarding--- i had gotten the cut down well but i still didn't really know how to pop so i was getting like 2 feet of air at most.

armed and dangerous · Newbie Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 22 City: milwaukee

u guys think u did bad Very Happy

i didnt go outa the wake untill my third time. Mr. Green

i just tried to balance......but face planted.lol. my first day though got up third try 5 secs the nose went under every single time da keys is to LEAN BACK Exclamation

but last time i went out--3rd time--i carved and went out wake on both sides. Cool

and got maybe 2 inches of air wow dat scary Shocked

Oasis137 · Addict Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 687 City: J-Town

I got up first try and stayed up. I snowboard so i had the balance down. I pretty much just stayed in the wake and got a little air. only went out for about 10 minutes so couldnt do anything really.

Guapo · Newbie Joined: 16 Aug 2005 Posts: 5

It took me about 6 times out before I even got up on the board... That's about 50-60 trys. I don't know what my problem was. Maybe it was mental. Maybe because I'm 6'8 and weigh 250 lbs. I don't know. When I finally got up, it took me about 7 or 8 falls before I could cross the right wake... haha. Now I can get up every time, and go back and forth over the wakes with no problem. I don't fall for "no reason" any more. I'm trying to get air... hopefully clear the wake before the cold weather comes.
I'm a very slow learner.

southshoresledder · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2005 Posts: 75 City: meyers

W2W... i was stoked... but i was hurting so i drank alot that night