help: wake to wake

Rob1310 · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2005 Posts: 2

I am having serious trouble jumping from wake to wake. I have been casually wakeboarding for a long time now. I use a Malibu Wakesetter that has an internal ballast sac and a wedge. I bought a 600 lbs fat sac to add a little extra weight in the stern of the boat. I jump high enough to do a 360 but I still always land inside the wake. No matter how fast I hit the wake, I still almost always land just inside the wake on the other side. The faster I hit the wake the higher I go but I still always land in the same spot. Am I missing something? If anyone is familiar with Shawn Murray's instructional DVD "Detention," in the beginning he does not go at the wake nearly at the speed that I do yet he effortlessly clears the other wake. During this portion he is also not going very high in th air. Can anyone give me any pointers? I go about 21-23 mph and have been experimenting between a 60 ft and 65 ft rope. Thanks

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

Research online and find out if your board has a "3 stage" rocker or "continuous"rocker

are you using progressive edge?

are you standing tall at the point out impact?

holding your rope at hip level during air time?

GuitsBoy · Posted: Jul 25, 2005 7:45 am Post subject:

Shorten the rope to 50 - 55 if you have to. get the wake as narrow as you can and gradually expand from there.

xxMetalheaDxx · Criminal Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 91

i wake board on a 17 ft out boatd and i still clear to the flats with a simi old board(not sure if it has 3 stage tho) i ride about 55 but went to 65 to check it out. i still clear it but not by leaps and bounds. rope and whatColclough999, said